Analysis

  • max time kernel
    300s
  • max time network
    241s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/09/2026, 22:53

General

  • Target
    Syn3Updater_Installer.exe
  • Size 996KB
  • Sample260928-2txngavgpg
  • SHA256 5c550f313e5e3fa0c261df8420d1204a501ecf86c90937e7c64b558586805f44
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 15 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Syn3Updater_Installer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Syn3Updater_Installer.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4600
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Launcher.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Launcher.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5520
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Syn3Updater.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Syn3Updater.exe" /launcher /updated
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • Modifies Control Panel
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5100
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1236

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Launcher.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Launcher.exe
          • Size 340KB
          • SHA256 4df431a310decb20c30727bd69784db99b7a655fac9d984472adfde8b8485046
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Newtonsoft.Json.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
          • Size 683KB
          • SHA256 7f912b28a07c226e0be3acfb2f57f050538aba0100fa1f0bf2c39f1a1f1da814
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Octokit.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Octokit.dll
          • Size 978KB
          • SHA256 e21993d60bbdf057bc6eec1778d132633e2516fc6ccddd978008db0c6a35404d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Syn3Updater.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\Syn3Updater.exe
          • Size 627KB
          • SHA256 52f6ba18cc9125c6fb821b15d90dbb41581b92fa8d66fcce892ff7ac7a113718
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          launcherPrefs.json

          • Path C:\ProgramData\CyanLabs\Syn3Updater\launcherPrefs.json
          • Size 74B
          • SHA256 5e52d977d9defb566a355b8fd38a0551cb64d429d36e007dfe2d569516135bb1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          System.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst8AE2.tmp\System.dll
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 8dc562cda7217a3a52db898243de3e2ed68b80e62ddcb8619545ed0b4e7f65a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          modern-wizard.bmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst8AE2.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 3ad2dc318056d0a2024af1804ea741146cfc18cc404649a44610cbf8b2056cf2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nsDialogs.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nst8AE2.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
          • Size 9KB
          • SHA256 56b96add1978b1abba286f7f8982b0efbe007d4a48b3ded6a4d408e01d753fe2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/5100-336-0x0000025C4CEE0000-0x0000025C4CEF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-342-0x0000025C4D9E0000-0x0000025C4D9EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-354-0x0000025C4DAA0000-0x0000025C4DAA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-353-0x0000025C4DA90000-0x0000025C4DAA0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-352-0x0000025C4DA80000-0x0000025C4DA8A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-351-0x0000025C4DB90000-0x0000025C4DBA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-350-0x0000025C4DDB0000-0x0000025C4DE84000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-349-0x0000025C4DA70000-0x0000025C4DA78000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-347-0x0000025C4DA40000-0x0000025C4DA48000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-346-0x0000025C4DA30000-0x0000025C4DA38000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-345-0x0000025C4DC10000-0x0000025C4DCC2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-344-0x0000025C4DA20000-0x0000025C4DA2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-343-0x0000025C4DA10000-0x0000025C4DA1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-341-0x0000025C4DAB0000-0x0000025C4DB44000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-340-0x0000025C4D580000-0x0000025C4D63A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-324-0x0000025C31B90000-0x0000025C31C32000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-335-0x0000025C4C2A0000-0x0000025C4C2AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-326-0x0000025C32190000-0x0000025C321CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-327-0x0000025C4CF20000-0x0000025C4D006000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-328-0x0000025C4C210000-0x0000025C4C236000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-329-0x0000025C33AC0000-0x0000025C33AC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-330-0x0000025C33AF0000-0x0000025C33AFA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-331-0x0000025C33B20000-0x0000025C33B2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-332-0x0000025C4C2D0000-0x0000025C4C2EA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-333-0x0000025C33B30000-0x0000025C33B38000-memory.dmp

          memory/5100-334-0x0000025C4C290000-0x0000025C4C29A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-44-0x00000173FFE70000-0x00000173FFF6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-33-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-30-0x00007FF99BCFF000-0x00007FF99BD00000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-32-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-321-0x00000173FF840000-0x00000173FF862000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-35-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-47-0x00000173FF7F0000-0x00000173FF802000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-45-0x00000173FF280000-0x00000173FF28A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-31-0x00000173FEDC0000-0x00000173FEE1A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-42-0x00000173FF920000-0x00000173FF9D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-325-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-41-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-34-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-38-0x00000173FF2A0000-0x00000173FF2DE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-39-0x00000173FF270000-0x00000173FF27E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-37-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp

          memory/5520-36-0x00007FF99BB70000-0x00007FF99C514000-memory.dmp