Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    12s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 04:41

General

  • Target
    Emu.exe
  • Size 198KB
  • Sample260802-fa5dbavcrd
  • SHA256 81b98a50bc77faedb655fa647eefeff3869b3f79a7806c73e08efb696822194c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emu.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Emu.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5144
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start vgk >nul 2>&1
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4916
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        sc start vgk
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3748
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc stop vgc >nul 2>&1
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5072
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        sc stop vgc
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:3196
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start vgc >nul 2>&1
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5100
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        sc start vgc
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:6128

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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