28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
142s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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25/09/2026, 22:32

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General

Target
jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe
Size 48KB
Sample260925-2f14qs1thz
SHA256 28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4
MD5 f85b1e760b864c2a4eb618062c9748ee
SHA1 3711112347e828048fc589216d2aba7cd0fd7c86
SHA512 52f76fcc1e999200f683b0e8ff785563b0621cc5fb2ce8724eba120b40103c7b9c23d4c85881e240aef839b10f3706a3b0c61e8b3b5635fe642ecc33f72c51a1
SSDEEP 768:pR73PHvqFBaMcjgPhwVcToTHiJTzIrWSpSG:pR7/HCKMcjr2Irl
TLSH
T1F123294B57006DF2CACA02B93997BB2B6BEF1D34133560EBD6E3588C5C3689B54A4D07
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

8^/10

discovery execution persistence privilege_escalation

Malware Config

Signatures

Event Triggered Execution: AppInit DLLs 1 TTPs
Adversaries may establish persistence and/or elevate privileges by executing malicious content triggered by AppInit DLLs loaded into processes.
persistence privilege_escalation

AppInit DLLs
T1546.010

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2964	squalnek.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalne.dll	jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalnek.exe	jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
1200	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	squalnek.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5688 wrote to memory of 2964	5688	jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe	88
PID 5688 wrote to memory of 1200	5688	jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5688
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalnek.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\squalnek.exe ˜‰
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2964
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1200

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

AppInit DLLs

T1546.010

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

AppInit DLLs

T1546.010

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4.exe.bat
Size 274B
SHA256 34a009018ebbd0bdeb5d505be7bc7797493c3bc75373ce6ecfe001d4d89005a1
MD5 129129e4f35c649d48e3f6b5f4da0cde
SHA1 270d1ca30f83ab4050f9b919bc8f1748c6b812e8
SHA512 ed18c9639bd0f1f6a04dcc4a133a826baa493119f0f0157f48d9904902a46b4d10de30f080d0f6d00ce5dc1a149e97b12b2421f8305f534131daf1ccd1982ee2
TLSH
T11DD02B505353C8278C40E41F06603A8A8137895C26C87F2246B28DA210B040BF2C7F0C
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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squalnek.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\squalnek.exe
Size 48KB
SHA256 28639c4e07b732e9efd00ad29c34469a5705c0e9e55cdc6c41760dfbd4453ed4
MD5 f85b1e760b864c2a4eb618062c9748ee
SHA1 3711112347e828048fc589216d2aba7cd0fd7c86
SHA512 52f76fcc1e999200f683b0e8ff785563b0621cc5fb2ce8724eba120b40103c7b9c23d4c85881e240aef839b10f3706a3b0c61e8b3b5635fe642ecc33f72c51a1
SSDEEP 768:pR73PHvqFBaMcjgPhwVcToTHiJTzIrWSpSG:pR7/HCKMcjr2Irl
TLSH
T1F123294B57006DF2CACA02B93997BB2B6BEF1D34133560EBD6E3588C5C3689B54A4D07
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH