Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • 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, 10:46

General

  • Target
    2026-07-01_099ea3a68b4bf3e49ae9385a5cffd9e0_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe
  • Size 15.3MB
  • Sample260701-mt26mab13j
  • SHA256 1f7f421796a047ce5fd566720338b2371acce37ced0c710cf6e311d3a8a9b4be
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 40 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 42 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-01_099ea3a68b4bf3e49ae9385a5cffd9e0_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-01_099ea3a68b4bf3e49ae9385a5cffd9e0_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1860
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2068
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost_task.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost_task.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies system certificate store
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1388
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming'
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4288
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1880
    • 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:2508
  • 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:2004
  • 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:2368

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 613dbce0e588f851310247a01bfb4055373663825070fc6c88f472b13657019a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        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

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_nksa4jvr.iv2.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nksa4jvr.iv2.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        svchost_task.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\svchost_task.exe
        • Size 15.3MB
        • SHA256 d0a2d3182848d557daee30fe727739aebec2877a9f0c5e6253f06ba4cf4d7fa5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2004-65-0x0000017E82E80000-0x0000017E82F80000-memory.dmp

        memory/2004-71-0x0000017E96A70000-0x0000017E96B70000-memory.dmp

        memory/2004-77-0x0000017E867E0000-0x0000017E86800000-memory.dmp

        memory/2004-108-0x0000017E96DE0000-0x0000017E96E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/2004-70-0x0000017E83FA0000-0x0000017E83FC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-21-0x0000000007600000-0x0000000007C7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-29-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-13-0x0000000006C30000-0x0000000006C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-14-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-15-0x0000000070870000-0x00000000708BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-18-0x0000000006C10000-0x0000000006C30000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-19-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-20-0x0000000006E80000-0x0000000006F23000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-22-0x0000000006FC0000-0x0000000006FDA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-0-0x0000000074632000-0x0000000074633000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-23-0x0000000007030000-0x000000000703A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-24-0x0000000007230000-0x00000000072C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-25-0x0000000074632000-0x0000000074633000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-26-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-27-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-12-0x0000000005CA0000-0x0000000005CEC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-11-0x0000000005C40000-0x0000000005C5E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-10-0x0000000005760000-0x0000000005ABB000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-1-0x0000000002790000-0x00000000027C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-6-0x0000000005570000-0x00000000055D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-2-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-3-0x0000000004EB0000-0x00000000054FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-4-0x0000000074620000-0x0000000074DDC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-7-0x00000000055E0000-0x0000000005646000-memory.dmp

        memory/2068-5-0x0000000004E70000-0x0000000004E92000-memory.dmp

        memory/2508-224-0x000000000AC90000-0x000000000AEEF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-42-0x0000000006E40000-0x0000000006EE3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-39-0x0000000070640000-0x000000007068C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-38-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-36-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005B5B000-memory.dmp