Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/07/2026, 01:53

General

  • Target
    default.dat.exe
  • Size 13.6MB
  • Sample260731-ca78estyb1
  • SHA256 2670c97b169e77527f6db4726e58db1c95926c35b56e292c0a3a975dd6656cb8
  • 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 26 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:1836
    • 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:5736
      • 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:4744
        • 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:3740
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\ceteqow'""
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2668
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Public\AccountPictures\ceteqow'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:252
      • 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:5436
        • 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:5068
      • 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:4396
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'D:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:4668
      • 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:5332
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'E:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1932
      • 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:4680
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'F:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:1132
      • 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:3824
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'G:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3736
      • 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:432
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'X:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:2712
      • 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:1984
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'Y:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:3488
      • 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:3228
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'Z:\'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:6088
      • 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:5052
        • 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:5012
      • 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:4792
        • 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:6104

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 90b12c6c35b3654e8cb3c5d928a58f749984b4a72325bc1a9cae101af1fe1ca9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e97259c59677890c59799b8446df303006d9fe6474092e188c85fe891e4addbb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 bf18e605f71105006e87e4670fd2a1dc46efa506577e1fc4a1113dd379aa2de9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 ca81aed6d41a228db41e9b0093ef306a01ab164608401db38056e1094724d927
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 644d159fc9f2ec75e38ee0f816805465400bff62301ceaa6f4dadc0b239114ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 2307028c768767d7f131a8c5b416037f6bc975943dec7491be7a5738777dbd1c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c7b6604ff5990e616d846a778a556a5efde1ee36f30514268effc2484ad84ebc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        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 990c5fccae5859a748b8e3717a2b65fc28bf62ece7d928aa83f114173fbbe865
        • 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

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 117KB
        • SHA256 36585912e5eaf83ba9fea0631534f690ccdc2d7ba91537166fe53e56c221e153
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 82KB
        • SHA256 fc3b481684b926350057e263622a2a5335b149a0498a8d65c4f37e39dd90b640
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 128KB
        • SHA256 f63c6c7e71c342084d8f1a108786ca6975a52cefef8be32cc2589e6e2fe060c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 62KB
        • SHA256 838d5c8b7c3212c8429baf612623abbbc20a9023eec41e34e5461b76a285b86c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 154KB
        • SHA256 d080eabd015a3569813a220fd4ea74dff34ed2a8519a10473eb37e22b1118a06
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\_socket.pyd
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 35246b04c6c7001ca448554246445a845ce116814a29b18b617ea38752e4659b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _uuid.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\_uuid.pyd
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 f9d5008f0772aa0720bc056a6ecd5a2a3f24965e4b470b022d88627a436c1ffe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        base_library.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\base_library.zip
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 f8313de5eb2fcf1142171065658e7e7ebc472270f2367b486588dc10a016276c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 4e5d5d20d6d31e72ab341c81e97b89e514326c4c861b48638243bdf0918cfa43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _psutil_windows.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\psutil\_psutil_windows.pyd
        • Size 69KB
        • SHA256 0035450801bd7d938e9e146c5ec28e619cb5a5f4a18cdc53ac7e9734c7f94f78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyarmor_runtime.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\pyarmor_runtime_000000\pyarmor_runtime.pyd
        • Size 625KB
        • SHA256 89b714eb686fc50d2f1fc3bfce165d482013631b05bcde597a103a5e41149e2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\python3.DLL
        • Size 68KB
        • SHA256 a5c6a329698490a035133433928d04368ce6285bb91a9d074fc285de4c9a32a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python313.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\python313.dll
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 0c0a66505093b6a4bb3475f716bd3d9552095776f6a124709c13b3f9552c7d99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI18362\select.pyd
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 78e5994c29d8851f28b5b12d59d742d876683aea58eceea1fb895b2036cdcdeb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_hycpznba.fhy.ps1

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

        memory/3740-73-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-62-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-75-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-69-0x0000023D27D30000-0x0000023D27D3A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-78-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-68-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-66-0x0000023D27D10000-0x0000023D27D2E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-67-0x0000023D27D80000-0x0000023D27E32000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-63-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-74-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-61-0x0000023D27CB0000-0x0000023D27CD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-59-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-57-0x00007FFCA608F000-0x00007FFCA6090000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-72-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-71-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3740-70-0x00007FFCA5F00000-0x00007FFCA68A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5736-76-0x0000000070180000-0x000000007022B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5736-146-0x0000000070180000-0x000000007022B000-memory.dmp