Analysis

  • max time kernel
    64s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/10/2026, 02:51

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe
  • Size 389KB
  • Sample261016-dcf3dswsfs
  • SHA256 0facc68a4e6aa1f30cae2d2cb83f2b4930c51b013cefcffa575eb413fc4e986e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Citadel

    Citadel is a trojan and botnet written in C.

  • Detects Citadel payload 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 10 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4324
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3516
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ipconfig.exe
        ipconfig /renew
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Gathers network information
        PID:4400
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.pxyy.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4920

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          memory/3516-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000416000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-3-0x0000000000401000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-14-0x0000000000401000-0x000000000040B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4324-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp

          memory/4920-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043B000-memory.dmp