Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/07/2026, 00:10

General

  • Target
    AlphaXLauncher.exe
  • Size 19KB
  • Sample260701-af4fbact3s
  • SHA256 1934f0295229c7add71777f10dac0a91272a2c8769ef3742f80d498037673079
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Costura .NET executable packer 1 IoCs

    Costura packer aka Costura Fody, is an add-in for the .NET framework that embeds all external dependency .dll files as resources inside main executable.

  • 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 25 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaXLauncher.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AlphaXLauncher.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5816
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-MpComputerStatus | Select-Object -ExpandProperty AntivirusEnabled"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5908
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaXBootstrapper.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaXBootstrapper.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6952
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaX.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaX.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3904

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        AlphaX.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaX.exe
        • Size 170KB
        • SHA256 dcee9222d8952c71c3d3847827de3260933bbde49125317d31c483d9343ca660
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AlphaX.exe.config

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaX.exe.config
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 6d5ee69162403a04daca97cd1a05c0518947258699b63a66e96239dc75648d5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AlphaXBootstrapper.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Bin\AlphaXBootstrapper.exe
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 3b17b6b37faaa9956573dcba2c8da11037d08d4e2ea8978ff158abdf03119e89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_yk4i5o0f.tne.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_yk4i5o0f.tne.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3904-183-0x00000000061E0000-0x00000000061E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/3904-182-0x0000000004AF0000-0x0000000004B02000-memory.dmp

        memory/3904-181-0x0000000000110000-0x0000000000140000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-3-0x0000000005970000-0x0000000005A02000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-0-0x00000000747A2000-0x00000000747A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-11-0x00000000747A2000-0x00000000747A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-2-0x0000000005E90000-0x000000000644A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-1-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-55-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5816-41-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-33-0x0000000007800000-0x00000000078A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-17-0x0000000006020000-0x000000000637B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-21-0x00000000065A0000-0x00000000065EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-22-0x0000000007740000-0x0000000007776000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-23-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-24-0x00000000702C0000-0x000000007030C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-31-0x0000000006B50000-0x0000000006B70000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-32-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-18-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-34-0x0000000007FA0000-0x000000000861C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-35-0x0000000007960000-0x000000000797A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-36-0x00000000079D0000-0x00000000079DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-37-0x0000000007BD0000-0x0000000007C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-38-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-40-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-20-0x0000000006550000-0x000000000656E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-9-0x0000000005830000-0x0000000005896000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-4-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003086000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-10-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005FD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-5-0x0000000005920000-0x0000000005F6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-6-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-8-0x0000000074790000-0x0000000074F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5908-7-0x0000000005780000-0x00000000057A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-64-0x0000000009D50000-0x0000000009D62000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-63-0x0000000009D20000-0x0000000009D2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-59-0x000000000B4F0000-0x000000000B50E000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-58-0x000000000B520000-0x000000000B596000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-56-0x0000000009E20000-0x0000000009E5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-57-0x0000000009DE0000-0x0000000009DEE000-memory.dmp

        memory/6952-54-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000B2000-memory.dmp