Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
146s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
12/10/2026, 09:12
General
- Target jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Hookey.iq.exe
- Size 346KB
- Sample261012-k6awsstybs
- SHA256 a1e41841afb2ff9348f3e1c8f1ab511e7a2df53c7b3be9fbea5a2c04d4223733
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Imminent RAT
Remote-access trojan based on Imminent Monitor remote admin software.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Enumerates video capture drivers 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Queries the legacy Video for Windows capture drivers. This is commonly abused by RATs to check for available webcams on the system before reporting to their C2.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- 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 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
- Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 50 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Hookey.iq.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Hookey.iq.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_trojan-spy.win32.hookey.iq\jaffacakes118_trojan-spy.win32.hookey.iq.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_trojan-spy.win32.hookey.iq\jaffacakes118_trojan-spy.win32.hookey.iq.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates video capture drivers
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 1000 > Nul & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Hookey.iq.exe"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXEping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 10003⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Runs ping.exe
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Toolbox\Toolbox.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Toolbox\Toolbox.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exeC:\Windows\system32\wbem\WmiApSrv.exe1⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
jaffacakes118_trojan-spy.win32.hookey.iq.exe
memory/800-27-0x0000000008420000-0x000000000842A000-memory.dmp
memory/800-26-0x0000000008230000-0x0000000008246000-memory.dmp
memory/800-23-0x0000000005620000-0x0000000005672000-memory.dmp
memory/800-24-0x0000000005A90000-0x0000000005AA0000-memory.dmp
memory/832-4-0x0000000001830000-0x0000000001840000-memory.dmp
memory/832-6-0x0000000008E90000-0x0000000008EB8000-memory.dmp
memory/832-7-0x0000000007430000-0x00000000079D4000-memory.dmp
memory/832-8-0x00000000070A0000-0x0000000007132000-memory.dmp
memory/832-9-0x0000000007E90000-0x0000000007EF6000-memory.dmp
memory/832-10-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005B58000-memory.dmp
memory/832-5-0x0000000005950000-0x00000000059FE000-memory.dmp
memory/832-0-0x0000000000FA0000-0x0000000000FFC000-memory.dmp
memory/832-3-0x0000000005780000-0x00000000057D2000-memory.dmp
memory/832-2-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A10000-memory.dmp
memory/832-1-0x0000000005840000-0x00000000058DC000-memory.dmp