Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    105s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250411-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250411-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    18/04/2025, 04:43

General

  • Target

    AKL.exe

  • Size

    228KB

  • MD5

    4f0592beb14e55d9295afbc005faef07

  • SHA1

    dd0533f0d0d8eae441cba614a40d896fb7398930

  • SHA256

    239e59fc07c7cd95f8f95f9356d916aedf75b844f08d8e500a5143275c50e49d

  • SHA512

    9235efb1072e887ef92761a6d8c579d004583f00ad2743343f2fccace95bc3a75b16fb3220274ab372d7185f8203c5ae7a15f8a070ed86ee8d6804d4b3c261eb

  • SSDEEP

    3072:OlZpskT76ON9Ou8ugkiUzp9fKGbIgvgWwHuZcMxJpmJ5Tup6bTEnl1yYKRIdB+2r:IpPCxki0zPNcMxbETv/mlYZRcYvZAC

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKL.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKL.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1804
  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKL.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2076
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKL.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AKL.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3996

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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