Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    26s
  • max time network
    24s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/08/2026, 02:22

General

  • Target
    Emu.exe
  • Size 288KB
  • Sample260803-ctkapsah75
  • SHA256 0035e8a7fadef984188ecdaafd7d2cd413879b7c3089c48fbdfef44993f15581
  • 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:5268
    • 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:5740
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        sc start vgk
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:5912
    • 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:2300
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        sc stop vgc
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:1496
    • 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:1776
      • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
        sc start vgc
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:4404

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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