Analysis

  • max time kernel
    152s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 13:12

General

  • Target
    2026-07-09_0190d9d82743826831bf3e1ced54a093_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_medusaloc.exe
  • Size 18.6MB
  • Sample260709-qfgvbacs3z
  • SHA256 712f47382f92ccb7c3095c07a3effd5d102f2b314ed9527f83ed6b01b6951a7d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 12 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 19 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_0190d9d82743826831bf3e1ced54a093_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_medusaloc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_0190d9d82743826831bf3e1ced54a093_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_luca-stealer_medusaloc.exe"
    1⤵
    • UAC bypass
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    • System policy modification
    PID:3064
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\easysoft.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\easysoft.exe /oobesp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4240
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2824
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6120
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3808
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5848
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:444
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3404
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5432
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\tools\aria2c.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2856
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2672
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall delete rule name = "桌面调用工具"
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2732
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1136
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1268
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2308
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=tcp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2756
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd /C netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
        netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = "桌面调用工具" dir=in program = "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" action=allow protocol=udp profile=public
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3656
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe" -StartTP
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2512
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4448

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          PW5KOD35.htm

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\92TNSPOE\PW5KOD35.htm
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f91b20a80e107cd586d47fee1e3c4806085acd8633ceeff1b583b6b376fff756
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          7z.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\7z.dll
          • Size 170KB
          • SHA256 b8521abda09ec17ddad36528c1bc50395dc8c5f7c11c026a5b3ff23110c54182
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MiniThunderPlatform.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\MiniThunderPlatform.exe
          • Size 266KB
          • SHA256 f1a7a250356418e387d2827dd440b76326586621b4fdd837f8b327d16919827f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          XLBugHandler.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\XLBugHandler.dll
          • Size 98KB
          • SHA256 1845df41da539bca264f59365bf7453b686b9098cc94cd0e2b9a20c74a561096
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          XLBugReport.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\XLBugReport.exe
          • Size 242KB
          • SHA256 64f8d68cc1cfc5b9cc182df3becf704af93d0f1cc93ee59dbf682c75b6d4ffc0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          atl71.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\atl71.dll
          • Size 87KB
          • SHA256 a68e1297fae2bcf854b47ffa444f490353028de1fa2ca713b6cf6cc5aa22b88a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dl_peer_id.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\dl_peer_id.dll
          • Size 89KB
          • SHA256 69a5e2a51094dc8f30788d63243b12a0eb2759a3f3c3a159b85fd422fc00ac26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          download_engine.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\download_engine.dll
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 ce09928019dd63b7495c33f4e9cabd6d0f49b37afbc55b8072aa54d8fa92badc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          id.dat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\id.dat
          • Size 40B
          • SHA256 c6233de5d227e53209c6fda197c77b23f32351db234c1c1069c3acb26686967f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          msvcp71.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\msvcp71.dll
          • Size 492KB
          • SHA256 6c483cbe349863c7dcf6f8cb7334e7d28c299e7d5aa063297ea2f62352f6bdd9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msvcr71.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\msvcr71.dll
          • Size 340KB
          • SHA256 c4d4339df314a27ff75a38967b7569d9962337b8d4cd4b0db3aba5ff72b2bfbb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          zlib1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\download\zlib1.dll
          • Size 58KB
          • SHA256 bd29d2b1f930e4b660adf71606d1b9634188b7160a704a8d140cadafb46e1e56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          easysoft.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\easysoft.exe
          • Size 10.6MB
          • SHA256 da8c68fcae63963019bdfd25c8129695f82f6ed8a74b480e32e3d5a913f2dda6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          encmsdnkloader

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\encmsdnkloader
          • Size 53KB
          • SHA256 f5211ebad14adb3572f3f4b411eea4caa4b64221928b5a04cef18e77ca7e9a5a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          xldl.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pDnIOy8uGu\xldl.dll
          • Size 286KB
          • SHA256 d0a7baaa3d861cf5d516e142006f844edeee2eecf834d2268e96e4162e1261d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          download.cfg

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Thunder Network\Mini_downloadlib\ODAwMDAwNDM=\Version_3_2_1_46\Profiles\download.cfg
          • Size 286B
          • SHA256 c3fe997e00a2ab72bf78c221052a2973a3ebd02227d3beb50bc5ede4a75e4b27
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2512-2246-0x000000006FFF0000-0x0000000070000000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-2250-0x0000000002900000-0x0000000002C60000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-2233-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp

          memory/2512-2296-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000457000-memory.dmp