Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
139s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
15/10/2026, 23:20
General
- Target jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Agent.qwhapa.exe
- Size 4.1MB
- Sample261015-3bvxlaef73
- SHA256 6675e3dbcfac5eeb192db3b94cbce5475f1049cd4d44ce6bed7b8178117dbe2d
Malware Config
Signatures
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.
- Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Agent.qwhapa.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Agent.qwhapa.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Adds Run key to start application
- 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
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 1 /TN memRun32 /TR 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Network\mscnsdtl30.exe' /F2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Network\mscnsdtl30.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Network\mscnsdtl30.exe"1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Checks computer location settings
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- Executes dropped EXE
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- 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
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 1 /TN memRun32 /TR 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Network\mscnsdtl30.exe' /F2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
2Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Defense Evasion
Debugger Evasion
1Modify Registry
1Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion
2Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
1w3De7[1].png
mscnsdtl30.exe
System Log.url
memory/688-55-0x00000000034A0000-0x00000000034A1000-memory.dmp
memory/688-59-0x00000000034B0000-0x00000000034B1000-memory.dmp
memory/688-66-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000EAC000-memory.dmp
memory/688-63-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000EAC000-memory.dmp
memory/688-64-0x0000000003490000-0x0000000003491000-memory.dmp
memory/688-58-0x0000000003500000-0x0000000003502000-memory.dmp
memory/688-50-0x00000000034E0000-0x00000000034E1000-memory.dmp
memory/688-51-0x0000000003480000-0x0000000003481000-memory.dmp
memory/688-52-0x00000000034F0000-0x00000000034F1000-memory.dmp
memory/688-53-0x0000000003510000-0x0000000003511000-memory.dmp
memory/688-54-0x00000000034C0000-0x00000000034C1000-memory.dmp
memory/688-48-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000EAC000-memory.dmp
memory/688-49-0x00000000034D0000-0x00000000034D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-1-0x0000000003320000-0x0000000003321000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-45-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000FAC000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-38-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000FAC000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-33-0x0000000002C60000-0x0000000002C61000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-3-0x0000000002C30000-0x0000000002C31000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-0-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000FAC000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-4-0x0000000003310000-0x0000000003311000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-8-0x0000000002C50000-0x0000000002C51000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-2-0x0000000003330000-0x0000000003331000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-5-0x0000000003350000-0x0000000003352000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-6-0x0000000003360000-0x0000000003361000-memory.dmp
memory/3396-7-0x0000000003340000-0x0000000003341000-memory.dmp