Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 00:54

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 319KB
  • Sample261014-a9ph9aev4r
  • SHA256 d781b5b3cb3abbb078b592e7991478123285049739e77082f9e9c27de8469f2e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Citadel

    Citadel is a trojan and botnet written in C.

  • Detects Citadel payload 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

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⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2960
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
      2⤵
        PID:2456

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          memory/2456-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000439000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-1-0x000000000049C000-0x000000000049D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-2-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049D000-memory.dmp

          memory/2960-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049D000-memory.dmp