Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-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 10 IoCs
  • Detects Defendnot 1 IoCs
  • Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 10 IoCs
  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 10 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 10 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 11 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 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 12 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 8 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 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 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.

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:3248
    • 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:4820
    • 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:2760
    • C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\defendnot-loader.exe
      C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\defendnot-loader.exe --silent
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2244
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\Taskmgr.exe
        Taskmgr.exe
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:5308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dn-3332170266.ps1
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2844
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\updater_IEVSgwkb.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\updater_IEVSgwkb.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5656
  • C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\defendnot-loader.exe
    C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\defendnot-loader.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5928
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\Taskmgr.exe
      Taskmgr.exe
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:1004
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c pause
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      PID:5332
  • C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -wdenable
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    PID:3172

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 21KB
        • SHA256 ae90b6e4226414788c5ef1cc9cd416d8d6611955e642746a496da509ef859c27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 6cd8f2039005d5baf75eee64c680885e99efa3c5cdc4e3dfff42b8c37bdaa3ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        updater_IEVSgwkb.exe

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

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_smuxdgyf.vjf.ps1

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

        dn-3332170266.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dn-3332170266.ps1
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 3888ffb268a0251bf49d7b140349006359e457a6e823e1d742da0d3057994578
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ctx.bin

        • Path C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\ctx.bin
        • Size 132B
        • SHA256 cf8c05d4e7620cd4ba0a049f96978e9fec37ef4bab51720053cf318a66670014
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        defendnot-loader.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\defendnot-loader.exe
        • Size 581KB
        • SHA256 f57a4dd3bd3ce82eaf6d7143e837b3fa59a0accdac76fd3dc053433efdd50e5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        defendnot.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\mXHnMeZ2\defendnot.dll
        • Size 426KB
        • SHA256 b0870e105c7ad37fb0bdcb9305279b2943810d55300e8721eb64bdaa588cc84e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2760-30-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-29-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-42-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-40-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-39-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-35-0x0000000070710000-0x000000007075C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-38-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-31-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-23-0x0000000007240000-0x000000000725A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-12-0x0000000005F00000-0x0000000005F4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-22-0x0000000007880000-0x0000000007EFC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-11-0x0000000005EC0000-0x0000000005EDE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-24-0x00000000072B0000-0x00000000072BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-25-0x00000000074B0000-0x0000000007546000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-26-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-28-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-20-0x0000000006F00000-0x0000000006FA3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-0-0x0000000073E22000-0x0000000073E23000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-13-0x0000000006EC0000-0x0000000006EF6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-10-0x0000000005B60000-0x0000000005EBB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-7-0x00000000058C0000-0x0000000005926000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-16-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-19-0x0000000006EA0000-0x0000000006EC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-14-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-15-0x0000000070710000-0x000000007075C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-21-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-6-0x0000000005850000-0x00000000058B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-5-0x0000000005120000-0x0000000005142000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-3-0x0000000005190000-0x00000000057DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-4-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-2-0x0000000073E10000-0x00000000745CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4820-1-0x00000000029E0000-0x0000000002A16000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-71-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-73-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-74-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-75-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-76-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-77-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-79-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-80-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-82-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-84-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp

        memory/5656-85-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000E65000-memory.dmp