Analysis

  • max time kernel
    91s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/11/2026, 13:02

General

  • Target
    YouAreAnIdiot.hta
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample261107-p91nvax18l
  • SHA256 295dd6c5a81bf4c0d18f095d253d6bbcd50b8b0d42b54546863de518c546016f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 29 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer Phishing Filter 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 51 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YouAreAnIdiot.hta" {1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}{1E460BD7-F1C3-4B2E-88BF-4E770A288AF5}
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:5560
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe" -CLSID:{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1568
  • C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies Internet Explorer Phishing Filter
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2036
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4692
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17414 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5808
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:82946 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4272
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17426 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:764
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17436 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5984
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:82956 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4520
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17438 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1536
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:214018 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4248
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:82968 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3000
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17440 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1284
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17454 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2900
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17460 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3908
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:82982 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2872
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17462 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1664
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:214020 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:4832
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17466 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2508
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17470 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2356
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:83022 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5348
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:83026 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:4336
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17508 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:2784
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17516 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:1992
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:83034 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4484
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:83052 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:872
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:17538 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      PID:5980
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2036 CREDAT:83072 /prefetch:2
      2⤵
        PID:5488
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:2364
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:1416
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe -Embedding
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:1620

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 d138641fabab14c3b2dc747dd70aaf95f4b6104aac4009507743c0bbe2b0fab0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_430EA0912164D1B129D6E1DC07C63959
          • Size 416B
          • SHA256 52f32aa5853586c43254d111923129689aa7cc1fd5062241a4865456d9826056
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          suggestions[1].en-US

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\8YQES76Z\suggestions[1].en-US
          • Size 17KB
          • SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ~DF7BA8D8E0DF4768D7.TMP

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~DF7BA8D8E0DF4768D7.TMP
          • Size 16KB
          • SHA256 9d8c9c6cf52943a2808f8593971386ce875d4dbf0cc697c7778be7d26411d139
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          28c8b86deab549a1.customDestinations-ms

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\28c8b86deab549a1.customDestinations-ms
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 50a7b5bd74bab103001cf9a3e926ef8875eca0f6278d60b01632c00b1fe275af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          AWKF1L5SH4O6VTZLZPS8.temp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations\AWKF1L5SH4O6VTZLZPS8.temp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 d2c80bb924260cbb7fc42e77c260eed0350b47fa2dbe4de9b41157d156fed8c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          YouAreAnIdiot.hta

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\YouAreAnIdiot.hta
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 295dd6c5a81bf4c0d18f095d253d6bbcd50b8b0d42b54546863de518c546016f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH