Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/09/2026, 15:50

General

  • Target
    2026-09-29_e1cf636e43a2f22de4ff099063ab5316_cactus_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_quasar-rat_stealc.exe
  • Size 18.1MB
  • Sample260930-tae1babh78
  • SHA256 0acde40816e0756db5bc5f3a7d06b497f2664041f89bf04195d3396c3e227343
  • 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 7 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Cryptocurrency Miner

    Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

  • Executes a file named after a Windows system binary 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The file runs from a user directory while carrying the name of an executable that normally only exists in System32.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Embeds OpenSSL 1 IoCs

    Embeds OpenSSL, may be used to circumvent TLS interception.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 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 4 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 27 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 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\2026-09-29_e1cf636e43a2f22de4ff099063ab5316_cactus_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_quasar-rat_stealc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-29_e1cf636e43a2f22de4ff099063ab5316_cactus_coinminer_glassworm_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_quasar-rat_stealc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2832
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c s^ch^ta^sks /C^re^ate /F /TN "Windows Host Process" /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /DELAY 0005:00
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1764
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /Create /F /TN "Windows Host Process" /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /DELAY 0005:00
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1388
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3324
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes a file named after a Windows system binary
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5308
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c s^ch^ta^sks /C^re^ate /F /TN "Windows Host Process" /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /DELAY 0005:00
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5744
      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /Create /F /TN "Windows Host Process" /TR "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe" /SC ONLOGON /RL HIGHEST /DELAY 0005:00
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2800
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost'"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4780
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost'"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:4696
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c powercfg /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
      2⤵
      • Power Settings
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3640
      • C:\Windows\system32\powercfg.exe
        powercfg /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
        3⤵
        • Power Settings
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:432
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\svchost32.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\svchost32.exe" --config="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\config.json"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:2908
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\sys_net.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\sys_net.exe" -f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\net.cfg"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1744
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5348

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          config.json

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\config.json
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 b5addf994a60eaeeff17afdf8d681438806b940833c123a462f321dae2b58341
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          net.cfg

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\net.cfg
          • Size 368B
          • SHA256 fb32338b2f3ba5a49502f9dee558f1a9fcda4cc32d24a566880405486fcb9d51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          cached-microdesc-consensus

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\net_data\cached-microdesc-consensus
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 f7b84b51647a4159ec8d379bffde956047dc03750629083fa0ffa63a3ba2d19a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cached-microdescs.new

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\net_data\cached-microdescs.new
          • Size 35.4MB
          • SHA256 4ac9d8fd10e0bfa51dcd124fdf17e18e8a77296f6106615931f4ed5784c61e33
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          state

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\net_data\state
          • Size 233B
          • SHA256 c6bb47c184f22486b0048a83797318fb00a9c5bdef081b37a8af720005850bf8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          svchost32.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\svchost32.exe
          • Size 6.7MB
          • SHA256 ace346f051ffd5b05bee82944725d1e25520bc21982527115eea57efe938139a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          sys_net.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\sys_net.exe
          • Size 9.7MB
          • SHA256 60c45b01938c799862e511a9a5bab12f959a819c6264a24502edc342165f570c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          taskhostw.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WindowsHost\taskhostw.exe
          • Size 18.1MB
          • SHA256 0acde40816e0756db5bc5f3a7d06b497f2664041f89bf04195d3396c3e227343
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2832-2-0x00007FF692110000-0x00007FF693247000-memory.dmp

          memory/2908-17-0x00000242FE200000-0x00000242FE220000-memory.dmp

          memory/3324-3-0x00007FF639ED0000-0x00007FF63B007000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-21-0x000002A1EF4A0000-0x000002A1EF4C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-28-0x000002A1EF530000-0x000002A1EF54E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-29-0x000002A1EF550000-0x000002A1EF602000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-30-0x000002A1EF820000-0x000002A1EF82A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5308-46-0x00007FF639ED0000-0x00007FF63B007000-memory.dmp