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
    10/08/2026, 07:27

General

  • Target
    5b1467f15f0977feb69d11ed6e05524294237c6db0f73187eab43d640a1dc84a.exe
  • Size 712KB
  • Sample260810-jabyjstdqd
  • SHA256 5b1467f15f0977feb69d11ed6e05524294237c6db0f73187eab43d640a1dc84a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

Version
  • XWorm V6.4

C2
  • sharjahaquarium.com:6000

Mutex
  • uDcmtKH6KKEtSR4n

Attributes
  • install_file

    USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • SmartAssembly .NET packer 1 IoCs

    Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5b1467f15f0977feb69d11ed6e05524294237c6db0f73187eab43d640a1dc84a.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5b1467f15f0977feb69d11ed6e05524294237c6db0f73187eab43d640a1dc84a.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ioGQIrRzAKLi.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3416
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ioGQIrRzAKLi" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB476.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4784
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2372
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ioGQIrRzAKLi.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ioGQIrRzAKLi.exe
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2428
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ioGQIrRzAKLi.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2964
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\ioGQIrRzAKLi" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpFCD9.tmp"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:1320
    • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
      "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4856

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 a5fabdc8d1d2e3124a7fd3ca2f5c1f2076929d346230d28d827a7fc51a9365c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_dpuso3c2.yom.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dpuso3c2.yom.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmpB476.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpB476.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 07576aaaf51bcaf0d83a10c91b7fb9d1feb9795258459d86d02281e9496a0fbc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ioGQIrRzAKLi.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\ioGQIrRzAKLi.exe
        • Size 712KB
        • SHA256 5b1467f15f0977feb69d11ed6e05524294237c6db0f73187eab43d640a1dc84a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2372-60-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2372-35-0x0000000003110000-0x0000000003120000-memory.dmp

        memory/2372-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

        memory/2964-75-0x0000000006130000-0x000000000617C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2964-66-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005D54000-memory.dmp

        memory/2964-77-0x0000000071130000-0x000000007117C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2964-85-0x0000000007070000-0x0000000007113000-memory.dmp

        memory/2964-86-0x00000000075F0000-0x0000000007601000-memory.dmp

        memory/2964-87-0x0000000007630000-0x0000000007644000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-16-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000002C56000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-50-0x0000000007860000-0x000000000787A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-17-0x00000000051C0000-0x00000000051D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-21-0x0000000005800000-0x0000000005E28000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-23-0x0000000005790000-0x00000000057F6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-57-0x0000000007B80000-0x0000000007B88000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-24-0x0000000005E30000-0x0000000005E96000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-30-0x0000000005F10000-0x0000000006264000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-34-0x0000000006570000-0x00000000065BC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-33-0x0000000006530000-0x000000000654E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-56-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BBA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-55-0x0000000007AA0000-0x0000000007AB4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-38-0x0000000006B00000-0x0000000006B32000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-39-0x0000000070F10000-0x0000000070F5C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-47-0x0000000006AE0000-0x0000000006AFE000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-48-0x0000000007720000-0x00000000077C3000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-49-0x0000000007EB0000-0x000000000852A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-19-0x00000000051C0000-0x00000000051D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-51-0x00000000078D0000-0x00000000078DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-52-0x0000000007AE0000-0x0000000007B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-53-0x0000000007A60000-0x0000000007A71000-memory.dmp

        memory/3416-54-0x0000000007A90000-0x0000000007A9E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-10-0x0000000008390000-0x00000000083E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-11-0x0000000008260000-0x00000000082FC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-0-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000EF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-9-0x0000000005780000-0x0000000005790000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-8-0x0000000007EB0000-0x0000000007EBE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-7-0x0000000007DE0000-0x0000000007E02000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-6-0x0000000007D90000-0x0000000007DAE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-5-0x00000000079E0000-0x0000000007D34000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-4-0x0000000005960000-0x000000000596A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-3-0x0000000005780000-0x0000000005790000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-2-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005852000-memory.dmp

        memory/4412-1-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000006234000-memory.dmp