Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/04/2026, 16:07

General

  • Target
    navalny pass - 2000.exe
  • Size 5.1MB
  • Sample260424-tk599ad19t
  • SHA256 d3f47cd85c525a0c3ed855949bf27023c27b24c51d388166d72d4fa8cae4c2f5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 1 IoCs

    Detects file using ACProtect software.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 9 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\navalny pass - 2000.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\navalny pass - 2000.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2872
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winlocker.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winlocker.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1992
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c "TASKKILL /F /IM "explorer.exe""
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3788
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          TASKKILL /F /IM "explorer.exe"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5068

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        php_squall.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ext\php_squall.dll
        • Size 126KB
        • SHA256 7587e29919a56b6f94675e49208e1ae908bcab09363734d846502c3b4ad54326
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        navalny.wma

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\navalny.wma
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 a2bb3b4646344762852947fe006d03f0a6d390bbe8a1d9921be2ac0ba657b914
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        php5ts.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\php5ts.dll
        • Size 6.5MB
        • SHA256 9b2c8b8c4cec301c4303f58ca4e8b261d516f10feb24573b092dfccc263baea4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        squall.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\squall.dll
        • Size 177KB
        • SHA256 05a30beb390ea86ca143a7e8f03c0a7aab7ddaf63229ee0d76366a217db9d864
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        winlocker.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\winlocker.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 43eef3b68ebaab3efbe15eb3046281e380aa78003a0eda8757a9e44f6a59ec7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1992-34-0x0000000001020000-0x000000000104A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-38-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005412000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-24-0x0000000000AAA000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-45-0x0000000005390000-0x0000000005412000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-43-0x0000000001020000-0x000000000104A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1992-46-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000AAB000-memory.dmp

        memory/2872-25-0x0000000001660000-0x00000000017FD000-memory.dmp