Analysis

  • max time kernel
    22s
  • max time network
    26s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/09/2026, 23:58

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target
    8f20020d5b0669c889435750b00452672cb17fc2a87225a5341040bc05afc008.exe
  • Size 5.0MB
  • Sample260910-31lp8azths
  • SHA256 8f20020d5b0669c889435750b00452672cb17fc2a87225a5341040bc05afc008
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • quasar

Attributes
  • encryption_key

    6D4A4249F385558E6764D6D6FE7C7D31F942200B

  • key_salt

    5a23f8394640cb9e40658446a04c0bbae82dc93d0470e1b2a406a90fd2520382

  • reconnect_delay

    3000

Extracted

Family
  • xworm

C2
  • uchiwa5.duckdns.org:8887

  • 176.160.157.96:8887

Attributes
  • Install_directory

    %Temp%

  • install_file

    javaw.exe

Extracted

Family
  • cybergate

Version
  • v3.4.2.2

Botnet
  • spasiba2

C2
  • uchiwa5.duckdns.org:7777

  • 176.160.157.96:7777

  • monbondns.duckdns.org:7777

Mutex
  • 1PSQVR0MY4AJ88

Attributes
  • enable_keylogger

    true

  • enable_message_box

    false

  • ftp_directory

    ./logs

  • ftp_interval

    30

  • injected_process

    explorer.exe

  • install_dir

    System32

  • install_file

    dllhost.exe

  • install_flag

    true

  • keylogger_enable_ftp

    false

  • message_box_caption

    Remote Administration anywhere in the world.

  • message_box_title

    CyberGate

  • password

    cybergate92

  • regkey_hkcu

    HKCU

  • regkey_hklm

    HKLM

Signatures

  • Family: CyberGate, Rebhip

    CyberGate is a lightweight remote administration tool with a wide array of functionalities.

  • Family: Quasar RAT

    Quasar is an open source Remote Access Tool.

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

  • Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs
  • PulsaRAT library module 3 IoCs

    Core component of the PulsaRAT remote access trojan, implementing its command protocol for hidden remote desktop, UAC bypass, persistence, and credential theft.

  • Quasar payload 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • UPX packed file 14 IoCs

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

  • Launches sc.exe 10 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • 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.

  • Program crash 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8f20020d5b0669c889435750b00452672cb17fc2a87225a5341040bc05afc008.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8f20020d5b0669c889435750b00452672cb17fc2a87225a5341040bc05afc008.exe"
    1⤵
      PID:5164
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:756
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
            "schtasks" /create /tn "Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
            3⤵
            • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
            PID:404
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe"
            3⤵
              PID:4300
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
                "schtasks" /create /tn "Update" /sc ONLOGON /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe" /rl HIGHEST /f
                4⤵
                • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                PID:2520
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe"
            2⤵
              PID:2616
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe
              "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe"
              2⤵
                PID:4228
                • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
                  3⤵
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  PID:3676
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
                  3⤵
                  • Executes a command shell one-liner
                  PID:5168
                  • C:\Windows\System32\wusa.exe
                    wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
                    4⤵
                      PID:5128
                  • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop UsoSvc
                    3⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    PID:3268
                  • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop WaaSMedicSvc
                    3⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    PID:5768
                  • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop wuauserv
                    3⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    PID:2528
                  • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop bits
                    3⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    PID:2924
                  • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
                    3⤵
                    • Launches sc.exe
                    PID:4248
                  • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
                    3⤵
                    • Power Settings
                    PID:4896
                  • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
                    3⤵
                    • Power Settings
                    PID:2624
                  • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
                    3⤵
                    • Power Settings
                    PID:5148
                  • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe /x -standby-timeout-dc 0
                    3⤵
                    • Power Settings
                    PID:2772
                  • C:\Windows\system32\dialer.exe
                    C:\Windows\system32\dialer.exe
                    3⤵
                      PID:1088
                    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe delete "System"
                      3⤵
                      • Launches sc.exe
                      PID:2416
                    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe create "System" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\System\System32.exe" start= "auto"
                      3⤵
                      • Launches sc.exe
                      PID:876
                    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop eventlog
                      3⤵
                      • Launches sc.exe
                      PID:4540
                    • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe start "System"
                      3⤵
                      • Launches sc.exe
                      PID:3920
                    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe"
                      3⤵
                      • Executes a command shell one-liner
                      PID:5572
                      • C:\Windows\System32\choice.exe
                        choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
                        4⤵
                          PID:4664
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.exe
                      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.exe"
                      2⤵
                        PID:2824
                        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
                          explorer.exe
                          3⤵
                            PID:3420
                            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                              C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3420 -s 84
                              4⤵
                              • Program crash
                              PID:1216
                          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
                            explorer.exe
                            3⤵
                              PID:2816
                            • C:\Directory\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe
                              "C:\Directory\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe"
                              3⤵
                                PID:3852
                                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe
                                  explorer.exe
                                  4⤵
                                    PID:5780
                              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe
                                "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe"
                                2⤵
                                  PID:4132
                              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe
                                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Windows\RuntimeBroker.exe
                                1⤵
                                  PID:296
                                • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
                                  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 472 -p 3420 -ip 3420
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:3800
                                  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe
                                    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe
                                    1⤵
                                      PID:3836
                                    • C:\ProgramData\System\System32.exe
                                      C:\ProgramData\System\System32.exe
                                      1⤵
                                        PID:4092
                                        • C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                                          C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramData) -ExclusionExtension '.exe' -Force
                                          2⤵
                                          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                                          PID:3892
                                        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
                                          C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe stop dosvc
                                          2⤵
                                          • Launches sc.exe
                                          PID:2196
                                      • C:\Windows\System32\wusa.exe
                                        wusa /uninstall /kb:890830 /quiet /norestart
                                        1⤵
                                          PID:3804

                                        Network

                                              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                              Downloads

                                              System32.exe

                                              • Path C:\ProgramData\System\System32.exe
                                              • Size 1.3MB
                                              • SHA256 df256efa3fbe126bb58b790c259e2c176dab621a3f8bfbd3fa7ef52a62ec8fa0
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              System32.exe

                                              • Path C:\ProgramData\System\System32.exe
                                              • Size 967KB
                                              • SHA256 766866301cf06864ce88722393f6dcbd241e86d5d522b11150cec10e6e18ef20
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              Admin2.txt

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin2.txt
                                              • Size 385KB
                                              • SHA256 894f808a33d3ef7d8c5f3a6019f8222191f03e2469dcb26d4274d86c8ab234d8
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              Admin2.txt

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin2.txt
                                              • Size 385KB
                                              • SHA256 2cac74e4d0bce80a3a369ed908ac0b68704d5251f1f7ae9b48a8a1e37ea61e31
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              Admin7

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin7
                                              • Size 8B
                                              • SHA256 5dd026ebf827c51948942f4569b62b9112f346b4a8905bff0e572255c3258380
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                              Admin7

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin7
                                              • Size 8B
                                              • SHA256 727f1da3f73d3986fb72b40e749ea2c6325ffc810321b31aff434d49dc40c647
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                              Admin7

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin7
                                              • Size 8B
                                              • SHA256 dbbffcf09c19e5fbbfc9017b0d67f22878fa29c82d1ed01b782e1d13c7b46d1f
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                              Admin7

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin7
                                              • Size 8B
                                              • SHA256 e192a0d422ec3cc746057e30841f3d4e16c022bd8e7847dac27b9f69d17b9930
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                              Admin7

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Admin7
                                              • Size 8B
                                              • SHA256 71b7b78f22e6bd7ecb2732a372da237565a8867ca14574919785c07d71b41d56
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                                              Client-built.exe

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Client-built.exe
                                              • Size 1.8MB
                                              • SHA256 c4335ca4efc117eb12f8ea34a7c895642b0927660b965d322a3144a6ef886630
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              XClient.exe

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\XClient.exe
                                              • Size 99KB
                                              • SHA256 365dd6da44fa86e30dc4a0e33066595a80c45f7e147ce1ad951d3b65dfff8d6b
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              miner.exe

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miner.exe
                                              • Size 2.7MB
                                              • SHA256 90245f1a83c588643402419d8fe15916fc5348dde89e85a359f6b080321e262e
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              server.exe

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\server.exe
                                              • Size 428KB
                                              • SHA256 a8324b810a265d2935cfa5f0b26e04475f72fadcb6fda7fb411eb03d5ad1c320
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              update.exe

                                              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\update.exe
                                              • Size 11KB
                                              • SHA256 d6966099c5998c8fdabf3f7f435856b469a1cefd4c8f8362c2dceebe7dd31c94
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                              __PSScriptPolicyTest_qoukdwzz.ute.ps1

                                              • Path C:\Windows\SystemTemp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_qoukdwzz.ute.ps1
                                              • Size 60B
                                              • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                                              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                              memory/756-19-0x000001A38ED60000-0x000001A38EF26000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-56-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-35-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-32-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-45-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-38-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-46-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-20-0x000001A3A9440000-0x000001A3A946E000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-34-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-57-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-31-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/756-33-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/1088-363-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002B000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/1088-362-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002B000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/1088-361-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002B000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/1088-360-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014002B000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2616-29-0x0000000000380000-0x000000000039E000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2816-147-0x0000000004400000-0x0000000004401000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2816-148-0x00000000104F0000-0x0000000010560000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2824-84-0x0000000010480000-0x00000000104F0000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2824-67-0x0000000010480000-0x00000000104F0000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2824-151-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2824-144-0x00000000104F0000-0x0000000010560000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2824-134-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/2824-63-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3420-69-0x00000000012D0000-0x00000000012D1000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3420-68-0x0000000001210000-0x0000000001211000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3676-158-0x000001D2AEF00000-0x000001D2AEF1E000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3676-153-0x000001D2AEE50000-0x000001D2AEE72000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3676-159-0x000001D2AEF20000-0x000001D2AEFD2000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3676-160-0x000001D2AEFE0000-0x000001D2AEFEA000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3852-337-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3852-161-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/3852-218-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4132-62-0x00000000008B0000-0x00000000008BA000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4132-70-0x0000000005910000-0x0000000005ECA000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4132-73-0x00000000052A0000-0x00000000052AA000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4132-71-0x0000000005350000-0x00000000053E2000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4300-77-0x0000014D73F10000-0x0000014D73F4A000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4300-80-0x0000014D73FC0000-0x0000014D73FEA000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4300-75-0x0000014D73F60000-0x0000014D73F72000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4300-78-0x0000014D73F70000-0x0000014D73FBC000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/4300-79-0x0000014D76A00000-0x0000014D76A4A000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-74-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-30-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-1-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000C9A000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-2-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-4-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-0-0x00007FF8B85AF000-0x00007FF8B85B0000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-9-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5164-18-0x00007FF8B8420000-0x00007FF8B8DC4000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-234-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-232-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-228-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-226-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-225-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-222-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp

                                              memory/5780-224-0x0000000010410000-0x0000000010480000-memory.dmp