Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/05/2026, 16:48

General

  • Target
    2026-05-03_51a022c56967ca6ea9e65603ac156337_coinminer_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_s.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample260503-vbf5fahs3l
  • SHA256 8d9c7ec63fb1ea57e5426b9b212114bc0b323cbbdfc823cdb9d912cf7d0db3f6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: MiniDuke, CosmicDuke,TinyBaron

    MiniDuke aka CosmicDuke or TinyBaron is a backdoor used by the APT29 group, written in C++.

  • Detects MiniDuke aka CosmicDuke or TinyBaron 3 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 5 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 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.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 42 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 16 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 5 IoCs

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

  • Program crash 3 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 Control Panel 5 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
  • outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_51a022c56967ca6ea9e65603ac156337_coinminer_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_s.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_51a022c56967ca6ea9e65603ac156337_coinminer_cosmicduke_elex_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_s.exe"
    1⤵
    • Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • outlook_win_path
    PID:6124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hosteng.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hosteng.exe /combine local system
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5632
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hosteng.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hosteng.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:5372
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fssql.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fssql.exe sxd
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5240
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fssql.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fssql.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5776
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5776 -s 536
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:1560
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5776 -s 528
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5776 -s 700
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:3752
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 5776 -ip 5776
    1⤵
      PID:5264
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 5776 -ip 5776
      1⤵
        PID:572
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 468 -p 5776 -ip 5776
        1⤵
          PID:1572

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              ctfsrv.scr

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ctfsrv.scr
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 47f3405ab0da5af125bcc6ebb6d17a1573b090c54d7a0a00630ec170ccc4b9d1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF8094E303}.pol

              • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\ntuser{4CB43D7F-7DCA-4906-8698-FFFFFFFF8094E303}.pol
              • Size 4B
              • SHA256 443c07a2c83b7b0253a325d2b72ac757c3aa5b41cd749842bc74fb3ee9b26866
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              fssql.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fssql.exe
              • Size 2.5MB
              • SHA256 e026a08979c6da1c297496048f0b56a4920addc06a0c7405f06729be2632e40f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              hosteng.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hosteng.exe
              • Size 2.0MB
              • SHA256 07ebd2303e11e2138b5e7fcbb472074d2c7e896a9b6431b96e51bc5cdce18fb3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/5240-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/5240-36-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/5240-136-0x0000000001B80000-0x0000000001BE4000-memory.dmp

              memory/5776-41-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/5776-79-0x0000000002690000-0x00000000026D8000-memory.dmp

              memory/5776-80-0x0000000002690000-0x00000000026D8000-memory.dmp

              memory/5776-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

              memory/6124-4-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/6124-19-0x0000000002C70000-0x0000000002CD4000-memory.dmp

              memory/6124-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000420000-memory.dmp

              memory/6124-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/6124-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005B4000-memory.dmp

              memory/6124-1-0x0000000000423000-0x0000000000424000-memory.dmp