Analysis

  • max time kernel
    599s
  • max time network
    476s
  • 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, 17:25

General

  • Target
    MassDMFriends.exe
  • Size 9.6MB
  • Sample260809-vznt7aar6w
  • SHA256 cd9b0a2da5c2f8abd6eab72321889582c6a3f997730647e06b44b11801ee3fbb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Loads dropped DLL 27 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

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

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MassDMFriends.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MassDMFriends.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4880
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MassDMFriends.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MassDMFriends.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3812
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c cls
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:3152
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4844
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5360
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4064
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4708
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:964

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 607B
          • SHA256 be6b74e52e5eef1f1c27c0976bf3bf1bfa99958c00bbef2898a602f691be6dae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 120KB
          • SHA256 184146852727a9db4eea06178716bec3cdbb1015c911f6b0f915b184ad7775b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
          • Size 46KB
          • SHA256 e6bfb3662ab4b1969a73441dbe35c96d51441b6bff8cf1fe7430bd5b246ca605
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _asyncio.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_asyncio.pyd
          • Size 59KB
          • SHA256 52e472906aade6597b22918df0e9f5eeafb78fcec8c338032d9b2b0f38194a69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 79KB
          • SHA256 5e60bf60874c660743aa5c7d68e5d6bf9d628a0425156147689ec9992a62427d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ctypes.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_ctypes.pyd
          • Size 127KB
          • SHA256 1c5ae7fc3c9ad94228bbe94f72024d0f01582ced2b9ad5f9dcf3ad505f201917
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 50KB
          • SHA256 c4bced8d5b633b97ef536696707d6b9476107aa88deb8263d90c8f936813c169
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 152KB
          • SHA256 b9242bf88af07456a29deddabd6ce32310177c4b37042e7d917ef96e9636ef10
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _overlapped.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_overlapped.pyd
          • Size 43KB
          • SHA256 3d86aa957fe1b07de1d50cb0fdb4303a7fbdee80e24459c27cc94b8ee087a49d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_socket.pyd
          • Size 72KB
          • SHA256 3e4cd9511aa089c75ceabe159cd6cb56d8c667491694a1450ef28235a8a34ed0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 169KB
          • SHA256 e20906c0195cc5c4c2df9140b8dfcd28f951eb721d7012c7ab30e647decde9f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _uuid.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_uuid.pyd
          • Size 13KB
          • SHA256 78f380b1472eaf2c8587ae40a18c74f455662ee2516d836e5d393b106bc6eb60
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _wmi.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\_wmi.pyd
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 b4c8ae409e30d895704f926042ef8910c2656572aa9fc035bb1605a9def45be9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_parser.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\aiohttp\_http_parser.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 3aa2f531728655a9cf24c431ba1502b873181ee80b4bd30117c62f3e72d49b44
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _http_writer.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\aiohttp\_http_writer.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 42KB
          • SHA256 158f875d222dae4e94ad386670faef6e7ed69d6b0c554db4dd63926761362dff
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          mask.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\aiohttp\_websocket\mask.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 34KB
          • SHA256 63fda4556a838f283dc007e04d78147147b0753ed859a220d5672d3691031398
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          reader_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\aiohttp\_websocket\reader_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 135KB
          • SHA256 cf170689becd5b770fd5255f99b1dc0d387aa65f11390f12bd963c7fc258d184
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\base_library.zip
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 1a312457bdd87af3329110eff98ac52d0053ceefa5ec53d2f38533d2333620d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _frozenlist.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\frozenlist\_frozenlist.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 67KB
          • SHA256 e55dadf1985e5f755147f352bc5bf3bf6b0fef57c10422e3bfdc4e00061230b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libcrypto-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\libcrypto-3.dll
          • Size 6.2MB
          • SHA256 e4fdde97c2af1103fb5d179c030801ff4ea4a1b7a6a785aa1ed95e1763e47de1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libffi-8.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\libffi-8.dll
          • Size 47KB
          • SHA256 4dfa3d8fa22b7361babe251b5767e76fc319da86de180accd8721c0874f8b59d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-3.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\libssl-3.dll
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 a4757d546ee0931ac7133eb5c187bbcfedcb31245464bb150800cf88163d3ee2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _multidict.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\multidict\_multidict.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 78KB
          • SHA256 d20eb8153da9ecfd280788f8c6dcfb3e3703c847df22d70d72568c380b63a1d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _helpers_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\propcache\_helpers_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 60KB
          • SHA256 1c3eafe00c2a0e1dd93647a01ebf1874fb2265cb09f58619761f814dc8599f3a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python313.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\python313.dll
          • Size 6.9MB
          • SHA256 aeae90afd246a75ff9af4e8b971a2286de6320bc32e7022943017a7e483a95e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\select.pyd
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 0d348e7f36a532623bf406fc61125794d0a18b5bc907b45c557b6e6eb65c3a6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 680KB
          • SHA256 144d87185af06bc3afadf2d426748d2b15f1671366f3837a0202dc5f775620bc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _quoting_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI48802\yarl\_quoting_c.cp313-win_amd64.pyd
          • Size 80KB
          • SHA256 ca1c319cec6df2ebe8f7364c28bb5930ae60559341f4f90fcb48333e21c9c049
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4708-113-0x000001DD801E0000-0x000001DD802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4708-125-0x000001DD82D00000-0x000001DD82D20000-memory.dmp

          memory/4708-119-0x000001DD82920000-0x000001DD82940000-memory.dmp

          memory/4708-114-0x000001DD801E0000-0x000001DD802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4708-112-0x000001DD801E0000-0x000001DD802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4708-120-0x000001DD82D80000-0x000001DD82E80000-memory.dmp

          memory/4708-153-0x000001DD83030000-0x000001DD83050000-memory.dmp