Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260630-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260630-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/06/2026, 12:14

General

  • Target
    protections.pyc
  • Size 12KB
  • Sample260630-pegbqaex4r
  • SHA256 88d6c1f4c6f3d4d722423a7c9f1069ac345b11362baadabd3c4b7a303f452f6f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 19 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 37 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.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protections.pyc
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:2848
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1336
    • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protections.pyc"
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4120
      • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -osint -url C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\protections.pyc
        3⤵
        • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2024
        • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 1948 -prefsLen 27097 -prefMapHandle 1952 -prefMapSize 270331 -ipcHandle 2036 -initialChannelId {5c4ed7f4-0bce-41d7-9e72-1081f69fc8fe} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 1 gpu
          4⤵
            PID:5884
          • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 2432 -prefsLen 27133 -prefMapHandle 2436 -prefMapSize 270331 -ipcHandle 2444 -initialChannelId {1e4007df-708b-4a11-b4af-a37205a1e8b6} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 2 socket
            4⤵
              PID:4088
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3864 -prefsLen 27274 -prefMapHandle 3868 -prefMapSize 270331 -jsInitHandle 3872 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3880 -initialChannelId {40c536d7-8c6e-4ad8-9b6d-4ff8efb9ffb8} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 3 tab
              4⤵
              • Checks processor information in registry
              PID:1444
            • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
              "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -prefsHandle 4028 -prefsLen 27274 -prefMapHandle 4032 -prefMapSize 270331 -ipcHandle 4044 -initialChannelId {1c8e5ea0-3b52-44fa-9dc6-7af22e54cbb3} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 4 rdd
              4⤵
                PID:3720
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 4464 -prefsLen 34773 -prefMapHandle 4472 -prefMapSize 270331 -jsInitHandle 4476 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3100 -initialChannelId {153f901b-a63a-42b2-80ce-b28108e6e121} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 5 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:1340
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -sandboxingKind 0 -prefsHandle 4504 -prefsLen 34929 -prefMapHandle 5216 -prefMapSize 270331 -ipcHandle 5228 -initialChannelId {a63369eb-ec85-4012-89cf-1eecb9dca772} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 6 utility
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:2400
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5688 -prefsLen 32871 -prefMapHandle 5720 -prefMapSize 270331 -jsInitHandle 5724 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 3168 -initialChannelId {b7fa9ddc-39a4-4697-a373-d7efc1132786} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 7 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:1524
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 3172 -prefsLen 32871 -prefMapHandle 3040 -prefMapSize 270331 -jsInitHandle 3140 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5888 -initialChannelId {4155e3cc-1d78-47f2-a456-fbf3ee657a01} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 8 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:2028
              • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -contentproc -isForBrowser -prefsHandle 5896 -prefsLen 32871 -prefMapHandle 5912 -prefMapSize 270331 -jsInitHandle 5916 -jsInitLen 253512 -parentBuildID 20250130195129 -ipcHandle 5924 -initialChannelId {0c26f445-f6ac-4c3e-89ba-b06e3302a66e} -parentPid 2024 -crashReporter "\\.\pipe\gecko-crash-server-pipe.2024" -win32kLockedDown -appDir "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\browser" - 9 tab
                4⤵
                • Checks processor information in registry
                PID:4480
        • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
          1⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3780

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              03100235E7AEBB25C597DD91664A8F544DDFC529

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\cache2\entries\03100235E7AEBB25C597DD91664A8F544DDFC529
              • Size 13KB
              • SHA256 66eca31b0191673f9e7e60aad119f848089eef2fcc1415813c6904a17093ef78
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              9512A4488B00CC053350DAC32D417B4A35C11513

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\cache2\entries\9512A4488B00CC053350DAC32D417B4A35C11513
              • Size 13KB
              • SHA256 de2e8d4b58e26d09649ea242004049d19b0a9014ef82230bbca9e98819e60708
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              cec0d1aa-d537-48e8-8540-7ef68c547103.zip

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cec0d1aa-d537-48e8-8540-7ef68c547103.zip
              • Size 3.7MB
              • SHA256 d594c4c1e82d2293c2996e1a0d9f687db132fc85335d037bf53ae54d0d2bf4e5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmpaddon

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpaddon
              • Size 11KB
              • SHA256 ddf3ba4e25a622276755133e0cce5605b83719c7cab3546e09acbfed00d6a986
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              tmpaddon

