98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
144s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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24/09/2026, 08:11

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe
Size 47KB
Sample260924-j3aaeshd72
SHA256 98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309
MD5 c8b49c983554c77e013f721ee31aafba
SHA1 fb427527cd1b853c83deb99f1843e53b012f6ab8
SHA512 c47f2aec8d8cb4b5156418b4bc24271f8b1a151c6f5cadae84195087fa0df78ec3e28c106bd1a98cc4e37528789f56d315f968414ce89a2e56382387a1f9937c
SSDEEP 768:hmc6qlEH3znApdV2q7h3a5Y3NrWDK0ZwFEPM60DUaa8e9x55UfdNdZXj:hv6qlEXzApdV2ihP6e0Z4e0DUaMTU
TLSH
T12F233A1170C1D936D0A0C938CD6ED1CDA6363AB40E17164ABFAE5F4E89EE2905C2DDE7
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

adware discovery execution spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	jaffacakes118_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe

Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript 1 TTPs
execution

JavaScript
T1059.007
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	wscript.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	ielowutil.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	IEXPLORE.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 35 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000000000001000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff3e0000003e000000c4040000a3020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{945273EC-B7FF-11F1-B7E7-62BF8547FD78} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\oo.lv	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000053a5c49a9d82d8449ce7d7575a6bd788000000000200000000001066000000010000200000005c92e47b16119b23ac12d6747a60c6e748ec7f6e4082836dc4e40dcb47bb8871000000000e8000000002000020000000150b946b876223edb6e37d0b195992abb223740443002cb505c0e4722bc641ee200000006f35d590dbaef5a5bcd9c4e8ca1402862c3e4f44570d281e811b6d1f107b57b5400000006054dc641a149fc837dd0c1cdc0688af3bb5a730a2856dd9518c6e2dd5b19233b5807953abab4bb68b5f39353656e7cbdd9d618134fb6d49d9d9e4a1e0893dd4	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000000000001000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\DecayDateQueue = 01000000d08c9ddf0115d1118c7a00c04fc297eb0100000053a5c49a9d82d8449ce7d7575a6bd78800000000020000000000106600000001000020000000e8ff8b9f34dd218814ccda56c646b5690dd20557af77af9166a797cd7618ce91000000000e800000000200002000000048368000bd46c8cc5eb21a1e0cad1d3f6f96401cc001e54bfaceda570f881e0220000000c8aae57b0649843dc2702adf7c86d59b0b86fc0972ba309dc030cec0126137ea4000000068f93cf3afbed64355afb322af831dd04f020d73bab238c2c6a3a5694f81c120f3eafc42f0a7da2b74645750c59140cc928d8b8341694f5272a70f27b6701cd5	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31280140"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\oo.lv\NumberOfSubdomains = "1"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 40bfbebb144cdd01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MINIE\TabBandWidth = "677"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NTPFirstRun = "1"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing\NewTabPage\LastProcessed = 90f2d0bc144cdd01	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\oo.lv	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1769582057"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4720	iexplore.exe
4720	iexplore.exe
4720	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 12 IoCs

pid	Process
4720	iexplore.exe
4720	iexplore.exe
868	IEXPLORE.EXE
868	IEXPLORE.EXE
4720	iexplore.exe
4720	iexplore.exe
4560	IEXPLORE.EXE
4560	IEXPLORE.EXE
4720	iexplore.exe
4720	iexplore.exe
2584	IEXPLORE.EXE
2584	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1612 wrote to memory of 1188	1612	jaffacakes118_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe	88
PID 4720 wrote to memory of 868	4720	iexplore.exe	99
PID 4720 wrote to memory of 4560	4720	iexplore.exe	101
PID 4720 wrote to memory of 2584	4720	iexplore.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1612
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wscript.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe" //B "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DogZbDFlx.js" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_98fd96362c691a045c501434edaee971a9dc65a71a211bfc81653fda6ca49309.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1188

C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2924

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4720
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4720 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:868
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4720 CREDAT:82946 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:4560
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:4720 CREDAT:82948 /prefetch:2
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2584

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

JavaScript

T1059.007

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

favicon[1].htm

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\FOWD993E\favicon[1].htm
Size 291B
SHA256 014c471c07b2bc1b90cf5b46eb8eb60abe3ac278e43cd8fcc7c4e6c8950c592d
MD5 b73189024a094989653a1002fb6a790b
SHA1 0c44f096cd1fec253c1fe2fcfcd3c58fe05c402d
SHA512 1bca726835d33847812060c968e5306535f513429de5c90d66942155fd42ff75508dba97da8ca36c6d6e6a8df5a2602fe3be047bb5612ad4e367c6c00e1e50a3
TLSH
T1FDD02BF73C01071147F197D014C1A28A50B7159DDCD2DC9042A3E4AD0580FA9CA875B4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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DogZbDFlx.js

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DogZbDFlx.js
Size 7KB
SHA256 e8d45c7d2e0afa329ded5de67d081903e065bf9a332d18c2eb7c8ac1df323e56
MD5 2a188d4bc5e3dbdbf58efa7da6829674
SHA1 1dbc85139b3374e9d4191e3d40b26c52f291eb66
SHA512 201f8ebb0a487ffec7e649d27776c63724f0bf37b32267a7b0dd41c757b3292e6802f06b1637f343f0c177bd6a2c11a3b08ed63034c432f5bda4c25c56538028
SSDEEP 192:3sVzk3wMCJVVpF627AhMRuP+V/6QXpfJ4vguJHR2oqimss+joQIF:izQwMCJPpF62khMRuP+/6QXpfJ4vguJQ
TLSH
T1BEF1860C8C0F5D6AB0DADED26EEEA3F1F4538713D4E45875487A2A478AB54CBE21306D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH