Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
155s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
04/08/2026, 12:16
General
- Target Photo.scr
- Size 6.0MB
- Sample260804-pfqa1szdma
- SHA256 af94ddf7c35b9d9f016a5a4b232b43e071d59c6beb1560ba76df20df7b49ca4c
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: xmrig
XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.
- Creates a large amount of network flows 1 TTPs
This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.
- XMRig Miner payload 13 IoCs
- Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 22 IoCs
Detects file using ACProtect software.
- Executes dropped EXE 9 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
- UPX packed file 64 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 20 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 17 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Photo.scr"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Photo.scr" /S1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Photo.scr"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Photo.scr" /S2⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Photo.scr C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe --startup auto install3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe --startup auto install4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe --startup auto install5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exeC:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe start5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /pid 1000 /f3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /pid 1000 /f4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Windows\TEMP\_MEI51~1\xmrig.exe C:\Windows\TEMP\xmrig.exe3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy /y C:\Windows\TEMP\_MEI51~1\config.json C:\Windows\TEMP\config.json3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\TEMP\xmrig.exeC:\Windows\TEMP\xmrig.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exenetsh firewall add allowedprogram C:\Users\Admin\HelpPane.exe "MyApp" ENABLE3⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WUDFHost.exe" -HostGUID:{193a1820-d9ac-4997-8c55-be817523f6aa} -IoEventPortName:\UMDFCommunicationPorts\WUDF\HostProcess-6884ef7c-6fb5-4a3b-a459-f43cb9bad73f -SystemEventPortName:\UMDFCommunicationPorts\WUDF\HostProcess-89a75b94-f52c-4c94-a25a-c5d19e639f35 -IoCancelEventPortName:\UMDFCommunicationPorts\WUDF\HostProcess-594edcae-bf3f-4cf6-b5ee-8d7d2f626f2d -NonStateChangingEventPortName:\UMDFCommunicationPorts\WUDF\HostProcess-889fd5b3-24dc-4f1d-ae2f-50907bceb711 -LifetimeId:79299079-e01c-4223-aec4-e49070254bb5 -DeviceGroupId:WudfDefaultDevicePool -HostArg:01⤵
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
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Downloads
ftpcrack.exe.manifest
python27.dll
win32event.pyd
Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd
_ctypes.pyd
_hashlib.pyd
_socket.pyd
_ssl.pyd
netifaces.pyd
psutil._psutil_windows.pyd
pywintypes27.dll
servicemanager.pyd
win32api.pyd
win32service.pyd
HelpPane.exe
pyconfig.h
Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
_win32sysloader.pyd
back.jpg
bz2.pyd
cacert.pem
config.json
cacerts.txt
msvcm90.dll
msvcp90.dll
msvcr90.dll
perfmon.pyd
pyexpat.pyd
select.pyd
unicodedata.pyd
win32evtlog.pyd
xmrig.exe
memory/960-557-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-407-0x00000000737A0000-0x00000000737B1000-memory.dmp
memory/960-603-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-321-0x000000001E7D0000-0x000000001E7DE000-memory.dmp
memory/960-590-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-587-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-574-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-559-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-320-0x0000000073630000-0x0000000073799000-memory.dmp
memory/960-544-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-529-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-542-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-514-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-499-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-512-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-495-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-482-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-467-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-452-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-437-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-450-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-435-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-422-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-404-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-417-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002E99000-memory.dmp
memory/960-605-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-406-0x00000000737C0000-0x00000000737DD000-memory.dmp
memory/960-312-0x0000000073520000-0x0000000073627000-memory.dmp
memory/960-308-0x00000000737A0000-0x00000000737B1000-memory.dmp
memory/960-304-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/960-305-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
memory/960-319-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
memory/960-307-0x00000000737C0000-0x00000000737DD000-memory.dmp
memory/960-309-0x0000000073630000-0x0000000073799000-memory.dmp
memory/960-313-0x0000000001C60000-0x0000000001C74000-memory.dmp
memory/960-318-0x00000000737A0000-0x00000000737B1000-memory.dmp
memory/960-317-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
memory/960-316-0x000000001E7A0000-0x000000001E7C7000-memory.dmp
memory/960-314-0x0000000001C40000-0x0000000001C4A000-memory.dmp
memory/960-315-0x00000000737E0000-0x0000000073A90000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-255-0x0000000073E20000-0x0000000073F89000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-253-0x0000000073FB0000-0x0000000073FC1000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-251-0x0000000073FF0000-0x000000007400D000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-249-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-267-0x0000000073E20000-0x0000000073F89000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-306-0x0000000073A90000-0x0000000073B97000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-264-0x0000000073FB0000-0x0000000073FC1000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-261-0x0000000073A90000-0x0000000073B97000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-247-0x00000000742C0000-0x0000000074570000-memory.dmp
memory/1336-258-0x00000000742C0000-0x0000000074570000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-76-0x000000001E7D0000-0x000000001E7DE000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-360-0x000000001E7D0000-0x000000001E7DE000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-359-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-358-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-357-0x000000001E7A0000-0x000000001E7C7000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-356-0x000000001ECB0000-0x000000001ECC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-353-0x0000000074E40000-0x0000000074F47000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-352-0x0000000074F50000-0x00000000750B9000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-355-0x0000000003260000-0x000000000326A000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-354-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003214000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-351-0x00000000750C0000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-350-0x00000000750E0000-0x00000000750FD000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-349-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-348-0x00000000751B0000-0x0000000075460000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-130-0x000000001ECB0000-0x000000001ECC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-135-0x000000001E7A0000-0x000000001E7C7000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-117-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003214000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-113-0x0000000074E40000-0x0000000074F47000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-75-0x0000000074F50000-0x00000000750B9000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-68-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-71-0x00000000750C0000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-72-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-67-0x00000000750E0000-0x00000000750FD000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-65-0x000000001E7A0000-0x000000001E7C7000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-61-0x00000000751B0000-0x0000000075460000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-62-0x000000001ECB0000-0x000000001ECC1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-58-0x0000000003260000-0x000000000326A000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-53-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003214000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-49-0x0000000074E40000-0x0000000074F47000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-46-0x0000000074F50000-0x00000000750B9000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-44-0x00000000750C0000-0x00000000750D1000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-40-0x00000000750E0000-0x00000000750FD000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-38-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001000E000-memory.dmp
memory/3156-34-0x00000000751B0000-0x0000000075460000-memory.dmp
memory/3756-269-0x0000000073CB0000-0x0000000073E19000-memory.dmp
memory/3756-260-0x0000000074010000-0x00000000742C0000-memory.dmp
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memory/3756-338-0x0000000073CB0000-0x0000000073E19000-memory.dmp
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memory/3756-268-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
memory/3756-263-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D1A000-memory.dmp
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memory/5832-589-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-573-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-558-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-543-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-421-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-513-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-497-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-436-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-481-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-466-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-149-0x000000001E8C0000-0x000000001E8E1000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-175-0x0000000002CB0000-0x0000000002CBA000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-179-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-180-0x000000001E7D0000-0x000000001E7DE000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-174-0x0000000002C90000-0x0000000002CA4000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-154-0x000000001E9B0000-0x000000001E9BD000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-157-0x000000001E7D0000-0x000000001E7DE000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-127-0x0000000074110000-0x0000000074279000-memory.dmp
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memory/5896-141-0x0000000002CB0000-0x0000000002CBA000-memory.dmp
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