Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 04:49

General

  • Target
    693b0bd511c863bccf221b0f290d92a6a4cc0c705ae0bc010e917489b5af70e8.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260831-ffq3wavekh
  • SHA256 693b0bd511c863bccf221b0f290d92a6a4cc0c705ae0bc010e917489b5af70e8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs
  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Discovers running processes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Running process information can be used to identify security tools or plan follow-on actions.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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 4 IoCs

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

  • 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 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3284
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\693b0bd511c863bccf221b0f290d92a6a4cc0c705ae0bc010e917489b5af70e8.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\693b0bd511c863bccf221b0f290d92a6a4cc0c705ae0bc010e917489b5af70e8.exe"
        2⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4728
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\CheckNetIsolation.exe
          CheckNetIsolation.exe
          3⤵
            PID:2520
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
            cmd /c move Boss.msi Boss.msi.bat && Boss.msi.bat
            3⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4968
            • C:\Windows\system32\tasklist.exe
              tasklist
              4⤵
              • Discovers running processes
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:3528
            • C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exe
              findstr "bdservicehost ekrn AvastUI SophosHealth AVGUI nsWscSvc"
              4⤵
                PID:3360
              • C:\Windows\system32\extrac32.exe
                extrac32 /Y Chief.msi *.*
                4⤵
                  PID:1480
                • C:\Windows\system32\findstr.exe
                  findstr /V "Vhs" Mozilla
                  4⤵
                    PID:4988
                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\777873\Cds.scr
                    Cds.scr N
                    4⤵
                    • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
                    • Deletes itself
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
                    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:4008
                    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                      schtasks.exe /create /tn "MarineGuard" /tr " pcalua.exe -a 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SeaSecure Innovations\MarineGuard.lnk'" /sc onlogon /F /RL HIGHEST
                      5⤵
                      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:1096
                  • C:\Windows\system32\waitfor.exe
                    waitfor /T 15 VDvTxnSfElCsMsdSjqcMMFep
                    4⤵
                      PID:3648
                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
                  cmd /c schtasks.exe /create /tn "Hung" /tr " pcalua.exe -a 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SeaSecure Innovations\MarineGuard.lnk'" /sc daily /mo 1 /ri 3 /du 23:57 /F /RL HIGHEST
                  2⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:3816
                  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
                    schtasks.exe /create /tn "Hung" /tr " pcalua.exe -a 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\SeaSecure Innovations\MarineGuard.lnk'" /sc daily /mo 1 /ri 3 /du 23:57 /F /RL HIGHEST
                    3⤵
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                    PID:360
              • C:\Windows\system32\pcalua.exe
                pcalua.exe
                1⤵
                  PID:1460

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      Cds.scr

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\777873\Cds.scr
                      • Size 957KB
                      • SHA256 3ec9740bedc683021cc3e94e4a33b3a9d3d6f9b9e96b1f04cc6534f551dd58c1
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      N

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\777873\N
                      • Size 603KB
                      • SHA256 48d5851dd92400233026e9c7354b80ea7cc39f2c7f7145130740507370ad0b7e
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      About

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\About
                      • Size 84KB
                      • SHA256 72c0b29d4dbe56356756500baf9e34ee927871ae634c85a85b41ad4da0adff25
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Acknowledged

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Acknowledged
                      • Size 136KB
                      • SHA256 f964c2e927eaa7d42321b024d77473865b979ae37d83366f8db5e0e74ad2f051
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Aluminium

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Aluminium
                      • Size 134KB
                      • SHA256 23d0aedf43551c09e64753f5f3fe0e51445a977d465291922df3a5264aba9c12
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Boss.msi

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Boss.msi
                      • Size 8KB
                      • SHA256 b9e7e5fb3d50c1968c6eba2cb12b28caca27a291d34e509530247b1c665ea4d6
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Casting

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Casting
                      • Size 133KB
                      • SHA256 d8ddb4a1c7b0a84579306cedddba52164c5bff43f875b9362b03a92a00f5fb68
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Ceo.msi

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Ceo.msi
                      • Size 255KB
                      • SHA256 5019b610a6903554f5ebe82a891eafc4e622a5f0a8f9816bd8f19820331fe87a
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Chair.msi

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Chair.msi
                      • Size 136KB
                      • SHA256 0e47e4a536eea0058d680458a81bf03022cea658cef5837adc030416b6e81b90
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Chief.msi

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Chief.msi
                      • Size 494KB
                      • SHA256 75285c029d6d52c5e2db794efd9b97f30430a0388a9f5e14ca6753e971f5b2b3
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Gains.msi

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Gains.msi
                      • Size 139KB
                      • SHA256 bc66d442775916e6adb172311519ab1b00fdcfde9ef80aecccae8acd3ce727bb
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Knew.msi

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Knew.msi
                      • Size 73KB
                      • SHA256 2ecc89f83e52cda1553a9c85d5264ca065ad8389e84d4e77f4d181c2c50138fe
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Maintained

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Maintained
                      • Size 74KB
                      • SHA256 4af38691c73d54167e41551f6cfde590c63191d11db8a3171b53e62bb058d185
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Mime

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Mime
                      • Size 72KB
                      • SHA256 abb6aedc8a55eadfb52c4f12e9b32fb2d70228bdfe7f70c5241cd0b089805f53
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Mozilla

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Mozilla
                      • Size 284B
                      • SHA256 2fc2c8f93fded361a2ae58310f38959f16a3f0de5d5ee4ccdbe433985c16c400
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      Plus

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Plus
                      • Size 45KB
                      • SHA256 cc7b9bd57bc83f8707f1a40714d671abb940de7d0b89600983293dc2e01816e0
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Request

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Request
                      • Size 125KB
                      • SHA256 c29eeaf55c9278778fa1fdf6e4e500831a3e4294aecf93e20dd4c4344b21e5e0
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Stripes

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Stripes
                      • Size 64KB
                      • SHA256 b59a2703e06965b662de854632e4f64d1e4618efc39028ebd4de4f0adb75038d
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Tim

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IXP000.TMP\Tim
                      • Size 89KB
                      • SHA256 bfbe566513de0c5987d263f88e9a1cfe21962ac218919a1b7f9f9977ea96cbb7
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      memory/4008-79-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-83-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-77-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-78-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-75-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-81-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-82-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-85-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-84-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-76-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-88-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-94-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-93-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-92-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-91-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-90-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-95-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-89-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-87-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp

                      memory/4008-86-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FFF000-memory.dmp