Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/11/2026, 21:57

General

  • Target
    nikkeminiloader_oG7STxbESBb.wg.intl.exe
  • Size 8.6MB
  • Sample261104-1venlsf12j
  • SHA256 199791facc57a9df2b567ea40c70f05e53e9112e828f6834c2c16f724b943e12
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 17 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • 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 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nikkeminiloader_oG7STxbESBb.wg.intl.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nikkeminiloader_oG7STxbESBb.wg.intl.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2736
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\nikke_Miniloader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\nikke_Miniloader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3344
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:3528

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          LogConfig.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\LogConfig.ini
          • Size 113B
          • SHA256 e8a59173f505dbedf4dd37eec210e5e539a243e46f521a8ba8d2ec13fd99d29f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Minidown.xml

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\Minidown.xml
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 b3b95f6ff59b236709eb7c6a225e9fbfe8fea49982781c4d2fd7a2917bd03614
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          icon.ico

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\icon.ico
          • Size 347KB
          • SHA256 9be42db6b26a51ba372a3f59c5eb4cdc1e1c4c5d1794193038fe779794222782
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          nikke_Miniloader.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\nikke_Miniloader.exe
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 e8e98a8882a1d2a03bef6ee54c7ee49cf6878cbaa8cdee8ba1816418fbdc991c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          res.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\nikke_Miniloader\res.zip
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 f2ae513cebba47181f2b5ea2901942848662bed888ff304ba2ba9794fb1a96bd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH