Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/10/2026, 14:29

General

  • Target
    HORMACHUELOS-Setup.exe
  • Size 7.1MB
  • Sample261003-rtkc2a1x3j
  • SHA256 b5719697f442b4c7bac9b8b175635b1a08e60ed166f4968fdff6b8ccdd3d7ab7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 8 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 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\HORMACHUELOS-Setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HORMACHUELOS-Setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /F /IM hormachuelos.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Kills process with taskkill
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3468
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "if (Get-Process hormachuelos -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { exit 1 } else { exit 0 }"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1276

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        hormachuelos.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\HORMACHUELOS\hormachuelos.exe
        • Size 21.8MB
        • SHA256 716209db4f900df3a2c7f03198f19712dc6b1c73aaee19cb865c4a3dd45947ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nse66.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 8b4c47c4cf5e76ec57dd5a050d5acd832a0d532ee875d7b44f6cdaf68f90d37c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        modern-wizard.bmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nse66.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
        • Size 150KB
        • SHA256 809141e416ff03d804608828d3283dc563280c91ed72ed683857bc0dffde1f2a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsDialogs.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nse66.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 b1350f487692057c8ffde75dcc55287a52a3272240d4d4912f24464b27551fc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsExec.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nse66.tmp\nsExec.dll
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 b121689861b506dbc9c3797b49bc8a90d555cb7db58cb959165cc758391c00bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsis_tauri_utils.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nse66.tmp\nsis_tauri_utils.dll
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 5ba143b5db4a87d32d6e7802e033330aae56cbceabe0d1e3ba41948385ad4709
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1276-26-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005CC6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-32-0x0000000006260000-0x00000000062AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-25-0x0000000005340000-0x0000000005362000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-27-0x0000000005CD0000-0x0000000005D36000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-23-0x0000000073900000-0x00000000740BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-30-0x0000000005D40000-0x000000000609B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-31-0x0000000006210000-0x000000000622E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-24-0x0000000005460000-0x0000000005AAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-33-0x00000000067B0000-0x0000000006846000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-35-0x0000000006780000-0x00000000067A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-34-0x0000000006730000-0x000000000674A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-36-0x0000000007890000-0x0000000007E4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-38-0x0000000073900000-0x00000000740BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-22-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D96000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-21-0x0000000073912000-0x0000000073913000-memory.dmp