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpaddon
              • Size 502KB
              • SHA256 87862f4bc8559fbe578389a9501dc01c4c585edb4bb03b238493327296d60171
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 29KB
              • SHA256 b74c7b5aaa72cc67fe9a3246ee71fcda1247e43d2fb6791bb05e51f1b3b431d7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 32KB
              • SHA256 641897b702403d6b9a77f6d7c04b9ac4d7cc530f3d964701d2a4417733f6d573
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 32KB
              • SHA256 a4dfb0d753ae086bc360acebbc597f20d8c41a3e6ad4e6e68614b00b3ed1fced
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 32KB
              • SHA256 3610ecf360ee7aa91af374ebc185f247f7b5da32d8ce397d7ddba36bfcb7a329
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              data.safe.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.tmp
              • Size 28KB
              • SHA256 713337a06c72a18871b9c94c749f9d0c8e8b0ed24d22ea58efe6198f87fc9b53
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              events

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\events\events
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 702cff92c8975e7ab438982f74ddf9f2215db7d98e433cf0ca1adee8e2d28399
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              1c7532cb-22bd-41cc-934d-88a0b48c78be

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\1c7532cb-22bd-41cc-934d-88a0b48c78be
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 6414696de606feccabcbd2e6340283ad142ee72a8117e4b627ab621be65caddd
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              31eaf860-109f-401b-ac23-5b70957070ae

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\31eaf860-109f-401b-ac23-5b70957070ae
              • Size 235B
              • SHA256 fe44d6007aeb7240e8755869ddafea50c077e40de23040c5eab421598b78716d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              3c60b0f8-9d25-44ae-9eb0-a23b290750bf

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\3c60b0f8-9d25-44ae-9eb0-a23b290750bf
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 a4161a8f4f901b9c4b950b44f2028587c39ffe595c06c69f6bf1a0e1168f5276
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              88a0ae48-04ab-4a83-9aee-c77f9ad2ac4e

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\88a0ae48-04ab-4a83-9aee-c77f9ad2ac4e
              • Size 871B
              • SHA256 8f6c5a80ba419958884f6d3fe96d9b84fb067ed868d785d43e769a33e453ee8f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              b63ae7c4-2c34-42cb-b40a-04924e3735fe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\datareporting\glean\pending_pings\b63ae7c4-2c34-42cb-b40a-04924e3735fe
              • Size 886B
              • SHA256 79edd6439ce70989680d2eafb2f7c6be85f28e968ced7e19497c59b16bbde1e8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              extensions.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\extensions.json
              • Size 16KB
              • SHA256 af613e5cedd781fad2f473941f5a3c3918a3d87f6003c54edc1f0736f97c8fb2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              gmpopenh264.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.6.0\gmpopenh264.dll
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 37c005a7789747b412d6c0a6a4c30d15732da3d857b4f94b744be1a67231b651
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              gmpopenh264.info

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.6.0\gmpopenh264.info
              • Size 116B
              • SHA256 fe7686a6281f0ab519c32c788ce0da0d01640425018dcffcfcb81105757f6fe6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              manifest.json

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.3050.0\manifest.json
              • Size 1002B
              • SHA256 2894996540fabbd346ed4ced8386ca77d6badf60372e307ee15c906c30340d0d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              widevinecdm.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.3050.0\widevinecdm.dll
              • Size 21.6MB
              • SHA256 f1216e26ee8c27f938d7722427d29f190e569ed83d0ba16ea872cae684b97602
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs-1.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\prefs-1.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 2fdafe0767336b6b6d045bcec2630a41ce6a597674c69c3c668691d395eb066a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs-1.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\prefs-1.js
              • Size 8KB
              • SHA256 d5e9776c8db7ed8c22f787eaa40fb917c533a1ea8346ada10a3fb5642c2dea0c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs-1.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\prefs-1.js
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 11ab5b09fd403e58b57dc63e53751e700d1638c94d3fb71d22ea1ec2c829190d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 2ab10f55ca57c35b6c4cb6c48fc48e022e890f0c217aadc95738eebd6084191d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              prefs.js

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\prefs.js
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 a7f6c1cf84cb09260f7a60ebc3653b58a69b3123ee3ad4e81fa586577797a833
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              recovery.jsonlz4

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\sessionstore-backups\recovery.jsonlz4
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 7e783d5223147d941732700eba0e8c7f990b9e9e22f4ff4d72744dfab8c13202
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\s9p00y6l.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.sqlite
              • Size 13.8MB
              • SHA256 977334391c38dfd32ebae2e37774a617ded2acd299441aea355e5304e9775011
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              WqfK9DR0.pyc.part

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\WqfK9DR0.pyc.part
              • Size 12KB
              • SHA256 88d6c1f4c6f3d4d722423a7c9f1069ac345b11362baadabd3c4b7a303f452f6f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH