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hotstar.exe

The executable hotstar.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named SugarCounter triggered daily at a specified time. The file has been seen being downloaded from a.operatorteam.xyz.
MD5:
f56cae45ba3698e37cfa2741fab02883

SHA-1:
17dd91e51b9fb7d87b0c3e00bf7cf3e34e87e98a

SHA-256:
fd2439f967ea5a8de0b192f784f26727d9e62cbed507da9eba40c7091d79f35e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 9:00:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
16.2.17.15

File size:
294.5 KB (301,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\{c19f3f56-fd56-5f5b-c19f-f3f56fd5fd5b}\hotstar.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/11/2012 9:37:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:cXaHx0eByLmMBMgfw+uUFRJUnsS0OCel:cq+1moMgJuUgXl

Entry address:
0x697E

Entry point:
E8, 0D, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D0, 0C, 41, 00, E8, 1C, 17, 00, 00, E8, DA, 13, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A0, 11, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, D3, 06, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4185

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SugarCounter

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 02:55:00)


The file hotstar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://a.operatorteam.xyz/hp/?q=niEmlS2WYGDBhtvqom2SxymIzGImtqFOq/uhc7ftuziISMobrjjVIxGYWlm4VjUrrWRHDKvoMbYg5kRJx/Tutd0ya/VEgxEPNpYYYOwmXC9tmfKUidaSsTK3JwkiFEyXJu6CZ2DLbFDJZgdU5/MnrZ d3MezA9ql9FPjFqF0R5Zg2m235liuzjxBCcsy3lUYF47MpyOEVf00Cy95/.../0s86wmu8nYWzvrd9janqtM6wJxnJJoNOfJmtD5155HY6jaSH vUyt0Ns0yqWJbn NgmeXy1d7Z0EavbeQjzF8jtS5EgEZxmx IjnXBNsmF1bXyi2nF4q t29p2FPzo3&external_id=1435590941322358196

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