Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    162s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 22:33

General

  • Target
    CCS_external.exe
  • Size 75.5MB
  • Sample260825-2grlpazcqf
  • SHA256 3bbb2b59759f314e6e9eb134605b9135db1d0c2f70f3e5aaf07238c31ab5de59
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 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\CCS_external.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CCS_external.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5952
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CCS_external.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CCS_external.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5020
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:2792
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /Delete /TN CrowControlAgent /F
        3⤵
          PID:1752
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /Delete /TN RealtekAudioWatchdog /F
          3⤵
            PID:5400
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            schtasks /Delete /TN RealtekAudioService /F
            3⤵
              PID:1920
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
              schtasks /Delete /TN SteamClientServiceWatchdog /F
              3⤵
                PID:4952
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                schtasks /Delete /TN MicrosoftEdgeUpdateWatchdog /F
                3⤵
                  PID:3268
                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                  schtasks /Delete /TN GoogleCrashReporterWatchdog /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:3168
                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks /Delete /TN RealtekHDAudioServiceWatchdog /F
                    3⤵
                      PID:2312
                    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks /Delete /TN IntelRapidStorageTechWatchdog /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:3616
                      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                        schtasks /Delete /TN NVDisplayContainerWatchdog /F
                        3⤵
                          PID:3392
                        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                          schtasks /Delete /TN OneDriveServiceWatchdog /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:1160
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                            schtasks /Delete /TN WindowsDefenderSvcWatchdog /F
                            3⤵
                              PID:2072
                            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                              schtasks /Delete /TN DiscordServiceWatchdog /F
                              3⤵
                                PID:3728
                              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                schtasks /Delete /TN AdobeUpdateManagerWatchdog /F
                                3⤵
                                  PID:1924
                                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                  schtasks /Delete /TN GoogleCrashReporterWatchdog /F
                                  3⤵
                                    PID:5544
                                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
                                    taskkill /F /IM wscript.exe
                                    3⤵
                                    • Kills process with taskkill
                                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                    PID:1060
                                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                    schtasks /Create /TN MicrosoftEdgeUpdateWatchdog /XML C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_svchlp.xml /F
                                    3⤵
                                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                    PID:268
                                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe
                                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe --no-admin-check --skip-preset
                                    3⤵
                                    • Executes dropped EXE
                                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                    PID:1308
                                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe
                                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe --no-admin-check --skip-preset
                                      4⤵
                                      • Executes dropped EXE
                                      • Loads dropped DLL
                                      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                                      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                      PID:3336
                                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                                        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
                                        5⤵
                                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                        PID:3936
                                      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                        schtasks /Delete /TN MicrosoftEdgeUpdateWatchdog /F
                                        5⤵
                                          PID:1988
                                        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                          schtasks /Query /TN CrowControlAgent
                                          5⤵
                                            PID:1684
                                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                            schtasks /Query /TN CrowControlAgent
                                            5⤵
                                              PID:5024
                                            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                              schtasks /Create /TN CrowControlAgent /XML C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CrowControl_task.xml /F
                                              5⤵
                                              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                                              PID:2940
                                    • C:\Windows\system32\wscript.exe
                                      wscript.exe
                                      1⤵
                                        PID:2804
                                      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe
                                        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe"
                                        1⤵
                                        • Executes dropped EXE
                                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                        PID:2644
                                        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe
                                          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate\EdgeUpdate.exe"
                                          2⤵
                                          • Executes dropped EXE
                                          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                                          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                                          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                                          PID:5280
                                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                                            C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "ver"
                                            3⤵
                                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                                            PID:5148
                                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                            schtasks /Delete /TN MicrosoftEdgeUpdateWatchdog /F
                                            3⤵
                                              PID:796
                                            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                              schtasks /Query /TN CrowControlAgent
                                              3⤵
                                                PID:5808
                                              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                                                schtasks /Query /TN CrowControlAgent
                                                3⤵
                                                  PID:1696

                                            Network

                                                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                                  Downloads

                                                  INSTALLER

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI0000051c2\numpy-2.4.6.dist-info\INSTALLER
                                                  • Size 4B
                                                  • SHA256 ceebae7b8927a3227e5303cf5e0f1f7b34bb542ad7250ac03fbcde36ec2f1508
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                                  _SHA224.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000a542\Crypto\Hash\_SHA224.pyd
                                                  • Size 21KB
                                                  • SHA256 773fac9a1a65b31d22f79a5e4f035ddc00301b741873d334ee9902db1d1bebfd
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  euc-cn.enc

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI00000a542\_tcl_data\encoding\euc-cn.enc
                                                  • Size 84KB
                                                  • SHA256 1700af47dc012a48cec89cf1dfae6d1d0d2f40ed731eff6ca55296a055a11c00
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _raw_aes.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aes.pyd
                                                  • Size 34KB
                                                  • SHA256 520b343e44b5633bbc4fdcecc705a7f2eb6e55d082a1f3e4723ada9d7e5ea97d
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _raw_aesni.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\Crypto\Cipher\_raw_aesni.pyd
                                                  • Size 15KB
                                                  • SHA256 3818873f50418cbecde58150e9bffff7372d2c2067fc0b96ffac9482dfddd603
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _cpuid_c.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\Crypto\Util\_cpuid_c.pyd
                                                  • Size 10KB
                                                  • SHA256 2af984819d9b1f95132520901b355eb85aa24d5efc6fc5ae9e77252ed03b7f4b
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  VCRUNTIME140.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\VCRUNTIME140.dll
                                                  • Size 116KB
                                                  • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
                                                  • Size 48KB
                                                  • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _asyncio.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_asyncio.pyd
                                                  • Size 63KB
                                                  • SHA256 746bc8fa88282afe19dc60e426cc0a75bea3bd137cca06a0b57a30bd31459403
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _bz2.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_bz2.pyd
                                                  • Size 82KB
                                                  • SHA256 00b8ca9a338d2b47285c9e56d6d893db2a999b47216756f18439997fb80a56e3
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _ctypes.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_ctypes.pyd
                                                  • Size 121KB
                                                  • SHA256 c148292328f0aab7863af82f54f613961e7cb95b7215f7a81cafaf45bd4c42b7
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _decimal.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_decimal.pyd
                                                  • Size 249KB
                                                  • SHA256 980a63f2b39cf16910f44384398e25f24482346a482addb00de42555b17d4278
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _elementtree.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_elementtree.pyd
                                                  • Size 125KB
                                                  • SHA256 02e30b6a2bee5be5336e40a9c89575603051bde86f9c9cdc78b7fa7d9b7bd1f0
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _hashlib.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_hashlib.pyd
                                                  • Size 63KB
                                                  • SHA256 87dd0c858620287454fd6d31d52b6a48eddbb2a08e09e8b2d9fdb0b92200d766
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _lzma.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_lzma.pyd
                                                  • Size 155KB
                                                  • SHA256 f5e01b516c2c23035f7703e23569dec26c5616c05a929b2580ae474a5c6722c5
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _multiprocessing.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_multiprocessing.pyd
                                                  • Size 33KB
                                                  • SHA256 975c1947798e3c39898c86675ca1eb68249f77361f41f172f9800275227213b9
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _overlapped.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_overlapped.pyd
                                                  • Size 50KB
                                                  • SHA256 ca106e4dfdeafeabf9e98956d3d8d0cb73e109f1a96f1a7e35bc47dbd7c7e164
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _queue.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_queue.pyd
                                                  • Size 31KB
                                                  • SHA256 3f8e7e6aa13b417acc78b63434fb1144e6319a010a9fc376c54d6e69b638fe4c
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _socket.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_socket.pyd
                                                  • Size 77KB
                                                  • SHA256 a19e3c7c03ef1b5625790b1c9c42594909311ab6df540fbf43c6aa93300ab166
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _sqlite3.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_sqlite3.pyd
                                                  • Size 117KB
                                                  • SHA256 ff6a2a2f38b21b7784f97d604c99961d8c07ef455f7908110a4e893835d42b76
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _ssl.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_ssl.pyd
                                                  • Size 174KB
                                                  • SHA256 ba5388d6a6557d431e086734a3323621dc447f63ba299b0a815e5837cf869678
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  cp1252.enc

