Analysis

  • max time kernel
    152s
  • max time network
    157s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 22:21

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_bf44717a2bbb6bf88e3d89b6a9b582f2_cobalt-strike_coinminer_dosia_glassworm_icedid_njrat_quasar-rat_vidar.exe
  • Size 55.2MB
  • Sample260804-1947tay1ew
  • SHA256 246afa923ae39fd9ca99f911fcf2c4aa984179c5cb4e16d6932ae7fe2def4f0f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 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\2026-08-04_bf44717a2bbb6bf88e3d89b6a9b582f2_cobalt-strike_coinminer_dosia_glassworm_icedid_njrat_quasar-rat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_bf44717a2bbb6bf88e3d89b6a9b582f2_cobalt-strike_coinminer_dosia_glassworm_icedid_njrat_quasar-rat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:2500
  • C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\xCifa0.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\xCifa0.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4688
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3520
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:568
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3848
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:3368
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:1288
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1584
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4568
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:4960
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:2308
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2584
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:928
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:2716
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:4100
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2900
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:6012
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:3700
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:5752
                    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      2⤵
                      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:964
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                        3⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:4352
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:4492
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:5500
                      • C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\xCifa0.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\xCifa0.exe"
                        1⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        PID:1224
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:3336
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:2212
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:5300
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:1076
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:3268

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              UxEnhance64.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\UxEnhance64.dll
                              • Size 3.1MB
                              • SHA256 1e0d5ca341ce46af1d746497a9219615450b6b90c70852e7fa69916b4869311c
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              adoresd.dat

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\adoresd.dat
                              • Size 4.7MB
                              • SHA256 3c562fca68ad0e77996cdc1026312f170f962619679adbb04c9a571dc4551e56
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              msadox.tb

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\msadox.tb
                              • Size 8KB
                              • SHA256 dd141a7dbbd5544ee62601fad7158ab50974102475853ebc2d37f2c95f9a7b7b
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              xCifa0.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\0CSaLc\xCifa0.exe
                              • Size 135KB
                              • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/1224-579-0x0000015FE4E80000-0x0000015FE5711000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-583-0x0000015FE4E80000-0x0000015FE5711000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-584-0x0000015FE4E80000-0x0000015FE5711000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-586-0x00007FFC8D050000-0x00007FFC8D052000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-585-0x0000015FE4E80000-0x0000015FE5711000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-582-0x0000015FE4E80000-0x0000015FE5711000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-577-0x00007FFC8D060000-0x00007FFC8D062000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-575-0x0000015FE4E80000-0x0000015FE5711000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1224-572-0x00007FFC6A6F0000-0x00007FFC6AC0E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2500-524-0x00007FFC7D000000-0x00007FFC7D012000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2500-1-0x0000000005710000-0x000000000571B000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2500-523-0x0000000005700000-0x000000000570D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2500-503-0x00007FFC7D000000-0x00007FFC7D012000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2500-0-0x0000000005700000-0x000000000570D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3520-595-0x00000184FF6F0000-0x00000184FF6FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3520-594-0x00000184FF900000-0x00000184FF9B2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3520-593-0x00000184FF6D0000-0x00000184FF6EE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/3520-590-0x00000184FEDB0000-0x00000184FEDD2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-565-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-560-0x000002B1AD610000-0x000002B1AD69A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-562-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-564-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-542-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-537-0x00007FFC8D060000-0x00007FFC8D062000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-536-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-538-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-559-0x000002B1AD610000-0x000002B1AD69A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-557-0x000002B1AD610000-0x000002B1AD69A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-558-0x000002B1AD610000-0x000002B1AD69A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-530-0x00007FFC6A6F0000-0x00007FFC6AC0E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-529-0x00007FFC8D050000-0x00007FFC8D052000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-555-0x000002B1AD530000-0x000002B1AD57E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-549-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-545-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-544-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4688-543-0x000002B1AE0B0000-0x000002B1AE941000-memory.dmp