Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
136s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
06/10/2026, 12:18
General
- Target AOTools-Setup-1.0.1.263.exe
- Size 11.3MB
- Sample261006-pg3bzagt4w
- SHA256 1dbb3faf3ec79870f092e6439505d892e92098d5e3c1247ec9d480388bb543be
Malware Config
Extracted
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ps1
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exe.dropper
https://npcap.com/dist/npcap-1.89.exe
Signatures
- Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Run Powershell and hide display window.
- Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AOTools-Setup-1.0.1.263.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AOTools-Setup-1.0.1.263.exe"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\Sysnative\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsnCA33.tmp\npcap_free_download.ps1"2⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- Enumerates connected drives
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npcap-1.89-2c14369edfb8427591eb3264fdd2dff0.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\npcap-1.89-2c14369edfb8427591eb3264fdd2dff0.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
__PSScriptPolicyTest_nostdqwc.lju.ps1
npcap-1.89-2c14369edfb8427591eb3264fdd2dff0.exe
System.dll
modern-wizard.bmp
npcap_free_download.ps1
nsDialogs.dll
nsExec.dll
InstallOptions.dll
System.dll
options.ini
memory/3264-26-0x0000023FCD750000-0x0000023FCD772000-memory.dmp
memory/3264-17-0x0000023FCB500000-0x0000023FCB510000-memory.dmp
memory/3264-18-0x0000023FCB500000-0x0000023FCB510000-memory.dmp
memory/3264-226-0x0000023FCB500000-0x0000023FCB510000-memory.dmp
memory/3264-225-0x0000023FCB500000-0x0000023FCB510000-memory.dmp