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Database Entry



ConnectWise


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 6 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 3a3c9806b994cac747aa2eeddc6e481d3f8cd66149ce8a74dc3056ae9ac191f2
SHA3-384 hash: c505fa91ec3f4372f41db3014daa2fa231148f604fe0a21c408d16a6fe53ca7182dafe9ec0225b021214d4135c90edd8
SHA1 hash: 2b1ac12c1c1db1b9b9bfe976d62ada6eb3d34ef3
MD5 hash: eae74acf0f94f934e38a8a2c2f17846d
humanhash: red-sixteen-louisiana-connecticut
File name:Nightking.msi
Download: download sample
Signature ConnectWise
File size:13'516'800 bytes
First seen:2025-09-13 17:06:43 UTC
Last seen:2025-09-13 21:36:02 UTC
File type:Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi
MIME type:application/x-msi
ssdeep 393216:7cVPOBdOcVPOMcVPOAcVPOKcVPODcVPOZcVPOd:7cVmBdOcVmMcVmAcVmKcVmDcVmZcVmd
Threatray 906 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T192D623226AFD8598F4F39F34F97A99A5857AFC248D62C41F2315780E1972B418273373
TrID 80.0% (.MSI) Microsoft Windows Installer (454500/1/170)
10.7% (.MST) Windows SDK Setup Transform script (61000/1/5)
7.8% (.MSP) Windows Installer Patch (44509/10/5)
1.4% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Magika msi
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:ConnectWise msi

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
3
# of downloads :
29
Origin country :
IT IT
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
90.2%
Tags:
shellcode
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
expand installer lolbin obfuscated remote remoteadmin rundll32
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Verdict:
Adware
File Type:
msi
First seen:
2025-09-13T16:52:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-13T16:52:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
BSS:Trojan.Win32.Generic not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.Win32.ConnectWise.gen not-a-virus:HEUR:RemoteAdmin.MSIL.ConnectWise.gen
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
.Net CAB:COMPRESSION:LZX CAB:COMPRESSION:NONE Executable Managed .NET Office Document PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout PE Memory-Mapped (Dump) SOS: 0.21 SOS: 0.24 SOS: 0.25 SOS: 0.26 SOS: 0.27 SOS: 0.31 SOS: 0.32 SOS: 0.36 SOS: 0.39
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
RemoteAdmin.Win32.ConnectWise
Threat name:
ByteCode-MSIL.Adware.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2025-09-06 03:15:44 UTC
File Type:
Binary (Archive)
Extracted files:
175
AV detection:
6 of 24 (25.00%)
Threat level:
  1/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
backdoor discovery persistence privilege_escalation ransomware rat revoked_codesign
Behaviour
Checks SCSI registry key(s)
Checks processor information in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Drops file in Program Files directory
Drops file in Windows directory
Executes dropped EXE
Loads dropped DLL
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
Drops file in System32 directory
Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking
Enumerates connected drives
ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool
Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.
Sets service image path in registry
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_AllMal_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:INDICATOR_RMM_ConnectWise_ScreenConnect
Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects ConnectWise Control (formerly ScreenConnect). Review RMM Inventory
Rule name:NET
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar

File information


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Web download

ConnectWise

Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) msi 3a3c9806b994cac747aa2eeddc6e481d3f8cd66149ce8a74dc3056ae9ac191f2

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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