Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
146s - 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, 03:03
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe
- Size 5.4MB
- Sample260910-dj115sdq7s
- SHA256 00ca05b6ce5db084f4466a7ccb110e349c7082189a97983577e933932ec29b5d
- MD5 180c543a0c5404fd10d77a472ad3c2d8
- SHA1 56ca545163cab9857eb58bc74b9a7b4a45e22eaa
- SHA512 9aa8e86321d74f744de921b1c40f0b30785227a1c6535deabc8023dab88a711b9336a416c5f9d3cf2b8ba08ec8517884abecd15dad5046b13b47b32b3791764f
- SSDEEP 1536:1uRtJUAwTe5IIegIjWUa4twIoR+f55BMEdOgT:1uRtJgTe5IPWU3siSLgT
- TLSH T1B6468D089BE70923F4960D789AE142E14BFDEC037A93E72FDF94010856E65AC9591FF2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- UAC bypass 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" svchost.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" svchost.exe - 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-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3316 svchost.exe 1200 svchost.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Adobe Auto Updater = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Adobe Systems\\svchost.exe" jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Adobe Auto Updater = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Adobe Systems\\svchost.exe" svchost.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Adobe Auto Updater = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Adobe Systems\\svchost.exe" svchost.exe - Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA svchost.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" svchost.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA svchost.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" svchost.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 1824 cmd.exe 3028 cmd.exe 5088 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language dw20.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language dw20.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString dw20.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 dw20.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz dw20.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString dw20.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 dw20.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz dw20.exe - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS dw20.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU dw20.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS dw20.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU dw20.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3444 jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1200 svchost.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3316 svchost.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 3692 dw20.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 3692 dw20.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 116 dw20.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 116 dw20.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3444 wrote to memory of 1824 3444 jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe 84 PID 3444 wrote to memory of 1200 3444 jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe 88 PID 1200 wrote to memory of 5088 1200 svchost.exe 89 PID 3316 wrote to memory of 3028 3316 svchost.exe 91 PID 3316 wrote to memory of 3692 3316 svchost.exe 94 PID 1200 wrote to memory of 116 1200 svchost.exe 98 - System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" svchost.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0" svchost.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Improve Your Communication Skills (Sunday Times Creating Success.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3444 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\delete.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1824
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Systems\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Systems\svchost.exe"2⤵
- UAC bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:1200 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\delete.bat""3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5088
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exedw20.exe -x -s 18123⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:116
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Systems\svchost.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Systems\svchost.exe"1⤵
- UAC bypass
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- System policy modification
PID:3316 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\delete.bat""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3028
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\dw20.exedw20.exe -x -s 22242⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3692
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism
1Bypass User Account Control
1Impair Defenses
1Disable or Modify Tools
1Modify Registry
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\delete.bat
- Size 160B
- SHA256 16c576adcc06fe22fecc96d401866248d79fd91f34681d04edd82f7ce46476cb
- MD5 4167334562645c3a877a3e3b4f570e10
- SHA1 f528c7602e946584dfe440930181b1ea2f3b3850
- SHA512 744f41827c7d046a08349434398d56e733693d869b5cd98a857d8439b903cab47ac9bacf0cd103b4ce75e3fa5d8a816c81bfcb1aaca84293796ed3ab6e54d320
- TLSH T173C04C3142D5C74EDC4544AB0FF5908B81B5C9D32A857A9DD74644BC758840DE9A7151
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\delete.bat
- Size 280B
- SHA256 0b410cf1271e1aff01b2b26459bd1b598e729a9cef0073d01ff61cc0e5c3cf3d
- MD5 ce7a624391fe3aabae1542aa01cc583f
- SHA1 752d80ad2f07bdf13ca198809b3661f7be59367b
- SHA512 ab86445966ad1c8b3f74a80e29a43e7bda5448144cc248623db52dac1fe8f62c82ac1bc30700fa7cce83f566f86cbe89d50146e5db4027ff5077ff9b22a3aa8b
- TLSH T116D0C2AAC0958D4A095088FB77B213C8B4615B9A3A952B20AB23C288234547BB387E19
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Systems\Set.bin
- Size 7B
- SHA256 1987456b2feffab35078c05a6a59d6e68655606b43df9768516433eb13a16384
- MD5 41dff506bc64b1b91535f72c7ef87134
- SHA1 66da30f0cda975e67f53d31bbfaca7f0604f3eee
- SHA512 101dcc4679f56a9bc126d3eeaae63ce46aa741e907c9c76fa03a21ffee40f2ce828d26fbaabe6ab0ac3c47e50292fb41522b2a24e7d6aab0117ef778ba05747d
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Adobe Systems\svchost.exe
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 00ca05b6ce5db084f4466a7ccb110e349c7082189a97983577e933932ec29b5d
- MD5 180c543a0c5404fd10d77a472ad3c2d8
- SHA1 56ca545163cab9857eb58bc74b9a7b4a45e22eaa
- SHA512 9aa8e86321d74f744de921b1c40f0b30785227a1c6535deabc8023dab88a711b9336a416c5f9d3cf2b8ba08ec8517884abecd15dad5046b13b47b32b3791764f
- SSDEEP 1536:1uRtJUAwTe5IIegIjWUa4twIoR+f55BMEdOgT:1uRtJgTe5IPWU3siSLgT
- TLSH T1B6468D089BE70923F4960D789AE142E14BFDEC037A93E72FDF94010856E65AC9591FF2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH