Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    598s
  • max time network
    597s
  • 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, 00:03

General

  • Target
    bot.exe
  • Size 13.7MB
  • Sample260910-acbwwseb83
  • SHA256 3aeffc149d8248f39f3e5dc586dd7d646b89cfba39822146ef4df5481c904d01
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Loads dropped DLL 28 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 13 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 62 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 11 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bot.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bot.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3256
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bot.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bot.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:4408
  • C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5812
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:5012
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:5724
      • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\iminyourpc.txt
        1⤵
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:3200
      • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
        sihost.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4596
        • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
          explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
          2⤵
          • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
          • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
          • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1156
          • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
            "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\poop1.txt
            3⤵
            • Modifies registry class
            • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
            PID:5704
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
        1⤵
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5552
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3300
      • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
        1⤵
          PID:2052

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
              • Size 599B
              • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\VCRUNTIME140.dll
              • Size 117KB
              • SHA256 052ad6a20d375957e82aa6a3c441ea548d89be0981516ca7eb306e063d5027f4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
              • Size 48KB
              • SHA256 6a99bc0128e0c7d6cbbf615fcc26909565e17d4ca3451b97f8987f9c6acbc6c8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _asyncio.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_asyncio.pyd
              • Size 72KB
              • SHA256 c77de90cad749087a0c5dc5e19d78d24f6ef44e7e5ac19b8420cfc0cea62395d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _bz2.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_bz2.pyd
              • Size 84KB
              • SHA256 65f610646d10d5babea080e060d244b546ec52c54012e5e937dc72dcc2e2e7bc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ctypes.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_ctypes.pyd
              • Size 124KB
              • SHA256 0e56107a891100535f2da79d85a5ae65ff1227b4765bd108f8593ac1a1110d81
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _hashlib.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_hashlib.pyd
              • Size 67KB
              • SHA256 03d233dbace599168eaffec823de6ed7beec8c2a4ebfe9b8a3d8e042a59af3ba
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _lzma.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_lzma.pyd
              • Size 157KB
              • SHA256 e3deecc1f59a3b811c608861decd84de1e8df8bafd5e2b39188861318c5a38cf
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _overlapped.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_overlapped.pyd
              • Size 55KB
              • SHA256 662126ff80c3a1b4cedf74074029c12ae4743e6d3b37376e39ac70aacb7d4d3c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _queue.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_queue.pyd
              • Size 32KB
              • SHA256 48e76e0ad63f6932b4a77b5819f41c1e7595636ca8d9e824f0943a14b8bb5035
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _socket.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_socket.pyd
              • Size 83KB
              • SHA256 3efa4636cf9e350856f6927d67a4c2564bf9bd2758a00bbf17d3aece5b60016d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ssl.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_ssl.pyd
              • Size 175KB
              • SHA256 0bc527d2dbc50009f43b2ed5d5982c4f63f4b647647ffa9eda612dcda80f6040
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _uuid.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_uuid.pyd
              • Size 26KB
              • SHA256 acce4f281d7ffb2dec0997527faf25b1df62ad7bd3032c568ddcf65c90edc867
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _wmi.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\_wmi.pyd
              • Size 39KB
              • SHA256 a980f1e7a29842bd946863fc2693fbeb555a9dc0f9e1630dfed9a2fcdef3ece2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _http_parser.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\aiohttp\_http_parser.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 254KB
              • SHA256 2851a840224d139cc3c73534597b1c29b1ee6094661e27def04b3cd66d4199c8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _http_writer.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\aiohttp\_http_writer.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 43KB
              • SHA256 4831aaf297de92c195335564e4b13d3df50e3e88f25b22532c5b576ecb3a3a1e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              mask.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\aiohttp\_websocket\mask.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 34KB
              • SHA256 f3fad377929bfcb8afd9c4ceb31a81da2a8562e4d16bf97820c4983adfc984d4
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              reader_c.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\aiohttp\_websocket\reader_c.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 135KB
              • SHA256 f6635ddd3d2b1d1606df0744a71433a84930d619b82ff10630761913f972a540
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              base_library.zip

