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Investigating a Multi-Stage PowerShell Loader

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Medium
Published: 08/10/2026 (08/10/2026, 14:20:36 UTC)
Source: AlienVault OTX General

Description

A multi-stage PowerShell loader campaign was identified involving heavily obfuscated PowerShell scripts hosted on Vercel infrastructure. The loaders retrieve and execute payloads such as Grape.exe, UltraToolliteSetup.exe, and draw.io.exe. Obfuscation techniques include Base64 encoding, XOR with the key 'Write', and dynamic IEX command construction. Victims see a decoy 'Verification complete!' message disguised as Google.com during execution. The initial infection vector is unknown, indicating these URLs serve as second-stage delivery points in the attack chain.

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AILast updated: 08/10/2026, 16:33:02 UTC

Technical Analysis

This campaign involves suspicious PowerShell content served from an IP address (203.188.171.166) and domain (dorenzaa.com), both hosted on Vercel infrastructure. The PowerShell loaders extract and execute multiple payloads locally. Analysis shows multiple obfuscation layers including Base64 encoding, XOR-based obfuscation with the key 'Write', and dynamically constructed IEX commands to hide execution. A decoy message is presented to victims to mask malicious activity. Multiple Vercel instances host additional loader scripts and executables. The initial infection vector remains unidentified, suggesting these URLs are second-stage delivery points in a multi-stage attack chain.

Potential Impact

The campaign enables execution of multiple payloads on victim systems through obfuscated PowerShell loaders, potentially allowing attackers to deploy malicious executables locally. The obfuscation and decoy messaging complicate detection and analysis. The initial infection vector is unknown, which limits understanding of full attack scope. No known exploits in the wild have been reported for this campaign at this time.

Defensive Guidance

No official patch or fix is applicable as this is a multi-stage loader campaign rather than a software vulnerability. Defenders should block or monitor access to the identified domains and IP addresses (e.g., dorenzaa.com and 203.188.171.166) and investigate any PowerShell execution involving the described obfuscation techniques and payload hashes. Since the initial infection vector is unknown, focus on detection and containment of the second-stage payload delivery is recommended.

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Technical Details

Author
AlienVault
Tlp
white
References
["https://malwr-analysis.com/2026/08/08/investigating-a-multi-stage-powershell-loader/"]
Adversary
null
Pulse Id
6a79de355f436f32f159929b
Threat Score
null

Indicators of Compromise

Domain

ValueDescriptionCopy
domaindorenzaa.com

Hash

ValueDescriptionCopy
hashd8620f4df9e0159a8db675868b4ed9a205638c847439f52cf1c88541d0655a64
hash3eaf786bfb4ae5688b347511f98d74c948b7dc0749558acbdc6bbe33dcfa3a61
hashb385111d6599a30210b7be8f7674a163
hashb02d6b80c14bc5556bd7eaa6f1bc502b59818f90
hash0cd022f31b436d6c83ddc1b5c14d47dc
hash5efe9666ca501077aefc818dae7be59f
hash2fdc615e948222bec395f988bebcea4da854756d
hash65e1bb0b0594e9264747640aead433a7bd4fe4fd
hash4366679a4fea2c1bf7e29290f8e162e0db9d0707030b5b99ce870195afeb3782
hasha25bbc466416f65726c5e3f587f69515dd003f114c1eab29fdfca7b52fbd74b1
hashdbaf04df50088031ea64a9879c1adeee8b7e551c79dc247fa1bb4de5b263f7b4
hashe04487377e4f976ac18e7c1c5b22bc85e03b4423e73fd490e9d1641758faac81
hashf139bd347cba0b197c97ca084c224d8c779bdb9116a5327e9cf30b0f72a59530
hashfe693cc07c5d8a4d479e987e64ffb7473bd79066f3505e7f2c8f0b86815d0f08

Url

ValueDescriptionCopy
urlhttps://dorenzaa.com/

Threat ID: 6a79f49ebf8831d53900df7e

Added to database: 08/10/2026, 15:56:14 UTC

Last enriched: 08/10/2026, 16:33:02 UTC

Last updated: 08/10/2026, 17:47:44 UTC

Views: 7

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