Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/07/2026, 02:52

General

  • Target
    default.dat.exe
  • Size 13.6MB
  • Sample260724-dc2dbsec46
  • SHA256 cf61df96aceb14da9491e399dc28e801c3d384ea2b2ec34f146b932f18f52f01
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Loads dropped DLL 15 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\default.dat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\default.dat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2668
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\default.dat.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\default.dat.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3412
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1956
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2440
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\cuveged'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4124
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\cuveged'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5764
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4116
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1392
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'D:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2988
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'D:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1880
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'E:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4704
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'E:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:992
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'F:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3452
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'F:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1328
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'G:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5256
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'G:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1304
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'X:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4580
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'X:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:464
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'Y:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2728
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'Y:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:2840
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'Z:\'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3648
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'Z:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1884
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3980
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:4864
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\clip.exe'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2636
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\System32\clip.exe'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:936

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 7b1b8531c3ecda17e384155d74dbdad5372357052a9ebf3533d8e2108e27ed8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 95020e5984331f62fdc225d4a775ceacbd74a149aaed131abd6933ca7b905724
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 82db70382c6db519b545c8e6a80cfe671fc1e63972ef28df2b603e86179d627b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 287307bc450d600c2d2233396ad78e35ee001205892e0d2fc4efa4360072a1f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e86ea29d5aaa9164cc3269e41b61e7ae574db7ed89ad3391ac83a29aee93c4ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 2e838e01635ffbbb047845f3d51fb6d082de4f480071197526b4e8f2b8ac3dc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e605c963d9f17fea5d2d9bd709e2192be27353e4f124e7b48d2176f0f49629c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e56f4a38e0c60f0196c589e1952198368a10927e65ff24d1476ffafc489657f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 03ae9d8865c277ed56d01e3d8d50f76fdbe9e3a6b39c91c7a112781c569f1549
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 168454fbd10bd6c316787e0630eccd8473426abab36526d9269a91f4bb86727e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 117KB
        • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 82KB
        • SHA256 fc3b481684b926350057e263622a2a5335b149a0498a8d65c4f37e39dd90b640
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 128KB
        • SHA256 f63c6c7e71c342084d8f1a108786ca6975a52cefef8be32cc2589e6e2fe060c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 62KB
        • SHA256 838d5c8b7c3212c8429baf612623abbbc20a9023eec41e34e5461b76a285b86c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 154KB
        • SHA256 d080eabd015a3569813a220fd4ea74dff34ed2a8519a10473eb37e22b1118a06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\_socket.pyd
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 35246b04c6c7001ca448554246445a845ce116814a29b18b617ea38752e4659b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _uuid.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\_uuid.pyd
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 f9d5008f0772aa0720bc056a6ecd5a2a3f24965e4b470b022d88627a436c1ffe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 c845a90c2661d000ea295b706875bf2e61ce10048cfcf2d8c52381acdd1f3e6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 4e5d5d20d6d31e72ab341c81e97b89e514326c4c861b48638243bdf0918cfa43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _psutil_windows.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\psutil\_psutil_windows.pyd
        • Size 69KB
        • SHA256 0035450801bd7d938e9e146c5ec28e619cb5a5f4a18cdc53ac7e9734c7f94f78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyarmor_runtime.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\pyarmor_runtime_000000\pyarmor_runtime.pyd
        • Size 625KB
        • SHA256 ceacb6fd67ade6047f16bdff4b17eb0f5200cd2af02e056a872793cc8acc82eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\python3.DLL
        • Size 68KB
        • SHA256 a5c6a329698490a035133433928d04368ce6285bb91a9d074fc285de4c9a32a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python313.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\python313.dll
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 0c0a66505093b6a4bb3475f716bd3d9552095776f6a124709c13b3f9552c7d99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI26682\select.pyd
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 78e5994c29d8851f28b5b12d59d742d876683aea58eceea1fb895b2036cdcdeb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_u5vpdk2z.vyv.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_u5vpdk2z.vyv.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2440-68-0x000001F479B30000-0x000001F479BE2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-70-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-74-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-75-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-57-0x00007FF907F8F000-0x00007FF907F90000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-78-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-76-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-79-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-81-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-72-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-71-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-73-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-69-0x000001F479560000-0x000001F47956A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-67-0x000001F479540000-0x000001F47955E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-64-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-63-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-62-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-61-0x000001F4794B0000-0x000001F4794D2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2440-60-0x00007FF907E00000-0x00007FF9087A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3412-77-0x0000000070180000-0x000000007022B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3412-149-0x0000000070180000-0x000000007022B000-memory.dmp