Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    66s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/09/2026, 19:28

General

  • Target
    exodus-windows-x64-26.8.27.exe
  • Size 193.9MB
  • Sample260913-x6sstssepc
  • SHA256 d2becdf4657a8ceaa7e679d7b2264909995feea95482179e3755d18d0b14b3ad
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Reads ssh keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access SSH used by SSH programs.

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 12 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\exodus-windows-x64-26.8.27.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\exodus-windows-x64-26.8.27.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2276
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe" --install .
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1052
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Squirrel.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Squirrel.exe" --updateSelf=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2728
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe" --squirrel-install 26.8.27
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4024
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\Update.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\Update.exe --createShortcut=Exodus.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2108
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus" --field-trial-handle=1712,i,734717342322782537,16534466119761853980,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1716,i,18064998682411464966,13289933286189863067,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708989122997041 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1964 /prefetch:3
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:3480
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe" --type=gpu-process --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --field-trial-handle=1712,i,734717342322782537,16534466119761853980,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1716,i,18064998682411464966,13289933286189863067,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708988185955192 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1708 /prefetch:2
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          PID:4028
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe" --squirrel-firstrun
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3532
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe" --type=gpu-process --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus" --gpu-preferences=SAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAA== --field-trial-handle=1688,i,13348715493237720927,11028061921740829212,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1692,i,2656332700564130407,1719293907880848903,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708988185955192 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1676 /prefetch:2
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          PID:4452
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\Exodus.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus" --field-trial-handle=1688,i,13348715493237720927,11028061921740829212,262144 --enable-features=EnableTransparentHwndEnlargement,PdfUseShowSaveFilePicker --disable-features=DropInputEventsWhilePaintHolding,LocalNetworkAccessChecks,NetworkServiceSandbox,ScreenAIOCREnabled,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess,TraceSiteInstanceGetProcessCreation --variations-seed-version --pseudonymization-salt-handle=1692,i,2656332700564130407,1719293907880848903,4 --trace-process-track-uuid=3190708989122997041 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1936 /prefetch:3
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:4232

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Update.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Update.exe.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e96331392d474ca0fbc51036c7d55aa3a37aae6b074d50ebd106a277b0cb4097
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        RELEASES

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\RELEASES
        • Size 79B
        • SHA256 5a750f7faae9fc7915048a168c5741dbbae38263dd881e4566e1125b01939c98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Update.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\Update.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 dae7bd888b715b8e215482bc5ea6f028ded32a3ad88bf4acb6431d2a62ffe3f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        background.gif

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\background.gif
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 d2da6ed0e7754975a11047344b92e324afbc0bee4f4de2dd3dcc6b241e875a70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setupIcon.ico

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\setupIcon.ico
        • Size 352KB
        • SHA256 381905c1421a53741029db9ac3b9544bc39daabc8e14a8883ab0b64c5c0d2ca3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Exodus.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\Exodus.exe
        • Size 599KB
        • SHA256 11e50f88499ead9da9d4b0b6c062651181f28df1bf1078c5d69bdf55a836b370
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_100_percent.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\chrome_100_percent.pak
        • Size 113KB
        • SHA256 34433fa04ddf5eb78b3b4e9c64a3af626e28641907ad7a6086614eb6a8f00a07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_200_percent.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\chrome_200_percent.pak
        • Size 183KB
        • SHA256 581c8d53199c10512d31a340699f9ad269f8eea5fe6bc49e05c1bde98ee612aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        d3dcompiler_47.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\d3dcompiler_47.dll
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 f4d913e1f364be4291a8cd8d43e1c908650cc6b745d022824031663166832980
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxcompiler.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\dxcompiler.dll
        • Size 24.5MB
        • SHA256 f6dc046e92bf10699be397585662679e1c21a7c4923635dcd119f7dd68287a55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dxil.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\dxil.dll
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 b0058115b95a0f83f04be38e4168fe5dd72b76554040ad8042ddf713a6ee761d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        icudtl.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\icudtl.dat
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 1cf67874b5a87a8363a86fb3f81e3cbbed54d389062dab8fb52308d5cf8c8612
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libegl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\libegl.dll
        • Size 518KB
        • SHA256 f326a29789955d7e82d8c5f5e29e28df9e71f77e11dd5002843574f79d1718f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libglesv2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\libglesv2.dll
        • Size 7.6MB
        • SHA256 59f5bb7fd797a2574e3bc2a3b14191268802495cedb94962a8de32b964aa496c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        en-US.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\locales\en-US.pak
        • Size 548KB
        • SHA256 a15a41f74f809ae908b95645565c34b151483a5c04a94265b44aee12fd413b55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        resources.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\resources.pak
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 302671ba7bf6d6352773d34de852793027d389c4afde1db0977e1b76e39d5938
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        squirrel.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\squirrel.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 e7b4324ba2d5f712d99ea77d3cd572630d5500ae79a9a8e3f1718c9b85a9d2b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        v8_context_snapshot.bin

