Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
25/10/2026, 19:51
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
OctopusEAX.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target OctopusEAX.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- Sample261025-ykz6fsbs8m
- SHA256 4b250eaeb02a8fda12b09a2a049499e29f641daa3afb539cd1a70d7a7be48060
- MD5 90a717cbf57a5cfff6d9cbf8f6d540be
- SHA1 acafeb8fa42d4f55fcb91d939fff8454cb10442c
- SHA512 0db0ebb9e70e38cb8ec3d0a7dfe26db7744e22c66d8683d8ae26f526400be7f83dec33197829a439d1e1f79630e1ff1788a9610b5565b8c6a5fa36004fab8974
- SSDEEP 49152:JIotI4Bv0+OK2WZ0Yz0RDfNI7+uE2eq2JCc:JIeBvRt2WCYzgVIc2eq2A
- TLSH T1F47512CB4CC16736CEC283BD2A60BD174644A533C847B33BF8DC6935790A867ACDA5A5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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xworm
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5.0
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UA3iz-40659.portmap.host:40659
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3AaMuAknRaqQqcnG
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install_file
USB.exe
Extracted
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njrat
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<- NjRAT 0.7d Horror Edition ->
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Victim
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UA3iz-40659.portmap.host:6060
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a6c56cd45e0a660f227421eb0aa9ddea
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reg_key
a6c56cd45e0a660f227421eb0aa9ddea
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splitter
Y262SUCZ4UJJ
Extracted
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xworm
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UA3iz-40659.portmap.host:40659
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oYTz114rvOoAgzi5
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install_file
USB.exe
Signatures
- Detect Xworm Payload 4 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000e00000001b848-6.dat family_xworm behavioral1/memory/4328-17-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008BE000-memory.dmp family_xworm behavioral1/files/0x000d00000001c5bd-27.dat family_xworm behavioral1/memory/4288-35-0x00000000009E0000-0x00000000009EE000-memory.dmp family_xworm - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 4328 XClient.exe 4936 Payload.exe 4288 WizClient.exe 2844 OctopusEAX.exe - Enumerates video capture drivers 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Queries the legacy Video for Windows capture drivers. This is commonly abused by RATs to check for available webcams on the system before reporting to their C2.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32\msvideo9 WizClient.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32\msvideo9 XClient.exe - 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 6 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname WizClient.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain WizClient.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname Payload.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain Payload.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname XClient.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain XClient.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Payload.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 2844 OctopusEAX.exe 2844 OctopusEAX.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 41 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 5272 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5272 AUDIODG.EXE Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4288 WizClient.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4328 XClient.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe Token: 33 4936 Payload.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4936 Payload.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4632 wrote to memory of 4328 4632 OctopusEAX.exe 89 PID 4632 wrote to memory of 4936 4632 OctopusEAX.exe 90 PID 4632 wrote to memory of 4288 4632 OctopusEAX.exe 91 PID 4632 wrote to memory of 2844 4632 OctopusEAX.exe 92 PID 2844 wrote to memory of 5612 2844 OctopusEAX.exe 93 PID 2844 wrote to memory of 108 2844 OctopusEAX.exe 96 - 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OctopusEAX.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OctopusEAX.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4632 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XClient.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates video capture drivers
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4328
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Payload.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Payload.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4936
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WizClient.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WizClient.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates video capture drivers
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4288
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OctopusEAX.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OctopusEAX.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2844 -
C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Query /TN "OctopusEAX"3⤵PID:5612
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe"C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /Query /TN "MasonEAX"3⤵PID:108
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C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXEC:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004EC 0x00000000000004E81⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5272
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\OctopusEAX.exe
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 6c1758ea8aff65a6f69bfab05752a343077bdffae6873ac1d83dbaa00dc1fc19
- MD5 97d1dacc80e013b370e0338c3ecc8782
- SHA1 8a5883f4cae22ba72496e6c7086a242c0792e605
- SHA512 70c89febda1d2a03f07774b9fb5c98a896e814210d1f3ab35c43de2cf82d87865ddcd014daff294473a6bf7a9dc6b091bfb3fbae92fcb2549267aef18ae927c4
- SSDEEP 24576:mWAZU7t1rtbc/7Ydld1asivY1EyVJIRTxNuEagobz32ORV:mT6ptMs1511+5aRz32O
- TLSH T116659E11A1E441EDD1BBE2B4CA762D07E772784103349AEB03D0996A1F277D54EBFB22
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Payload.exe
- Size 55KB
- SHA256 754705c26df8b527d7a3be2cfcae15e2982137cb03bd1ab1d373321a581729ca
- MD5 0672ddc8162261476a5de43b781248a0
- SHA1 0bfe10d15b813a39b3337df44d0c89e9d195a2c8
- SHA512 5f2a6af856ee246a582526ff9b502b585c4803243c6e03d5a937ec32e2c4de261a83f07ed5cd0f69e951152067123622296e0c6605cfce654ff73775399adb6c
- SSDEEP 768:jROsVSt1ManUk2N/PSJ2hrcr3UwhkSN3mwFvfu0YMDHPsML7XJSxI3pmhm:jR/gDnqN/PSAqzDWwsNMDDXExI3pmhm
- TLSH T197432844BFEA4A01E2BD8F3468F655150634AA63E532EB1F4CD668DB17327C58C40FE6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WizClient.exe
- Size 30KB
- SHA256 a8c374709709be9c6c35f6394d1c261d6c9c02b360c4a123b285b1b42d3b1d8e
- MD5 ef25d21bf010a7171c588087aeb512b3
- SHA1 2a7d2e6365e95d168e9840144abf83e2c475e035
- SHA512 3331d26bdb646a7d2fff21346b2ef35a0787add31c2501aa4d61b3183244e3c165b1b2d572b82e58f6b6493f2ce5ecb3ef2aa2017bedd775614bc6f31b6d8aef
- SSDEEP 384:IfoCEwCPmtt37GRuSFWLLZk5ImYTEjPgmRuptFlBLTIOZw/W2Zvn9Ikn1uumxOqF:7mtt3onGHm4som0FG9L5MOqhHbX
- TLSH T123E23A487BE88326DAFE1FF219B2910112749513DD13EF9E0CD595EB6B6BAC046013EA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\XClient.exe
- Size 32KB
- SHA256 3fb939c27ac3fdf9c9e2dd478c28cd68b537ea67a8b1366ae774737a104c5125
- MD5 36ca637d6e7646a09271f7ddabd1b4de
- SHA1 e4d31356b9e4207527c8480345db30299314a1c1
- SHA512 6d041800ab16f60a68e8712211d32c97d391ce7bfab4df86ef3fd99ae6f0921fef86b26f60a088ef8aa86ade0e62602c1608d3fa85a7320967f85845f4c405dc
- SSDEEP 768:dRPD9OQhx/BV3Tw4ppzVFE9j/1HOjhzb1:dd9OW/V3U4pjFE9jNHOjlJ
- TLSH T1C6E22B4877E44712DAEEAFF12DF261061270D51BD913EFAE0CE485EA2B67AC047407E6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH