Analysis

  • max time kernel
    120s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 10:51

General

  • Target
    2026-07-01_03b507069d06d2283030a9d92111ea23_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe
  • Size 15.3MB
  • Sample260701-mxxejset3y
  • SHA256 b2753082694a6bc05d54501641e03b471bf27eea0389bebb058a03eb3aeeb04c
  • 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 38 IoCs
  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 43 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_03b507069d06d2283030a9d92111ea23_coinminer_elex_frostygoop_hive_poet-rat_salatstealer_sliver_snatch.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-01_03b507069d06d2283030a9d92111ea23_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:1468
    • 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:3836
  • 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:4728
    • 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:5964
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3508
    • 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:5052
  • 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:3464
  • 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:5916

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 2a1abdbfc0f0e3523889d996b4de41373c6e7a03f3d7687f29351ccd3afa9460
        • 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 595B
        • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_wov2qc35.p5h.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wov2qc35.p5h.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 6999c9183f1434adb4df8eb0dd2bc22940251c59869756406d4522c96aafe428
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3464-76-0x000001AF03D70000-0x000001AF03E70000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-81-0x000001AF03B70000-0x000001AF03B90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-111-0x000001AF045F0000-0x000001AF04610000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-74-0x000001AF03920000-0x000001AF03940000-memory.dmp

        memory/3464-67-0x000001AF000C0000-0x000001AF001C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-24-0x0000000007DD0000-0x0000000007DDA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-0-0x0000000074E32000-0x0000000074E33000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-13-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-14-0x0000000007BE0000-0x0000000007C16000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-15-0x0000000071070000-0x00000000710BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-17-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-19-0x0000000007000000-0x0000000007020000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-20-0x0000000007C20000-0x0000000007CC3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-21-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-22-0x00000000083A0000-0x0000000008A1C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-23-0x0000000007D60000-0x0000000007D7A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-46-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-25-0x0000000007FD0000-0x0000000008066000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-27-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-11-0x0000000006040000-0x000000000605E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-12-0x0000000006070000-0x00000000060BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-1-0x0000000003190000-0x00000000031C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-2-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-10-0x0000000006790000-0x0000000006AEB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-3-0x0000000006140000-0x000000000678A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-7-0x0000000005D30000-0x0000000005D96000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-4-0x0000000074E20000-0x00000000755DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-5-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B42000-memory.dmp

        memory/3836-6-0x0000000005CC0000-0x0000000005D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-32-0x0000000074B10000-0x00000000752CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-45-0x0000000074B10000-0x00000000752CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-43-0x0000000007060000-0x0000000007103000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-40-0x0000000070E40000-0x0000000070E8C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-39-0x0000000005E10000-0x0000000005E5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-37-0x00000000057D0000-0x0000000005B2B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-34-0x0000000074B10000-0x00000000752CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/5964-33-0x0000000074B10000-0x00000000752CC000-memory.dmp