Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
27/10/2026, 16:48
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
VORTEX.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
windows10-2004-x64
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
VORTEX.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target VORTEX.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample261027-vbhm9sts2r
- SHA256 70b9b2c4dccc49c8a4dc6184269a09af2bd63e7e2462cc1f72b21a39f55cb9f1
- MD5 b46286b0fef0bff8ea9a749225c5b09a
- SHA1 29b97a87a1346b06d226ab189cc036161957aa75
- SHA512 40dae7c383e6baba764719c9e205ea1193df7c317f65838fc122f721fccafbff0310f1c07c899a8b662e427e26fcb8e0803729fac30cb6e0155859522cb2000b
- SSDEEP 49152:ZA1ch2cs7hzWOGvyqUWo+3/VKRHO/Qkmhugpoy9Eaq+b8c+:6Ma7hzW9qqUJ+3/I54gT3b6
- TLSH T1D5851212727C05AAD5BF973648614641E77A751A0722CBCF038A8CEA1FD37906E37B63
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2101206053-1414382737-268919432-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation VORTEX.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe 2876 VORTEX.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2876 VORTEX.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 2876 VORTEX.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
pid Process 2876 VORTEX.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2876 wrote to memory of 2404 2876 VORTEX.exe 84 - 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\VORTEX.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VORTEX.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2876 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /query /tn "VORTEX_Optimizer"2⤵PID:2404
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