Analysis

  • max time kernel
    900s
  • max time network
    570s
  • 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, 03:11

General

  • Target
    cobraxz_tweaks.exe
  • Size 34.4MB
  • Sample260723-dppkaszfpe
  • SHA256 069d80fa62d315f4baf7da814411a3fbf3d42debeb86f5af51c459cfc9400aea
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Loads dropped DLL 35 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 42 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cobraxz_tweaks.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cobraxz_tweaks.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4984
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cobraxz_tweaks.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cobraxz_tweaks.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      PID:5456
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:2420
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:468
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1904
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4356
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1056
    • C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe
      \\?\C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthHost.exe {08728914-3F57-4D52-9E31-49DAECA5A80A} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:1832

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
            • Size 599B
            • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            MSVCP140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\MSVCP140.dll
            • Size 576KB
            • SHA256 88f55d86b50b0a7e55e71ad2d8f7552146ba26e927230daf2e26ad3a971973c5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            MSVCP140_1.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\MSVCP140_1.dll
            • Size 30KB
            • SHA256 446c48c1224c289bd3080087fe15d6759416d64f4136addf30086abd5415d83f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            MSVCP140_2.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\MSVCP140_2.dll
            • Size 188KB
            • SHA256 24b47c966b6e4a65b3e4df866d347d3427e9bd709be550c38224427eb5e143d3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt6Core.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Core.dll
            • Size 9.5MB
            • SHA256 3997d763e68026cd86f301ebea725fb9cfc48f3cbfdb825dad93dc198462ab74
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt6Gui.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Gui.dll
            • Size 9.0MB
            • SHA256 9dae9067dfdab107748649e533bef6f2e8452119936aa68a91e63f1613fbd81f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt6Network.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Network.dll
            • Size 1.7MB
            • SHA256 5e066f987a19732cfe46df77731885c634ea5c4e25e115f8de31f7ce18c7b78c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt6Pdf.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Pdf.dll
            • Size 5.3MB
            • SHA256 4930f90eda5d1e25f6e4dde4d622f97fcf0bd7cf71018a3aabc1c8b6c4ce5504
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Qt6Widgets.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\Qt6Widgets.dll
            • Size 6.2MB
            • SHA256 b323340a5f24ebbe33e521e19eab91ec59cde5bf31a67dc3fc028e6e26aff74b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\bin\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
            • Size 43KB
            • SHA256 1f0f5f2ce671e0f68cf96176721df0e5e6f527c8ca9cfa98aa875b5a3816d460
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qgif.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qgif.dll
            • Size 46KB
            • SHA256 c10fbcaf3948e70205162f7d404fae80e629e92115b7854b069d640c69384f66
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qicns.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qicns.dll
            • Size 54KB
            • SHA256 9caaab87ef9c47da2c41761af2c0e61f7b3919a1cb755ef209f8d5381e80b777
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qico.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qico.dll
            • Size 45KB
            • SHA256 4b557746b0403489a4a9e9442de6efe10042a550d16fcbdd9c5eb73356eb813f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qjpeg.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qjpeg.dll
            • Size 562KB
            • SHA256 ef6bf5f66c468d29ac6a0bcb6ef70798352f4864ac6ecb0b3efd3e17a76c78dc
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qpdf.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qpdf.dll
            • Size 40KB
            • SHA256 f4b3eccfa13e8ddeb671b11f4a4870e486a9b8217c15fad8415f8d0e9ce40a79
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qsvg.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qsvg.dll
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 81015e30929676194f607f0ea9fa244858447290cc30428ae0b73cd68232b99e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qtga.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qtga.dll
            • Size 37KB
            • SHA256 22c48fbf2d80ab111c55e5f7e508e09bf13e56fd88e0589ad13aef3427624b0e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qtiff.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qtiff.dll
            • Size 429KB
            • SHA256 d06a91324ec9a9a68ea56025f361c26ec22cb99f00ae3a499e55aeffbf1425d5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qwbmp.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qwbmp.dll
            • Size 36KB
            • SHA256 9a1404282d23e42160da9b659e2f61dae8291c4e6fdedd8ac8ddc0276f5d4698
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qwebp.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\imageformats\qwebp.dll
            • Size 537KB
            • SHA256 e02c37db33af3e647da937db6d6d68f0c2e414624b8ad876c556414042c199b1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qminimal.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\platforms\qminimal.dll
            • Size 59KB
            • SHA256 23dee20966a0e02133a35058ee14dde10e3cc3fa7ae41056c14209172d6cf59d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qoffscreen.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\platforms\qoffscreen.dll
            • Size 107KB
            • SHA256 f8b582a7f46b5d8bbffe8a894ee4fe61e6e6569f46c7890043618a04dcdb33b9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qwindows.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\platforms\qwindows.dll
            • Size 901KB
            • SHA256 60d06a91eeb883cd8df4b7991938d27f19d54437fb762cc8bac1878a1d1884d3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qmodernwindowsstyle.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\Qt6\plugins\styles\qmodernwindowsstyle.dll
            • Size 213KB
            • SHA256 655f4f9afa55897a6df581642852be1931aceb0f587988691dbf340f76cf9485
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            QtCore.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\QtCore.pyd
            • Size 2.4MB
            • SHA256 5f24ce426fa4f2e4f7d0987ad136a95d09fa244e13408b5287e5895bd76d56c1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            QtGui.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\QtGui.pyd
            • Size 2.2MB
            • SHA256 6191700bf33248bddeb0018107982c1686e304869f906b690bff38ac3af66c93
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            QtWidgets.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\QtWidgets.pyd
            • Size 4.8MB
            • SHA256 b514c42c012101bd70a2baca65ca7757faf605992cec440e7802a1b21c2f967b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            sip.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\PyQt6\sip.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
            • Size 108KB
            • SHA256 06a9913d4ceba21902f21d1838ee792adc6e90756ddcb55432c1e40a272e6c16
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 117KB
            • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 84KB
            • SHA256 b3dd7cea6d03342252834cebcc814af37d850b86d0627fa22b7f6990882f2f8b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 130KB
            • SHA256 dfa65498c77e71f038883337d2b5ffd92508489e79e6ee5e96ddec4ecf2a7fa1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 155KB
            • SHA256 f20be6a9fee8fb5d53170c4bc24a39b48d3c0ccbe8e2000e60ff7d65b77c6ea1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            base_library.zip

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\base_library.zip
            • Size 1.3MB
            • SHA256 3a95db75f855500ce6e852246394f5ad60f6cea86d46c3c9a3f2b45fca14b4be
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            diamond_diva.png

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\diamond_diva.png
            • Size 104KB
            • SHA256 c9226c6215336687283d1938f47b4c5d24203c935e678fc9115ccf0f78b5a525
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libffi-8.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\libffi-8.dll
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python3.DLL

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\python3.DLL
            • Size 70KB
            • SHA256 4ae581aa4e65fef9f92c84c428c990892da538b4d9289592df51fa31fd879770
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python313.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49842\python313.dll
            • Size 5.8MB
            • SHA256 41ec4fc4e5bc8b207258590238f7f050b13fdfee84c4a7b1ecff6e945d031a10
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/1056-279-0x000001F5941B0000-0x000001F5941D0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1056-235-0x000001F5801E0000-0x000001F5802E0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1056-256-0x000001F582C30000-0x000001F582C50000-memory.dmp

            memory/1056-240-0x000001F582DF0000-0x000001F582EF0000-memory.dmp

            memory/1056-239-0x000001F5829D0000-0x000001F5829F0000-memory.dmp

            memory/5456-176-0x00007FFA774F0000-0x00007FFA7771E000-memory.dmp

            memory/5456-181-0x00007FFA75410000-0x00007FFA758E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/5456-186-0x000001E621A50000-0x000001E621A60000-memory.dmp

            memory/5456-165-0x00007FFA77720000-0x00007FFA77993000-memory.dmp

            memory/5456-182-0x00007FFA74DD0000-0x00007FFA7540A000-memory.dmp