Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    142s
  • max time network
    115s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 07:47

General

  • Target
    BruteL4-DDOS.exe
  • Size 11.5MB
  • Sample260825-jmk2zsybph
  • SHA256 bd95ec107878109859ff396ef71c76eb801ed4b25a167b49c8f0b8e112fbe361
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs
  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Themida packer 4 IoCs

    Detects Themida, an advanced Windows software protection system.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 13 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
      PID:5556
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4-DDOS.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4-DDOS.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
        • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
        • Checks BIOS information in registry
        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1296
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4DDOS.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4DDOS.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2468
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4DDOS.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4DDOS.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Loads dropped DLL
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1632
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c
              5⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              PID:1180
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c mode 140, 40
              5⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:5464
              • C:\Windows\system32\mode.com
                mode 140, 40
                6⤵
                  PID:6124
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c title Brute - by billythegoat356
                5⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                PID:3404
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4-DDOS.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4-DDOS.exe"
          2⤵
            PID:4988

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              BruteL4DDOS.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BruteL4DDOS.exe
              • Size 5.8MB
              • SHA256 57dc721959bfc2125061178c9f098245ef4faa49446d19af48d0b055b1524d1e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\VCRUNTIME140.dll
              • Size 94KB
              • SHA256 ded5adaa94341e6c62aea03845762591666381dca30eb7c17261dd154121b83e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ctypes.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\_ctypes.pyd
              • Size 54KB
              • SHA256 269a4c6d8deeb6cf5739573c71d1cfe1398f8d1a1508d1149efa926fd49138c9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _socket.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\_socket.pyd
              • Size 38KB
              • SHA256 f5aa56e1e206c680d02f398a9eeeb9e9986246178f616c59494c09aaf24d71d3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              base_library.zip

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\base_library.zip
              • Size 812KB
              • SHA256 987165c5cc33442df85d8ab8c3f66e2805070e0b526801b88434f48ed04b3a2f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libffi-7.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\libffi-7.dll
              • Size 23KB
              • SHA256 1a106569ac0ad3152f3816ff361aa227371d0d85425b357632776ac48d92ea8a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python310.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\python310.dll
              • Size 1.4MB
              • SHA256 6a21dc896a78c961eac3dad70a9addc289c6c8449fe5c09b37adf12310e06b0e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              select.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI24682\select.pyd
              • Size 21KB
              • SHA256 6ee51b502c418c8a6d3e5c13f22bee6f72503043ac33b4f1ac01adf7531557ae
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/1296-15-0x000000001D780000-0x000000001DF86000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-7-0x00007FF6E3DD0000-0x00007FF6E4DDC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-12-0x000000001CB40000-0x000000001D384000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-13-0x0000000003150000-0x0000000003156000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-14-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-10-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-8-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-9-0x00007FF6E3DD0000-0x00007FF6E4DDC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-2-0x00007FFC80030000-0x00007FFC80031000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-11-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-5-0x00007FFCC536F000-0x00007FFCC5370000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-103-0x00007FF6E3DD0000-0x00007FF6E4DDC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-1-0x00007FFC80000000-0x00007FFC80002000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-104-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-68-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-6-0x00007FFCC51E0000-0x00007FFCC5B84000-memory.dmp

              memory/1296-0-0x00007FF6E3DD0000-0x00007FF6E4DDC000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-102-0x00007FFCC0DC0000-0x00007FFCC1225000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-111-0x00007FFCD9090000-0x00007FFCD909F000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-110-0x00007FFCD8490000-0x00007FFCD84B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-117-0x00007FFCD8460000-0x00007FFCD846D000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-116-0x00007FFCD8470000-0x00007FFCD8489000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-118-0x00007FFCC0DC0000-0x00007FFCC1225000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-120-0x00007FFCD8490000-0x00007FFCD84B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/1632-122-0x00007FFCD8470000-0x00007FFCD8489000-memory.dmp

              memory/4988-19-0x00007FF6E3DD0000-0x00007FF6E4DDC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4988-16-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140CB4000-memory.dmp