Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    137s
  • 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, 17:08

General

  • Target
    Wic Reset Connect_NEW.exe
  • Size 12.3MB
  • Sample261012-vnqjmsg12k
  • SHA256 7ffb725767c8ca659afc119dbef273b5327047b5b4b1744d87773e53850a58ec
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 6 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 30 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wic Reset Connect_NEW.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wic Reset Connect_NEW.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3232
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wic Reset Connect_NEW.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Wic Reset Connect_NEW.exe" as_admin
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1820
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k DcomLaunch -p -s DeviceInstall
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2232
    • C:\Windows\system32\DrvInst.exe
      DrvInst.exe "4" "0" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\{0ece596b-a2a1-894a-886d-ddc42e18235f}\UsbStub.inf" "9" "43136b9fb" "0000000000000148" "WinSta0\Default" "0000000000000160" "208" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpwire-portable"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2100
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpwire-portable\fusbhub.sys
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpwire-portable\fusbhub.sys
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4544

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        gui.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Electronic Team\HelpWire\gui.log
        • Size 342B
        • SHA256 1ecd5d240580bfdc0fea2bc5c45903a2ab2b05d6b9d85fba39b80a3755b8fca6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UsbOverTcp.cat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HELPWI~1\UsbOverTcp.cat
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 1d47389ff4a9ceed2b784640b33d334848c7c07ead454167b286993d4699ee50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        eusbstub.sys

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HELPWI~1\eusbstub.sys
        • Size 44KB
        • SHA256 be15b80911f6e0aa7af90a093ae088897923d9c455958cc0e666162e7376d1f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UsbStub.inf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpwire-portable\UsbStub.inf
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 8e47beba55d12ea598c4726dc291e93ec03e0bc0e8b60354a571dd99fe01880e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        fusbhub.sys

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\helpwire-portable\fusbhub.sys
        • Size 127KB
        • SHA256 a89a9f7c0fde1f951992757cceaeefa09f1a969ccd983cfd2d72e3c959eed3ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH