Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
115s - 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, 12:57
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe
- Size 418KB
- Sample260723-p6934szamd
- SHA256 5b8035a132693aab231fd1c6d0f0c99396192b563067a0d0749093daea3b5fb7
- MD5 5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14
- SHA1 3e8801db9d5b849356207e2bb308bc7c4e6e40b9
- SHA512 a200a3dc9abd0a84dbdecf8830ed85f13ab98a24d6ee5ec4af71bd15f28259257cee15ff585264ea0658c24085c53fa51de4cdd01cea6a5a47fc935d4a997e56
- SSDEEP 6144:8AUmAOkVUo7RdFwT54BgPAKsEI4Ki/81S56mhTOYJtHdm7MA6gBzxq:8qAOkV77rFwT54etKi/wC/tHApBE
- TLSH T1E1948D06FA846CE9FE126136498643652334E7500BAA575B8F95F33C2DB7AC0ECDD386
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
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description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\DisableAntiSpyware = "1" 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe - Detects Windows executables referencing non-Windows User-Agents 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c517-3.dat INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA behavioral2/memory/5724-6-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000057C000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_NoneWindowsUA - Detects executables (downlaoders) containing URLs to raw contents of a paste 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c517-3.dat INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RawPaste_URL behavioral2/memory/5724-6-0x0000000000560000-0x000000000057C000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RawPaste_URL - Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 3 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001000000001c4fb-5.dat INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender behavioral2/memory/2348-7-0x00007FF606B60000-0x00007FF606BC7000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender behavioral2/memory/3820-9-0x00007FF6E8FC0000-0x00007FF6E9027000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender - Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5724 svchost_rat.exe 2348 svchost.exe - Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsCacheSvc = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsCaches\\svchost.exe" 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WindowsCacheSvc = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsCaches\\svchost.exe" 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 1 ip-api.com - Launches sc.exe 9 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 5988 sc.exe 4452 sc.exe 3016 sc.exe 2372 sc.exe 5896 sc.exe 4384 sc.exe 4368 sc.exe 5224 sc.exe 1772 sc.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_rat.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 3208 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5724 svchost_rat.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3820 wrote to memory of 5896 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 91 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 4384 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 92 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 4452 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 93 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 4368 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 94 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 5224 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 95 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 3016 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 96 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 1772 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 97 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 3208 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 98 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 5988 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 99 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 2372 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 100 PID 3820 wrote to memory of 5724 3820 2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe 101 - 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14_conti.exe"1⤵
- Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3820 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop WinDefend 2>nul & sc config WinDefend start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:5896
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop MsMpEng 2>nul & sc config MsMpEng start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:4384
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop Sense 2>nul & sc config Sense start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:4452
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop WdNisSvc 2>nul & sc config WdNisSvc start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:4368
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop WdBoot 2>nul & sc config WdBoot start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:5224
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop WdFilter 2>nul & sc config WdFilter start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:3016
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc stop wscsvc 2>nul & sc config wscsvc start=disabled 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:1772
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /f /tn "WindowsCacheSvc" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost.exe" /sc onstart /ru SYSTEM /rl highest2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:3208
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc create BacteriaDrv binPath="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bactdrv.sys" type=kernel start=demand 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:5988
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exesc start BacteriaDrv 2>nul2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
PID:2372
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost_rat.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost_rat.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5724
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2348
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
3Service Execution
3Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
5Windows Service
5Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
5Windows Service
5Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost.exe
- Size 418KB
- SHA256 5b8035a132693aab231fd1c6d0f0c99396192b563067a0d0749093daea3b5fb7
- MD5 5a0fb7a022014bed9ba3c6b4b0d4be14
- SHA1 3e8801db9d5b849356207e2bb308bc7c4e6e40b9
- SHA512 a200a3dc9abd0a84dbdecf8830ed85f13ab98a24d6ee5ec4af71bd15f28259257cee15ff585264ea0658c24085c53fa51de4cdd01cea6a5a47fc935d4a997e56
- SSDEEP 6144:8AUmAOkVUo7RdFwT54BgPAKsEI4Ki/81S56mhTOYJtHdm7MA6gBzxq:8qAOkV77rFwT54etKi/wC/tHApBE
- TLSH T1E1948D06FA846CE9FE126136498643652334E7500BAA575B8F95F33C2DB7AC0ECDD386
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsCaches\svchost_rat.exe
- Size 87KB
- SHA256 19793bb306982cc9356cf9ccd958134f2519d8cab8d3dc1b4472465aeeeec486
- MD5 27b8b69b376ff0b60052cf9ee78e93ff
- SHA1 411bb5cfb07797cbfb087335d0c6dee8d23f7d2a
- SHA512 91915c3ff31bacc32353c0b9685e948ddc19433ff088baec19e403cea168859e8a203f5d518ffc0c8608c2b6b4eca97a24747482a5e95d4be6a0402bf914d611
- SSDEEP 1536://m71UGnguePsDYioVZgRO0ZyAuQABEwVsb6locid0tB1V6bltAUwREa0LpdvTNo:/Mmivmeatx6blt3wREa0Lpdvpo
- TLSH T167932B457BFC0A14E1FF4B7A69B253108732F8534931EE2E1ED950A90A767D48A01FEB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH