Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
116s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
16/05/2026, 03:46
General
- Target 2026-05-16_ab56ce0ad0735cdf2cc006708b651b4e_coinminer_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_remcos.exe
- Size 6.5MB
- Sample260516-eb5vssax41
- SHA256 034318edfedba1a32b1ed7de98e219709aa66b7d8500f7f7e9b1366b9f74b94f
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with VMProtect. 10 IoCs
- Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- VMProtect packed file 4 IoCs
Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.
- Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 3 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_ab56ce0ad0735cdf2cc006708b651b4e_coinminer_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_remcos.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_ab56ce0ad0735cdf2cc006708b651b4e_coinminer_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_remcos.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Drivers directory
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\system32\VMDisk_d64.sysC:\Windows\system32\VMDisk_d64.sys1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\system32\drivers\smbdirect64.sysC:\Windows\system32\drivers\smbdirect64.sys1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
smbdirect64.sys
memory/1292-1-0x00000000004A5000-0x00000000004A6000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A17000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-2-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010071000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-4-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010071000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A17000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A17000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A17000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A17000-memory.dmp
memory/1292-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A17000-memory.dmp
memory/1544-20-0x0000000000010000-0x0000000000072000-memory.dmp