Analysis

  • max time kernel
    137s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/08/2026, 22:46

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target
    2026-08-06_a70d9e4522c3273a8ad99dfaafc1ab26_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_karagany_manuscrypt_redline-stea.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260806-2p23dsscjf
  • SHA256 88e503bf4f6d3b4e855bba0b6774cb39b4996610165b7017b884bd6fde94e2df
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 11 IoCs
  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • AutoIT Executable 9 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 11 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 7 IoCs
  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 9 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 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 15 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer start page 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 11 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 33 IoCs
  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Runs .reg file with regedit 2 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs
  • System policy modification 1 TTPs 3 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\2026-08-06_a70d9e4522c3273a8ad99dfaafc1ab26_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_karagany_manuscrypt_redline-stea.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_a70d9e4522c3273a8ad99dfaafc1ab26_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_karagany_manuscrypt_redline-stea.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3416
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUXadhkn.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUXadhkn.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Modifies security service
      • UAC bypass
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Checks whether UAC is enabled
      • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies Internet Explorer start page
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Modifies registry class
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      • System policy modification
      PID:3344
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1556
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
          4⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4572
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c regedit /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\baidu.reg
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5488
        • C:\Windows\regedit.exe
          regedit /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\baidu.reg
          4⤵
          • Modifies registry class
          • Runs .reg file with regedit
          PID:2664
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c rd /s /q "%programfiles%\SysCeo";"%programfiles(x86)%\SysCeo"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:5432
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del /s /q /f "%systemroot%\Help\dcold.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:3656
        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del /s /q /f "%userprofile%\Desktop\Çý¶¯×ܲÃ.lnk";"%homedrive%\Users\Public\Desktop\Çý¶¯×ܲÃ.lnk"
          3⤵
            PID:6088
          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del /s /q /f "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Çý¶¯ÏÂÔØ.lnk"
            3⤵
              PID:1716
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c rd /s /q "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Çý¶¯×ܲÃ"
              3⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              PID:4148
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c rd /s /q "%homedrive%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Çý¶¯×ܲÃ2.0"
              3⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              PID:6060
            • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /delete /tn GoogleSystem /f
              3⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1744
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /delete /tn GoogleSystem /f
                4⤵
                  PID:1824
              • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /delete /tn Mozilla /f
                3⤵
                • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:4800
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  schtasks /delete /tn Mozilla /f
                  4⤵
                    PID:3884
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c regedit /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\win11txt.reg
                  3⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:4896
                  • C:\Windows\regedit.exe
                    regedit /s C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\win11txt.reg
                    4⤵
                    • Modifies registry class
                    • Runs .reg file with regedit
                    PID:4788
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c date 2026/08/06 & time 18:46:38
                  3⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:4616
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c net stop CscService
                  3⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2748
                  • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
                    net stop CscService
                    4⤵
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:3528
                    • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop CscService
                      5⤵
                        PID:5260
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /delete /tn GoogleSystem /f
                    3⤵
                    • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:6044
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks /delete /tn GoogleSystem /f
                      4⤵
                        PID:5272
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                    cmd.exe /c ping 127.0.0.1 -n 4&del /q C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_a70d9e4522c3273a8ad99dfaafc1ab26_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_karagany_manuscrypt_redline-stea.exe
                    2⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:5424
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
                      ping 127.0.0.1 -n 4
                      3⤵
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                      • Runs ping.exe
                      PID:5116
                • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
                  explorer.exe
                  1⤵
                  • Modifies registry class
                  PID:608
                • C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
                  "LogonUI.exe" /flags:0x4 /state0:0xa3a3c055 /state1:0x41c64e6d
                  1⤵
                  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
                  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                  PID:2860
                • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
                  1⤵
                    PID:1484
                  • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
                    C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k CameraMonitor
                    1⤵
                      PID:2716

                    Network

                          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                          Downloads

                          QUXadhkn.exe

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\QUXadhkn.exe
                          • Size 1.1MB
                          • SHA256 b0bc6939e7a6414c1eb4f64cc2b27f04584866f74ffd3497e1703db3a29aa3da
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          baidu.reg

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\baidu.reg
                          • Size 752B
                          • SHA256 f18ada26b94f662da2e3a9b800a851d86e9450d25cdcc2e8ea84565c803b59fa
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                          win11txt.reg

                          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\win11txt.reg
                          • Size 4KB
                          • SHA256 bd1ee3fc56fbbe861b4f3a23fa01486ea087cca19968f8db9088287ebcb7398d
                          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                          memory/3344-27-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-28-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-9-0x000001E549250000-0x000001E549252000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-7-0x000001E549240000-0x000001E549241000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-8-0x000001E549230000-0x000001E549231000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-4-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-29-0x000001E549250000-0x000001E549252000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-6-0x000001E549110000-0x000001E549111000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-40-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-42-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-43-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-46-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-51-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-53-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp

                          memory/3344-60-0x00007FF69B690000-0x00007FF69B8A9000-memory.dmp