Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    66s
  • max time network
    70s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    19/09/2026, 18:46

General

  • Target
    pysilon.exe
  • Size 6.9MB
  • Sample260919-xe2awsen21
  • SHA256 e1da9f6888a9d595fecf41cbd69ea1a7a236734ce796390350dc6580c3178e20
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 17 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pysilon.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pysilon.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2424
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp' 2>$null"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1972
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pysilon.exe' 2>$null"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3952
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:3396
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pysilon.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pysilon.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1216
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp' 2>$null"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2832
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pysilon.exe' 2>$null"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:252
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell" -Command "(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:1508

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 d28ef187840dcd1fe0a8a757ef9cd326023bec38b39ef1338f91d508d55dcf28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 31f54a84498a62f4280cdad450e7e459b75378c7e67bfcf3279f493410eef07a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 cfe7f23aea9e7003aa0021e2576460ef539ad28b7af6fc7b902ce56b35903251
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ruaurmyg.rez.ps1

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

        memory/1508-56-0x00000262C63C0000-0x00000262C6472000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-8-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-21-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-9-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-12-0x000002C9F36A0000-0x000002C9F36BE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-15-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-17-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-16-0x000002C9F3900000-0x000002C9F39B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-7-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-18-0x000002C9F3680000-0x000002C9F368A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-19-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-20-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-0-0x00007FFEABDAF000-0x00007FFEABDB0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-22-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-23-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-24-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-28-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-6-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-5-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-1-0x00007FFEABC20000-0x00007FFEAC5C4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1972-4-0x000002C9F3620000-0x000002C9F3642000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-48-0x000002174BD80000-0x000002174BDAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-49-0x000002174BD80000-0x000002174BDA4000-memory.dmp