Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    161s
  • 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, 18:34

General

  • Target
    2026-08-05_549fc3bf1494b969bcdd6b470c5b585f_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 61.7MB
  • Sample260805-w75cksdd63
  • SHA256 0b8af1ec6cb1fd6a7b51b61582ef75ae9fd513551658a6acd871573f3e908efb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 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
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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 24 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\2026-08-05_549fc3bf1494b969bcdd6b470c5b585f_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_549fc3bf1494b969bcdd6b470c5b585f_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4924
  • C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\hYZLV9.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\hYZLV9.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5560
    • 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:2416
    • 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\EiaPNU\" /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:4344
      • 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\EiaPNU\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1476
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:2052
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:2852
        • 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:3032
          • 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:3528
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:4656
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:4872
            • 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:240
              • 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:948
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:3136
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:3708
                • 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:4296
                  • 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:1376
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:4792
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:4640
                    • 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:972
                      • 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:4948
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:3012
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:5652
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:5136
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                          • Windows security bypass
                          PID:5576
                      • C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\hYZLV9.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\hYZLV9.exe"
                        1⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        PID:4108
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:4160
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:1600
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:5624
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:4732
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:5820

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685
                              • Size 1KB
                              • SHA256 63b14543360f5e89942ea8d5113526e64fbc71c1207328f0136b3a495d921dd0
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685

                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\1BA79029EC3FFD076F5DAC2F70A18685
                              • Size 186B
                              • SHA256 ac6f6ba8c716b825b94bcacb4376c77d4e8600dcfac4a337bbb6e23b65e17c17
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                              UxEnhance64.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\UxEnhance64.dll
                              • Size 3.1MB
                              • SHA256 5010128089307a8f01b6d37a0fa33b83f88a7e10c598bf61504e24893e5cf8a9
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              adoresd.dat

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\adoresd.dat
                              • Size 4.7MB
                              • SHA256 4f96ac71690bd48758ff977833bae2168617329341decb38370805decbb491f6
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              hYZLV9.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\hYZLV9.exe
                              • Size 135KB
                              • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              msadox.tb

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\EiaPNU\msadox.tb
                              • Size 8KB
                              • SHA256 2b70f08fd177e851241e8fdf61a15ffbd65522c930fa77384f843fef972f86da
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/2416-596-0x000002A2AF920000-0x000002A2AF942000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2416-599-0x000002A2AFB70000-0x000002A2AFB8E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2416-600-0x000002A2AFB90000-0x000002A2AFC42000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2416-601-0x000002A2AFB50000-0x000002A2AFB5A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-592-0x00007FFFC1C70000-0x00007FFFC1C72000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-584-0x0000028943F30000-0x00000289447C1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-578-0x00007FFFA0EC0000-0x00007FFFA13DE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-582-0x0000028943F30000-0x00000289447C1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-583-0x00007FFFC1C80000-0x00007FFFC1C82000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-588-0x0000028943F30000-0x00000289447C1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-590-0x0000028943F30000-0x00000289447C1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-591-0x0000028943F30000-0x00000289447C1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4108-589-0x0000028943F30000-0x00000289447C1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-2-0x0000000000590000-0x000000000059B000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-0-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-504-0x00007FFFB2430000-0x00007FFFB2442000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-524-0x00007FFFB2430000-0x00007FFFB2442000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-526-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-527-0x00007FFFB2430000-0x00007FFFB2442000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4924-1-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-533-0x00007FFFA0EC0000-0x00007FFFA13DE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-567-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-565-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-558-0x000002CC4ACA0000-0x000002CC4ACEE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-559-0x000002CC4C560000-0x000002CC4C5EA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-562-0x000002CC4C560000-0x000002CC4C5EA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-561-0x000002CC4C560000-0x000002CC4C5EA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-560-0x000002CC4C560000-0x000002CC4C5EA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-552-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-548-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-547-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-546-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-545-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-541-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-540-0x00007FFFC1C80000-0x00007FFFC1C82000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-538-0x000002CC4D020000-0x000002CC4D8B1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5560-532-0x00007FFFC1C70000-0x00007FFFC1C72000-memory.dmp