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Database Entry



Threat unknown


Vendor detections: 11


Intelligence 11 IOCs YARA 9 File information Comments 1

SHA256 hash: 23b809eb15e8f63d8773c294be9e6769d30e3a2ceb7113894356a3ace0bd15c4
SHA3-384 hash: fca244cc0203e0fa0b005535f29e0fd04f8ee31ce02245454bd425db8518b10c05c3f1b01c8f6e18345b22b92aa5302c
SHA1 hash: 7b6ba8168b1bb15afc03ef3d46a53f96b2a1d132
MD5 hash: 407e9432ce33434cf4dc9974f0778eb9
humanhash: freddie-mirror-snake-music
File name:WindowsUpdateHelper.ps1
Download: download sample
File size:4'682'663 bytes
First seen:2026-03-08 06:53:32 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:PowerShell (PS) ps1
MIME type:text/plain
ssdeep 49152:tKNuucIGHud1B829n1e9+JRIiFx3jQ3Alt+D58wbwEKYuPt4BQ7/pYB9XvA:8
TLSH T1432612114B5C1E7A14289752A09E246961F98A9C4C26BDF971DDBCB003FB72E2047EFF
Magika powershell
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:ps1

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
69
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
95.7%
Tags:
ransomware vmdetect virus sage
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm base64 obfuscated powershell rozena
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
unix shell
Detections:
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
expl
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
AI detected malicious Powershell script
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Dot net compiler compiles file from suspicious location
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
behaviorgraph top1 signatures2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1880174 Sample: WindowsUpdateHelper.ps1 Startdate: 08/03/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 68 20 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->20 22 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->22 24 AI detected malicious Powershell script 2->24 26 2 other signatures 2->26 7 powershell.exe 26 2->7         started        process3 process4 9 csc.exe 3 7->9         started        12 WerFault.exe 22 16 7->12         started        14 conhost.exe 7->14         started        file5 18 C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\...\nktvyaiy.dll, PE32 9->18 dropped 16 cvtres.exe 1 9->16         started        process6
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
2 match(es)
Tags:
Base64 Block Contains Base64 Block PowerShell
Threat name:
Text.Trojan.Generic
Status:
Suspicious
First seen:
2026-03-07 22:34:43 UTC
File Type:
Text (PowerShell)
AV detection:
5 of 24 (20.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  8/10
Tags:
discovery execution spyware
Behaviour
Checks processor information in registry
Enumerates system info in registry
Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious behavior: NtCreateUserProcessBlockNonMicrosoftBinary
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Browser Information Discovery
Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
System Time Discovery
Drops file in Windows directory
Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting
Badlisted process makes network request
Downloads MZ/PE file
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:detect_powershell
Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:RANSOMWARE
Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:telebot_framework
Author:vietdx.mb
Rule name:vmdetect
Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Warp
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp
Rule name:WarpStrings
Author:Seth Hardy
Description:Warp Identifying Strings

File information


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Web download

PowerShell (PS) ps1 23b809eb15e8f63d8773c294be9e6769d30e3a2ceb7113894356a3ace0bd15c4

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

Comments



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commented on 2026-03-08 19:17:44 UTC

Payload URL:
https://thekingofarms.com/sssrtq.exe