Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/10/2026, 14:11

General

  • Target
    Fauna-Setup-1.3.6.exe
  • Size 69.7MB
  • Sample261026-rhl3gset7t
  • SHA256 3d18b5d1d234322a640455835bd031525551dce93509b891ff4e27df8b9b3291
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 9 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Queries registry keys for unique system GUIDs 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Queries the MachineGuid or HwProfileGuid value from the command line, commonly used to create a unique victim ID.

  • Queries system WMI classes for hardware identifiers 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses WMI to read hardware serial numbers or the system UUID, commonly used to fingerprint the victim machine.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A root certificate was added, modified, or removed in the trusted certificate store registry paths.

  • 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fauna-Setup-1.3.6.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fauna-Setup-1.3.6.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3332
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3256
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography /v MachineGuid
        3⤵
        • Queries registry keys for unique system GUIDs
        PID:2400
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1488,13698997901281500540,8734634821731264445,131072 --enable-features=WebComponentsV0Enabled --disable-features=CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess --gpu-preferences=MAAAAAAAAADgAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAABQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAYAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1496 /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:2452
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --field-trial-handle=1488,13698997901281500540,8734634821731264445,131072 --enable-features=WebComponentsV0Enabled --disable-features=CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=network --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2080 /prefetch:8
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Modifies trusted root certificate store through registry
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • Modifies system certificate store
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:3384
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe" --type=renderer --disable-background-timer-throttling --field-trial-handle=1488,13698997901281500540,8734634821731264445,131072 --enable-features=WebComponentsV0Enabled --disable-features=CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess --lang=en-US --app-path="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app" --enable-plugins --webview-tag --enable-sandbox --native-window-open --preload="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\preload.js" --context-isolation --background-color=#0f1012 --enable-spellcheck --enable-websql --disable-electron-site-instance-overrides --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=4 --no-v8-untrusted-code-mitigations --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2424 /prefetch:1
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:1860
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID; '--'; Get-CimInstance Win32_DiskDrive | ForEach-Object { $_.SerialNumber }"
        3⤵
        • Queries system WMI classes for hardware identifiers
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2464
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg query HKCU\Software\Burrow /v Install
        3⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2884
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Burrow /v Install /t REG_SZ /d bedaed8282162008c61f10dfc88ef7876e77f8be7b3633545959b49bf6a03129 /f
        3⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:5676
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\Fauna.exe" --type=gpu-process --field-trial-handle=1488,13698997901281500540,8734634821731264445,131072 --enable-features=WebComponentsV0Enabled --disable-features=CookiesWithoutSameSiteMustBeSecure,SameSiteByDefaultCookies,SpareRendererForSitePerProcess --disable-gpu-sandbox --use-gl=disabled --gpu-vendor-id=5140 --gpu-device-id=140 --gpu-sub-system-id=0 --gpu-revision=0 --gpu-driver-version=10.0.26100.1301 --gpu-preferences=MAAAAAAAAADoAAAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAIAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKAAAAAQAAAAgAAAAAAAAACgAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAA4AAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGAAAAEAAAAAAAAAABAAAABQAAABAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAYAAAA= --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2748 /prefetch:2
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2968

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        D3DCompiler_47.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\D3DCompiler_47.dll
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 44422e6936dc72b7ac5ed16bb8bcae164b7554513e52efb66a3e942cec328a47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_100_percent.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\chrome_100_percent.pak
        • Size 121KB
        • SHA256 5ae14147992a92548bcad76867dd88cdfcdb69d951c8720920cce6fb135e3189
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_200_percent.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\chrome_200_percent.pak
        • Size 181KB
        • SHA256 dd8146b2ee289e4d54a4a0f1fd3b2f61b979c6a2baaba96a406d96c3f4fdb33b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ffmpeg.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\ffmpeg.dll
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 42a2a996ac433ac33a22776b8418a82753557093d90147b7951138b5c83924b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ffmpeg.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\ffmpeg.dll
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 568586ba2ccd2f721fe69a09ed9ced6233debf11487fb0b2c46142e6e527ac66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        icudtl.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\icudtl.dat
        • Size 10.0MB
        • SHA256 df876c7af43ed93eec6aea4d2d55c805009c219653cdeb368f1d048f4922b108
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        en-US.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\locales\en-US.pak
        • Size 83KB
        • SHA256 d1d3f892be16329c79f9a8ee8c5fa1c9fb46d17edfeb56a3d9407f9d7587a0de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        resources.pak

