Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/08/2026, 02:21

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_e92f9c7f94ee54ca55a3efcf146ea1ec_glassworm_qilin_quasar-rat.exe
  • Size 16.2MB
  • Sample260820-cs1ajaba48
  • SHA256 7c9541b7fa210acbb05364e6c5ccb549572f0b8586a0ab3a12b022081d59db8c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Detects command variations typically used by ransomware 14 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing anti-forensic artifacts of deleting USN change journal. Observed in r 14 IoCs
  • Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 14 IoCs
  • Detects executables referencing many IR and analysis tools 14 IoCs
  • Detects executables using Telegram Chat Bot 14 IoCs
  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Renames multiple (227) files with added filename extension

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

  • Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 5 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.

  • 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.

  • 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\2026-08-20_e92f9c7f94ee54ca55a3efcf146ea1ec_glassworm_qilin_quasar-rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_e92f9c7f94ee54ca55a3efcf146ea1ec_glassworm_qilin_quasar-rat.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:2792
    • 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:2276
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:3036
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles firewallpolicy blockinbound,allowoutbound
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:2068
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles settings inboundusernotification disable
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:268
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall set allprofiles settings remotemanagement disable
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:4684

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        desktop.ini.tmp

        • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\desktop.ini.tmp
        • Size 677B
        • SHA256 6348f2c6863ccd00ecd73abb2a562594ea814c048ff033ec6df9d7477a53f922
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        FadeSEC_crash.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FadeSEC_crash.txt
        • Size 58B
        • SHA256 3d69df86ed06727a37c1f8de65be417859c2d61be2e9030792f7fddc98a4f549
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        FadeSEC_crash.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FadeSEC_crash.txt
        • Size 58B
        • SHA256 da6c4e8b6757858721261c567a72336c72572920f091234465e36e7a09b5be47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2792-572-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-633-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-939-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-971-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-1283-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-1706-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-2032-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-2435-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-2692-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-2707-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-2708-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-2928-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-3228-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp

        memory/2792-3657-0x00007FF7657E0000-0x00007FF7665C9000-memory.dmp