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
    13/10/2026, 22:22

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 172KB
  • Sample261013-2ahefade59
  • SHA256 85a470213d701bd260f889776eee14a064bf6f2097ed85f25c4dfb2668ff8704
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • cycbot

C2
  • http://yourhqimages.com

  • http://systems-datadc.com

  • http://goldenfilestorage.com

  • http://bigcherrybox.com

  • http://onlinemediacontrol.com

  • http://ultradiscofx.com

  • http://stotre4image.com

  • http://allsoft4you.com

  • http://videocontainer.com

  • http://maxtroeurosys.com

Attributes
  • payload_url

    http://armoredlegion.com/305986.png

    http://armoredlegion.com/16354.png

    http://armoredlegion.com/716354_m61.png

    http://mektek.net/thelab/wiley.jpg

    http://knowledgesutra.com/img/temp/hi.cgi

    http://knowledgesutra.com/img/temp/head.png

    http://battleon.com/134.gif

    http://battleon.com/132.gif

    http://battleon.com/133.gif

    http://browsermmorpg.com/images/cpc.png

    http://browsermmorpg.com/images/cpc2.png

    http://browsermmorpg.com/img/intel.gif

    http://browsermmorpg.com/img/intel.jpg

    http://012webpages.com/christian12.jpg

    http://012webpages.com/christian13.jpg

    http://012webpages.com/christian14.jpg

    http://tri-countymech.com/g/livechat.png

    http://tri-countymech.com/g/logo.png

    http://tri-countymech.com/g/133.jpg

    http://tri-countymech.com/g/134.jpg

    http://electronicstheory.com/pics/valley.png

    http://electronicstheory.com/pics/sun.png

    http://classicbattletech.com/lhous3.gif

    http://classicbattletech.com/lhous4.gif

    http://classicbattletech.com/lhous5.gif

    http://classicbattletech.com/lhous6.gif

    http://engineeringcrossing.com/images/misc/23525.png

    http://engineeringcrossing.com/images/misc/64646.png

Signatures

  • Family: Cycbot

    Cycbot is a backdoor and trojan written in C++..

  • Detects Cycbot payload 6 IoCs

    Cycbot is a backdoor and trojan written in C++.

  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Disables taskbar notifications via registry modification
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • UPX packed file 6 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 58 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies security service
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:3732
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe startC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\167BD\53ED3.exe%C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\167BD
      2⤵
        PID:4460
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe startC:\Program Files (x86)\BD394\lvvm.exe%C:\Program Files (x86)\BD394
        2⤵
          PID:3788
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\D351\F17.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\D351\F17.exe"
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3764
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe
        1⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4436
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2536
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mca
        1⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4040

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            F17.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\D351\F17.exe
            • Size 172KB
            • SHA256 85a470213d701bd260f889776eee14a064bf6f2097ed85f25c4dfb2668ff8704
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            microsoft.windows[1].xml

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\8K3Q3NFN\microsoft.windows[1].xml
            • Size 97B
            • SHA256 774e0f120c9eb0b16ac50e93d255edb2274432ba28173069c38fc483c29184cf
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            AppCache134364037995271521.txt.~tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\DeviceSearchCache\AppCache134364037995271521.txt.~tmp
            • Size 84KB
            • SHA256 177d9a309cb1eb17bfe6da2c5886b5ef0634a9e3ab2da65a2671a29071555652
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            D394.67B

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\167BD\D394.67B
            • Size 996B
            • SHA256 cb65011ece694c82c1afccd1e45929cf4b1e000ff22c1205ed679e3de533e2d0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            D394.67B

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\167BD\D394.67B
            • Size 600B
            • SHA256 0a23030dee7ba991787400212caa4956a5f0d114ac7165ad21995ee2d5d26519
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            D394.67B

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\167BD\D394.67B
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 01fa1f34cff9c2af06b54bcdb7cc708b9b3d4908ff39b2043098d7dd68ee7352
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/3732-51-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000570000-memory.dmp

            memory/3732-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3732-127-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3732-1-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000570000-memory.dmp

            memory/3732-384-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3764-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

            memory/3764-16-0x0000000000690000-0x0000000000790000-memory.dmp

            memory/3788-126-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-201-0x000001C7D1600000-0x000001C7D1700000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-202-0x000001C7D1600000-0x000001C7D1700000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-206-0x000001C7D2490000-0x000001C7D24B0000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-203-0x000001C7D1600000-0x000001C7D1700000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-215-0x000001C7D2450000-0x000001C7D2470000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-237-0x000001C7D2870000-0x000001C7D2890000-memory.dmp

            memory/4040-381-0x000001BFD1000000-0x000001BFD122E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4436-200-0x00000000043B0000-0x00000000043B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/4460-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

            memory/4460-7-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000660000-memory.dmp