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_tcl_data\encoding\cp1252.enc
                                                  • Size 1KB
                                                  • SHA256 741859cf238c3a63bbb20ec6ed51e46451372bb221cfff438297d261d0561c2e
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                  _tkinter.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_tkinter.pyd
                                                  • Size 62KB
                                                  • SHA256 6f7bdc2f60a1795b58ec7015ec262d6b234aa8d0f022185de0f52bac4adab449
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  _uuid.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\_uuid.pyd
                                                  • Size 24KB
                                                  • SHA256 e6aa7f1637e211251c9d6f467203b2b6d85e5bc2d901699f2a55af637fa89250
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  base_library.zip

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\base_library.zip
                                                  • Size 1.4MB
                                                  • SHA256 6883d73c75f420d21869c9a66ffd55e0b1a474d4e41044a21582b39702a64849
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  exe.ico

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\exe.ico
                                                  • Size 3KB
                                                  • SHA256 441102fa7432616c84c93f2e1a0e70df1c59f2feb702d51c54e928fe9456da83
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                                  libcrypto-3.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\libcrypto-3.dll
                                                  • Size 5.0MB
                                                  • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  libffi-8.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\libffi-8.dll
                                                  • Size 38KB
                                                  • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  libssl-3.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\libssl-3.dll
                                                  • Size 768KB
                                                  • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  pyexpat.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\pyexpat.pyd
                                                  • Size 194KB
                                                  • SHA256 c7c7564f7f874fb660a46384980a2cf28bc3e245ca83628a197ccf861eab5560
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  python3.DLL

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\python3.DLL
                                                  • Size 65KB
                                                  • SHA256 db84bc052cfb121fe4db36242ba5f1d2c031b600ef5d8d752cf25b7c02b6bac6
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  python311.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\python311.dll
                                                  • Size 5.5MB
                                                  • SHA256 0817a2a657a24c0d5fbb60df56960f42fc66b3039d522ec952dab83e2d869364
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  pywintypes311.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\pywin32_system32\pywintypes311.dll
                                                  • Size 132KB
                                                  • SHA256 dcc14a7ed85a324e357eab7db970d8db61387c8b5d6baa23283aabd8300c4e09
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  select.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\select.pyd
                                                  • Size 29KB
                                                  • SHA256 bae0974390945520eb99ab32486c6a964691f8f4a028ac408d98fa8fb0db7d90
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  sqlite3.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\sqlite3.dll
                                                  • Size 1.5MB
                                                  • SHA256 314bba62f4a1628b986afc94c09dc29cdaf08210eae469440fbf46bcdb86d3fd
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  tcl86t.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\tcl86t.dll
                                                  • Size 1.8MB
                                                  • SHA256 4e699ff2d6d147d0586c8c77be5a18f20ca0758f432d7b0f489223f2fa4dd221
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  tk86t.dll

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\tk86t.dll
                                                  • Size 1.5MB
                                                  • SHA256 b6af038120f2b8644c7ce1e11917f410009848287622135d7e386f90d28a831c
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  unicodedata.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\unicodedata.pyd
                                                  • Size 1.1MB
                                                  • SHA256 37c68617fa02a2cadced17ef724e2d450ef12a8a37215da789a4679fde1c5c02
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  win32crypt.pyd

                                                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI000017402\win32\win32crypt.pyd
                                                  • Size 122KB
                                                  • SHA256 57b37eae88743fe71226365880f8870b2082a8df9775c28019f58c25f75a05c9
                                                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                                  memory/3336-4259-0x00007FFEB72C0000-0x00007FFEB8641000-memory.dmp

                                                  memory/5020-1736-0x00007FFEB72C0000-0x00007FFEB8641000-memory.dmp

                                                  memory/5280-4260-0x00007FFEB3780000-0x00007FFEB4B01000-memory.dmp