Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    22s
  • max time network
    24s
  • platform
    windows10-ltsc_2021_x64
  • resource
    win10ltsc2021-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10ltsc2021-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-ltsc_2021-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/06/2026, 14:37

Errors

Reason
Machine shutdown

General

  • Target
    Dominiko.exe
  • Size 29KB
  • Sample260620-ry4mgagy6y
  • SHA256 9057a4054cd57b04b478e5ca427dd9f3db0bd2253f549b80c47fa2ff4a6b9930
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 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 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Dominiko.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Dominiko.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1568
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\spamtxtvbs.vbs"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4812
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\spamboxvbs.vbs"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1056
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3552
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c exit
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1384
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" C:\corrupted.txt
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:232
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c taskkill /f /im notepad.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4504
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im notepad.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:392
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "cmd.exe" /c taskkill /f /im svchost.exe
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4080
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /f /im svchost.exe
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        PID:4116
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x32c 0x3cc
    1⤵
      PID:3852
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe
      1⤵
        PID:2472

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            spamboxvbs.vbs

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\spamboxvbs.vbs
            • Size 66B
            • SHA256 70d7a44513bce306c90e0601f5587669b468034632f868524ff0ced89ecd51fc
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            spamtxtvbs.vbs

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\spamtxtvbs.vbs
            • Size 155B
            • SHA256 7c42934a12aa7d4f7eaa1c43438c5bd5d7478ade085f3970058c287887afccf5
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            FILE_HAHA_DOMINIKO_2116.txt

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\FILE_HAHA_DOMINIKO_2116.txt
            • Size 300B
            • SHA256 92c1c191cbe7c543ab6c256b7ebf12254437cabead3b3509dc9ab0fba9597882
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            corrupted.txt

            • Path C:\corrupted.txt
            • Size 448B
            • SHA256 6d11604452e3505d4a5ca02cf36c1fed4423f6f645d69a213d75414b1eb0585a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/1568-0-0x0000000000800000-0x000000000080E000-memory.dmp