Analysis

  • geolocation tags

    nanew-jerseynorth-americaunited-statesususa
  • 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
    28/07/2026, 06:20

General

  • Target
    anonhax.rar
  • Size 7.9MB
  • Sample260728-g32csscn5w
  • SHA256 7b144362c494d15657b5961adc9ea215952e98dd9637a1db1b42c39eab11aab0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.

  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 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 1 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 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 13 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
    "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\anonhax.rar"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3768
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO8BE6C7D9\anonhax.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO8BE6C7D9\anonhax.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1784
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csxcompiler.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csxcompiler.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1764
      • C:\Windows\anonhax.exe
        "C:\Windows\anonhax.exe"
        3⤵
        • Checks computer location settings
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2640
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -EncodedCommand "PAAjAHUAcgB1ACMAPgBBAGQAZAAtAE0AcABQAHIAZQBmAGUAcgBlAG4AYwBlACAAPAAjAHkAcwBkACMAPgAgAC0ARQB4AGMAbAB1AHMAaQBvAG4AUABhAHQAaAAgAEAAKAAkAGUAbgB2ADoAVQBzAGUAcgBQAHIAbwBmAGkAbABlACwAJABlAG4AdgA6AFMAeQBzAHQAZQBtAEQAcgBpAHYAZQApACAAPAAjAG0AYgBjACMAPgAgAC0ARgBvAHIAYwBlACAAPAAjAHAAcQBwACMAPgA="
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2784
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:540
          • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData,$env:windir) -ExclusionExtension @('.exe','.dll') -Force
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3028
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\anonhax_free.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\anonhax_free.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2244
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c cls
            5⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            PID:2296

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 18KB
        • SHA256 a2fdc1ae88ee33d31895fb2b8988b0a4e42bc62f8c114e2bf3aebf2df2259add
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        anonhax.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zO8BE6C7D9\anonhax.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 7ca9f9ba89208e74c4895e338695764df1f523595d61f3de591efe0f38f8a2e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_tfem4k0u.j0a.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tfem4k0u.j0a.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        csxcompiler.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\csxcompiler.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 28b9c61449a018f29917f4d21262a3006fa5183df9dd55cea5f890d26b01c813
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        miner.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 d2f309cf31bb47c30cc890afd9f09b236c122a17d5686f786c7da82e5ca37311
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        anonhax_free.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\anonhax_free.exe
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 9919a9e938468fcdc2d762dd5c68fde003b0dde933cdefd800a6abfc09243f01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        anonhax.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\anonhax.exe
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 3974007f07d7b3e7753a8773fa4b79e9bcd87e1ff25ba7906f3434b1e6895256
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1764-25-0x0000000000E20000-0x00000000019AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-82-0x0000000000E20000-0x00000000019AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1764-81-0x0000000000E20000-0x00000000019AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-69-0x0000000007220000-0x00000000072C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-74-0x00000000076D0000-0x00000000076E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-56-0x0000000005BA0000-0x0000000005EF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-57-0x00000000061C0000-0x00000000061DE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-58-0x00000000061E0000-0x000000000622C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-59-0x0000000006760000-0x0000000006792000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-60-0x0000000070740000-0x000000007078C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-68-0x00000000067A0000-0x00000000067BE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-48-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005B96000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-71-0x00000000074D0000-0x00000000074EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-70-0x0000000007B50000-0x00000000081CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-72-0x0000000007540000-0x000000000754A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-73-0x0000000007760000-0x00000000077F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-47-0x0000000005AC0000-0x0000000005B26000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-75-0x0000000007710000-0x000000000771E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-76-0x0000000007720000-0x0000000007734000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-77-0x0000000007800000-0x000000000781A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-78-0x0000000007750000-0x0000000007758000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-46-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005212000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-45-0x00000000052E0000-0x0000000005908000-memory.dmp

        memory/2784-44-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002C16000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-83-0x0000022977260000-0x0000022977282000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-99-0x0000022977F90000-0x0000022977FAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-100-0x0000022977FB0000-0x0000022978065000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-101-0x0000022977F80000-0x0000022977F8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3028-102-0x0000022978090000-0x00000229780AC000-memory.dmp