Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
157s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20250610-en - resource tags
- submitted
09/05/2026, 00:17
General
- Target photo.scr
- Size 6.0MB
- Sample260509-ak2saaf141
- SHA256 af94ddf7c35b9d9f016a5a4b232b43e071d59c6beb1560ba76df20df7b49ca4c
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: xmrig
XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.
- Creates a large amount of network flows 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
- XMRig Miner payload 14 IoCs
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors 1 TTPs 12 IoCs
Adversaries may use port monitors to run an adversary supplied DLL during system boot for persistence or privilege escalation.
- Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 22 IoCs
Detects file using ACProtect software.
- Executes dropped EXE 11 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
- UPX packed file 64 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 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 23 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 12 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 22 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\photo.scr"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\photo.scr" /S1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\photo.scr"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\photo.scr" /S2⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\photo.scr C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe --startup auto install3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe --startup auto install4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe --startup auto install5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /pid 2120 /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /pid 2120 /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Windows\TEMP\_MEI50~1\xmrig.exe C:\Windows\TEMP\xmrig.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Windows\TEMP\_MEI50~1\config.json C:\Windows\TEMP\config.json3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\TEMP\xmrig.exeC:\Windows\TEMP\xmrig.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exenetsh firewall add allowedprogram C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe "MyApp" ENABLE3⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exeC:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe1⤵
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Port Monitors
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Port Monitors
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Port Monitors
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
_hashlib.pyd
ftpcrack.exe.manifest
psutil._psutil_windows.pyd
python27.dll
win32event.pyd
win32service.pyd
Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd
_ctypes.pyd
_socket.pyd
_ssl.pyd
netifaces.pyd
pywintypes27.dll
servicemanager.pyd
win32api.pyd
HelpPane.exe
pyconfig.h
Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
_win32sysloader.pyd
back.jpg
bz2.pyd
cacert.pem
config.json
cacerts.txt
msvcm90.dll
msvcp90.dll
msvcr90.dll
perfmon.pyd
pyexpat.pyd
select.pyd
unicodedata.pyd
win32evtlog.pyd
xmrig.exe
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memory/2316-123-0x00000000742D0000-0x00000000742ED000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-120-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-151-0x000000001ECB0000-0x000000001ECC1000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-144-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023CA000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-134-0x0000000074030000-0x0000000074137000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-139-0x00000000023E0000-0x00000000023F4000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-696-0x0000000002110000-0x000000000211C000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-150-0x00000000742F0000-0x00000000745A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-159-0x00000000742B0000-0x00000000742C1000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-161-0x00000000742F0000-0x00000000745A0000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-183-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-182-0x000000001ECB0000-0x000000001ECC1000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-181-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023CA000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-180-0x00000000023E0000-0x00000000023F4000-memory.dmp
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memory/2316-178-0x00000000742B0000-0x00000000742C1000-memory.dmp
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memory/2316-176-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
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memory/2316-174-0x0000000074140000-0x00000000742A9000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-173-0x000000001E7D0000-0x000000001E7DE000-memory.dmp
memory/2316-172-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
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memory/2316-152-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
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memory/3444-265-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-249-0x00000000742F0000-0x00000000745A0000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-254-0x0000000073E90000-0x0000000073FF9000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-253-0x0000000074000000-0x0000000074011000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-252-0x0000000074020000-0x000000007403D000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-251-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-257-0x0000000073D40000-0x0000000073E47000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-266-0x000000001ECB0000-0x000000001ECC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-269-0x0000000074020000-0x000000007403D000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-264-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-261-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A5A000-memory.dmp
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memory/3444-300-0x0000000074000000-0x0000000074011000-memory.dmp
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memory/3444-263-0x000000001E7A0000-0x000000001E7C7000-memory.dmp
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memory/3444-379-0x000000001E7A0000-0x000000001E7C7000-memory.dmp
memory/3444-260-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000A44000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-664-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-619-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-634-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-604-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-512-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-528-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-649-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-680-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-543-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-695-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-711-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-558-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-589-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/4412-573-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5324-312-0x0000000073BD0000-0x0000000073D39000-memory.dmp
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