Overview

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jaffacakes...ic.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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jaffacakes...ic.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

10

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    140s
  • 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, 00:23

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General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 218KB
  • Sample261014-appzaadt91
  • SHA256 ddb06746d510a7da530239c8f701cb968d1687241d4944c6561d76e505880e7b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
defense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionblackshadespersistenceratupx

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Blackshades

    Blackshades is a remote access trojan with various capabilities.

    ratblackshades
  • Blackshades payload 2 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

    persistence
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

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

    upx
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

    execution
  • 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.

    discovery
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3016
    • 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⤵
      • Adds policy Run key to start application
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3240
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3352
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies firewall policy service
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:2960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2176
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies firewall policy service
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:5840
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2136
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile /v "DoNotAllowExceptions" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies firewall policy service
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:996
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6076
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
          REG ADD HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List /v "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe:*:Enabled:Windows Messanger" /f
          4⤵
          • Modifies firewall policy service
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry key
          PID:1480
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2164
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2780

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Reconnaissance

        Resource Development

        Initial Access

        Execution

        Command and Scripting Interpreter

        1
        T1059

        Windows Command Shell

        1
        T1059.003

        Persistence

        Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

        3
        T1547

        Active Setup

        1
        T1547.014

        Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

        2
        T1547.001

        Create or Modify System Process

        1
        T1543

        Windows Service

        1
        T1543.003

        Privilege Escalation

        Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

        3
        T1547

        Active Setup

        1
        T1547.014

        Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

        2
        T1547.001

        Create or Modify System Process

        1
        T1543

        Windows Service

        1
        T1543.003

        Defense Evasion

        Impair Defenses

        1
        T1562

        Disable or Modify System Firewall

        1
        T1562.004

        Modify Registry

        5
        T1112

        Credential Access

        Discovery

        System Location Discovery

        1
        T1614

        System Language Discovery

        1
        T1614.001

        System Network Configuration Discovery

        1
        T1016

        Lateral Movement

        Collection

        Command and Control

        Exfiltration

        Impact

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        Downloads

        erlog1031
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\erlog1031
        • Size 34B
        • SHA256 822beefaa7562d53994fde1185de06fb3f842d8fd0bb979bc37e767a472b603a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512
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        taaskhost.exe
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\taaskhost.exe
        • Size 218KB
        • SHA256 ddb06746d510a7da530239c8f701cb968d1687241d4944c6561d76e505880e7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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        memory/3016-0-0x0000000001A70000-0x0000000001A80000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3016-1-0x0000000075062000-0x0000000075064000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3240-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3240-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3240-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3240-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000473000-memory.dmp
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