Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 10:45

General

  • Target
    b83976f2fb570268e3b28e33dfcef679dfd641ebd576ff2956cd6eb7ce3fe666.exe
  • Size 5.0MB
  • Sample260809-mtklkswekc
  • SHA256 b83976f2fb570268e3b28e33dfcef679dfd641ebd576ff2956cd6eb7ce3fe666
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
    1⤵
      PID:3940
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b83976f2fb570268e3b28e33dfcef679dfd641ebd576ff2956cd6eb7ce3fe666.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b83976f2fb570268e3b28e33dfcef679dfd641ebd576ff2956cd6eb7ce3fe666.exe"
        2⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:248
        • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" delete "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachine_3aa5"
          3⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4136
        • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachine_3aa5" binpath= "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Diagnostics\73BF5F50\LockAppHost14a02b.exe" start= "auto"
          3⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5792
        • C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachine_3aa5"
          3⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5072
      • C:\Windows\System32\nslookup.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\nslookup.exe"
        2⤵
          PID:6636
      • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Diagnostics\73BF5F50\LockAppHost14a02b.exe
        C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Diagnostics\73BF5F50\LockAppHost14a02b.exe
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4212

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            LockAppHost14a02b.exe

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\Diagnostics\73BF5F50\LockAppHost14a02b.exe
            • Size 5.0MB
            • SHA256 b83976f2fb570268e3b28e33dfcef679dfd641ebd576ff2956cd6eb7ce3fe666
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/248-9-0x0000000140239000-0x00000001403E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-6-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A1000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-7-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-5-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-1-0x00007FF877790000-0x00007FF877792000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-0-0x0000000140239000-0x00000001403E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-10-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/248-2-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4212-12-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4212-22-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/4212-24-0x0000000140000000-0x00000001408E7000-memory.dmp

            memory/6636-18-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140231000-memory.dmp