Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/10/2026, 17:59

General

  • Target
    jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Hotkeychick.d.exe
  • Size 4.4MB
  • Sample261018-wkvvmaca65
  • SHA256 69c0164bd5a3f28737152241ee1a7750c37ab6e80c4c456f6a34237da73c2f71
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 1 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 16 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 26 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • UPX packed file 29 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Hotkeychick.d.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118_Trojan.Win32.Hotkeychick.d.exe"
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5108
    • C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.exe
      "C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      PID:4236
  • C:\SNIPER~1\sniperscan.exe
    C:\SNIPER~1\SNIPER~1.EXE
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4732
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c freshclam.exe --config conf\freshclam.conf > sigupdate.log
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      PID:5716
    • C:\SNIPER~1\Sniperscanengine.exe
      Sniperscanengine.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5412
      • C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.exe
        C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.exe /R
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:5076
    • C:\SNIPER~1\clamd.exe
      clamd.exe --config conf\sniperscan.conf
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2812
  • C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.exe
    C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1836
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c freshclam.exe --config conf\freshclam.conf > sigupdate.log
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4432
      • C:\Sniperscan\freshclam.exe
        freshclam.exe --config conf\freshclam.conf
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3680
    • C:\Sniperscan\Sniperscanengine.exe
      Sniperscanengine.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4484
      • C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.exe
        C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.exe /R
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:996
        • C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe
          clamdscan.exe --fdpass --quiet --no-summary --config-file=conf\sniperscan.conf --log=sniperscanengine.log --move=quarantine "C:\Sniperscan\libclamav.dll"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2428
        • C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe
          clamdscan.exe --fdpass --quiet --no-summary --config-file=conf\sniperscan.conf --log=sniperscanengine.log --move=quarantine "C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3184
        • C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe
          clamdscan.exe --fdpass --quiet --no-summary --config-file=conf\sniperscan.conf --log=sniperscanengine.log --move=quarantine "C:\Sniperscan\libclamunrar_iface.dll"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2384
        • C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe
          clamdscan.exe --fdpass --quiet --no-summary --config-file=conf\sniperscan.conf --log=sniperscanengine.log --move=quarantine "C:\Sniperscan\libclamunrar.dll"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2916
        • C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe
          clamdscan.exe --fdpass --quiet --no-summary --config-file=conf\sniperscan.conf --log=sniperscanengine.log --move=quarantine "C:\Sniperscan\freshclam.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3288
    • C:\Sniperscan\clamd.exe
      clamd.exe --config conf\sniperscan.conf
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1980
    • C:\Sniperscan\clamd.exe
      clamd.exe --config conf\sniperscan.conf
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4564

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        clamd.exe

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\clamd.exe
        • Size 116KB
        • SHA256 2d98a8e69cfd5e8a6932ebe732abcdd3a22dbbd4ca48d8be9fc4946b844e7cc8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        clamdscan.exe

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\clamdscan.exe
        • Size 76KB
        • SHA256 c7844db3523895ee65de5a0ac104aa533e028e997cf7b2c6ca25a348d1033999
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        freshclam.conf

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\conf\freshclam.conf
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 9963c42a489ea816d5c9bae895687a97be7b49ac5d47b27417b5c9eceeab9ab5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        options.ini

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\conf\options.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7422ceda39783bd574dc423e6e7458e8194fae58cbf9d25649a6bf50403f6e6a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        sniperscan.conf

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\conf\sniperscan.conf
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 dc72f506f8166175537aaaed7db9e5e65507c071be6b3dd221abffa5b7b79378
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        mirrors.dat

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\database\mirrors.dat
        • Size 936B
        • SHA256 60d0cacb5e304b6af7c5db195b9a06499dbe72d5a481a9003a41ff3632304bc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        mirrors.dat

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\database\mirrors.dat
        • Size 988B
        • SHA256 9e184eb818275a7698d0b60b6f2ff6a9d09b676a11276a830b3ca646726def84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        mirrors.dat

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\database\mirrors.dat
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7952e79552b82d30b36b9a79c7d1f8d4086159c627fb8f08c7972376b443f825
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        freshclam.exe

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\freshclam.exe
        • Size 128KB
        • SHA256 291c8aa39966c45b999967cf5ac5ba9f41cd71200aed6633dae868efa9e8f4a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ressource.dll

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\ico\ressource.dll
        • Size 403KB
        • SHA256 85e883fef7bea9b438c88423cd150291580b635a8321943f8867abf315a98d28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sniperscan.ico

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\ico\sniperscan.ico
        • Size 85KB
        • SHA256 457d7132978869733ac287eaa838994009f00e4b905817f9eaea47e686f41336
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libclamav.dll

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\libclamav.dll
        • Size 3.2MB
        • SHA256 b39a156b164a76fb4e701df0d2ae263cd4169f9c97670882dfd996d63e4721ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libclamunrar.dll

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\libclamunrar.dll
        • Size 64KB
        • SHA256 c40e36d01fd6d38026e18e0ffc92e954b779d9f5d7e83d8e53856807696786e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libclamunrar_iface.dll

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\libclamunrar_iface.dll
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 72ac671739f3197dcfa85728593a6438c93452438321031f1a93edaaaf02c7f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sniperscan.exe

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 399eb5c969a57bf12514ca625d86692dbd899cf3c3b0e4cce8b00e732bfd7e35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sniperscan.log

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.log
        • Size 658B
        • SHA256 3620abf735b86b598a1c63ec7013f6febb747d1201dc9d1231b07b4a72c808db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        sniperscan.log

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\sniperscan.log
        • Size 82B
        • SHA256 1ca74bb604a2e763683206e1d1a738ccc76cc9802f8f64f4862d7b01d012741a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        sniperscanengine.exe

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.exe
        • Size 213KB
        • SHA256 c49093a68d49165a5b6c1284cd42c448032616439f530563af405b8c373854e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sniperscanengine.log

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.log
        • Size 200B
        • SHA256 dd22f31b757dfcc7e6f81bd62cf2bae0da8097493629c12d31b51d8716795711
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        sniperscanengine.log

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\sniperscanengine.log
        • Size 540B
        • SHA256 f33d53b466d42aa6770b7a2ee5bbf87890267d990fcfe24d14b7bac7b15cf827
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        deleteme.txt

        • Path C:\Sniperscan\update\deleteme.txt
        • Size 4B
        • SHA256 3f26db74530b33f768d325a7ee5e213495ae18eb97a724c6a6db578f65a74318
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsuDAB7.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 484f8e9f194ed9016274ef3672b2c52ed5f574fb71d3884edf3c222b758a75a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ins.tx

        • Path C:\Windows\ins.tx
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 fa17253528be2e155506f8e739d6a4847e67cc4f4b854619fe2f5b636ac809ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/996-148-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-138-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-150-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-152-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-154-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-173-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-160-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-171-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-156-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-146-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-169-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/996-158-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/1980-94-0x0000000000A70000-0x0000000000A80000-memory.dmp

        memory/2812-97-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000970000-memory.dmp

        memory/3680-111-0x0000000000740000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-74-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/4564-166-0x0000000002120000-0x0000000002130000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-140-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-155-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-157-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-153-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-159-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-168-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-170-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-172-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-139-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

        memory/5412-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp