Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    60s
  • max time network
    58s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/11/2026, 19:09

General

  • Target
    Setup.exe
  • Size 3.6MB
  • Sample261108-xt5lvstsfx
  • SHA256 8470063f53df09abd2ea8b26431942ff0962599534892baf1fd1ee4256d6b587
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • njrat

Version
  • im523

Botnet
  • HacKed

C2
  • 192.168.0.65:5543

Mutex
  • 3aa08a881d9e11894ffbd9ead572338b

Attributes
  • reg_key

    3aa08a881d9e11894ffbd9ead572338b

  • splitter

    |'|'|

Signatures

  • Family: njRAT/Bladabindi

    Widely used RAT written in .NET.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Setup.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Setup.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5560
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Grand Theft Auto 6\file\Prog.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Grand Theft Auto 6\file\Prog.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4316
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rat.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rat.exe"
        3⤵
        • Creates a file in the Startup directory
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2316
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
          netsh firewall add allowedprogram "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rat.exe" "rat.exe" ENABLE
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Firewall
          • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5984
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Grand Theft Auto 6\GrandTheftAuto6.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Grand Theft Auto 6\GrandTheftAuto6.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:444
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\rat.exe" ..
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4880

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        GrandTheftAuto6.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Grand Theft Auto 6\GrandTheftAuto6.exe
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 7170e609a73852664e0d2405a9df5672ab9b3ac2bb81301302e8edeb2db115c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Prog.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Programs\Grand Theft Auto 6\file\Prog.exe
        • Size 37KB
        • SHA256 d2c379ea6a2ac6dbd482bb9721d7a492e1daac68205ea90da0780271b533e274
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/444-39-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000150000-memory.dmp

        memory/4316-16-0x0000000074732000-0x0000000074734000-memory.dmp

        memory/4316-15-0x0000000000DF0000-0x0000000000E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5560-0-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000001152000-memory.dmp

        memory/5560-1-0x000000001D9E0000-0x000000001D9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5560-2-0x000000001D9E0000-0x000000001D9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5560-3-0x000000001D9E0000-0x000000001D9F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5560-22-0x000000001D9E0000-0x000000001D9F0000-memory.dmp