Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/10/2026, 12:30

General

  • Target
    HashManager64.exe
  • Size 3.6MB
  • Sample261012-ppjvlacf69
  • SHA256 ac7bfdcccd7ac9216aa95626f52e01dfe7ea9881577de3733f3661ae0c683e20
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • hijackloader

Attributes
  • directory

    %APPDATA%\TemporalSearch

  • inject_dll

    %windir%\SysWOW64\pla.dll

xor.hex

Signatures

  • Family: HijackLoader, IDAT loader, Ghostulse,

    HijackLoader is a multi-stage loader, first seen in 2023.

  • Detects HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HashManager64.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HashManager64.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3468
    • C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\HashManager64.exe
      C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\HashManager64.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4616
      • C:\Users\Admin\CacheBrid86.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\CacheBrid86.exe
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        PID:808

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        HashManager64.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\HashManager64.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 ac7bfdcccd7ac9216aa95626f52e01dfe7ea9881577de3733f3661ae0c683e20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.VideoRecorderEngine.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.VideoRecorderEngine.dll
        • Size 184KB
        • SHA256 ad7ae1df63dc9f6ee4eabbeb4e9c0f98b2a1b1d69ad8bde9b564e998678310c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        bResourceStrings.bpl

        • Path C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\bResourceStrings.bpl
        • Size 544KB
        • SHA256 13608aa205e934e3e0b3ac504e1589a41285f9197f6f53be01c2bc59f46b6837
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        layout_link.pdb

        • Path C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\layout_link.pdb
        • Size 27KB
        • SHA256 4323fb90e50b2deb5f9fd235100dd7e41e28f1fd645099dc3bc65e1445463613
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        queue-prof.lock

        • Path C:\ProgramData\TemporalSearch\queue-prof.lock
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 0d4828bbc66a72c3ffbf03ec9bc9b3b190dba35e043b15360d9518c83572c6f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        B06A38E.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\B06A38E.tmp
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 23fe1a190dde324222219a3bb636d57b4910014306284800aeed12839d22219c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FB1D483.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FB1D483.tmp
        • Size 40B
        • SHA256 5caeeaa446697ced43ce702553f975233fc55555790778f3846170b5876dfd42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        CacheBrid86.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\CacheBrid86.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 2ad088b2abe68b5bf9439ea7c6dc057895e00e52536289918110a834be83c5c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/808-36-0x00007FF605060000-0x00007FF605088000-memory.dmp

        memory/808-30-0x00007FF605060000-0x00007FF605088000-memory.dmp

        memory/808-60-0x00007FF605060000-0x00007FF605088000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-17-0x0000000074F50000-0x0000000074FE3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-0-0x00000000744E0000-0x000000007465B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-13-0x0000000000E00000-0x00000000011A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3468-1-0x00007FFF32C30000-0x00007FFF32E25000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-19-0x00000000744E0000-0x000000007465B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-28-0x00000000744E0000-0x000000007465B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-26-0x00000000744E0000-0x000000007465B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-25-0x0000000074500000-0x0000000074501000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-22-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000C11000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-23-0x00000000741A0000-0x0000000074233000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-37-0x00000000744E0000-0x000000007465B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-38-0x00000000744E0000-0x000000007465B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4616-20-0x00007FFF32C30000-0x00007FFF32E25000-memory.dmp