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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    109s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 02:17

General

  • Target
    VSPMsg.dll
  • Size 9KB
  • Sample261102-cq4vyadh77
  • SHA256 20fed915cd893469f7b5d74b0f9d1e845b62bfbb4fdf93a8434269e87a193f10
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 47.76.170.135:443

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe
    rundll32.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VSPMsg.dll,#1
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4924
  • C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\9nig1tag\janxatnb.exe
    C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\9nig1tag\janxatnb.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
    PID:5316
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1276
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'explorer.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:568
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Thunder.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1732
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5788
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -NoProfile -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'VSPMsg.dll' -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
    1⤵
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5776

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        config.log

        • Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\9nig1tag\config.log
        • Size 185KB
        • SHA256 f745086049fef5d3912f5c15ad94fa96214e81eee02f4f748a718a03bb46ba71
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        janxatnb.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\EdgeUpdate\9nig1tag\janxatnb.exe
        • Size 367KB
        • SHA256 a150614db8802e3700db945c42f7e9c2fb03cfdcbea7854b0b072a2e35a11b77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 dd16566ab212783e890f0f99ec0b0c501fe85b02aa0ad98f5f9d91ff9080af9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 f2aaec18b74edfffd64ff42ac090a56ea84259c03af23398646e1f5176beba1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 106842d701d870d9c26603db1485d0545d9e1637d907dba4cbfc5a3f53b1ea71
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3a31ff8d06cfcc95f7c8a5777e480a7d6088f629b53549c9a7726e01af0180b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 8a9e66ad74e2f2e85a14886990da57e2eedc535010a7c3dd1459f99f7ae87436
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_4vsinjto.g0h.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4vsinjto.g0h.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1276-85-0x000001AA29DF0000-0x000001AA29E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-61-0x000001AA29DF0000-0x000001AA29E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-84-0x000001AA2CF50000-0x000001AA2CF5A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-83-0x000001AA2CF40000-0x000001AA2CF46000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-82-0x000001AA2CF10000-0x000001AA2CF18000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-81-0x000001AA2CF60000-0x000001AA2CF7A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-80-0x000001AA2CF00000-0x000001AA2CF0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-79-0x000001AA2CF20000-0x000001AA2CF3C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-78-0x000001AA2CEF0000-0x000001AA2CEFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-77-0x000001AA2CE30000-0x000001AA2CEE3000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-76-0x000001AA2CE10000-0x000001AA2CE2C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-69-0x00007FF4CCCC0000-0x00007FF4CCCD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1276-68-0x000001AA29D90000-0x000001AA29DB2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-9-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-11-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180051000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-58-0x0000000003730000-0x000000000375F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-7-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-59-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-8-0x0000000006420000-0x000000000646B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-10-0x0000000006420000-0x000000000646B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-49-0x0000000000680000-0x0000000000681000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-32-0x0000000007360000-0x0000000007434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-30-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180051000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-29-0x00007FFCC1A40000-0x00007FFCC1A96000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-23-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-19-0x0000000180000000-0x0000000180051000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-57-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-18-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-169-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-5-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-6-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-3-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-2-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B66000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-154-0x0000000007460000-0x00000000074B1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-144-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-149-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-148-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-152-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3212-161-0x0000000003B70000-0x0000000003BA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-1-0x000001B475160000-0x000001B4751A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4924-0-0x000001B473700000-0x000001B473701000-memory.dmp