Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/09/2026, 00:05

General

  • Target
    2026-09-22_a13bcc56c8037a92e6ed2fd78c5f2417_coinminer_dosia_elex_frostygoop_glassworm_hive_http-brow.exe
  • Size 13.7MB
  • Sample260923-ac7cssvbjf
  • SHA256 617739f264479ff970bd61c77cade4750fa49ecb82f1104c91c5a6bce197426b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Defendnot

    Defendnot is a tool designed to disable Microsoft Defender.

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 11 IoCs
  • Detects Defendnot 1 IoCs
  • Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 11 IoCs
  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 11 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 11 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 13 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 13 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-22_a13bcc56c8037a92e6ed2fd78c5f2417_coinminer_dosia_elex_frostygoop_glassworm_hive_http-brow.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-22_a13bcc56c8037a92e6ed2fd78c5f2417_coinminer_dosia_elex_frostygoop_glassworm_hive_http-brow.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6120
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath C:\Windows
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3772
    • C:\Windows\ZKvtKfe9\defendnot-loader.exe
      C:\Windows\ZKvtKfe9\defendnot-loader.exe --silent
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5400
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:1648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dn-2913659309.ps1
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2880
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\updater_lJgXYtHA.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\updater_lJgXYtHA.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:1284

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 a34a4d7d29d86aeed47eb5831caa2dfc0ac51465cafe0301155ea15c146fedd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 c17aa2f0460d819727911833364897c3b76bfbeba0967347b1fe58f072b7885c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        updater_lJgXYtHA.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\updater_lJgXYtHA.exe
        • Size 3.4MB
        • SHA256 367ffacb3ac5a90d39b77b605121feed1bd4fb8411ad957e4325d1ff8a98e4c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_n1yjcqzn.bfc.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_n1yjcqzn.bfc.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        dn-2913659309.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dn-2913659309.ps1
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 3888ffb268a0251bf49d7b140349006359e457a6e823e1d742da0d3057994578
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        defendnot-loader.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\ZKvtKfe9\defendnot-loader.exe
        • Size 581KB
        • SHA256 f57a4dd3bd3ce82eaf6d7143e837b3fa59a0accdac76fd3dc053433efdd50e5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1284-89-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-99-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-92-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-91-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-90-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-94-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-88-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-95-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-97-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-93-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-100-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/1284-101-0x0000000000480000-0x00000000010D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-63-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002AA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-54-0x00000000708A0000-0x00000000708EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-62-0x000000007EEC0000-0x000000007EED0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-45-0x00000000059C0000-0x0000000005D14000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-43-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002AA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-44-0x0000000002A90000-0x0000000002AA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-18-0x0000000006F10000-0x0000000006F42000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-29-0x0000000006F50000-0x0000000006F6E000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-38-0x0000000007FD0000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-37-0x0000000007EC0000-0x0000000007ED4000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-36-0x0000000007EB0000-0x0000000007EBE000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-35-0x0000000007E80000-0x0000000007E91000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-34-0x0000000007F10000-0x0000000007FA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-33-0x0000000007CE0000-0x0000000007CEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-32-0x0000000007C80000-0x0000000007C9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-31-0x00000000082C0000-0x000000000893A000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-30-0x0000000006F80000-0x0000000007023000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-19-0x00000000708A0000-0x00000000708EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-27-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005500000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-39-0x0000000007F00000-0x0000000007F08000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-28-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005500000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-0-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005500000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-17-0x000000007F760000-0x000000007F770000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-16-0x0000000006980000-0x00000000069CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-15-0x0000000006950000-0x000000000696E000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-14-0x0000000006350000-0x00000000066A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-6-0x0000000006160000-0x00000000061C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-5-0x0000000005A20000-0x0000000005A86000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-4-0x0000000005980000-0x00000000059A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-3-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000006158000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-2-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005500000-memory.dmp

        memory/6120-1-0x0000000003370000-0x00000000033A6000-memory.dmp