Analysis

  • max time kernel
    46s
  • max time network
    64s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/09/2026, 09:43

General

  • Target
    Era.exe
  • Size 201.1MB
  • Sample260905-lqa3asywcs
  • SHA256 2940204d30f2878d12046531df65f06e6910ba1f0751b86d4422c6fceaca2130
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads ssh keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access SSH used by SSH programs.

  • 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.

  • Modifies registry class 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2720
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe" --type=gpu-process --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --field-trial-handle=1764,i,11950771083245290865,10100601405636440146,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=LocalNetworkAccessChecks,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation,WinDelaySpellcheckServiceInit --variations-seed-version --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708988185955192 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1760 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
        PID:4972
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\resources\binaries\FortniteLauncher.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\resources\binaries\FortniteLauncher.exe
        2⤵
          PID:2312
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era" --field-trial-handle=1764,i,11950771083245290865,10100601405636440146,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=LocalNetworkAccessChecks,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation,WinDelaySpellcheckServiceInit --variations-seed-version --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708989122997041 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2144 /prefetch:3
          2⤵
            PID:2308
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Era.exe" --type=renderer --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era" --app-user-model-id=Era --app-path="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\resources\app.asar" --enable-sandbox --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=4 --time-ticks-at-unix-epoch=-1788601448784627 --launch-time-ticks=544500987 --field-trial-handle=1764,i,11950771083245290865,10100601405636440146,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=LocalNetworkAccessChecks,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation,WinDelaySpellcheckServiceInit --variations-seed-version --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708990060038890 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2680 /prefetch:1
            2⤵
            • Checks computer location settings
            PID:5012
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\x64" /v "Installed""
            2⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1916
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\x64" /v "Installed"
              3⤵
                PID:1740

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                dbd8bf26-aad3-4d8e-9562-b345ae44989c.tmp.node

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbd8bf26-aad3-4d8e-9562-b345ae44989c.tmp.node
                • Size 100KB
                • SHA256 f6584f153940d220a7ecede3165b4ef28174063427e5a61945916e93eb4e0b67
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                data_0

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era\GPUCache\data_0
                • Size 8KB
                • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                data_1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era\GPUCache\data_1
                • Size 264KB
                • SHA256 b1e963d702392fb7224786e7d56d43973e9b9efd1b89c17814d7c558ffc0cdec
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                data_2

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era\GPUCache\data_2
                • Size 8KB
                • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                data_3

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Era\GPUCache\data_3
                • Size 8KB
                • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                default.dic

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\default.dic
                • Size 2B
                • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                memory/2312-113-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000412000-memory.dmp

                memory/5012-61-0x00007FFA53A30000-0x00007FFA53A31000-memory.dmp

                memory/5012-60-0x00007FFA538F0000-0x00007FFA538F1000-memory.dmp

                memory/5012-114-0x00000279BFDB0000-0x00000279C0105000-memory.dmp