Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/08/2026, 14:01

General

  • Target
    2026-08-21_63432c905a30993f8b2c44fa77b98c83_cobalt-strike_coinminer_elex_glassworm_icedid_njrat_poet.exe
  • Size 7.6MB
  • Sample260822-rbk7lsvenc
  • SHA256 078ad1c707763be68f439d5a676b58707713c48e93f33c5eb01623a18ba34a73
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

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

  • Contacts a large (26237) amount of remote hosts 1 TTPs

    This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

  • Creates a large amount of network flows 1 TTPs

    This may indicate a network scan to discover remotely running services.

  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 22 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 1 IoCs
  • ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 2 IoCs

    Detects file using ACProtect software.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • UPX packed file 23 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 4 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_63432c905a30993f8b2c44fa77b98c83_cobalt-strike_coinminer_elex_glassworm_icedid_njrat_poet.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_63432c905a30993f8b2c44fa77b98c83_cobalt-strike_coinminer_elex_glassworm_icedid_njrat_poet.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3872
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c "sc stop npf"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2292
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc stop npf
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2920
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c "sc delete npf"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc delete npf
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6032
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c "sc create npf type= kernel start= auto binpath= C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npf.sys"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3952
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create npf type= kernel start= auto binpath= C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npf.sys
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3336
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c "sc start npf"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2572
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start npf
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2712
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c start C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.b3o1apCA\[kthreaddi].exe
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2348
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.b3o1apCA\[kthreaddi].exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.b3o1apCA\[kthreaddi].exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4672
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:360

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          [kthreaddi].exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.b3o1apCA\[kthreaddi].exe
          • Size 2.3MB
          • SHA256 8fe238de4dfce0b4874220843d8446cbfe2948c51bb85636ed972e1aa1a6fba6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          config.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\.b3o1apCA\config.json
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 911a4b06fea67e618b3652cbea5ebf6875f309d8b8a27cc1925c5dc0aa98f8d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Packet.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Packet.dll
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 ddb53df92886bcdfdb5d1092412f8d46ec45c24bef393cb10203b0ac6604ec93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wpcap.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\wpcap.dll
          • Size 126KB
          • SHA256 b073112d2fd6fe6d726b23c00395584627146119e47c28ae0d224f09d8b25a56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3872-30-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-32-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-11-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-52-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-25-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-26-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-28-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-27-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-6-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-29-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-31-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-17-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-33-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-34-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-36-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-35-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-40-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-39-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-47-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-46-0x0000000032020000-0x0000000032070000-memory.dmp

          memory/3872-53-0x00000000015E0000-0x00000000015FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-23-0x000002A530A50000-0x000002A530A64000-memory.dmp