Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-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.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

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:5048
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004E4 0x00000000000004E8
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3632

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        tmp171D.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp171D.tmp
        • Size 109KB
        • SHA256 43a34da4ebddc1cea35ae1b0fb5f547a750ab2f0001f521deac45600c16e40ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tmp4E1C.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp4E1C.tmp
        • Size 109KB
        • SHA256 a2ab32275c79e025c7b1d7df26603392cfb2606c42d70ee68bccabe490e17c6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tmp850C.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp850C.tmp
        • Size 109KB
        • SHA256 e70ac6965ab4ea166b8661e5d5baedd65f834fa91d169a35983842fff9c595e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tmpBC2A.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpBC2A.tmp
        • Size 109KB
        • SHA256 fe74cb06318fd7451fed5ad5ce5605bb746bb5ef55da3fe96f52ba20e159db49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tmpF30A.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF30A.tmp
        • Size 109KB
        • SHA256 025d6d5074d20a7ff75e59ed38abbb915b9c68c7efaca9ab767f76fa7e2e3c91
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3632-7-0x00000265C7670000-0x00000265C771F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5048-0-0x0000000000A80000-0x0000000000ACE000-memory.dmp

        memory/5048-1-0x00000000056A0000-0x0000000005732000-memory.dmp

        memory/5048-4-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/5048-8-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/5048-6-0x00000000054B0000-0x00000000055FD000-memory.dmp