Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/04/2026, 15:58

General

  • Target
    zpig.exe
  • Size 19.4MB
  • Sample260422-ter6faay4j
  • SHA256 5a2460ddbff46018cd979b30f6af1a02ddfbd0d49d353633b141265d68fad517
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Modifies file permissions 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 2 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
      PID:720
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zpig.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zpig.exe"
      1⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3960
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TQA5Q.tmp\zpig.tmp
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TQA5Q.tmp\zpig.tmp" /SL5="$A00DA,19241658,842240,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zpig.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1908
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\JaTTHBspkwB9.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\JaTTHBspkwB9.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3284
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\'"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1312
    • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
      1⤵
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4332
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c icacls "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\." /deny "Users":(D) & icacls "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\." /grant "Users":(OI)(CI)(RX)
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2584
        • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
          icacls "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\." /deny "Users":(D)
          3⤵
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:2240
        • C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
          icacls "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\." /grant "Users":(OI)(CI)(RX)
          3⤵
          • Modifies file permissions
          PID:484

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          JaTTHBspkwB9.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\JaTTHBspkwB9.exe
          • Size 72KB
          • SHA256 3d12ddb6da05da8afd70cdff74a33a6731ef38198468d77080a7fbba682981ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Ml.o

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\Ml.o
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 fefabfa7c493c76a89dbd4061d060d1f30da5475f97dc928335318aaaa270e1d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          S4hMhbz.3

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\5DYc\qMr3Sp\fGPX\u4ZL2\S4hMhbz.3
          • Size 14.2MB
          • SHA256 9410958375a1c7132bef9add9f8c353474ae12028f5fc4cefd14002d70d60867
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_hgucxhhp.ulk.ps1

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

          zpig.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-TQA5Q.tmp\zpig.tmp
          • Size 3.5MB
          • SHA256 481d4e643dc2006b71e73d2d173282117203f97c590d0f6ab228aded8636d6ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1312-56-0x0000020FFBC30000-0x0000020FFBC3A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-53-0x0000020FFB920000-0x0000020FFB9D3000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-63-0x0000020FE31A0000-0x0000020FE31AC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-64-0x0000020FFB460000-0x0000020FFB472000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-52-0x0000020FFB8E0000-0x0000020FFB8FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-65-0x0000020FFB5F0000-0x0000020FFB65F000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-60-0x0000020FFBC80000-0x0000020FFBC8A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-59-0x0000020FFBC70000-0x0000020FFBC76000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-58-0x0000020FFBC40000-0x0000020FFBC48000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-57-0x0000020FFBC90000-0x0000020FFBCAA000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-54-0x0000020FFB900000-0x0000020FFB90A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-55-0x0000020FFBC50000-0x0000020FFBC6C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1312-43-0x0000020FFB5C0000-0x0000020FFB5E2000-memory.dmp

          memory/1908-5-0x0000000002A60000-0x0000000002A61000-memory.dmp

          memory/1908-21-0x0000000002980000-0x0000000002A5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1908-19-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000FDC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-33-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-86-0x000001840CE90000-0x000001840CE9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-34-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-35-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-36-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-30-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-88-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-28-0x0000018410030000-0x0000018411DC4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-25-0x000001840F200000-0x000001841002B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-87-0x000001840CEA0000-0x000001840CEA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-85-0x000001840E470000-0x000001840E4DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-68-0x000001840CEA0000-0x000001840CEA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-67-0x000001840CE90000-0x000001840CE9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-66-0x000001840E470000-0x000001840E4DF000-memory.dmp

          memory/3284-77-0x000001840F200000-0x000001841002B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3960-1-0x00000000006A0000-0x000000000077D000-memory.dmp

          memory/3960-23-0x0000000003050000-0x000000000312A000-memory.dmp

          memory/3960-22-0x00000000006A0000-0x000000000077D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-89-0x0000017FFE450000-0x0000017FFE4BF000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-74-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-75-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-81-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-76-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-73-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-71-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-91-0x0000017FFE340000-0x0000017FFE349000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-90-0x0000017FFC340000-0x0000017FFC34C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-37-0x0000017F80000000-0x0000017F81D94000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-92-0x0000017FFE450000-0x0000017FFE4BF000-memory.dmp