Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/10/2026, 22:35

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 275KB
  • Sample261013-2hyfmac16j
  • SHA256 83f6e502078c3ed053549854872199d6c6d17058b97a91818367fe8a10286c87
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • cycbot

Attributes
  • payload_url

    http://binghamtonschools.org/images/ace/1/ace_1101278014_1314729789.jpg

    http://binghamtonschools.org/images/297893.jpg

    http://binghamtonschools.org/images/297894.jpg

    http://alleducationalsoftware.com/creditcardlogos.gif

    http://alleducationalsoftware.com/creditcard.png

    http://alleducationalsoftware.com/creditcard2.png

    http://patentgenius.com/temp/head.png

    http://patentgenius.com/132.gif

    http://patentgenius.com/133.gif

    http://freedownload3.com/screenshot/4/s/89_3276.gif

    http://freedownload3.com/screenshot/4/s/89_3277.gif

    http://freedownload3.com/screenshot/4/s/89_3278.gif

    http://istockanalyst.com/png/intel.gif

    http://istockanalyst.com/png/intel.jpg

    http://istockanalyst.com/12.jpg

    http://complaintsboard.com/complaints/logo.png

    http://complaintsboard.com/complaints/zip.png

    http://complaintsboard.com/complaints/rar.png

    http://highspeedinternetlosangeles.webnode.com/news/1.cgi

    http://highspeedinternetlosangeles.webnode.com/news/1.php

    http://highspeedinternetlosangeles.webnode.com/news/2.php

    http://newworldorderreport.com/favicon.ico

    http://newworldorderreport.com/img/3421.png

    http://newworldorderreport.com/img/3422.png

    http://jointhenewworldorder.com/images/pages.jpg

    http://jointhenewworldorder.com/images/pages.png

    http://cdn.adventofdeception.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/frame6.png

    http://cdn.adventofdeception.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/frame7.png

    http://cdn.adventofdeception.com/logo.png

    http://%s/s.php?c=121&id=%s

Signatures

  • Family: Cycbot

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

  • Family: Pony,Fareit

    Pony is a Remote Access Trojan application that steals information.

  • Detects Cycbot payload 8 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 2 IoCs
  • Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs

    Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs

    Steal credentials from unsecured files.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • 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 8 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 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 3 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 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 33 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 39 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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:1592
    • 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\D3E19\9004C.exe%C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\D3E19
      2⤵
        PID:5116
      • 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)\19412\lvvm.exe%C:\Program Files (x86)\19412
        2⤵
          PID:3204
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\LP\4C5D\FD04.tmp
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\LP\4C5D\FD04.tmp"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4784
      • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1776
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\LP\4C5D\8CD.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\LP\4C5D\8CD.exe"
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2828
      • C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\userinit.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3224
        • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
          C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
          2⤵
          • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3132
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
        1⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2296
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
        1⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5940

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            8CD.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\LP\4C5D\8CD.exe
            • Size 275KB
            • SHA256 83f6e502078c3ed053549854872199d6c6d17058b97a91818367fe8a10286c87
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            FD04.tmp

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\LP\4C5D\FD04.tmp
            • Size 97KB
            • SHA256 bb887b665e41520654a64ca93fc12ee803cc9c38a91cd3688fc44ff57b87853d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
            • Size 599B
            • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            9412.3E1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\D3E19\9412.3E1
            • Size 996B
            • SHA256 534cc28831c6146ebdb61420d8d888a814cc81b96138a9685d92c18d5b9b8a92
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            9412.3E1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\D3E19\9412.3E1
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 4c6099820ef46b831d00337926076b64818f1f67fc61f2dc11d47a7076be2071
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            9412.3E1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\D3E19\9412.3E1
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 141f3db2158a155bc02faa90fd27e435474e0021eea1baa0bdb91a63e1738b63
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            9412.3E1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\D3E19\9412.3E1
            • Size 600B
            • SHA256 6daee3c2b5b7cb36bc4197439f3917cd8b661e8fd10d76c177ed08707ece55c1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            9412.3E1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\D3E19\9412.3E1
            • Size 300B
            • SHA256 b3a6ea89e3ad0dd6126ead4fb617115d7ba4438bdfb375d9ac36055b73f7b72b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/1592-45-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000006F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-536-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-466-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-3-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-2-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000006F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/1592-327-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/2296-157-0x0000023F83400000-0x0000023F83420000-memory.dmp

            memory/2296-189-0x0000023F93BC0000-0x0000023F93BE0000-memory.dmp

            memory/2296-144-0x0000023FA4C80000-0x0000023FA4D80000-memory.dmp

            memory/2296-159-0x0000023F93820000-0x0000023F93920000-memory.dmp

            memory/2296-175-0x0000023F83640000-0x0000023F83660000-memory.dmp

            memory/2828-50-0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000910000-memory.dmp

            memory/2828-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/3204-294-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/4784-465-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

            memory/5116-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000046A000-memory.dmp

            memory/5116-47-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000840000-memory.dmp

            memory/5940-463-0x0000021B4B790000-0x0000021B4BE21000-memory.dmp

            memory/5940-471-0x0000021B4B790000-0x0000021B4BE21000-memory.dmp

            memory/5940-542-0x0000021B4B790000-0x0000021B4BE21000-memory.dmp