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30/04/2026, 15:20

260430-sq6brsa16n

25/04/2026, 10:34

260425-ml58baft6110

Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    188s
  • max time network
    185s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/04/2026, 10:34

General

  • Target
    Test.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample260425-ml58baft61
  • SHA256 8dddf6cb2a4910b244c16317c85782415cc5ebc95db3dda17023aa4c6e9bbc20
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 8 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 13 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 4 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Test.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Test.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3344
    • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4748
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1940
      • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
        wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        3⤵
          PID:1500
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3556
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5456
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3504
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
        2⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3612
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "TVWUMIDS"
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3560
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "TVWUMIDS" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\tsjhkgogtmay\axkqaaldkegd.exe" start= "auto"
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:824
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:5836
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "TVWUMIDS"
        2⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:4064
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Test.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6140
        • C:\Windows\system32\choice.exe
          choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
          3⤵
            PID:4272
      • C:\ProgramData\tsjhkgogtmay\axkqaaldkegd.exe
        C:\ProgramData\tsjhkgogtmay\axkqaaldkegd.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5288
        • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
          2⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5792
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4092
          • C:\Windows\system32\wusa.exe
            wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
            3⤵
              PID:3472
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
            2⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:6044
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
            2⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4168
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
            2⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2796
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
            2⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4940
          • C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
            2⤵
              PID:5704
            • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
              svchost.exe
              2⤵
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:5060

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                axkqaaldkegd.exe

                • Path C:\ProgramData\tsjhkgogtmay\axkqaaldkegd.exe
                • Size 2.5MB
                • SHA256 8dddf6cb2a4910b244c16317c85782415cc5ebc95db3dda17023aa4c6e9bbc20
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_wrdlfs4u.enf.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wrdlfs4u.enf.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                memory/4748-0-0x00000239C5330000-0x00000239C5340000-memory.dmp

                memory/4748-1-0x00000239C5330000-0x00000239C5340000-memory.dmp

                memory/4748-2-0x00000239C5300000-0x00000239C5322000-memory.dmp

                memory/4748-10-0x00000239C5330000-0x00000239C5340000-memory.dmp

                memory/4748-11-0x00000239C5330000-0x00000239C5340000-memory.dmp

                memory/4748-14-0x00000239ACD30000-0x00000239ACD3C000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-47-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-54-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-59-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-49-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-48-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-46-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-52-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-56-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-58-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-57-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-55-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-50-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-53-0x0000021D65460000-0x0000021D65480000-memory.dmp

                memory/5060-51-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140835000-memory.dmp

                memory/5704-45-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

                memory/5704-42-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

                memory/5704-41-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

                memory/5704-40-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

                memory/5704-39-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

                memory/5704-38-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014000E000-memory.dmp

                memory/5792-33-0x0000022ADB070000-0x0000022ADB125000-memory.dmp

                memory/5792-32-0x0000022ADB050000-0x0000022ADB06C000-memory.dmp

                memory/5792-37-0x0000022AC25B0000-0x0000022AC25BC000-memory.dmp

                memory/5792-34-0x0000022ADB040000-0x0000022ADB04A000-memory.dmp