Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/07/2026, 02:51

General

  • Target
    2026-07-23_10061fd5a7fe3587d0fb0160a9516eff_cryptbot_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_stealc.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample260723-dcdbhafe94
  • SHA256 5c912d66a53bcbb0d7029fa80037e75339095b7d8c9b68914fbabf20bc8acfaf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Version
  • 1.6.6

Botnet
  • akushu chammar ha

C2
  • 52.66.239.168:8081

Mutex
  • b82b595c-02ab-4434-9172-5c5fe86b3bc5

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    55D39DB273D4FFC505D375B952F764A7D2404845

  • install_name

    RuntimeBroker.exe

  • key_salt

    5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

  • startup_key

    RuntimeBroker

  • subdirectory

    Dir

Signatures

  • Family: Defendnot

    Defendnot is a tool designed to disable Microsoft Defender.

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Detects Defendnot 1 IoCs
  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP utility, command line and INF 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 2 IoCs
  • Detects binaries and memory artifacts referencing sandbox DLLs typically observed in sandbox evasion 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables manipulated with Fody 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 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\2026-07-23_10061fd5a7fe3587d0fb0160a9516eff_cryptbot_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_stealc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_10061fd5a7fe3587d0fb0160a9516eff_cryptbot_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_stealc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:912
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙪𝙡.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙪𝙡.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1296
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\RuntimeBroker.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\RuntimeBroker.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3764
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4920
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks" /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Dir\RuntimeBroker.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:828
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Dir\RuntimeBroker.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Dir\RuntimeBroker.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1440
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks" /create /tn "RuntimeBroker" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Dir\RuntimeBroker.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
          4⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5036
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mfdzrxrm.z3e
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          PID:5020
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "powershell.exe" -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess defendnot-loader.exe
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          PID:5440
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mfdzrxrm.z3e\defendnot-loader.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mfdzrxrm.z3e\defendnot-loader.exe" --silent --name "Windows Security"
          4⤵
            PID:1972
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\Taskmgr.exe
              Taskmgr.exe
              5⤵
                PID:3668
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell.exe" -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess defendnot-loader.exe
            3⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            PID:2468
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\defendnot-loader.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\defendnot-loader.exe" --silent --name "Windows Security"
            3⤵
              PID:2392
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\Taskmgr.exe
                Taskmgr.exe
                4⤵
                  PID:6136
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Dir\RuntimeBroker.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Dir\RuntimeBroker.exe
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:5984
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\defendnot-loader.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\defendnot-loader.exe
            1⤵
              PID:4320
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\Taskmgr.exe
                Taskmgr.exe
                2⤵
                  PID:2916
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
                  2⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:2056
              • C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe
                "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -wdenable
                1⤵
                  PID:5824
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mfdzrxrm.z3e\defendnot-loader.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mfdzrxrm.z3e\defendnot-loader.exe
                  1⤵
                    PID:1296
                    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\Taskmgr.exe
                      Taskmgr.exe
                      2⤵
                        PID:1272
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
                        2⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        PID:4252

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 435471b87a1a97b0e29f7d5dd0878e63031511f063629d7e750852c068e7c4f5
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                          • Size 1KB
                          • SHA256 f8f97db90afa99404b3ca249fd35f61553215bb9421586f147e8ed7c106ad930
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          RuntimeBroker.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\RuntimeBroker.exe
                          • Size 2.6MB
                          • SHA256 e3e978e81d020f12d56a202e9c882e8b87f5e810a630fea082a6d615748581a5
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙪𝙡.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RarSFX0\𝙈𝙪𝙠𝙪𝙡.exe
                          • Size 148KB
                          • SHA256 e1ff3292c0282632d9f15e9d5fd2170946345a349076b204425eac706800179a
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          __PSScriptPolicyTest_aruzudvl.seg.ps1

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

                          ctx.bin

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\ctx.bin
                          • Size 131B
                          • SHA256 5d7f018ddd2e052e2816d42ab6e1f204fd5103954102d574c6128b32fc8d56ef
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          ctx.bin

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\ctx.bin
                          • Size 131B
                          • SHA256 2aea52e1e8139e97a3406c074d8c932c1ec0d7f7d000687315ad1d5c09229fdb
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                          defendnot-loader.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\defendnot-loader.exe
                          • Size 581KB
                          • SHA256 4776620d4a617ce96d83a3a2ae0999a9dc6ee79bd9dcefe296cd877a62aa2224
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          defendnot.dll

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dzzfrsoo.xwy\defendnot.dll
                          • Size 427KB
                          • SHA256 45e942ba59f3876b263a03ed7e5d5b1b250e84a0a4b4093b3c13b5fca4e12b21
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/1440-54-0x000002116AB60000-0x000002116AB8A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-53-0x000002116ACA0000-0x000002116ACEA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-52-0x000002116AC50000-0x000002116AC9C000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-51-0x000002116AB20000-0x000002116AB54000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-49-0x000002116AAD0000-0x000002116AB1E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-48-0x0000021167F20000-0x0000021167F6A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-50-0x0000021167FC0000-0x0000021167FE6000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-47-0x000002116AB90000-0x000002116AC42000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-46-0x0000021167F70000-0x0000021167FC0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/1440-45-0x0000021167EE0000-0x0000021167F1A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-26-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-25-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-18-0x00007FFBA7BCF000-0x00007FFBA7BD0000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-19-0x0000020DDCDD0000-0x0000020DDD06C000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-20-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-32-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-31-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-30-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-29-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-28-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-27-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-21-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-57-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-24-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-23-0x00007FFBA7A40000-0x00007FFBA83E4000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-73-0x0000020DDDEF0000-0x0000020DDDF02000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-72-0x0000020DDDEC0000-0x0000020DDDECA000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3764-22-0x0000020DDDDC0000-0x0000020DDDDDE000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4920-42-0x000002AB7E580000-0x000002AB7E58A000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4920-35-0x000002AB7FD90000-0x000002AB7FDB2000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4920-40-0x000002AB18810000-0x000002AB1882E000-memory.dmp

                          memory/4920-41-0x000002AB18830000-0x000002AB188E2000-memory.dmp