Overview

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Static

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HelpWire b...om.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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HelpWire b...om.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 03:09

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General

  • Target
    HelpWire bsmall_com.exe
  • Size 14.2MB
  • Sample260815-dnlr1sdr6w
  • SHA256 7ba38c975e80d5a768382e8dd1c5312a2335d550a78d732f54ed9800cabdeb0a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
defense_evasiondiscoverypersistenceprivilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

    discovery
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 8 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Control Panel 3 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Modifies registry class 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3716
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="all" program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe"
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="HelpWire Client" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe" enable=yes
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4512
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hw2_client-dfff-7bd5-7d69-7a54.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hw2_client-dfff-7bd5-7d69-7a54.exe" /update "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe" /urlparam https://www.helpwire.app/builds/?token=KKhBa6WsC5OmBMkeUAlQp5FtO2CjqxQaWP1iZ6IR&server=www.helpwire.app
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Control Panel
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3392
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe" urlparam "https://www.helpwire.app/builds/?token=KKhBa6WsC5OmBMkeUAlQp5FtO2CjqxQaWP1iZ6IR&server=www.helpwire.app"
        3⤵
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies Control Panel
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3816
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall delete rule name="all" program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5776
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="HelpWire Client" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe" enable=yes
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1864
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4280

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          HelpWire bsmall_com.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HelpWire bsmall_com.exe
          • Size 14.2MB
          • SHA256 8d8ebca44d09c11822165387d1d6b9542a2cee57a7e0bfe080eb542ca3e6dfe7
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          hw2_client-dfff-7bd5-7d69-7a54.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hw2_client-dfff-7bd5-7d69-7a54.exe
          • Size 14.2MB
          • SHA256 07ac5e6981d96b2a7e683daaf308313bd5b4eb2b1d54f48a98d0b9a8aec6856a
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