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\base_library.zip
              • Size 1.3MB
              • SHA256 63949355ddc1f1d1c7c42c96979256754979ae577cd516f77c5f160c6fdee0e1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _frozenlist.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\frozenlist\_frozenlist.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 68KB
              • SHA256 ac03ce4d67b103af56efa5a436954c6c5e4da0eafec878a31298f2b8ce9c6f96
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libcrypto-3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\libcrypto-3.dll
              • Size 5.0MB
              • SHA256 ccfffddcd3defb8d899026298af9af43bc186130f8483d77e97c93233d5f27d7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libffi-8.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\libffi-8.dll
              • Size 38KB
              • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libssl-3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\libssl-3.dll
              • Size 776KB
              • SHA256 007142039f04d04e0ed607bda53de095e5bc6a8a10d26ecedde94ea7d2d7eefe
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _multidict.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\multidict\_multidict.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 79KB
              • SHA256 a7411fadf931b119427b537fcc6467f63179a7a7c29c603b89b1bc8be0733f8f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _helpers_c.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\propcache\_helpers_c.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 61KB
              • SHA256 c31395d9bc4730221b97e81708658827b7fdf3432152025d32b6a5520959ca1c
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python312.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\python312.dll
              • Size 6.6MB
              • SHA256 9a0e3435aaa680d868150f87ab3e388ad2eebc22f87e036155c7b4eda8cd2120
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              select.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\select.pyd
              • Size 32KB
              • SHA256 d4d7181b11db0bd22a6cd5cda6f8583d1f5c77615fd0a6ca33350619d6e0438a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Lorem ipsum.txt

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\Lorem ipsum.txt
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 37fedcffbf73c4eb9f058f47677cb33203a436ff9390e4d38a8e01c9dad28e0b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ucrtbase.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\ucrtbase.dll
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 c04daeba7e7c4b711d33993ab4c51a2e087f98f4211aea0dcb3a216656ba0ab7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              unicodedata.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\unicodedata.pyd
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 208ee1cd3cbad0828433ca7246b05be2b1ff5569983d27d296c0b38888585488
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _quoting_c.cp312-win_amd64.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI32562\yarl\_quoting_c.cp312-win_amd64.pyd
              • Size 81KB
              • SHA256 729d917642f071de55ec31924df4d180d26fafa34561b73f035a5fe1bd8eb0c9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              iminyourpc.txt

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\iminyourpc.txt
              • Size 16B
              • SHA256 3cebf3f81fbfc0c12dfe969e4711467541abaf953214ea7553367e5632b8ef97
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              no.txt

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\no.txt
              • Size 5B
              • SHA256 2cf24dba5fb0a30e26e83b2ac5b9e29e1b161e5c1fa7425e73043362938b9824
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              poop1.txt

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\poop1.txt
              • Size 1B
              • SHA256 043a718774c572bd8a25adbeb1bfcd5c0256ae11cecf9f9c3f925d0e52beaf89
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              memory/1156-311-0x000000000EBD0000-0x000000000ED3C000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-174-0x00000172001E0000-0x00000172002E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-175-0x00000172001E0000-0x00000172002E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-193-0x0000017214140000-0x0000017214160000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-181-0x0000017213E70000-0x0000017213F70000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-183-0x0000017203C90000-0x0000017203CB0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-180-0x0000017203A30000-0x0000017203A50000-memory.dmp

              memory/5552-173-0x00000172001E0000-0x00000172002E0000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-140-0x0000022DC16F0000-0x0000022DC179E000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-139-0x0000022DC16F0000-0x0000022DC179E000-memory.dmp

              memory/5812-148-0x0000022DC16F0000-0x0000022DC179E000-memory.dmp