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Database Entry



XWorm


Vendor detections: 9


Intelligence 9 IOCs YARA File information Comments

SHA256 hash: a61bd18792ba57de2832d9fcf185517d82ec2cee1bf72cbddfdd6327f1a4c696
SHA3-384 hash: 2f41eedaaee99c41b00e458ea92ce3daf2dde72127049e735318406aee4e637b617041707be433e1bf27dd2630f36934
SHA1 hash: fa78b48816453c8f0cc8bff7dad30dea800005e7
MD5 hash: 53e391e226f25cbd2e538c7e1020cea1
humanhash: florida-island-speaker-fifteen
File name:WhatsApp Image 2026-07-23.jpg.js
Download: download sample
Signature XWorm
File size:1'590'419 bytes
First seen:2026-07-23 09:57:34 UTC
Last seen:2026-07-23 13:43:04 UTC
File type:Java Script (JS) js
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 384:gDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDb:/g
TLSH T1C8759744E3DF823696A71660DF1F83D1FA88D124482DC46BB238528643DFB1EE9D9F61
Magika javascript
Reporter threatcat_ch
Tags:js xworm

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
195
Origin country :
CH CH
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
masquerade repaired
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
js
First seen:
2026-07-23T05:37:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-07-24T07:58:00Z UTC
Hits:
~1000
Result
Threat name:
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl.evad.troj.spyw
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates processes via WMI
Detected large data written to user environment variables, potentially indicating payload staging for fileless execution
Drops script or batch files to the startup folder
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Installs a global keyboard hook
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines)
Sample uses string decryption to hide its real strings
Sigma detected: Cscript/Wscript Uncommon Script Extension Execution
Sigma detected: Drops script at startup location
Sigma detected: Potentially Suspicious Malware Callback Communication
Sigma detected: WScript or CScript Dropper
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Suspicious execution chain found
Uses an obfuscated file name to hide its real file extension (double extension)
Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly)
Yara detected Powershell decode and execute
Yara detected XWorm
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1946991 Sample: WhatsApp Image 2026-07-23.jpg.js Startdate: 23/07/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 40 americanmanchester.org 2->40 52 Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic 2->52 54 Found malware configuration 2->54 56 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->56 58 12 other signatures 2->58 8 wscript.exe 2 3 2->8         started        12 powershell.exe 14 15 2->12         started        15 wscript.exe 1 2->15         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 34 WhatsApp Image 202....js:Zone.Identifier, ASCII 8->34 dropped 36 C:\Users\...\WhatsApp Image 2026-07-23.jpg.js, Unicode 8->36 dropped 60 Wscript starts Powershell (via cmd or directly) 8->60 62 Drops script or batch files to the startup folder 8->62 64 Windows Scripting host queries suspicious COM object (likely to drop second stage) 8->64 70 3 other signatures 8->70 42 americanmanchester.org 192.185.155.188, 443, 49716, 49720 NETWORK-SOLUTIONS-HOSTING-NetworkSolutionsLLCUS United States 12->42 66 Writes to foreign memory regions 12->66 68 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 12->68 17 CasPol.exe 4 12->17         started        21 conhost.exe 12->21         started        23 powershell.exe 15->23         started        file6 signatures7 process8 dnsIp9 38 194.116.236.94, 4433, 49719 WHITELABELUS Turkey 17->38 44 Queries sensitive video device information (via WMI, Win32_VideoController, often done to detect virtual machines) 17->44 46 Installs a global keyboard hook 17->46 48 Writes to foreign memory regions 23->48 50 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 23->50 25 conhost.exe 23->25         started        28 CasPol.exe 3 23->28         started        30 CasPol.exe 23->30         started        32 CasPol.exe 23->32         started        signatures10 process11 signatures12 72 Installs a global keyboard hook 25->72
Gathering data
Threat name:
Script-JS.Trojan.Cryxos
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-07-23 09:58:56 UTC
File Type:
Binary
AV detection:
6 of 36 (16.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
execution
Behaviour
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Enumerates physical storage devices
Drops startup file
Badlisted process makes network request
Process spawned unexpected child process
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File information


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Malspam

XWorm

Java Script (JS) js a61bd18792ba57de2832d9fcf185517d82ec2cee1bf72cbddfdd6327f1a4c696

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via e-mail attachment

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