Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/04/2026, 12:36

General

  • Target
    2026-04-20_0600ecf8766c90d931077a86e8c19f59_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe
  • Size 15.2MB
  • Sample260420-ptagqaex5w
  • SHA256 d5dca81018801e529c3dbff66a2316cbbc0158aae3a33f59554c0b84ea2e596b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_0600ecf8766c90d931077a86e8c19f59_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_0600ecf8766c90d931077a86e8c19f59_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3452
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost_task.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost_task.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3192
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3172

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 9600b3fdf0565ccb49e21656aa4b24d7c18f776bfd04d9ee984b134707550f02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 b4662f48525a184df58ed106afdf590b7fe667239ba39c1e8b7c053d4869c7a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_nkek43os.p1p.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nkek43os.p1p.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        svchost_task.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost_task.exe
        • Size 15.2MB
        • SHA256 1fe7a6e3f599ac0d296a158f9d4df0be57f0f42827e159e2f2720390baeb214d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3172-65-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007DC5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-64-0x0000000007D70000-0x0000000007D81000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-63-0x00000000079F0000-0x0000000007A94000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-56-0x0000000070E80000-0x0000000070ECC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-55-0x0000000006840000-0x000000000688C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-47-0x0000000006270000-0x00000000065C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-45-0x0000000005380000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp

        memory/3172-46-0x0000000005380000-0x0000000005390000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-14-0x0000000006440000-0x000000000645E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-36-0x0000000007B00000-0x0000000007B1A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-26-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005170000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-25-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005170000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-27-0x0000000006A50000-0x0000000006A6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-28-0x0000000007660000-0x0000000007704000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-29-0x0000000007DE0000-0x000000000845A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-30-0x00000000077A0000-0x00000000077BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-31-0x0000000007810000-0x000000000781A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-32-0x0000000007A40000-0x0000000007AD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-33-0x00000000079B0000-0x00000000079C1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-34-0x00000000079F0000-0x00000000079FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-35-0x0000000007A00000-0x0000000007A15000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-18-0x0000000071060000-0x00000000710AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-37-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007AE8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-17-0x0000000007420000-0x0000000007454000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-16-0x000000007F040000-0x000000007F050000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-15-0x0000000006490000-0x00000000064DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-0-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005170000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-13-0x0000000005F50000-0x00000000062A7000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-6-0x00000000056B0000-0x0000000005716000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-5-0x0000000005640000-0x00000000056A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-4-0x0000000005590000-0x00000000055B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-3-0x00000000057A0000-0x0000000005DCA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-2-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005170000-memory.dmp

        memory/3452-1-0x0000000004FA0000-0x0000000004FD6000-memory.dmp