Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/10/2026, 06:23

General

  • Target
    OperaSetup.exe
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample261011-g5vb9sda59
  • SHA256 6fa94d7e9e9117e2e85a6fbf24b58a30a4b4af5dfd8090a389c72f45416d1666
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Writes a Windows system DLL name to a user directory 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    A module named after a system DLL outside System32 can be loaded instead of the real one by a program searching that directory.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaSetup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OperaSetup.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4112
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0105A018\installer.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0105A018\installer.exe --server-tracking-blob=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
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5024
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0105A018\installer.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0105A018\installer.exe --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Crash Reports" "--crash-count-file=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\crash_count.txt" --url=https://crashstats-collector-2.opera.com/ --annotation=channel=Stable --annotation=plat=Win64 --annotation=prod=OperaDesktop --annotation=ver=137.0.6036.39 --initial-client-data=0x274,0x278,0x27c,0x250,0x280,0x7ff6080509d8,0x7ff6080509e8,0x7ff6080509f8
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1388
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\installer.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\installer.exe" --version
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1160
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\Assistant_136.0.6008.52_Setup.exe_sfx.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\Assistant_136.0.6008.52_Setup.exe_sfx.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Writes a Windows system DLL name to a user directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2192
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\assistant_installer.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\assistant_installer.exe" --version
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Enumerates system info in registry
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2424
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\assistant_installer.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\assistant_installer.exe" --type=crashpad-handler "--user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable" /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler "--database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Crash Reports" "--crash-count-file=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\crash_count.txt" --url=https://crashstats-collector-2.opera.com/ --annotation=channel=Stable --annotation=plat=Win32 --annotation=prod=OperaDesktop --annotation=ver=136.0.6008.52 --initial-client-data=0x220,0x224,0x228,0x1fc,0x22c,0x10cc9cc,0x10cc9d8,0x10cc9e4
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1412

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        additional_file0.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\additional_file0.tmp
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 30786977e61add36f7c641facfb7fce1b2ec7c2a0a7e055a172f127a68788556
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        assistant_installer.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\assistant_installer.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 e8dce277d6edb918499526fadba9902e317496c2af077219f263a7a643467824
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        browser_assistant.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\browser_assistant.exe
        • Size 5.3MB
        • SHA256 f399f3c94ce8b3d6666a8f19a0c33d1e3e0b09ceef4887d323e7c4a35cfbd686
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dbgcore.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\dbgcore.dll
        • Size 196KB
        • SHA256 c16220edd3787da33dbd3ac2fcbec7de6a13e2baf14ae6105bba68d4efd83628
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dbghelp.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\dbghelp.dll
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 990b13e88b4a9985eb5c596078e2ec26a0edcc22169dd71f8a84c7943005306c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        files_list

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\assistant\files_list
        • Size 72B
        • SHA256 5b3741e12f14d0ae54d450fff585c5fbfa7b360800c863722472d320c26b4ef4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        de932af914ba00303d4a2778a383ac9c831101e2.crx

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.opera\840db699-e2ae-49b4-ba7f-a162535269a5 Opera Installer Temp\opera_package_202610110725191\de932af914ba00303d4a2778a383ac9c831101e2.crx
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 7709b01cae20a411b72b40ce900b0058c6dd03167d05da7e42bf3d95ceffd582
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        installer.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS0105A018\installer.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 c2ac35ff3a7e38118be30262da2ba076470c58c10aa7f9a7e5c3b7ce15c73f1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        settings.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Crash Reports\settings.dat
        • Size 40B
        • SHA256 ab8aed851b031e62ec480cded3b6cb57de09ea47b2d9b99258bfdd831ec7d36b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512