Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    73s
  • max time network
    37s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/04/2026, 16:08

General

  • Target
    Knuckles.exe
  • Size 289KB
  • Sample260420-tk74vabz2s
  • SHA256 1f98a3f8852d28ed3b2f64e529c1ae1eafc5ef942a962ec89163f3db2744c8a4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

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

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Knuckles.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Knuckles.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3464
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x30c 0x4bc
    1⤵
      PID:4704

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          tmp2115.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2115.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 43a34da4ebddc1cea35ae1b0fb5f547a750ab2f0001f521deac45600c16e40ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp2183.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2183.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 a2ab32275c79e025c7b1d7df26603392cfb2606c42d70ee68bccabe490e17c6b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp21E2.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp21E2.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 e70ac6965ab4ea166b8661e5d5baedd65f834fa91d169a35983842fff9c595e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp2231.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2231.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 fe74cb06318fd7451fed5ad5ce5605bb746bb5ef55da3fe96f52ba20e159db49
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp2271.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp2271.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 025d6d5074d20a7ff75e59ed38abbb915b9c68c7efaca9ab767f76fa7e2e3c91
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3464-0-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3464-1-0x00000000058A0000-0x0000000005932000-memory.dmp

          memory/3464-5-0x0000000005D30000-0x0000000005D40000-memory.dmp

          memory/3464-369-0x0000000005760000-0x00000000057F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/3464-370-0x0000000005ED0000-0x0000000005F0B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3464-371-0x0000000005D30000-0x0000000005D40000-memory.dmp