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FadeSEC.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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FadeSEC.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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19/08/2026, 18:15

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19/08/2026, 18:14

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Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    20s
  • max time network
    25s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/08/2026, 18:14

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General

  • Target
    FadeSEC.exe
  • Size 16.2MB
  • Sample260819-wvg2hszdmc
  • SHA256 7c9541b7fa210acbb05364e6c5ccb549572f0b8586a0ab3a12b022081d59db8c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
defense_evasionevasionexecutionpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomwaretrojan

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
    evasiontrojan
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
    defense_evasiontrojan
  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Renames multiple (227) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

    ransomware
  • Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
  • 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
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

    execution
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FadeSEC.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FadeSEC.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
    • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
    • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5048
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off 2>nul & netsh advfirewall set allprofiles firewallpolicy blockinbound,allowoutbound 2>nul & netsh advfirewall set allprofiles settings inboundusernotification disable 2>nul & netsh advfirewall set allprofiles settings remotemanagement disable 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3372
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:5808
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles firewallpolicy blockinbound,allowoutbound
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:5932
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles settings inboundusernotification disable
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:2028
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles settings remotemanagement disable
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:3004

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        desktop.ini.tmp
        • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-3986082593-3624157295-3514260330-1000\desktop.ini.tmp
        • Size 677B
        • SHA256 b61afe243b097d60b7cebf34f9efaba28be5f2a9b883ac5875a3c0f1edf325ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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        FadeSEC_crash.txt
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FadeSEC_crash.txt
        • Size 58B
        • SHA256 9270a4ff955ab1ed95b6613f8bcb9be96ee4af95704478bca82cc362486bf1d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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        FadeSEC_crash.txt
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FadeSEC_crash.txt
        • Size 58B
        • SHA256 e4cd9c8dc5e1cbd9cc85b980e0fe889d179ee0bbe9149e2b4abffbbd381b42e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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        memory/5048-572-0x00007FF6F7DE0000-0x00007FF6F8BC9000-memory.dmp
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