Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    25s
  • 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, 02:23

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
  • Size 2.3MB
  • Sample261014-ct5xeaev7z
  • SHA256 86441f0b8b33124902446600c248fcefaccae063a68ebfae31ec4f73b5a494c9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • VMProtect packed file 14 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 6 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 6 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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 NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4952
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Defender" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4200
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe" -d2
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5856
  • 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 NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Defender" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:404
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe" -d2
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4116
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "Windows Defender" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5268
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe
    1⤵
      PID:3664

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          driver.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\driver\driver.exe
          • Size 2.3MB
          • SHA256 86441f0b8b33124902446600c248fcefaccae063a68ebfae31ec4f73b5a494c9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2804-39-0x0000000002620000-0x0000000002621000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/2804-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-76-0x00000000025C0000-0x00000000025C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-73-0x0000000002590000-0x0000000002591000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-74-0x00000000025A0000-0x00000000025A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-72-0x0000000002580000-0x0000000002581000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-70-0x0000000002520000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-69-0x0000000002510000-0x0000000002511000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-75-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3664-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-53-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-59-0x00000000025A0000-0x00000000025A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-54-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A21000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-55-0x0000000002550000-0x0000000002551000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-56-0x0000000002570000-0x0000000002571000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-57-0x0000000002580000-0x0000000002581000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-58-0x0000000002590000-0x0000000002591000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-60-0x00000000025B0000-0x00000000025B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-64-0x00000000066F0000-0x000000000672C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-66-0x0000000006CE0000-0x0000000006CEA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-68-0x0000000006D60000-0x0000000006D66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-16-0x00000000052B0000-0x000000000534C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-8-0x00000000027B0000-0x00000000027B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-7-0x0000000000426000-0x0000000000652000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-6-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-3-0x0000000002770000-0x0000000002771000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-4-0x0000000002780000-0x0000000002781000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-2-0x0000000002630000-0x0000000002631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-1-0x0000000002620000-0x0000000002621000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-0-0x0000000002610000-0x0000000002611000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-33-0x0000000000426000-0x0000000000652000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-14-0x00000000053D0000-0x000000000546C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-19-0x0000000006090000-0x0000000006122000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-17-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000053B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-5-0x0000000002790000-0x0000000002791000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-15-0x0000000005470000-0x0000000005A2A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-24-0x0000000002780000-0x0000000002781000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-27-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-29-0x00000000027C0000-0x00000000027C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-23-0x0000000002540000-0x0000000002541000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-28-0x00000000027B0000-0x00000000027B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-50-0x0000000006080000-0x0000000006092000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000896000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-25-0x0000000002790000-0x0000000002791000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-22-0x00000000024E0000-0x00000000024E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-21-0x00000000024D0000-0x00000000024D1000-memory.dmp