Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    2s
  • max time network
    24s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/10/2026, 23:55

General

  • Target
    athena.exe
  • Size 73.0MB
  • Sample261018-3yetwsvs4k
  • SHA256 38de7f31255ecbe51fa04a26bc781108c3a62ef01e44fd63e702414c4cce1834
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to get system information as a root user.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\athena.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\athena.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks whether UAC is enabled
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4084
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --embedded-browser-webview=1 --webview-exe-name=athena.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.2 --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView" --noerrdialogs --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --disable-features=msSmartScreenProtection --mojo-named-platform-channel-pipe=4084.5276.12852908313685647173
      2⤵
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2088
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=crashpad-handler --user-data-dir=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView /prefetch:4 --monitor-self-annotation=ptype=crashpad-handler --database=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Crashpad --annotation=IsOfficialBuild=1 --annotation=channel= --annotation=chromium-version=132.0.6834.160 "--annotation=exe=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --annotation=plat=Win64 "--annotation=prod=Edge WebView2" --annotation=ver=132.0.2957.140 --initial-client-data=0x15c,0x160,0x164,0x138,0x16c,0x7ff84237b078,0x7ff84237b084,0x7ff84237b090
        3⤵
          PID:668
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=gpu-process --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=athena.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.2 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --gpu-preferences=UAAAAAAAAADgAAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAA --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1720,i,4578938833528015515,15512963868928047817,262144 --disable-features=msSmartScreenProtection --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1716 /prefetch:2
          3⤵
            PID:5920
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=network.mojom.NetworkService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=none --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=athena.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.2 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=2036,i,4578938833528015515,15512963868928047817,262144 --disable-features=msSmartScreenProtection --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1920 /prefetch:3
            3⤵
              PID:2392
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=storage.mojom.StorageService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=athena.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.2 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=1724,i,4578938833528015515,15512963868928047817,262144 --disable-features=msSmartScreenProtection --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2380 /prefetch:8
              3⤵
                PID:4976
              • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe
                "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe" --type=renderer --string-annotations --noerrdialogs --user-data-dir="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView" --webview-exe-name=athena.exe --webview-exe-version=0.1.2 --embedded-browser-webview=1 --embedded-browser-webview-dpi-awareness=2 --video-capture-use-gpu-memory-buffer --lang=en-US --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --renderer-client-id=5 --js-flags="--harmony-weak-refs-with-cleanup-some --expose-gc --ms-user-locale=" --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=3628,i,4578938833528015515,15512963868928047817,262144 --disable-features=msSmartScreenProtection --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=3636 /prefetch:1
                3⤵
                  PID:2532
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Get-CimInstance -Namespace root/SecurityCenter2 -ClassName AntiVirusProduct | Select-Object displayName, productState, pathToSignedProductExe | ConvertTo-Json -Compress"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                PID:4912
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "(Get-MpPreference).ExclusionPath | ForEach-Object { $_ }"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                PID:5924
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "(Get-MpPreference).ExclusionPath | ForEach-Object { $_ }"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                PID:1924
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "(Get-MpPreference).ExclusionPath | ForEach-Object { $_ }"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                PID:1392
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\luau-lsp.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\luau-lsp.exe lsp --definitions:@roblox=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\globalTypes.d.luau --definitions:@athena=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\athena.d.luau --base-luaurc C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\base.luaurc --docs C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\athena.docs.json
                2⤵
                  PID:1284

              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 3KB
                    • SHA256 bdabc722b54683101ece10b3c6a97dd08a448ae7afb334bb1b58c9c5fd9233a7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 e7f8a0fa565a128d81187a59cb42c1903d4ea6a9ffd081baa2aeacdccddaab8d
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 944B
                    • SHA256 3367baf6d28d601966ec6b2905587a1b8372d18f11a316ecf18e373f12c71a1a
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                    • Size 944B
                    • SHA256 2b139c74072ccbdaa17b950f32a6dbc934dfb7af9973d97c9b0d9c498012ba68
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    __PSScriptPolicyTest_zl5htb52.uu4.ps1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_zl5htb52.uu4.ps1
                    • Size 60B
                    • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    secrets.json

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\cliproxy\secrets.json
                    • Size 140B
                    • SHA256 30751e9f3d1e886020e87f9e62cfa3fe1093fc834ccf0633390e015cf765ceb6
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    game-scripts.json

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\game-scripts.json
                    • Size 2B
                    • SHA256 44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    athena.d.luau

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\athena.d.luau
                    • Size 18KB
                    • SHA256 0ee95b9ce296c9583a583b86c65c330cc7d56b7eca01729eaff9131457db0d98
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    athena.docs.json

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\athena.docs.json
                    • Size 91KB
                    • SHA256 73ea4584569c9b6b9f860f51faf02aa25a46b1db10d5477ff7ae1bec54c840d7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    base.luaurc

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\base.luaurc
                    • Size 500B
                    • SHA256 787bb1dc74910abd3bd7bb0ef7b24bf87d1fb878d7114848e9c41ccdda2cf404
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    globalTypes.d.luau

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\globalTypes.d.luau
                    • Size 848KB
                    • SHA256 f2c5ca08f17a08e9ec43ee998f0ed2825b00b4adea83ece4775b21719e280765
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    luau-lsp.exe

