Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/07/2026, 22:39

General

  • Target
    2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe
  • Size 6.0MB
  • Sample260730-2la5hayejd
  • SHA256 6bacfb10505dfa149065a9f43232804cf5920c931875d121521ee04e552569db
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Gh0strat

    Gh0st RAT is a remote access tool (RAT) with its source code public and it has been used by multiple Chinese groups.

  • Family: PurpleFox

    PurpleFox is an exploit kit used to distribute other malware families and first seen in 2018.

  • Detect PurpleFox Rootkit 11 IoCs

    Detect PurpleFox Rootkit.

  • Gh0st RAT payload 12 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 13 IoCs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 3 IoCs
  • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 13 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 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 12 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 51 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2940
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchost.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ping -n 2 127.0.0.1 > nul && del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe > nul
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2896
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
          ping -n 2 127.0.0.1
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
          • Runs ping.exe
          PID:704
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\svchos.exe
      2⤵
      • Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2864
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PWRISOSH.DLL"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2976
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PowerISO\Upgrade\PowerISO9-x64.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PowerISO\Upgrade\PowerISO9-x64.exe" /sleep=3000
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4540
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
          regsvr32.exe /s /u "C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PWRISOSH.DLL"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1764
        • C:\Program Files\PowerISO\devcon.exe
          "C:\Program Files\PowerISO\devcon.exe" remove *scdbusDevice
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:1368
        • C:\Program Files\PowerISO\setup64.exe
          "C:\Program Files\PowerISO\setup64.exe" cp C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsoC179.tmp "C:\Windows\system32\Drivers\scdemu.sys"
          4⤵
          • Drops file in Drivers directory
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:4760
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -auto
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1784
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\TXPlatforn.exe -acsi
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3300
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
    1⤵
      PID:2184
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é"
      1⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe "c:\windows\system32\240656140.txt",MainThread
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3480
    • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "╓≈╢»╖└╙∙╖■╬±─ú┐Θ"
      1⤵
        PID:3544

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            PowerISO.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PowerISO.exe
            • Size 7.8MB
            • SHA256 259f6fd627d044bb826c6f10707c3753fa7fec17650057e4eac85b7dd0f7dec5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            PowerISO.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PowerISO.exe
            • Size 9.2MB
            • SHA256 e135c28192df966a8ab566ce06411b1797df9a200cb7cc16217d88d2a9796952
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            devcon.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\devcon.exe
            • Size 69KB
            • SHA256 8dc2490d1d650e3ffbf70922b81ae9800ddd29a644e4d7d29e9616e22a7d0f42
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            setup64.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\PowerISO\setup64.exe
            • Size 17KB
            • SHA256 052cf5ab33006812e351b7ecf19a04d94ec35a17c11c7d4650615dd554fbaa5f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            2AD4.tmp.ico

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$PowerISO$\2AD4.tmp.ico
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 b4d6704aabfcc8b7cb8f4ee58b162dd124e2d0e4dce20ecf13eebd262dd1e76e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            HD_2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-07-30_28f9ca9dba92be1f8de23d7923a9af05_elex_emotet_icedid_nymaim_remcos_wannacry.exe
            • Size 4.7MB
            • SHA256 af16ceb92f1bfbbfbd24488cc2d0e40bf2842ff8035a9e73f39556f5ea3d6568
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            HD_X.dat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_X.dat
            • Size 1.3MB
            • SHA256 2f1d747078c4ae3fdd051febf96dbabb8a69f9d5ed84442b5e2bd3356095f2fd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            InstOpt.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa91AE.tmp\InstOpt.dll
            • Size 26KB
            • SHA256 cc4ba9492ae9685cbd11745899303f692024bdc34ab28537f2e2dcb17dfecb98
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            System.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsa91AE.tmp\System.dll
            • Size 12KB
            • SHA256 6950991102462d84fdc0e3b0ae30c95af8c192f77ce3d78e8d54e6b22f7c09ba
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            nsoC179.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsoC179.tmp
            • Size 135KB
            • SHA256 d01a58e0a222e4d301b75ae80150d8cbc17f56b3f6458352d2c7c449be302eee
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchos.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchos.exe
            • Size 93KB
            • SHA256 62954fdf65e629b39a29f539619d20691332184c6b6be5a826128a8e759bfa84
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchost.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\svchost.exe
            • Size 377KB
            • SHA256 6156d003d54dcf2ee92f21bd6e7a6a7f91730bd2804381260bcabe465abe6ddd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            PowerISO9-x64.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PowerISO\Upgrade\PowerISO9-x64.exe
            • Size 5.5MB
            • SHA256 e86986b849aa32270ede79012357161544c0647329d5e8d1d68ae505ac765c91
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            version.ini

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\PowerISO\Upgrade\version.ini
            • Size 321B
            • SHA256 7f3fc552991fe4e96030706365b038244cb46bb4a25208af1968a2dccd142d02
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            PowerISO.lnk

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Desktop\PowerISO.lnk
            • Size 860B
            • SHA256 dabc6b7170bca13b7cf96f166ead41469d52de582730e02b2b51fb42f690f820
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            240656140.txt

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240656140.txt
            • Size 50KB
            • SHA256 11b6784b3e39d41ce2b8c7be17b129417499330e908101bd399e6d69c3628fea
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe

            • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ö÷¶¯·ÀÓù·þÎñÄ£¿é.exe
            • Size 60KB
            • SHA256 6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/1784-17-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/1784-25-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/1784-16-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/1784-15-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/1784-13-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3300-28-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3300-33-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3300-37-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3300-38-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3760-6-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3760-10-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3760-7-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp

            memory/3760-4-0x0000000010000000-0x00000000101B6000-memory.dmp