Overview

overview

10

Static

static

3

file.exe

windows10-2004-x64

10

file.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

10

Analysis

  • max time kernel
    54s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/06/2026, 11:10

Sharing

Copy URL Twitter E-mail
Report Analysis Logs

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 10KB
  • Sample260623-m95lpab19q
  • SHA256 7aa0e249b5c1176344f5fa5579d39a095a08bcb156ffa1789c16c2828bb4cf13
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
adwaredefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionneedle_stealerphorphiexxmrigloaderminerpersistencespywarestealertrojanworm

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

  • phorphiex

C2

  • http://178.16.55.240/

  • http://130.12.180.190/us/

  • http://178.16.55.240/nmix/

  • http://178.16.55.240/nmixx/

  • http://91.92.242.107/lmix/

Mutex

  • daedaaef

Attributes
  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/202.0.4664.110 Safari/537.36

Extracted

Family

  • needle_stealer

C2

  • http://130.12.180.135:3000/api/v2

Attributes
  • api_key

    alk_2f668968ee87e7d30f8b996112bebef880cfe8626af9c1d8d53e0f719e47be4f

  • base_extension

    false

  • self_destruct

    false

Signatures

  • Family: NeedleStealer

    NeedleStealer is a modular stealer written in Golang.

    stealerneedle_stealer
  • Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex

    Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.

    wormtrojanloaderphorphiex
  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    minerxmrig
  • Detects NeedleStealer payload 1 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 10 IoCs
    miner
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

    persistence
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 8 IoCs
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • Executes dropped EXE 11 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
    defense_evasionexecution
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
    persistence
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 4 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • GoLang User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses default user-agent string defined by GoLang HTTP packages.

  • Kills process with taskkill 3 IoCs
    defense_evasion
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
    adwarespyware
  • Modifies registry class 29 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 35 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2204
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3414938850.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3414938850.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5076
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3590717512.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3590717512.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3392
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1575027919.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1575027919.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:476
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3649638379.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3649638379.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5888
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2708716022.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2708716022.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5784
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1245126530.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1245126530.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5816
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "winmgr"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:5456
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "winmgr" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\winmgr\syswinprdrvc.exe" start= "auto"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:4424
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:5696
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "winmgr"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1724
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1161739851.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1161739851.exe
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2840
      • C:\Users\Admin\sysmgnrsv.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\sysmgnrsv.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4568
      • C:\sysfrodolv.exe
        \sysfrodolv.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5684
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Users\Admin\sysmgnrsv.exe -o 178.16.54.109:6060 -u 83h9mBvy1LL2qW6c2HeWczYVJQsFDF7RfVqDnaiSfFBdDcxfyJfWhRnZqZkY5chb5b6tmKZ1PPhuQbNgXggCdwTrMYWN8hi -p x --cpu-priority=5 --threads=2 --max-cpu-usage=25
          4⤵
            PID:3492
            • C:\Users\Admin\sysmgnrsv.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\sysmgnrsv.exe -o 178.16.54.109:6060 -u 83h9mBvy1LL2qW6c2HeWczYVJQsFDF7RfVqDnaiSfFBdDcxfyJfWhRnZqZkY5chb5b6tmKZ1PPhuQbNgXggCdwTrMYWN8hi -p x --cpu-priority=5 --threads=2 --max-cpu-usage=25
              5⤵
                PID:4280
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1208027133.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1208027133.exe
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1732
          • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
            taskkill /F /IM chrome.exe /T
            3⤵
            • Kills process with taskkill
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:248
          • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
            taskkill /F /IM msedge.exe /T
            3⤵
            • Kills process with taskkill
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5216
          • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
            taskkill /F /IM msedgewebview2.exe /T
            3⤵
            • Kills process with taskkill
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5288
      • C:\ProgramData\winmgr\syswinprdrvc.exe
        C:\ProgramData\winmgr\syswinprdrvc.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5664
        • C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
          dwm.exe
          2⤵
            PID:5632
        • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
          sihost.exe
          1⤵
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5424
          • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
            explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
            2⤵
            • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
            • Enumerates connected drives
            • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
            • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
            • Modifies registry class
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:2104
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
          1⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:6136
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
          1⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:5952

