Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/05/2026, 01:01

General

  • Target
    2026-05-29_489a2039d7b72df19aa1ee7d5ef27dc6_amadey_cloudeye_coinminer_elex_hijackloader_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 529KB
  • Sample260529-bc8rasfs7n
  • SHA256 124c592b500d7e89c23ca29e08cca6d49d063b53f62dcb3211c715ae1bbb763c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 2 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 1 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

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

  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 41 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Kills process with taskkill 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 48 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 43 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-29_489a2039d7b72df19aa1ee7d5ef27dc6_amadey_cloudeye_coinminer_elex_hijackloader_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-29_489a2039d7b72df19aa1ee7d5ef27dc6_amadey_cloudeye_coinminer_elex_hijackloader_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3152
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp\Un_A.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp\Un_A.exe" _?=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /t /im "SteelSeriesGGEZ.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq SteelSeriesGGEZ.exe" | find /i "SteelSeriesGGEZ.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3628
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
          tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq SteelSeriesGGEZ.exe"
          4⤵
          • Enumerates processes with tasklist
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2156
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
          find /i "SteelSeriesGGEZ.exe"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4484
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /t /im "SteelSeriesGG.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:792
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq SteelSeriesGG.exe" | find /i "SteelSeriesGG.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2896
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
          tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq SteelSeriesGG.exe"
          4⤵
          • Enumerates processes with tasklist
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1692
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
          find /i "SteelSeriesGG.exe"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:364
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /t /im "SteelSeriesGGMain.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2060
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq SteelSeriesGGMain.exe" | find /i "SteelSeriesGGMain.exe"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2208
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
          tasklist /nh /fi "imagename eq SteelSeriesGGMain.exe"
          4⤵
          • Enumerates processes with tasklist
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:232
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exe
          find /i "SteelSeriesGGMain.exe"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:244
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesGGEZ.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3600
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesGG.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2540
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesGGMain.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4984
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesEngine.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1920
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesEngine3.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4600
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesGGClient.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:496
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesEngine3Client.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4280
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SSOverlay.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2504
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesEngine.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:2128
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM gamesense-discord-x64.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM AudioSync.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM now-playing.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1460
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /IM SteelSeriesSystemMonitorLauncher.exe /T /F
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1692
        • C:\Windows\System32\Conhost.exe
          \??\C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
          4⤵
            PID:364
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM runStatsElevated.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1288
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesCaptureSvc.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4916
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesMoments.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4112
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM moments.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2396
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesCVGameSense.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2572
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesSonar.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5064
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesPrism.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2184
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesPrismSync.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3992
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeries3DATLauncher.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4328
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM 3dat.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3468
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM SteelSeriesSensitivityFinder.exe /T /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4628
          • C:\Windows\System32\Conhost.exe
            \??\C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1
            4⤵
              PID:1920
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
            sc stop SteelSeriesGGUpdateServiceProxy
            3⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4600
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
            sc delete SteelSeriesGGUpdateServiceProxy
            3⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1812
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\RemoveSelfSignedCertificate.ps1" -Thumbprint ""
            3⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3140
          • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s /u "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\apps\engine\AudioDeviceFXPluginAPI.x64.dll"
            3⤵
              PID:676
            • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s /u "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\apps\engine\AudioDeviceManagerAPI.x64.dll"
              3⤵
                PID:4260
              • C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s /u "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\apps\engine\SSAudioNineEarsAPI.x64.dll"
                3⤵
                  PID:1500

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_xu4whekx.b1k.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_xu4whekx.b1k.ps1
                  • Size 60B
                  • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  ExecDos.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\ExecDos.dll
                  • Size 18KB
                  • SHA256 d61a8d29ff9965c48d7a59cc6d97a21044721ead839613156f9ac768e93450c7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  LangDLL.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\LangDLL.dll
                  • Size 5KB
                  • SHA256 09acfc5ee34a1dfa1af3a9d34f00c3b1327b56641feebd536e13752349c08ac8
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  Processes.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\Processes.dll
                  • Size 61KB
                  • SHA256 5f0c517734dfdcd5ea26088d59dcce8dbe5bc625a0027cbd1846566c9a52b447
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  RemoveSelfSignedCertificate.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\RemoveSelfSignedCertificate.ps1
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 5ee93c360e91f4753026d47e2e8cf3e7b2bc306e9992fccb88b56fb3e7c718fb
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  System.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\System.dll
                  • Size 12KB
                  • SHA256 7a9ddee34562cd3703f1502b5c70e99cd5bba15de2b6845a3555033d7f6cb2a5
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  nsExec.dll

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsu8ECF.tmp\nsExec.dll
                  • Size 7KB
                  • SHA256 5e66489393f159aa0fd30b630bb345d03418e9324e7d834b2e4195865a637cfe
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  Un_A.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~nsuA.tmp\Un_A.exe
                  • Size 529KB
                  • SHA256 124c592b500d7e89c23ca29e08cca6d49d063b53f62dcb3211c715ae1bbb763c
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  memory/2044-242-0x0000000073B30000-0x0000000073B3B000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-206-0x00000000026B0000-0x00000000026E6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-208-0x0000000004DB0000-0x0000000004DD2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-218-0x0000000005B40000-0x0000000005B5E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-219-0x0000000005B80000-0x0000000005BCC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-217-0x00000000056E0000-0x0000000005A37000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-209-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004EB6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-210-0x0000000004FF0000-0x0000000005056000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3140-207-0x00000000050B0000-0x00000000056DA000-memory.dmp