Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    35s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/09/2026, 15:00

General

  • Target
    AstralClient.exe
  • Size 9.0MB
  • Sample260907-sdqqjsxwax
  • SHA256 8087800643a23250a245810ff423fa65c79f6145ffc4610da6b6cbc745ef5c78
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AstralClient.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AstralClient.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1376
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
      2⤵
        PID:2668
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
        2⤵
          PID:2584
        • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
          "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
          2⤵
            PID:5092
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            "C:\Windows\explorer.exe" shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
            2⤵
              PID:1088
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
            1⤵
            • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:1748
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
            1⤵
            • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:4052
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
            1⤵
              PID:4916
            • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
              C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
              1⤵
                PID:1480

              Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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