Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/05/2026, 22:29

General

  • Target
    my_loader.exe
  • Size 370KB
  • Sample260527-2d8e2acx2v
  • SHA256 653e3256514f0d2021f0d3bfa9a28c5f48dfb93b8b915987089799d91fdd8721
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • 7326.info:2686

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

  • localhost

    127.0.0.1

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\my_loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\my_loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1264
    • C:\Windows\Temp\svchost.exe
      "C:\Windows\Temp\svchost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2268
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Temp\svchost.exe'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4636
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'svchost.exe'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1276
    • C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1716

    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 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 d0cc04ed0b546b1d7f405da38b5c1addd1fbc26591027e76b9745a9c1daf584e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_i04p3z4q.0cw.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_i04p3z4q.0cw.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          svchost.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\svchost.exe
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 520b7d4a21ea1e619b0d3be1e2d7e7242ea6f1be3b7546de6e2e1db088e055c1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1264-31-0x00007FF776B70000-0x00007FF776BD3000-memory.dmp

          memory/1276-30-0x00000136CA570000-0x00000136CA78C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1716-2-0x000001EF4D620000-0x000001EF4D631000-memory.dmp

          memory/2268-5-0x00000000002E0000-0x00000000002F8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4636-8-0x000001BADC6C0000-0x000001BADC6D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4636-7-0x000001BADC6C0000-0x000001BADC6D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4636-16-0x000001BADC640000-0x000001BADC662000-memory.dmp

          memory/4636-19-0x000001BADC6D0000-0x000001BADC8EC000-memory.dmp