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-ppp2lsat5v
  • 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:1788
    • 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:5092
      • 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:1048

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

        A8A9E1F.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A8A9E1F.tmp
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 5cd6ff619f826bc602e2c14bd1dab39080e9d310eac468af64014fa6db55853e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        E31C466.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\E31C466.tmp
        • Size 40B
        • SHA256 2130be9e5b478a468349d62a5261aa52c366781a0b25f76c24f15a94366fe1d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        CacheBrid86.exe

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

        memory/1048-30-0x00007FF64D110000-0x00007FF64D138000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-59-0x00007FF64D110000-0x00007FF64D138000-memory.dmp

        memory/1048-36-0x00007FF64D110000-0x00007FF64D138000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-15-0x0000000074D90000-0x0000000074E23000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-13-0x00000000005C0000-0x0000000000961000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-1-0x00007FFA9EE30000-0x00007FFA9F025000-memory.dmp

        memory/1788-0-0x00000000742F0000-0x000000007446B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-20-0x00007FFA9EE30000-0x00007FFA9F025000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-28-0x00000000742F0000-0x000000007446B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-26-0x00000000742F0000-0x000000007446B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-25-0x0000000074310000-0x0000000074311000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-22-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000E71000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-23-0x0000000073FB0000-0x0000000074043000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-37-0x00000000742F0000-0x000000007446B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-38-0x00000000742F0000-0x000000007446B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5092-19-0x00000000742F0000-0x000000007446B000-memory.dmp