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

              Reconnaissance

              Resource Development

              Initial Access

              Execution

              System Services

              2
              T1569

              Service Execution

              2
              T1569.002

              Persistence

              Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

              2
              T1547

              Active Setup

              1
              T1547.014

              Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

              1
              T1547.001

              Create or Modify System Process

              2
              T1543

              Windows Service

              2
              T1543.003

              Privilege Escalation

              Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

              2
              T1547

              Active Setup

              1
              T1547.014

              Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

              1
              T1547.001

              Create or Modify System Process

              2
              T1543

              Windows Service

              2
              T1543.003

              Defense Evasion

              Impair Defenses

              1
              T1562

              Modify Registry

              3
              T1112

              Credential Access

              Credentials from Password Stores

              1
              T1555

              Credentials from Web Browsers

              1
              T1555.003

              Unsecured Credentials

              1
              T1552

              Credentials In Files

              1
              T1552.001

              Discovery

              Peripheral Device Discovery

              2
              T1120

              Query Registry

              2
              T1012

              System Information Discovery

              2
              T1082

              System Location Discovery

              1
              T1614

              System Language Discovery

              1
              T1614.001

              Lateral Movement

              Collection

              Data from Local System

              1
              T1005

              Command and Control

              Exfiltration

              Impact

              Service Stop

              1
              T1489

              Replay Monitor

              Loading Replay Monitor...

              Downloads

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 599B
              • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
              Submit Download

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 653B
              • SHA256 bb6e5c9a7751ec49403352e7748775b88e210df9d3a0007d869dabac8d71d201
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
              Submit Download

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 603B
              • SHA256 b346273b0f3e13afaa9f07d97248343c45a667a5e097d1198a449a4de187aebb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
              Submit Download

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 591B
              • SHA256 dc216c11d6381abdcb6a4b927fd9ea68d336ff63c88639e4a242acf037f90c68
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
              Submit Download

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 595B
              • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
              Submit Download

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 607B
              • SHA256 be6b74e52e5eef1f1c27c0976bf3bf1bfa99958c00bbef2898a602f691be6dae
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
              Submit Download

              1161739851.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1161739851.exe
              • Size 12KB
              • SHA256 01f64c61767bc41f039cf2080e61da49c96b14e4d558da6c03128e40ca816799
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              1208027133.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1208027133.exe
              • Size 8.3MB
              • SHA256 1b963ea63828c83ff15a12fe84ff83ab970e02bcfb9996e5835052e9537224c3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              1245126530.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1245126530.exe
              • Size 6.8MB
              • SHA256 9639f7ebc6a6d69d7bf5b8bc869e7783a1406088f192868624ad8919e9bfd1d4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              1575027919.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1575027919.exe
              • Size 18KB
              • SHA256 cac977b50d2505405e729e623025a03b60a58e92b0b75c272242592139985ddb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              2708716022.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2708716022.exe
              • Size 18KB
              • SHA256 96ada74774413c01c0e7d4707d9837bb30dba9132cc3519178e890596f2b5dbd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              3414938850.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3414938850.exe
              • Size 18KB
              • SHA256 df482da0d9a366592795d1f87f174eae6a423b01d4d4a9c7b022e17c38395d73
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              3590717512.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3590717512.exe
              • Size 18KB
              • SHA256 9332cd4e9ce6ed2b6f53661ab38877b512826fb84f7b1d4465edbd9d82136d1b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              3649638379.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3649638379.exe
              • Size 18KB
              • SHA256 47088023cf22c95f436e6fb08c208f172504668f3d620b6a558e19b0695bdb04
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              sysmgnrsv.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\sysmgnrsv.exe
              • Size 6.2MB
              • SHA256 001816f728d96a823a88e8243cba32486ff0207c123628fa767073bb4a49cd6e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
              Submit Download

              memory/2104-255-0x000000000A0D0000-0x000000000A32F000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/4568-64-0x000001F05C630000-0x000001F05C650000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-51-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-46-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-44-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-52-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-43-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-48-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-47-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-45-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/5632-50-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014082E000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-139-0x0000027004210000-0x0000027004230000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-93-0x00000270001E0000-0x00000270002E0000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-94-0x00000270001E0000-0x00000270002E0000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-106-0x0000027002A50000-0x0000027002A70000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-119-0x0000027002C90000-0x0000027002CB0000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-107-0x0000027002E90000-0x0000027002F90000-memory.dmp
              Download

              memory/6136-95-0x00000270001E0000-0x00000270002E0000-memory.dmp
              Download