Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    16s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/04/2026, 15:03

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target
    PEEKABOO.exe
  • Size 921KB
  • Sample260428-sffclaey3m
  • SHA256 deaf30953149d0bef45a11bd89f4ef69f77115e50380c7ef3607c37ff4f40a1d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PEEKABOO.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PEEKABOO.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4320
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4700
      • C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5600
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4084
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3996
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL5.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL5.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4172
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL2.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL2.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3352
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x00000000000004EC 0x00000000000004E8
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3164

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        GDI.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GDI.exe
        • Size 11KB
        • SHA256 e153def894c867923dd56a7025b7b0b7bd3ee37c801a5957201d39f999bb28bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MBR.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR.exe
        • Size 93KB
        • SHA256 acddde9514e3b9d5c40b3d1750af5f4187c99f8987b027d6da44fb6bcf79b3ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MBR2.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MBR2.exe
        • Size 205KB
        • SHA256 c22e2419f04fe03a92255a139ca8814697962e86d191a1d4171788fd0c903f68
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TROLL2.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL2.exe
        • Size 105KB
        • SHA256 dcdf5140bc51db27f3aec80ae9a66a57aad446a2522904d288770e8d8cde8cee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TROLL5.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TROLL5.exe
        • Size 712KB
        • SHA256 79f00c7dab0891824136539fabd542c74e26cbed94b9add3f1aa7f793d653de6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MatrixMBR.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\MatrixMBR.exe
        • Size 250KB
        • SHA256 339fe94164952a8454e6ec5fc75e2c38baade2c14b231e47bf41989ffbb55ee4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3164-67-0x000001B63DD90000-0x000001B63DE3F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3352-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3352-38-0x0000000000406000-0x0000000000407000-memory.dmp

        memory/3352-59-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000BAF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4084-90-0x0000000000980000-0x0000000000988000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-42-0x0000000005530000-0x0000000005AD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-43-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000005012000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-44-0x0000000004F20000-0x0000000004F2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-41-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000428000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-57-0x0000000004D90000-0x0000000004E12000-memory.dmp

        memory/4172-56-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000F8F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4320-0-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000FAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4320-40-0x000000001BE00000-0x000000001BEAF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4320-39-0x00000000016D0000-0x00000000016DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4320-2-0x000000001BD20000-0x000000001BE04000-memory.dmp

        memory/4320-1-0x000000001BD10000-0x000000001BD20000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-55-0x000000001B250000-0x000000001B2FF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-64-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-65-0x000000001B250000-0x000000001B2FF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-54-0x0000000000C40000-0x0000000000C4C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4700-28-0x0000000000500000-0x000000000053A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5600-66-0x0000000000700000-0x0000000000746000-memory.dmp

        memory/5600-89-0x000000001B2A0000-0x000000001B34F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5600-88-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F6C000-memory.dmp