Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/07/2026, 14:04

General

  • Target
    lapsus.exe
  • Size 82.1MB
  • Sample260729-rda5eswapd
  • SHA256 382556489b15798fe97f01324f9a43c9a9548bf83c9cf75be6746d9c2f0dc920
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys 2 TTPs 15 IoCs
  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 15 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 43 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 9 IoCs
  • Gathers network information 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Uses commandline utility to view network configuration.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 45 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 19 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.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lapsus.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lapsus.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3052
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4A886D02\app.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4A886D02\app.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
      • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
      • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
      • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
      • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3024
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /Create /F /SC ONLOGON /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Security\SecurityHealthService" /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe\"" /RL HIGHEST
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4168
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wscript.exe
        wscript.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AppReadiness\AppReadinessService.vbs"
        3⤵
        • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
        PID:4180
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c ipconfig /all
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1160
        • C:\Windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
          ipconfig /all
          4⤵
          • Gathers network information
          PID:3464
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c powershell -NoProfile -Command "try { if ((Get-MpPreference).DisableRealtimeMonitoring -eq $false) { write-host 'ON' } else { write-host 'OFF' } } catch { write-host 'UNKNOWN' }"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5020
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -NoProfile -Command "try { if ((Get-MpPreference).DisableRealtimeMonitoring -eq $false) { write-host 'ON' } else { write-host 'OFF' } } catch { write-host 'UNKNOWN' }"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:936
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe
    1⤵
    • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4292
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /Create /F /SC ONLOGON /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Security\SecurityHealthService" /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe\"" /RL HIGHEST
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:952
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wscript.exe
      wscript.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AppReadiness\AppReadinessService.vbs"
      2⤵
      • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
      PID:2664
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c ipconfig /all
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3724
      • C:\Windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
        ipconfig /all
        3⤵
        • Gathers network information
        PID:1008
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c powershell -NoProfile -Command "try { if ((Get-MpPreference).DisableRealtimeMonitoring -eq $false) { write-host 'ON' } else { write-host 'OFF' } } catch { write-host 'UNKNOWN' }"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4084
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -NoProfile -Command "try { if ((Get-MpPreference).DisableRealtimeMonitoring -eq $false) { write-host 'ON' } else { write-host 'OFF' } } catch { write-host 'UNKNOWN' }"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5600
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates VirtualBox registry keys
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Enumerates system info in registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2512
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\schtasks.exe
      schtasks /Create /F /SC ONLOGON /TN "\Microsoft\Windows\Security\SecurityHealthService" /TR "\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes\SecurityHealthService.exe\"" /RL HIGHEST
      2⤵
      • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:6548
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wscript.exe
      wscript.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AppReadiness\AppReadinessService.vbs"
      2⤵
      • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
      PID:2988
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c ipconfig /all
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1864
      • C:\Windows\system32\ipconfig.exe
        ipconfig /all
        3⤵
        • Gathers network information
        PID:6572
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c powershell -NoProfile -Command "try { if ((Get-MpPreference).DisableRealtimeMonitoring -eq $false) { write-host 'ON' } else { write-host 'OFF' } } catch { write-host 'UNKNOWN' }"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2820
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -NoProfile -Command "try { if ((Get-MpPreference).DisableRealtimeMonitoring -eq $false) { write-host 'ON' } else { write-host 'OFF' } } catch { write-host 'UNKNOWN' }"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3224

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 a976a31824c3a0cc2a6b0fd9ec6045c398d82990e5e96df2ad86ba09a9b05be5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 222f10e8ce2317e99402a6965f29f479b9cf68887a204bd8a82cb25b56c1de1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        app.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4A886D02\app.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 57797cd4628db490e26dfd1f1c3979b770255d4ddae779136b9226827c2532eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_ieg4ktxt.4dk.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ieg4ktxt.4dk.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AppReadinessService.vbs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\AppReadiness\AppReadinessService.vbs
        • Size 748B
        • SHA256 e80c2c4728fc6809976c244b9ae7fccebc9ed82eb61cfb228008afd90efa2853
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/936-17-0x0000026449A60000-0x0000026449A7E000-memory.dmp

        memory/936-18-0x0000026449D20000-0x0000026449DD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/936-19-0x0000026449A80000-0x0000026449A8A000-memory.dmp

        memory/936-14-0x00000264499E0000-0x0000026449A02000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-54-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-24-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-60-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-57-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-27-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-63-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-45-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-66-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-35-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-51-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-69-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-48-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2512-72-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-46-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-58-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-70-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-43-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-49-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-5-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-67-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-52-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-21-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-28-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-55-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-64-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-61-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-25-0x00007FF7A8D10000-0x00007FF7A962A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3052-4-0x00007FF68A620000-0x00007FF68AF38000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-65-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-26-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-62-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-23-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-56-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-59-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-53-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-34-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-68-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-50-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-47-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-71-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4292-44-0x00007FF6CA180000-0x00007FF6CAA9A000-memory.dmp