Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    135s
  • max time network
    112s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/08/2026, 02:05

General

  • Target
    Synapse Launcher.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260827-cjcswayepf
  • SHA256 453ca434580c037530743d0ae1f92279bfc14a2553fff955a812077f3c7a5f76
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • ConfuserEx .NET packer 3 IoCs

    Detects ConfuserEx .NET packer.

  • Costura .NET executable packer 2 IoCs

    Costura packer aka Costura Fody, is an add-in for the .NET framework that embeds all external dependency .dll files as resources inside main executable.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Synapse Launcher.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Synapse Launcher.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4312
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Synapse X.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Synapse X.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4600
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4764

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Synapse X.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Synapse X.exe
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 91a1b4db8175a967691c0c97e149dfaec242beb63b9ccce937fefb9b3962b760
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4312-26-0x0000000074BF0000-0x00000000753AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-1-0x00000000002C0000-0x00000000003DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-2-0x0000000007360000-0x0000000007440000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-3-0x000000000AC40000-0x000000000B1FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-4-0x0000000074BF0000-0x00000000753AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-5-0x000000000A6C0000-0x000000000A752000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-6-0x0000000004FB0000-0x0000000004FBA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-9-0x0000000074C02000-0x0000000074C03000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-0-0x0000000074C02000-0x0000000074C03000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-22-0x0000000074BF0000-0x00000000753AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-28-0x00007FFFABB90000-0x00007FFFAC534000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-35-0x00000202BC460000-0x00000202BC478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-25-0x00007FFFABB90000-0x00007FFFAC534000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-21-0x000002029FD10000-0x000002029FFFC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-27-0x00000202BA7D0000-0x00000202BAD28000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-23-0x00007FFFABD1F000-0x00007FFFABD20000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-29-0x00000202BB800000-0x00000202BBA1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-30-0x00000202BC1F0000-0x00000202BC2A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-37-0x00000202BA7B0000-0x00000202BA7B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-38-0x00000202A1F20000-0x00000202A1F2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-36-0x00000202A1F30000-0x00000202A1F3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-24-0x00007FFFABB90000-0x00007FFFAC534000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-34-0x00000202BA7A0000-0x00000202BA7A8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-33-0x00000202BB7C0000-0x00000202BB7E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-32-0x00000202A1EC0000-0x00000202A1ECA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-31-0x00000202BC3A0000-0x00000202BC454000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-39-0x00000202BC4C0000-0x00000202BC4D8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-45-0x00000202BF450000-0x00000202BF472000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-46-0x00000202BFDF0000-0x00000202BFDFA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-47-0x00000202BFE20000-0x00000202BFE32000-memory.dmp

          memory/4600-50-0x00007FFFABB90000-0x00007FFFAC534000-memory.dmp