Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/05/2026, 10:46

General

  • Target
    2026-05-05_2c5c9a6ed65062d754c581084a4ef74f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_medusaloc.exe
  • Size 18.6MB
  • Sample260505-mt968sc12v
  • SHA256 f6045a6873815ffa7805c144d4e3b0541fa67f5b91e9833985cff213ba27a701
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 11 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 19 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-05_2c5c9a6ed65062d754c581084a4ef74f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_medusaloc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-05_2c5c9a6ed65062d754c581084a4ef74f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_medusaloc.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:4588
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\easysoft.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\easysoft.exe /oobesp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1136
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3396
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2516
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5096
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4432
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3148
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1792
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2220
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:568
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2336
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2820
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2172
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2264
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1500
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" -StartTP
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2452

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        HWOVP12N.htm

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\4ZYCBON0\HWOVP12N.htm
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f91b20a80e107cd586d47fee1e3c4806085acd8633ceeff1b583b6b376fff756
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        7z.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\7z.dll
        • Size 170KB
        • SHA256 b8521abda09ec17ddad36528c1bc50395dc8c5f7c11c026a5b3ff23110c54182
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MiniThunderPlatform.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe
        • Size 266KB
        • SHA256 f1a7a250356418e387d2827dd440b76326586621b4fdd837f8b327d16919827f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLBugHandler.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\XLBugHandler.dll
        • Size 98KB
        • SHA256 1845df41da539bca264f59365bf7453b686b9098cc94cd0e2b9a20c74a561096
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        XLBugReport.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\XLBugReport.exe
        • Size 242KB
        • SHA256 64f8d68cc1cfc5b9cc182df3becf704af93d0f1cc93ee59dbf682c75b6d4ffc0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        atl71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\atl71.dll
        • Size 87KB
        • SHA256 a68e1297fae2bcf854b47ffa444f490353028de1fa2ca713b6cf6cc5aa22b88a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dl_peer_id.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\dl_peer_id.dll
        • Size 89KB
        • SHA256 69a5e2a51094dc8f30788d63243b12a0eb2759a3f3c3a159b85fd422fc00ac26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        download_engine.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\download_engine.dll
        • Size 3.4MB
        • SHA256 ce09928019dd63b7495c33f4e9cabd6d0f49b37afbc55b8072aa54d8fa92badc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        id.dat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\id.dat
        • Size 40B
        • SHA256 c6233de5d227e53209c6fda197c77b23f32351db234c1c1069c3acb26686967f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        msvcp71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\msvcp71.dll
        • Size 492KB
        • SHA256 6c483cbe349863c7dcf6f8cb7334e7d28c299e7d5aa063297ea2f62352f6bdd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msvcr71.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\msvcr71.dll
        • Size 340KB
        • SHA256 c4d4339df314a27ff75a38967b7569d9962337b8d4cd4b0db3aba5ff72b2bfbb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        zlib1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\download\zlib1.dll
        • Size 58KB
        • SHA256 bd29d2b1f930e4b660adf71606d1b9634188b7160a704a8d140cadafb46e1e56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        easysoft.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\easysoft.exe
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 b20355bfdf84ed92e9ef0b27c81811a679d91713fabd108045096793f3ef636b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        encmsdnkloader

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\encmsdnkloader
        • Size 56KB
        • SHA256 12cda45cc72b18deba6988889d3fb6073bdd53d6d3073abd50660676c65bc33e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xldl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Z8j1M5eYxi\xldl.dll
        • Size 286KB
        • SHA256 d0a7baaa3d861cf5d516e142006f844edeee2eecf834d2268e96e4162e1261d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        download.cfg

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Thunder Network\Mini_downloadlib\ODAwMDAwNDM=\Version_3_2_1_46\Profiles\download.cfg
        • Size 286B
        • SHA256 c3fe997e00a2ab72bf78c221052a2973a3ebd02227d3beb50bc5ede4a75e4b27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/568-2353-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000EAD000-memory.dmp

        memory/1136-51-0x00000000015F0000-0x000000000173D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1136-52-0x0000000002FA0000-0x0000000002FB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1308-2356-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000DBD000-memory.dmp

        memory/1500-2357-0x0000000001800000-0x000000000194D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1792-2352-0x0000000001440000-0x000000000158D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2172-2355-0x00000000014A0000-0x00000000015ED000-memory.dmp

        memory/2336-2354-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000015CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2433-0x000000000CC20000-0x000000000CC32000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2376-0x000000006FFF0000-0x0000000070000000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2381-0x00000000028B0000-0x0000000002C10000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2431-0x0000000002320000-0x000000000233A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2430-0x0000000000870000-0x00000000009BD000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2391-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp

        memory/2452-2432-0x00000000027C0000-0x00000000028AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2516-2350-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000015CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4432-2351-0x0000000001580000-0x00000000016CD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-2428-0x0000000001E10000-0x0000000001F5D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4588-53-0x0000000001E10000-0x0000000001F5D000-memory.dmp