Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    94s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/05/2026, 19:10

General

  • Target
    PowerISO9-x64.exe
  • Size 5.5MB
  • Sample260507-xvcbpsht4y
  • SHA256 104fd55a9c9afe36eaa2f6dbbcd2de37b14c807d3d94abd53a0460a1ad31fe38
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 60 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PowerISO9-x64.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PowerISO9-x64.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4892
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      regsvr32.exe /s /u "C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOSH.DLL"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5952
    • C:\Program Files\PowerISO\devcon.exe
      "C:\Program Files\PowerISO\devcon.exe" remove *scdbusDevice
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4336
    • C:\Program Files\PowerISO\setup64.exe
      "C:\Program Files\PowerISO\setup64.exe" cp C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf45F0.tmp "C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\scdemu.sys"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1072

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        PowerISO.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PowerISO.exe
        • Size 7.8MB
        • SHA256 93754a064c4ff5faf023579eeab20fdc4e0600614318ecf64204e50c74f5edb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        devcon.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\devcon.exe
        • Size 69KB
        • SHA256 8dc2490d1d650e3ffbf70922b81ae9800ddd29a644e4d7d29e9616e22a7d0f42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup64.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\setup64.exe
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 1f56046a9fa1417f6a0592bcba0e2a9699878461305caba93f04f14c9db8af60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nsf45F0.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsf45F0.tmp
        • Size 135KB
        • SHA256 d01a58e0a222e4d301b75ae80150d8cbc17f56b3f6458352d2c7c449be302eee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InstOpt.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsw992.tmp\InstOpt.dll
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 cc4ba9492ae9685cbd11745899303f692024bdc34ab28537f2e2dcb17dfecb98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsw992.tmp\System.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 6950991102462d84fdc0e3b0ae30c95af8c192f77ce3d78e8d54e6b22f7c09ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4892-6-0x00000000006F0000-0x000000000073A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4892-90-0x00000000006F0000-0x000000000073A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5952-7-0x0000000000850000-0x000000000089A000-memory.dmp