Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
147s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
14/10/2026, 02:57
General
- Target jaffacakes118_HEUR.Trojan.Win32.Generic.exe
- Size 240KB
- Sample261014-dfmpcaft7n
- SHA256 c3ffd4f5e1289b2b42b16ccdefacf100e71465924ef049fda66ce3b524a0d42a
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs
Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.
- Reads data files stored by FTP clients 2 TTPs
Tries to access configuration files associated with programs like FileZilla.
- Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
- 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.
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- 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 SetThreadContext 2 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 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: SetClipboardViewer 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
- outlook_office_path 1 IoCs
- outlook_win_path 1 IoCs
Processes
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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⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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⤵
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- 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 SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Principal Financial Group Inc\Principal Financial Group Inc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Principal Financial Group Inc\Principal Financial Group Inc.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Principal Financial Group Inc\Principal Financial Group Inc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Principal Financial Group Inc\Principal Financial Group Inc.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: SetClipboardViewer
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- outlook_office_path
- outlook_win_path
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
5Credentials In Files
4Credentials in Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
Principal Financial Group Inc.exe
memory/3880-11-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/3880-7-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/3880-8-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/3956-12-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/3956-14-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/4600-1-0x0000000074F12000-0x0000000074F14000-memory.dmp
memory/4600-0-0x0000000001930000-0x0000000001940000-memory.dmp
memory/4920-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp
memory/4920-3-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/4920-4-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/4920-5-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp
memory/4920-13-0x0000000074F10000-0x0000000075531000-memory.dmp