user@threatcheck.sh ~ threat-analysis
bash
$ analyze-threat Trojan:MSIL/Heracles.CC!MTB
Trojan:MSIL/Heracles.CC!MTB - Windows Defender threat signature analysis

Trojan:MSIL/Heracles.CC!MTB - Windows Defender Threat Analysis

$ cat analysis.txt
=== THREAT ANALYSIS REPORT ===
Threat Name: Trojan:MSIL/Heracles.CC!MTB
Classification:
Type:Trojan
Platform:MSIL
Family:Heracles
Detection Type:Concrete
Known malware family with identified signatures
Variant:CC
Specific signature variant within the malware family
Suffix:!MTB
Detected via machine learning and behavioral analysis
Detection Method:Behavioral
Confidence:Very High
False-Positive Risk:Low

Concrete signature match: Trojan - Appears legitimate but performs malicious actions for .NET (Microsoft Intermediate Language) platform, family Heracles

Summary:

This is a concrete detection of Trojan:MSIL/Heracles.CC, a sophisticated .NET-based threat. It leverages various Windows binaries (like mshta, rundll32, regsvr32, PowerShell), API hooking, and scheduled tasks for execution, evasion, persistence, and potentially data exfiltration or remote control.

Severity:
High
VDM Static Detection:
Relevant strings associated with this threat:
 - |#75668c1f-73b5-4cf0-bb93-3ecf5cb7cc84 (NID)
 - }#75668c1f-73b5-4cf0-bb93-3ecf5cb7cc84 (NID)
 - |#5beb7efe-fd9a-4556-801d-275e5ffc04cc (NID)
 - }#5beb7efe-fd9a-4556-801d-275e5ffc04cc (NID)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForMshta.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.C!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.D!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.L!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.O!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRegsvr32.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRundll32.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - rundll32 (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForBITSJobs.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForPowerShell.G!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForScheduledTask.A!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForDataEncoding.D!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.J!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForHooking.K!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:StringCodeForRemoteFileCopy.B!pli (PEHSTR_EXT)
 - !#HSTR:ExecutionGuardrails (PEHSTR_EXT)
Known malware which is associated with this threat:
b176f6dd47bf7cfb49500353e5336e06be5f22e226dba3785f5f79e6dd743dda
07/01/2026
→VirusTotal↓Download Sample
667e52b18aedcdfa56db1a4aa756b832b011352f0a49f4692343e0ee659325bb
07/01/2026
→VirusTotal↓Download Sample
Remediation Steps:
Isolate the affected device, perform a full system scan with updated security software, and remove all detected malicious files. Investigate for persistence mechanisms (e.g., scheduled tasks, registry modifications) and review system logs for further compromise indicators, changing affected user credentials if necessary.
=== END REPORT ===
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