Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/07/2026, 21:33

General

  • Target
    AugustusCrack/AugLaunch.exe
  • Size 27.2MB
  • Sample260724-1ekjxsteld
  • SHA256 83bbd1f9c757e416a977fdf5f0a84bd0f7373b511c4bb0f615de8d5b23f1e813
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender notification settings 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 64 IoCs
  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

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

  • 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.

  • 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 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 35 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 8 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\AugustusCrack\AugLaunch.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AugustusCrack\AugLaunch.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5484
    • C:\Windows\INF\slinkyloader.exe
      "C:\Windows\INF\slinkyloader.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:6136
    • C:\Windows\INF\libraryUUI.exe
      "C:\Windows\INF\libraryUUI.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5560
      • C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe
        "C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe"
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Defender notification settings
        • UAC bypass
        • Windows security bypass
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Windows security modification
        • Checks whether UAC is enabled
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        • System policy modification
        PID:540
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          PID:628
        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
          wmic csproduct get uuid
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3004
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe csproduct get uuid"
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1276
          • C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe csproduct get uuid
            5⤵
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3688
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic computersystem get manufacturer"
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4560
          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
            wmic computersystem get manufacturer
            5⤵
              PID:5184
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic computersystem get model"
            4⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:312
            • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
              wmic computersystem get model
              5⤵
                PID:760
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic bios get serialnumber,manufacturer,version"
              4⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2012
              • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                wmic bios get serialnumber,manufacturer,version
                5⤵
                  PID:1780
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "driverquery"
                4⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4532
                • C:\Windows\system32\driverquery.exe
                  driverquery
                  5⤵
                    PID:3780
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "schtasks /delete /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /f"
                  4⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:5208
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks /delete /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /f
                    5⤵
                      PID:4432
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "schtasks /create /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /tr "\"C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest /f"
                    4⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4408
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks /create /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /tr "\"C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest /f
                      5⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:4208
            • C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe
              "C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe"
              1⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender notification settings
              • UAC bypass
              • Windows security bypass
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Windows security modification
              • Checks whether UAC is enabled
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              • System policy modification
              PID:3160
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
                2⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                PID:5152
              • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
                wmic csproduct get uuid
                2⤵
                  PID:3424
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe csproduct get uuid"
                  2⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1156
                  • C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe
                    C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe csproduct get uuid
                    3⤵
                      PID:872
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic computersystem get manufacturer"
                    2⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:5260
                    • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                      wmic computersystem get manufacturer
                      3⤵
                        PID:5248
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic computersystem get model"
                      2⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:4504
                      • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                        wmic computersystem get model
                        3⤵
                          PID:4136
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "wmic bios get serialnumber,manufacturer,version"
                        2⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:3388
                        • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
                          wmic bios get serialnumber,manufacturer,version
                          3⤵
                            PID:5540
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "driverquery"
                          2⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:5652
                          • C:\Windows\system32\driverquery.exe
                            driverquery
                            3⤵
                              PID:5556
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "schtasks /delete /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /f"
                            2⤵
                            • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:3248
                            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                              schtasks /delete /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /f
                              3⤵
                                PID:1588
                            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "schtasks /create /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /tr "\"C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest /f"
                              2⤵
                              • Executes a command shell one-liner
                              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                              PID:4276
                              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                                schtasks /create /tn "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore{GD68JFE-B958-4677-853C-5CGJ1}" /tr "\"C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe\"" /sc onlogon /rl highest /f
                                3⤵
                                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                PID:4816

                          Network

                                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                Downloads

                                sct_1784928965166.png

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sct_1784928965166.png
                                • Size 476KB
                                • SHA256 daf2b30eaf0e9e9dab26362c9a8425001cd0bea8d456fc340841855c504c2071
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                libraryUUI.exe

                                • Path C:\Windows\INF\libraryUUI.exe
                                • Size 9.4MB
                                • SHA256 29c970bbc79938e3754992a3a8e15e46041ee9aaff075e24cf6c12b07f3442ca
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                slinkyloader.exe

                                • Path C:\Windows\INF\slinkyloader.exe
                                • Size 18.4MB
                                • SHA256 cef5b60321f17991400a19072052535638c0a5c02d338234686552deadeea82e
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\81d243bd2c585b0f4821__mypyc.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
                                • Size 211KB
                                • SHA256 89b688b3848e196de02a444c72cfc25bb3efebaba84a28469ac1e7f5738e0564
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _raw_aes.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aes.pyd
                                • Size 34KB
                                • SHA256 520b343e44b5633bbc4fdcecc705a7f2eb6e55d082a1f3e4723ada9d7e5ea97d
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _raw_aesni.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aesni.pyd
                                • Size 15KB
                                • SHA256 3818873f50418cbecde58150e9bffff7372d2c2067fc0b96ffac9482dfddd603
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _raw_cbc.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_cbc.pyd
                                • Size 11KB
                                • SHA256 a5c300a4bda97236f9f8ffa57f9db0e5c0a0f1d8a5699389aa03dbf1aebd77fc
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _cpuid_c.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\Crypto\Util\_cpuid_c.pyd
                                • Size 10KB
                                • SHA256 2af984819d9b1f95132520901b355eb85aa24d5efc6fc5ae9e77252ed03b7f4b
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                VCRUNTIME140.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\VCRUNTIME140.dll
                                • Size 116KB
                                • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
                                • Size 48KB
                                • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _asyncio.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_asyncio.pyd
                                • Size 63KB
                                • SHA256 746bc8fa88282afe19dc60e426cc0a75bea3bd137cca06a0b57a30bd31459403
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _bz2.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_bz2.pyd
                                • Size 82KB
                                • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
                                • Size 174KB
                                • SHA256 8100f667a3f64eeb37b9326d0c53a931e0ea3cea4ade5dbdc638c368355c0948
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _ctypes.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_ctypes.pyd
                                • Size 121KB
                                • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _decimal.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_decimal.pyd
                                • Size 249KB
                                • SHA256 980a63f2b39cf16910f44384398e25f24482346a482addb00de42555b17d4278
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _hashlib.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_hashlib.pyd
                                • Size 63KB
                                • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _lzma.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_lzma.pyd
                                • Size 155KB
                                • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _miniaudio.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_miniaudio.pyd
                                • Size 587KB
                                • SHA256 e4c43dcfbc169030f692c0c210684b2fde6cece00f89bb5654e7a019a6a783db
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _multiprocessing.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_multiprocessing.pyd
                                • Size 33KB
                                • SHA256 975c1947798e3c39898c86675ca1eb68249f77361f41f172f9800275227213b9
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _overlapped.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_overlapped.pyd
                                • Size 50KB
                                • SHA256 ca106e4dfdeafeabf9e98956d3d8d0cb73e109f1a96f1a7e35bc47dbd7c7e164
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _queue.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_queue.pyd
                                • Size 31KB
                                • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _socket.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_socket.pyd
                                • Size 77KB
                                • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _sqlite3.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_sqlite3.pyd
                                • Size 117KB
                                • SHA256 ff6a2a2f38b21b7784f97d604c99961d8c07ef455f7908110a4e893835d42b76
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _ssl.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_ssl.pyd
                                • Size 174KB
                                • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                _uuid.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\_uuid.pyd
                                • Size 24KB
                                • SHA256 e6aa7f1637e211251c9d6f467203b2b6d85e5bc2d901699f2a55af637fa89250
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                base_library.zip

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\base_library.zip
                                • Size 1.3MB
                                • SHA256 c8746134c828330b1c832783a3b45b6338be1f4c45403177492c85a63ef2791d
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                libcrypto-3.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\libcrypto-3.dll
                                • Size 5.0MB
                                • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                libffi-8.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\libffi-8.dll
                                • Size 38KB
                                • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                libssl-3.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\libssl-3.dll
                                • Size 768KB
                                • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                pyexpat.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\pyexpat.pyd
                                • Size 194KB
                                • SHA256 c7c7564f7f874fb660a46384980a2cf28bc3e245ca83628a197ccf861eab5560
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                python3.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\python3.dll
                                • Size 65KB
                                • SHA256 db84bc052cfb121fe4db36242ba5f1d2c031b600ef5d8d752cf25b7c02b6bac6
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                python311.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\python311.dll
                                • Size 5.5MB
                                • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                pywintypes311.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\pywin32_system32\pywintypes311.dll
                                • Size 132KB
                                • SHA256 f33290cafcf91b6bd5b12b808198cbf816b68529e00e1b3563f63916529a0657
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                select.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\select.pyd
                                • Size 29KB
                                • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                sqlite3.dll

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\sqlite3.dll
                                • Size 1.5MB
                                • SHA256 314bba62f4a1628b986afc94c09dc29cdaf08210eae469440fbf46bcdb86d3fd
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                unicodedata.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\unicodedata.pyd
                                • Size 1.1MB
                                • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                win32api.pyd

                                • Path C:\Windows\UnattendGC\win32\win32api.pyd
                                • Size 131KB
                                • SHA256 cd52611ae8331959797d4a6e1087bdb4816a3ffabf97bfd135568786339a9ed4
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                taskhostw.exe

                                • Path C:\Windows\taskhostw.exe
                                • Size 3.7MB
                                • SHA256 bfba8ecd63f418c9cf3d3f07b2c0c6c554f57795816ccbfe856327686cb8964b
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH