General

  • Target
    deepseek_powershell_20260818_66fe9d.ps1
  • Size 4KB
  • Sample260818-xdxlbaydmd
  • SHA256 3aa85a052a028e9adfd5f222d6146dd50ef17eb7b078f17c3f73bf13c54ddc2d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Source
URLs
  • exe.dropper

    https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/download/v6.26.0/xmrig-6.26.0-windows-x64.zip

Targets

    • Target
      deepseek_powershell_20260818_66fe9d.ps1
    • Size 4KB
    • SHA256 3aa85a052a028e9adfd5f222d6146dd50ef17eb7b078f17c3f73bf13c54ddc2d
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: xmrig

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

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Badlisted process makes network request

      Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Using powershell.exe command.

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell and hide display window.

    • Creates a file in the Startup directory

      A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

    • Cryptocurrency Miner

      Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

    • Executes dropped EXE

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks