Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    5s
  • max time network
    8s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/08/2026, 20:04

General

  • Target
    7f936ffc40d08c305fb98485fcda7ed3d5dbe601d59b9a1a0e6e8ce36e54ebe9.exe
  • Size 9.6MB
  • Sample260805-ythb1afk7t
  • SHA256 7f936ffc40d08c305fb98485fcda7ed3d5dbe601d59b9a1a0e6e8ce36e54ebe9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 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 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7f936ffc40d08c305fb98485fcda7ed3d5dbe601d59b9a1a0e6e8ce36e54ebe9.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7f936ffc40d08c305fb98485fcda7ed3d5dbe601d59b9a1a0e6e8ce36e54ebe9.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4232
    • 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:2228
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService" /f
      2⤵
        PID:4696
      • 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:4948
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe'"
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        PID:4176
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
        C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
        2⤵
          PID:2652
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks.exe" /query /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService"
            3⤵
              PID:4756
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MicrosoftUpdateService\MicrosoftUpdateService.exe
          1⤵
            PID:4456
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              "schtasks.exe" /query /tn "MicrosoftUpdateService"
              2⤵
                PID:3820

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  powershell.exe.log

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
                  • Size 3KB
                  • SHA256 c485a6e2fd17c342fca60060f47d6a5655a65a412e35e001bb5bf88d96e6e485
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 7681973bca239db18a8934cb05903f313f59e8e444de891cfefd43c0e9850241
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  MicrosoftUpdateService.xml

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftUpdateService.xml
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 ab293b473830ac5e3c8a37d52e1fd369816f732e7ecf3fb24a0e3d0258d2961d
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_wozgo1qk.1xe.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_wozgo1qk.1xe.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/2228-10-0x0000018D733D0000-0x0000018D733E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2228-19-0x0000018D73380000-0x0000018D733A2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2228-11-0x0000018D733D0000-0x0000018D733E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-65-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-64-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-63-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-66-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-67-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-68-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-56-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-53-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-69-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-71-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2652-72-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000033C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-40-0x00000000088C0000-0x00000000088C1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-20-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-3-0x00007FFB4DC50000-0x00007FFB4DC60000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-39-0x0000000006EB0000-0x0000000006EB1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-41-0x0000000008900000-0x0000000008901000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-46-0x00000000088D0000-0x00000000088E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-43-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-50-0x0000000025EB0000-0x0000000025EB1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-2-0x00007FF45B6B0000-0x00007FF45BA81000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-52-0x0000000025ED0000-0x0000000025ED1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-55-0x0000000025EE0000-0x0000000025EE1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-57-0x0000000025EF0000-0x0000000025EF1000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-1-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-23-0x00007FF45B6B0000-0x00007FF45BA81000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-35-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-4-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-60-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-5-0x0000000000A00000-0x00000000039C4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-9-0x00000000088E0000-0x00000000088FA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-8-0x00000000237D0000-0x000000002398E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-7-0x0000000022E20000-0x0000000022ED2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4232-6-0x00000000088D0000-0x00000000088E0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4456-62-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000003C64000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4456-70-0x0000000006A00000-0x0000000006AB2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4456-61-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000003C64000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4456-54-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000003C64000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4456-45-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000003C64000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4456-37-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000003C64000-memory.dmp