Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 22:22

General

  • Target
    tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.exe
  • Size 21.3MB
  • Sample260502-2amn6agv8s
  • SHA256 3d0f17e1bc778583b1273aa2bcc6e8d2a830c677868a78b1f82b89f5fad115d4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 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.

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 3 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 29 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:568
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VTIAB.tmp\tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VTIAB.tmp\tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.tmp" /SL5="$502D6,21436368,1145856,C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /f /im TickTick.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:328
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im TickTick.exe
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4484
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\TickTick.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\TickTick.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1504
  • C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTick.exe
    C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTick.exe
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1328

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Bugsnag.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\Bugsnag.dll
        • Size 52KB
        • SHA256 5d5e8e8b2c717d2b555b81558306c5800d47b9f76bc27f7f6d258e37d0ac40d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        CommonMark.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\CommonMark.dll
        • Size 161KB
        • SHA256 4297a2e0cdcf7dc04ce1a03dea4ba03653c88fff6deb4c8950be438b010249ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.dll
        • Size 626KB
        • SHA256 a13fb12c3b84f47865a4c01e2200df3c72af2ce1142f7b6b440dea4a168e34ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Ical.Net.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\Ical.Net.dll
        • Size 183KB
        • SHA256 8751dba6315e3ae0db6b9dd496596eb6168f7358fe4d8c50e8e1101350da1e1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        KotlinModels.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\KotlinModels.dll
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 3e409a3eb5186a31eb84d58d8848bcca0ceb61fe32698f610d4aeb0c74e09612
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        KotlinMultiplatformAll.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\KotlinMultiplatformAll.dll
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 100ce2ca0296d76cafb1026268ade68e9ffe39ede60bc96fcbf9fc23d3d5a064
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications.dll
        • Size 158KB
        • SHA256 a0b5be9580bf6548f685d79e5439f6d946ef57e013d201f946b2a894e7441804
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\Microsoft.Xaml.Behaviors.dll
        • Size 141KB
        • SHA256 b864da9d88414877cea9b1a016146265a5fb9d0e12f4dbb1dccc0cc998119a54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Newtonsoft.Json.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
        • Size 695KB
        • SHA256 e1e27af7b07eeedf5ce71a9255f0422816a6fc5849a483c6714e1b472044fa9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Net.Http.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\System.Net.Http.dll
        • Size 193KB
        • SHA256 b5d20736f84f335ef4c918a5ba41c3a0d7189397c71b166ccc6c342427a94ece
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Runtime.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\System.Runtime.dll
        • Size 28KB
        • SHA256 50ad612d4cf6113de26b2870da099c4817f59e64a2da98f05803b4a2e2304919
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\System.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 4f81ffd0dc7204db75afc35ea4291769b07c440592f28894260eea76626a23c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        System.ValueTuple.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\System.ValueTuple.dll
        • Size 77KB
        • SHA256 e4774aead2793f440e0ced6c097048423d118e0b6ed238c6fe5b456acb07817f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTick.exe.config

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTick.exe.config
        • Size 23KB
        • SHA256 d762c4f0d6a2e3e0f0db9046ea305723760f1c302c053f1a90760d76d24f3c97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTickDao.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTickDao.dll
        • Size 71KB
        • SHA256 38afefd7cdc4b6e1487836c14aecfb05d3f838fce9787446146c1b099e260a8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTickHandler.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTickHandler.dll
        • Size 87KB
        • SHA256 d432353a2f277b738319c1d2183857e30f576a106ebe3a6f63e5eff9955822e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTickModels.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTickModels.dll
        • Size 112KB
        • SHA256 51b89debbaf2a73e37d431ee7f0db1cd43a0268a6372f010efa236d31d484c87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTickUtils.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\TickTickUtils.dll
        • Size 182KB
        • SHA256 df50ec424a28293057b08f1a85f1160de7b25daef569457e372f860db1cdba15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WPFMediaKit.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\WPFMediaKit.dll
        • Size 90KB
        • SHA256 cd667596d7ec589d6ae6c8ef36c15601d1ec3b33d7e1c9977e6d0e0952638ad1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        WebSocket4Net.dll

        • Path C:\PROGRA~2\TickTick\WebSocket4Net.dll
        • Size 60KB
        • SHA256 a8550b9c7b6895c18e73b903064511b99982bd9928c7dcefaac14b592d201b73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Abstractions.dll
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 049993425776d1db7ce062ad919d54b68d056b48c4b69b9cf93b258bcef55789
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\Microsoft.IdentityModel.JsonWebTokens.dll
        • Size 86KB
        • SHA256 489dae7610702f29930af4ec51536584cb592d48532b64457e19add16db1a2e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Logging.dll
        • Size 33KB
        • SHA256 567d65d7c3df3d0d58ec039df3bec2541bddb0790316d25678ffc9d509a45773
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens.dll
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 6a8f9cb832faffd8acd2104fc15ea63bf1964d14901a1e16e3afb9566ff2c45f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        NHotkey.Wpf.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\NHotkey.Wpf.dll
        • Size 12KB
        • SHA256 6f386a0cdc660005df32197f3aa58d482c7ad45ed5922e7e5bd6e6eba34d9658
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        NHotkey.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\NHotkey.dll
        • Size 9KB
        • SHA256 0e1772ffa80a0c6ce7e64ef6427f6cb69f698773eb54e9b92f14aab56b4185ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTick.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\TickTick.exe
        • Size 31.3MB
        • SHA256 c5813273891d5f2cc3474bb0b2952cd0bc55ef15ebcc21bfdd19dfaa31ece7cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sqlite3.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\sqlite3.dll
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 81afe6e5bc6ceeaced776814a0e5f7ead459682aac76d8ba69f95f91ff70950f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcruntime140.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\TickTick\vcruntime140.dll
        • Size 94KB
        • SHA256 0bc1a0e77bfe8baf552df97436c3c9edd2b4d4ff0cc894b7e82c14207cbc7452
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-VTIAB.tmp\tick_wins_setup_release_x64_8060.tmp
        • Size 3.2MB
        • SHA256 d57bd3b7e6e1d6616adcbed6fb6d3b010cff806bea43c1406790330d8430c088
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TickTick.lnk

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\TickTick.lnk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 e8229bfb8c714677023076ffb8eb0c831a5261ad85c095e6ced3714e334a1b19
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        TickTick.lnk

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\TickTick.lnk
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 79c59dc8f5f7d417f426274cc6ac4369050643e0e699a6763f33ffc164d40015
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/568-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000525000-memory.dmp

        memory/568-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000525000-memory.dmp

        memory/568-572-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000525000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-553-0x000001B5FA7B0000-0x000001B5FA7E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-548-0x000001B5DE1C0000-0x000001B5E010C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-627-0x0000000076610000-0x0000000076907000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-569-0x000001B5FB920000-0x000001B5FBA2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-574-0x000001B5FAA10000-0x000001B5FAA18000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-568-0x000001B5FAD90000-0x000001B5FADCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-567-0x000001B5FAD30000-0x000001B5FAD42000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-565-0x000001B5FB440000-0x000001B5FB4F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-578-0x000001B5FAD50000-0x000001B5FAD69000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-584-0x000001B5FD5C0000-0x000001B5FD5F8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-585-0x000001B5FAD70000-0x000001B5FAD7E000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-560-0x000001B5FAA30000-0x000001B5FAA46000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-587-0x000001B5FADF0000-0x000001B5FAE06000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-558-0x000001B5FABA0000-0x000001B5FAD28000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-589-0x000001B5FDAC0000-0x000001B5FDB60000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-590-0x000001B5FDC10000-0x000001B5FDCB8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-557-0x000001B5FA9F0000-0x000001B5FAA04000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-592-0x000001B5FD600000-0x000001B5FD61A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-555-0x000001B5FA770000-0x000001B5FA790000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-551-0x000001B5FAE20000-0x000001B5FB438000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-598-0x000001B5FDA80000-0x000001B5FDAAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-596-0x000001B5FDB60000-0x000001B5FDB94000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-550-0x000001B5E05E0000-0x000001B5E0612000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-594-0x000001B5FDA50000-0x000001B5FDA78000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-600-0x000001B5FDBA0000-0x000001B5FDBCC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-626-0x000001B5FA8F0000-0x000001B5FA99F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-625-0x000001B5E0500000-0x000001B5E050C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-602-0x000001B5FDA20000-0x000001B5FDA36000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-624-0x000001B5FDDF0000-0x000001B5FDE0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-604-0x000001B5FAD80000-0x000001B5FAD8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-605-0x000001B5FDD40000-0x000001B5FDDB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-607-0x000001B5FADD0000-0x000001B5FADDA000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-609-0x000001B5FDBF0000-0x000001B5FDC0A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-612-0x000001B5FDD10000-0x000001B5FDD36000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-617-0x000001B5FDCE0000-0x000001B5FDCFE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1328-616-0x000001B5FADE0000-0x000001B5FADE8000-memory.dmp

        memory/1504-620-0x000001F408970000-0x000001F40897C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1504-621-0x000001F422C70000-0x000001F422D1F000-memory.dmp

        memory/1504-610-0x000001F422A40000-0x000001F422A4A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1504-613-0x000001F422A50000-0x000001F422A58000-memory.dmp

        memory/4484-7-0x0000000001030000-0x000000000107A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-11-0x0000000002790000-0x0000000002791000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-10-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000747000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-5-0x0000000002790000-0x0000000002791000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000747000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-484-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000747000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-571-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E6A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-570-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000747000-memory.dmp