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources.pak
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 7b953443e3cd54a0a4775528b52fbfe5ebecbc2c71731600ed0999d227969506
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ban-icon.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\ban-icon.png
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 fb0b4ae0ba05f9503c63880ce2869d1fee843d3726c6f55686178327fb0650dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        boot.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\boot.js
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 6534a43cb43c50eef5f31a8be61365dc52737e6ac292afb20595be69015e6f76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        build.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\build.json
        • Size 63B
        • SHA256 7cc4e96b043e57205968e2beb8304f6e83df69822ea2ef33bbe528d2a4567891
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        device.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\device.js
        • Size 7KB
        • SHA256 2e2886cae1745024945b1bb232aa8ade72ffff92f9dced735f3537fadc6ac98f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        discord.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\discord.js
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 6a18398fbeb78410915499517c7fef64348a2ca4246bcf9702291424c85d7484
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        hollowthorn.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\fauna-assets\hollowthorn.png
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 a2d4c279f63c6ae81fb5ecd7b96d4068e699be6cbb09646b4a07782bde53f6e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CCDigitalDelivery-Bold.otf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\fonts\CCDigitalDelivery-Bold.otf
        • Size 37KB
        • SHA256 9c4e7419ebd6f2f9ec660b92bdc6f01bb9b339eb2442437452a65d6066a66b63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CCDigitalDelivery-Regular.otf

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\fonts\CCDigitalDelivery-Regular.otf
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 5f63a87be90114c49db36d155026ee6595ff8f762ca675b2df358fe7df272945
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        icon.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\icon.png
        • Size 224KB
        • SHA256 323483b9c8eee7eaeeeccfd3a2e2884d1dff9241266d3e209f87486bc21de5df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        index.html

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\index.html
        • Size 71KB
        • SHA256 fa101115a75d193b4fc75e7315069fb731199bad0a337491861e34d2f2fcfc05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        main.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\main.js
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 9d12f73797de62569f19195ed62bcb9a847abcc87a6e0e895d3a7f2377e49c86
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        package.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\package.json
        • Size 236B
        • SHA256 d403ae11eae3c3564bc6660da984864ce61d8a7a6caa7de2958543fcbbaa5420
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        preload.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\preload.js
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 14e47ef5be8139d3112baf4121054e42fcf52381e1d41b161ac60cd6fb013164
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        relay.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\relay.js
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e93c6809837e8dec07dc5899cdafe931371ce3c78a15090fdb88ececa3e52b87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        updater.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\app\updater.js
        • Size 10KB
        • SHA256 798f7917a8a1aea640438c3b5bf39d50abf0d57564d83cab4711fa10ca589773
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pepflashplayer.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\resources\flash\pepflashplayer.dll
        • Size 29.9MB
        • SHA256 760d60c35a49566e0d76e6cb329c159ddf26063a1a38404c007d45c5c3cf90a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libegl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\swiftshader\libegl.dll
        • Size 460KB
        • SHA256 bd1bc00a5c29726fb39645041fc6c8295256d90c7f739ebeaa8b6c382a4db189
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libglesv2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\swiftshader\libglesv2.dll
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 e9473ba82f6d8742ab74e67484886291aa69037db72e0ae256b19581de0b772e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        v8_context_snapshot.bin

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Fauna\v8_context_snapshot.bin
        • Size 168KB
        • SHA256 4a67de195878d290f49b503b83e415917b8bbcbd9936b07a5d33b48e9bc6e0a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_2hx3kzst.c1h.psm1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2hx3kzst.c1h.psm1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd8B6F.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 afe032f942e2ed0bf7494ec08ba813f5739fb522c640bde81d30ecaf9f894432
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        modern-wizard.bmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd8B6F.tmp\modern-wizard.bmp
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 3ad2dc318056d0a2024af1804ea741146cfc18cc404649a44610cbf8b2056cf2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsDialogs.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsd8B6F.tmp\nsDialogs.dll
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 9c76f4d53ceee2a471c936e0899688405e1009ce962d140e9acb49ed68d114cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        data_0

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Fauna Client\Cache\data_0
        • Size 44KB
        • SHA256 7d39a77cfb08d44fcef75e149b40a651914087cc6669362b26b06c628bf5c23b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        data_2

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Fauna Client\Cache\data_2
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        data_3

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Fauna Client\Cache\data_3
        • Size 8KB
        • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

        the-real-index

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Fauna Client\Code Cache\wasm\index-dir\the-real-index
        • Size 48B
        • SHA256 cf4f7d2d79b86982d184f649582d71c9b1dd01d95134c3457e6b52e6bb6fda26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        CURRENT

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Fauna Client\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
        • Size 16B
        • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        cde4e195-d29f-428d-9a33-1698c9ab8bbd.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Fauna Client\cde4e195-d29f-428d-9a33-1698c9ab8bbd.tmp
        • Size 57B
        • SHA256 be4b8924ab38e8acf350e6e3b9f1f63a1a94952d8002759acd6946c4d5d0b5de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        default.exc

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Spelling\en-US\default.exc
        • Size 2B
        • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1860-185-0x00007FFD9D270000-0x00007FFD9D271000-memory.dmp

        memory/1860-184-0x00007FFD9D530000-0x00007FFD9D531000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-152-0x00007FFD9D430000-0x00007FFD9D431000-memory.dmp

        memory/2464-225-0x000001646A4A0000-0x000001646A552000-memory.dmp

        memory/2464-224-0x000001646A220000-0x000001646A23E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2464-226-0x000001646A210000-0x000001646A21A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2464-227-0x000001646A6B0000-0x000001646A6DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2464-228-0x000001646A6B0000-0x000001646A6D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2464-199-0x000001646A0D0000-0x000001646A0F2000-memory.dmp