Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    116s
  • max time network
    36s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/06/2026, 18:44

General

  • Target
    VolkUI.exe
  • Size 9.4MB
  • Sample260628-xdk8aaby4s
  • SHA256 68a949b65ebf768d6678cd7cb3173e9e83d4211651a7a5b7056948fb04ad6eed
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Looks for Xen service registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Certain files are specific to VirtualBox VMs and can be used to detect execution in a VM.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VolkUI.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VolkUI.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
    • Looks for Xen service registry key.
    • Checks for VirtualBox DLLs, possible anti-VM trick
    • Checks processor information in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:5824
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:3752
    • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
      "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\praesidium_vm_diag.log
      1⤵
      • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
      PID:368

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          praesidium_vm_diag.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\praesidium_vm_diag.log
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a667ccf4b26e3c5f86aba627576db8f4e86c15e8f5145fc18f3943534439dff5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/5824-30-0x000001D81CA50000-0x000001D81CA51000-memory.dmp