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000f85d150af662ada1c4e9208c783ccaaf7283134bce5ff99723d07b3deb90c.exe

Published 2026-08-03 06:29 UTC · ARGUS
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Summary

Verdict
SUSPICIOUS   confidence 95% (high)
SHA-256
000f85d150af662ada1c4e9208c783ccaaf7283134bce5ff99723d07b3deb90c
Packing
unknown/custom (entropy 7.87)
Signals
executable-drop, child-processes, packed

Methodology

The sample was executed in an isolated, instrumented Windows VM (host-only networking with emulated C2 responses) while process, file-system, registry and network activity were recorded. The verdict is derived by correlating observed runtime behaviour with static indicators. No sample binary was uploaded or redistributed.

Child processes (1)

Dropped files (1)

MITRE ATT&CK

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer / staged payloadT1059 Command and Scripting InterpreterT1027.002 Obfuscated Files or Information: Software Packing

Indicators of Compromise (defanged)

IOCs (JSON)

{
  "sha256": "000f85d150af662ada1c4e9208c783ccaaf7283134bce5ff99723d07b3deb90c",
  "verdict": "suspicious",
  "confidence": 95,
  "signals": [
    "executable-drop",
    "child-processes",
    "packed"
  ],
  "attack": [
    "T1105",
    "T1059",
    "T1027.002"
  ],
  "dropped": [
    "C:\\Users\\researcher\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\PowerShell\\PSReadLine\\VersionUpdate.exe"
  ],
  "children": [
    "C:\\argus-vr-agent\\quarantine\\000f85d150af662ada1c4e9208c783ccaaf7283134bce5ff99723d07b3deb90c_extracted\\000f85d150af662ada1c4e9208c783ccaaf7283134bce5ff99723d07b3deb90c.exe"
  ]
}
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