Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    600s
  • max time network
    425s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/09/2026, 18:51

General

  • Target
    release.zip
  • Size 31.8MB
  • Sample260929-xhqzbstdnc
  • SHA256 0fcd88e6af8c418a273fd1907f0c3e7b0449756670faebe44eb3df4d3cb4b285
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 55 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /idlist,,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\release.zip
    1⤵
      PID:4108
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:5780
      • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:4944
        • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\x96dbg.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\x96dbg.exe"
          1⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6116
          • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\x64\x64dbg.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\x64\x64dbg.exe"
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4232
            • C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\DLLLoader64_C645.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\DLLLoader64_C645.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
              PID:3584
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4552
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
            2⤵
            • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
            • Enumerates connected drives
            • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
            • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:5720
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
          1⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3892
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
          1⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:2864

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 599B
              • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              DLLLoader64_C645.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\release\DLLLoader64_C645.exe
              • Size 145KB
              • SHA256 3262992b0b856110c25c988e97a0fcf34afb83d88ed5888bcb100bd0d0f898f2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/3892-46-0x0000017A076A0000-0x0000017A077A0000-memory.dmp

              memory/3892-80-0x0000017A1BB40000-0x0000017A1BB60000-memory.dmp

              memory/3892-55-0x0000017A0B150000-0x0000017A0B170000-memory.dmp

              memory/3892-53-0x0000017A1B330000-0x0000017A1B430000-memory.dmp

              memory/3892-52-0x0000017A08DE0000-0x0000017A08E00000-memory.dmp

              memory/3892-208-0x0000017A05BE0000-0x0000017A074BC000-memory.dmp

              memory/4232-2-0x00007FF96B530000-0x00007FF96BA85000-memory.dmp

              memory/4232-5-0x0000000058840000-0x0000000058855000-memory.dmp