Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
25/09/2026, 15:22
General
- Target b481528041e79ceeb05b3d8f5c379a9ea577716b35892a3cde3d4ae1da0edfd8.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- Sample260925-ssb6psyhkd
- SHA256 b481528041e79ceeb05b3d8f5c379a9ea577716b35892a3cde3d4ae1da0edfd8
Malware Config
Extracted
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azalea
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default
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172.187.168.61:4782
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6292196a-08cb-4b56-890a-87d74dcf1fcd
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amsi_patch
true
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av_exclusion_path
C:\
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beacon_interval_seconds
5
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beacon_path
/api/health
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install
true
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install_path
%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\updatehost\update.exe
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keylogger
true
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persistent_queue_path
%Temp%\updatehostdata.tmp
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registry_key
Update
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scheduled_task
UpdateTask
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stealer
true
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user_agent
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36
Signatures
- Family: Azalea
Azalea is a modular Windows RAT written in C#.
- Detects Azalea RAT 2 IoCs
- Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs
Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
- Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
- outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
- outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b481528041e79ceeb05b3d8f5c379a9ea577716b35892a3cde3d4ae1da0edfd8.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b481528041e79ceeb05b3d8f5c379a9ea577716b35892a3cde3d4ae1da0edfd8.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SetSkip\update.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SetSkip\update.exe"2⤵
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"3⤵
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SetSkip\update.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SetSkip\update.exe1⤵
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"2⤵
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"1⤵
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"1⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
2Credentials In Files
1Credentials in Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
tmp75F6.tmp.dat
tmp7636.tmp.dat
tmp7637.tmp.dat
tmp766C.tmp.dat
tmp76BD.tmp.dat
tmp76EE.tmp.dat
update.exe
memory/1436-18-0x000000001DF90000-0x000000001DFB2000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-10-0x000000001BC40000-0x000000001BC50000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-13-0x000000001E4B0000-0x000000001E696000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-15-0x000000001DED0000-0x000000001DF62000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-16-0x000000001E8A0000-0x000000001E8F0000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-133-0x000000001BC40000-0x000000001BC50000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-11-0x00000000018A0000-0x00000000018B4000-memory.dmp
memory/1436-12-0x000000001E140000-0x000000001E2B0000-memory.dmp
memory/1516-17-0x000000001DF80000-0x000000001E0F0000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-1-0x000000001AF40000-0x000000001AF50000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-3-0x000000001B8A0000-0x000000001B93E000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-2-0x000000001B800000-0x000000001B8A0000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-4-0x000000001AEB0000-0x000000001AEC4000-memory.dmp
memory/3936-0-0x0000000000040000-0x00000000002CE000-memory.dmp