Analysis

  • max time kernel
    122s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/06/2026, 02:56

General

  • Target
    GoLink_v1.1.1.1.exe
  • Size 71.1MB
  • Sample260620-dfd27ses3y
  • SHA256 7704b3408ed7bf19091394071399fb3fac9410ce934a51d13c78b82dd38eaa1d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Loads dropped DLL 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 5 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 55 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

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

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoLink_v1.1.1.1.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\GoLink_v1.1.1.1.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5164
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /pid:0 /f
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5884
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /pid:0 /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5396
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /c taskkill /f /t /im GoLink.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5092
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /t /im GoLink.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5612
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:476
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3232
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2800
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:6012
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1248

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 595B
          • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          System.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD175.tmp\System.dll
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 8b4c47c4cf5e76ec57dd5a050d5acd832a0d532ee875d7b44f6cdaf68f90d37c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          setupdll.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsaD175.tmp\setupdll.dll
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 42110c68f981c143f067f29e70e6aed549f12df1d0dcda65b0991a6e5186c451
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2800-31-0x000001DA001E0000-0x000001DA002E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2800-54-0x000001DA04C90000-0x000001DA04CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2800-77-0x000001DA156B0000-0x000001DA156D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/2800-43-0x000001DA04A30000-0x000001DA04A50000-memory.dmp

          memory/2800-45-0x000001DA14E90000-0x000001DA14F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-9-0x0000000003CC0000-0x0000000003CD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-10-0x0000000003CC0000-0x0000000003CD0000-memory.dmp