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\lsp\luau-lsp.exe
                    • Size 17.0MB
                    • SHA256 3c834f9402c82681ef2b8cc171c769f239eb094028bb31469296e1f0f4c489a6
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    system.log

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\system.log
                    • Size 854B
                    • SHA256 11ac4ad4760ce48cb48a948b87a45f32e5af9fda1b1ae5503a507ec4abc3794b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    versions.json

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bin\versions.json
                    • Size 143B
                    • SHA256 742d2d0af32e3c87df87af1dde97b70ded2a91ec6e0e6253295af3170182ed23
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    09d708bc-9b41-48b9-9af8-9b6c21ad35b2.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\09d708bc-9b41-48b9-9af8-9b6c21ad35b2.tmp
                    • Size 3KB
                    • SHA256 b6789582ddc9afa111565b555fccb65eeb554b1041b46891e82f0e19871f8e7c
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    6662ceb1-aa61-4431-9bbe-0f0c40058426.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\6662ceb1-aa61-4431-9bbe-0f0c40058426.tmp
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 cae56329fd6b90aa76c01ac78f47719646b348af46a41f6ef4fcf693a16e85b5
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    settings.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                    • Size 280B
                    • SHA256 3b06901a71af971265415716a4075fa7d3f8dcd5cabb508539bec82891e1e3e5
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    settings.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Crashpad\settings.dat
                    • Size 280B
                    • SHA256 a2d0bd33be0d7b6259c31af9d7d4ae2c21e0aa1da8e4f904897668ae0ded666e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    throttle_store.dat

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Crashpad\throttle_store.dat
                    • Size 20B
                    • SHA256 41c91a9c93d76295746a149dce7ebb3b9ee2cb551d84365fff108e59a61cc304
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    temp-index

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\Code Cache\wasm\index-dir\temp-index
                    • Size 48B
                    • SHA256 994b7a10d27f1940b1746c3ee69aafc850b8f4ffd269d7e981bc4809096e5e4a
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    index

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\DawnWebGPUCache\index
                    • Size 256KB
                    • SHA256 f8c44d3344777fb84752d46d3bbad4e69f8cf92ef94e77a9a3cd4ef89a438f06
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_0

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_0
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 d6a5fe39cd672781b256e0e3102f7022635f1d4bb7cfcc90a80fffe4d0f3877e
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_1

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_1
                    • Size 264KB
                    • SHA256 902f30c1fb0597d0734bc34b979ec5d131f8f39a4b71b338083821216ec8d61b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_2

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_2
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 ec1702806f4cc7c42a82fc2b38e89835fde7c64bb32060e0823c9077ca92efb7
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    data_3

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\GPUCache\data_3
                    • Size 8KB
                    • SHA256 e09f42c398d688dce168570291f1f92d079987deda3099a34adb9e8c0522b30c
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

                    SCT Auditing Pending Reports

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\Network\SCT Auditing Pending Reports
                    • Size 2B
                    • SHA256 4f53cda18c2baa0c0354bb5f9a3ecbe5ed12ab4d8e11ba873c2f11161202b945
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    CURRENT

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\Site Characteristics Database\CURRENT
                    • Size 16B
                    • SHA256 0f1bad70c7bd1e0a69562853ec529355462fcd0423263a3d39d6d0d70b780443
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    MANIFEST-000001

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Default\Sync Data\LevelDB\MANIFEST-000001
                    • Size 41B
                    • SHA256 f9d31b278e215eb0d0e9cd709edfa037e828f36214ab7906f612160fead4b2b4
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                    Local State

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\Local State
                    • Size 1KB
                    • SHA256 4c5bc9e6b5a8876c14af39b5f3acb693e7fff29bd08749a6088b09d3d9e87442
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    ce77b8af-60cb-48b7-91f1-b934206a7408.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\ce77b8af-60cb-48b7-91f1-b934206a7408.tmp
                    • Size 2KB
                    • SHA256 a35ec00db656c81f322a8998697be786e383466f0f295ef11656e82b0ceeb315
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                    ec2b496d-7224-47e5-aab4-2d5e2ecce0f0.tmp

                    • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\athena.exe\EBWebView\ec2b496d-7224-47e5-aab4-2d5e2ecce0f0.tmp
                    • Size 4KB
                    • SHA256 e18b874088f61e202e4852d1f925877cf9b5d799cef9f8fc0c3ec7cb2f024e6b
                    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                    memory/2088-614-0x0000026BB7AE0000-0x0000026BB8AE0000-memory.dmp

                    memory/2532-156-0x00007FF85CCA0000-0x00007FF85CCA1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4912-224-0x00000294B3550000-0x00000294B3712000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4912-223-0x00000294B2E70000-0x00000294B2E94000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4912-214-0x00000294B2E70000-0x00000294B2E9A000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4912-206-0x00000294B2E10000-0x00000294B2E32000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4976-52-0x00007FF85E6F0000-0x00007FF85E6F1000-memory.dmp

                    memory/4976-53-0x00007FF85D700000-0x00007FF85D701000-memory.dmp

                    memory/5920-26-0x00007FF85CCA0000-0x00007FF85CCA1000-memory.dmp