dorkbot | fb8e3b08df9d2eb32778fb9e655a2655cafb21955b2922adff540dd715cc268b

Analysis

max time kernel
145s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
18/09/2026, 10:01

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General

Target
jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
Size 159KB
Sample260918-l1995sshjb
SHA256 fb8e3b08df9d2eb32778fb9e655a2655cafb21955b2922adff540dd715cc268b
MD5 f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8
SHA1 5da26b965b7f3a40a2f93ff95e12f781f5dd2eb6
SHA512 a327aacbdaf49f91b15675d0e41a72dc413190adb85d2d0e12e0fe97fb1d1ff9b8d73a3781117a73d699079223913554a9f88c531980e05a8bab0125b625a896
SSDEEP 3072:DwZQ5RyoN1CAErL4X45afqiJOjA35+X/bahwWsr:DTlXEQX4gsE+XDqd
TLSH
T11AF3D03FE7A0A064E15C49F14A7D1C6C1935B046C42FEB5763DC1F8E6E71EABDA0A202
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

adware discovery dorkbot spyware worm

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Dorkbot
Dorkbot is a worm written in C++.
worm dorkbot

Detects Dorkbot worm 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1768-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	family_dorkbot
behavioral1/memory/1768-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	family_dorkbot
behavioral1/memory/1768-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	family_dorkbot
behavioral1/memory/1768-18-0x0000000002720000-0x000000000276F000-memory.dmp	family_dorkbot
behavioral1/memory/1768-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp	family_dorkbot

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 628 set thread context of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 4376 set thread context of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	iexplore.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3382400401"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "496490668"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31278932"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{E43509C6-B347-11F1-8D83-5A77EA7A180E} = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31278932"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "3313806622"	IEXPLORE.EXE

NTFS ADS 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ P:\1vrgKfefdfHgB3d7v7.txt	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4864	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4568	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4568	IEXPLORE.EXE
4568	IEXPLORE.EXE
4864	IEXPLORE.EXE
4864	IEXPLORE.EXE
4864	IEXPLORE.EXE
4864	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 628 wrote to memory of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 628 wrote to memory of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 628 wrote to memory of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 628 wrote to memory of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 628 wrote to memory of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 628 wrote to memory of 4376	628	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	83
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84
PID 4376 wrote to memory of 1768	4376	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	84
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 4644	1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	85
PID 4644 wrote to memory of 4568	4644	iexplore.exe	86
PID 4568 wrote to memory of 4864	4568	IEXPLORE.EXE	87
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 4864	1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	87
PID 1768 wrote to memory of 4864	1768	jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe	87

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:628
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4376
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__f1f27194d2a3241c89b1f69cc7e297b8.exe"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1768
  - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4644
    - - C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
        
        "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
        5⤵
        Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4568
      - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4568 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
        6⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        
        PID:4864

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
Size 471B
SHA256 2f158b3cc692622548f47f44c210e20e83f979c818a9306d6db4827697bee067
MD5 0797665854ec6eff5b3c346d2583d6b9
SHA1 b7bd09048e923084387c7b1926515afbd29147b4
SHA512 caeefd470e6a18bf33fc2064967d05a7a3aec4c8e8e95179d80cd32adce121bcde81d6473efab91bd37dd286a705fc0a8c324724f5608e4c4376ad35ad95d77a
TLSH
T13EF09E05A0FED4D57976CC8C93B0467E7C31E0AB5445000A613846B10556771E99F13D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
Size 416B
SHA256 4d9be61656394dc3294725d52e99485dcefcf79c718a814b3c66240537268b03
MD5 0853dae760643b16bef778729aad222b
SHA1 9811c338b5490b802b777d6433de68e48d4a9560
SHA512 84ecf955e3b54dc45fd3e7bc913765f7bd25059bcbda6800bb080ec565bb708301ec1ccec7190b4e6ae9a6484667352bcf81bc90750cd36b41d75df294485214
TLSH
T1DDE0C02411FA41AEE6F5E0744BC57825566DF1270419D3B42AD45B14A702A009C13A35
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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suggestions[1].en-US

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\TY6HNOHQ\suggestions[1].en-US
Size 17KB
SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
MD5 5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a
SHA1 3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f
SHA512 e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee
SSDEEP 384:K4gN8sGygaEKfWYSJUKbO7UckxtBjCdY7mO3D0C5l+piEieDSV126ry1/XSGKwG3:K4gNFXiKfWfJ1Kockxbd7mAt5Mp5ie2F
TLSH
T13A823E4E61D88F57EA47B6B2D9084EA702E0C8794716DB93D62CFE63CDE33B25D02161
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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eYdW8ae54dqjE6aVew.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eYdW8ae54dqjE6aVew.tmp
Size 3KB
SHA256 00329b987e6741d18f62d8596a5f1222893b5f28b4a0f3190c1a899ef47c8bec
MD5 e2b92a2d8248319df514ebb424bf344f
SHA1 747739611d732e72382c9b56e6a83db77b07087d
SHA512 3d211e9846ff5add6459d515b603d6d5f4a40fdcc73e980161853b9ee9c8dd054dcab709864eac98f440c4dfa085207b829789efac4207c9241788553d6785be
TLSH
T1FF51654BB7124CB5E4D5033489F7285533B70136A3A34029498E2A29307EBF5A629ED7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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memory/628-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

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memory/628-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042B000-memory.dmp

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memory/1768-18-0x0000000002720000-0x000000000276F000-memory.dmp

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memory/1768-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

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memory/1768-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

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memory/1768-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

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memory/1768-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

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memory/4376-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

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memory/4376-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

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memory/4376-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

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