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\v8_context_snapshot.bin
        • Size 698KB
        • SHA256 ef9f068c5a1494a02acff29f7c7cdde1a2d10d4ac46ca15b735124e8b48ddace
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vk_swiftshader.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\exodus\app-26.8.27\vk_swiftshader.dll
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 883cdaaf846685d558b4fe487a590a43570ead54699627bf1468bebe5938e535
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        the-real-index

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Code Cache\js\index-dir\the-real-index
        • Size 48B
        • SHA256 eb7bdaa859aae7085749ef378e0c21b767a737034633e222d8c8e6a6ab64b699
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        index

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Code Cache\wasm\index
        • Size 24B
        • SHA256 fbcfe23a2ecb82b7100c50811691dde0a33aa3da8d176be9882a9db485dc0f2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Local State

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Local State
        • Size 434B
        • SHA256 3099c1a4b40b05ada45993596362b7c12959915cf33323614ffa663ab111279b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        000003.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
        • Size 30B
        • SHA256 8bd2ea70a0b70c91de138a5b87c7936c6a6fa7c4275c54b97f4ef0ccc5b79bb4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        CURRENT

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
        • Size 16B
        • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        LOG

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
        • Size 243B
        • SHA256 0099f4f6d94054047207afb866f5ff0feb3a1a4a3ba6638730904dc797c863cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        MANIFEST-000001

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
        • Size 41B
        • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Network Persistent State

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Network\Network Persistent State
        • Size 111B
        • SHA256 5dfc321417fc31359f23320ea68014ebfd793c5bbed55f77dab4180bbd4a2026
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Network Persistent State

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Network\Network Persistent State
        • Size 61B
        • SHA256 e1b77550222c2451772c958e44026abe518a2c8766862f331765788ddd196377
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        Trust Tokens

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Network\Trust Tokens
        • Size 36KB
        • SHA256 fe03fb82cfe74a64c7094c810f9e8167c3b61c254c27569cc6b7db5ed84b0b18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Preferences

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Preferences
        • Size 127B
        • SHA256 48f74c5bd5249d54a8585e64dd065ddb737dfd1520d329aa45b5d63a93a5339c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        the-real-index

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Shared Dictionary\cache\index-dir\the-real-index
        • Size 48B
        • SHA256 0f4520488310dfa4dfe34ad70e9e1ea712361991a67cc7c801dcdec5b82e3b6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        db

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Exodus\Shared Dictionary\db
        • Size 44KB
        • SHA256 9dfba1d139c9933668e58e9c7777804c8ae01b2942dcc2dfaaa65ac139853a59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1052-178-0x0000000014F50000-0x0000000014FE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1052-89-0x0000000005D30000-0x0000000005D3E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1052-88-0x0000000005D50000-0x0000000005D88000-memory.dmp

        memory/1052-8-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000C94000-memory.dmp

        memory/2108-136-0x0000000004AA0000-0x0000000004AC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2728-110-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000BFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4452-216-0x00000159BB220000-0x00000159BCAA5000-memory.dmp