Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 12:14

General

  • Target
    pyservice92.exe
  • Size 6.3MB
  • Sample261102-petbaas1b1
  • SHA256 e8a91238df80f4649099f7cbec4460e0bc533a046a598392b14a378cc5d56075
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 17 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 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:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3296
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pyservice92.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pyservice92.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4380
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "$script = [ScriptBlock]::Create(($input | Out-String)); & $script .\def.ps1 C:\\"
          3⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4436
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Cache\Runtime\webupdater2891_d0ff.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Cache\Runtime\webupdater2891_d0ff.exe"
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
          • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
          • Checks processor information in registry
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6064
      • C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe" --encargs 6c490906002010084402241208054e724440064e310b02054029051e01182011011d40311602535a75574d441b615c5e335d021028013b70283a2205363e38062504571e21592c3637315c35022011252703030a233b2a1c305670012e2f2f02290a0f1f04510939012e003b312c3137342259143d2311560f37062c0836130c1957063c193b38703e3f1023064440194e71565c584e6c4919051d6149400a1e34490008166c10051b0b20001e4406280a195456714440084e331c4259
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        PID:3176
      • C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe" --encargs 6c490906002010084402241208054e724440064e310b02054029051e01182011011d40311602535a75574d441b615c5e335d021028013b70283a2205363e38062504571e21592c3637315c35022011252703030a233b2a1c305670012e2f2f02290a0f1f04510939012e003b312c3137342259143d2311560f37062c0836130c1957063c193b38703e3f1023064440194e71565c584e6c4919051d6149400a1e34490008166c10051b0b20001e4406280a195456714440084e331c4259
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        PID:4020
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Cache\pyservice92.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Cache\pyservice92.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4028

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          __PSScriptPolicyTest_b5qpxqej.yu4.ps1

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_b5qpxqej.yu4.ps1
          • Size 60B
          • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          webupdater2891_d0ff.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Cache\Runtime\webupdater2891_d0ff.exe
          • Size 7.9MB
          • SHA256 f470ca85402284a7c6913be7dbf73fc4651ccb10af5fad400a2a2d4894116ac2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pyservice92.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Cache\pyservice92.exe
          • Size 6.3MB
          • SHA256 e8a91238df80f4649099f7cbec4460e0bc533a046a598392b14a378cc5d56075
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3176-21-0x00007FF68E780000-0x00007FF68EFDA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3176-20-0x00000173EB2F0000-0x00000173EB310000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-24-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-40-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-48-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-46-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-44-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-42-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-26-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-28-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-30-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-32-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-34-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-36-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4020-38-0x00007FF67FC60000-0x00007FF6804BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4436-10-0x000002B03C0D0000-0x000002B03C0E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4436-0-0x000002B03C0D0000-0x000002B03C0E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4436-1-0x000002B03C0D0000-0x000002B03C0E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4436-7-0x000002B023E40000-0x000002B023E62000-memory.dmp

          memory/6064-23-0x00007FF749BE0000-0x00007FF74A3D8000-memory.dmp