Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 03:41
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe
- Size 6.3MB
- Sample260910-d8vknaytd1
- SHA256 5f4734909905b5c55fbdeca300b41a343e804b0fc3d34aba863e28a3cc446439
- MD5 36689adfe6fb11f1bbf562f8fb09b38e
- SHA1 536ee5c2a05a458d9431f10cd4e9bb9adbc9a8cd
- SHA512 c7f14f1692f096ad3f57d90dd694c94f5fec5e8cc8ee68b8cb1d82932cc6de94b1cd7ff84152d91e65e46e8b49d6f7e231d95e237f0890293eec18180ac6a2a7
- SSDEEP 12288:VRWbxXtANrnepr+U/r9TgD65O1+dd3HHHSJMHHxXXmCvY1ETf7NIjK88ie0:Vkbx6begsrNgGmG+Qf7Y8ie0
- TLSH T1BF66129BB61C3F37CEEE487407809AD58918744F54F843155839EFFAAABC9370598B22
- 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.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3996 Update.exe - Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs
Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook Update.exe -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/1948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/1948-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/1948-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024660-8.dat upx behavioral1/memory/3996-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/1948-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/1948-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-19-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001005A000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-18-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001005A000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx behavioral1/memory/3996-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000612000-memory.dmp upx - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Update.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
pid Process 1948 jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe 1948 jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe 1948 jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe 1948 jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe 3996 Update.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1948 wrote to memory of 3996 1948 jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe 85 - outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook Update.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_TuneUp Utilities 2009 v8 0 3100 39 (Malestrom).exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1948 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Secure-Soft Stealer\Update.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Secure-Soft Stealer\Update.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- outlook_win_path
PID:3996
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Secure-Soft Stealer\Update.exe
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 5f4734909905b5c55fbdeca300b41a343e804b0fc3d34aba863e28a3cc446439
- MD5 36689adfe6fb11f1bbf562f8fb09b38e
- SHA1 536ee5c2a05a458d9431f10cd4e9bb9adbc9a8cd
- SHA512 c7f14f1692f096ad3f57d90dd694c94f5fec5e8cc8ee68b8cb1d82932cc6de94b1cd7ff84152d91e65e46e8b49d6f7e231d95e237f0890293eec18180ac6a2a7
- SSDEEP 12288:VRWbxXtANrnepr+U/r9TgD65O1+dd3HHHSJMHHxXXmCvY1ETf7NIjK88ie0:Vkbx6begsrNgGmG+Qf7Y8ie0
- TLSH T1BF66129BB61C3F37CEEE487407809AD58918744F54F843155839EFFAAABC9370598B22
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH