Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    959s
  • max time network
    960s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 16:19

General

  • Target
    notepad_5970.exe
  • Size 8.9MB
  • Sample260804-tspbpsstfw
  • SHA256 254fb6811a56f7e4bd18c3b4aafbf8d9dabab7e218740ed8f219cc5c4c185c33
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Kills process with taskkill 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1368
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
      2⤵
      • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
      • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:824
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:4188
      • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
        wmic bios get serialnumber
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3584
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:3244
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe --xgate-phone
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:4480
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /F /T /PID 4480
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        PID:3852
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe --xgate-phone
        3⤵
          PID:3768
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /F /T /PID 3768
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          PID:3428
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe --xgate-phone
          3⤵
            PID:1996
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
            taskkill /F /T /PID 1996
            3⤵
            • Kills process with taskkill
            PID:3692
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe"
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1344
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\notepad_5970.exe
          2⤵
          • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
          • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2920
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
            3⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            PID:2740
          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
            wmic bios get serialnumber
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:756

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            euc-cn.enc

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1344_490813_rxSii5jDj6M\tcl\encoding\euc-cn.enc
            • Size 84KB
            • SHA256 1700af47dc012a48cec89cf1dfae6d1d0d2f40ed731eff6ca55296a055a11c00
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            VCRUNTIME140.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\VCRUNTIME140.dll
            • Size 116KB
            • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _bz2.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_bz2.pyd
            • Size 82KB
            • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ctypes.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_ctypes.pyd
            • Size 121KB
            • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _hashlib.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_hashlib.pyd
            • Size 63KB
            • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _lzma.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_lzma.pyd
            • Size 155KB
            • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _queue.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_queue.pyd
            • Size 31KB
            • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _socket.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_socket.pyd
            • Size 77KB
            • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _sqlite3.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_sqlite3.pyd
            • Size 117KB
            • SHA256 ff6a2a2f38b21b7784f97d604c99961d8c07ef455f7908110a4e893835d42b76
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _ssl.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_ssl.pyd
            • Size 174KB
            • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _tkinter.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_tkinter.pyd
            • Size 62KB
            • SHA256 6f7bdc2f60a1795b58ec7015ec262d6b234aa8d0f022185de0f52bac4adab449
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _uuid.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\_uuid.pyd
            • Size 24KB
            • SHA256 e6aa7f1637e211251c9d6f467203b2b6d85e5bc2d901699f2a55af637fa89250
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            client.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\client.dll
            • Size 6.8MB
            • SHA256 2c14098e4359f049856c701ece907266e580590a75c4436795615cebfeb37380
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libcrypto-3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\libcrypto-3.dll
            • Size 5.0MB
            • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libffi-8.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\libffi-8.dll
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            libssl-3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\libssl-3.dll
            • Size 768KB
            • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            python311.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\python311.dll
            • Size 5.5MB
            • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            select.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\select.pyd
            • Size 29KB
            • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            sqlite3.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\sqlite3.dll
            • Size 1.5MB
            • SHA256 314bba62f4a1628b986afc94c09dc29cdaf08210eae469440fbf46bcdb86d3fd
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            tcl86t.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\tcl86t.dll
            • Size 1.8MB
            • SHA256 4e699ff2d6d147d0586c8c77be5a18f20ca0758f432d7b0f489223f2fa4dd221
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            cp1252.enc

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\tcl\encoding\cp1252.enc
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 741859cf238c3a63bbb20ec6ed51e46451372bb221cfff438297d261d0561c2e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            tk86t.dll

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\tk86t.dll
            • Size 1.5MB
            • SHA256 b6af038120f2b8644c7ce1e11917f410009848287622135d7e386f90d28a831c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            unicodedata.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\unicodedata.pyd
            • Size 1.1MB
            • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            winsound.pyd

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\onefile_1368_382529_S6MXK5hE_8Q\winsound.pyd
            • Size 30KB
            • SHA256 b79c9bd9114b7f243f5a80ffd2de5c5942fc64ceec4a52a048bb4a07848b9239
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH