Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/10/2026, 16:48

General

  • Target
    2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample261002-va6cyaee46
  • SHA256 0e65070d87102bf08953d6d1228fa2f9380c7d608eee118874b284da2def4909
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Opens a raw handle to a physical disk, which bypasses file system access controls and is used for disk inspection, anti-VM checks and privilege checks.

  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 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.

  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3860
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Windows\System32\68cf80da.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:2616
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /tn Update4c3d6b /tr C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe /sc hourly /st 00:00 /f
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:3320
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Windows\SysWOW64\b85febb9.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:728
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command " $s = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $l = $s.CreateShortcut(\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\System6d1ad.lnk\") $l.TargetPath = \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe\" $l.Save() "
      2⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2176
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\968567eb.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:4244
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a49f1d98.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:5024
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Direct Volume Access: Opens a physical disk for reading
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4508
    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /create /tn Update986828 /tr C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe /sc hourly /st 00:00 /f
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:4656
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Windows\System32\fb44d960.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:3176
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Windows\SysWOW64\58fd20c8.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1360
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command " $s = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $l = $s.CreateShortcut(\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\System5907a.lnk\") $l.TargetPath = \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_3608b464a82a31e99c4b6cbe692aedbb_coinminer_frostygoop_hive_knight_luca-stealer_salatstealer_sliver.exe\" $l.Save() "
      2⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4796
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\e052f8f0.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:2116
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      attrib +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ed88ed36.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1604

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 3b0068d29ae4b20c447227fbf410aa2deedfef6220ccc3f698f3c7707c032c55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4f60cc015713a1ef29b5665edde0c0f1c649044ca357832d58bfc79f6cdd7574
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_5yvsvqrn.gnw.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_5yvsvqrn.gnw.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        a49f1d98.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\a49f1d98.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 cf131d482e166cbe5eccbc292f5f08842ed0ddf130ffeb32d3a98b70738985c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ed88ed36.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ed88ed36.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 979dc0a08722a9e495f290fcbcf752046d925089d0f2df8a4868d919451abf62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        968567eb.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\968567eb.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 ffbd8b470cb61c2280e63f4c39cdb94d4ee6519d6dfdda2932ff2f5db6b3f032
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        e052f8f0.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\e052f8f0.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 b1ed5578ab726225f88096e17f6f3f5c3223347094c21233ec86db1e91d08b5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        58fd20c8.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\58fd20c8.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 d7a48d87c4dc84ccf957813bb79304e28d3f554f0e720a85d2c8538ab2860def
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        b85febb9.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\b85febb9.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 43982882352bc0442e93feb2d90d7355d81042055e124a82c45abee4c13b83cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        68cf80da.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\68cf80da.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 59d60d7b9c9b5e36cd6108ad60e3f90f101f408a0213afdb208cbc01874ef0d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        fb44d960.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\fb44d960.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 4d434b1e47643c2023a12eedefacf2c8958d786279bd1f6a6374ceb76057b886
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2176-5-0x0000020313D70000-0x0000020313D80000-memory.dmp

        memory/2176-11-0x000002032E0F0000-0x000002032E112000-memory.dmp

        memory/2176-6-0x0000020313D70000-0x0000020313D80000-memory.dmp