Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • 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, 13:35

General

  • Target
    LOCK.exe
  • Size 187KB
  • Sample260809-qvrcasydjb
  • SHA256 b79adf6953a2dfc07dd4db69524932bd19a4631958e8a3cac66c63073b576f56
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 1 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Powershell Invoke Web Request.

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LOCK.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LOCK.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3520
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A2C.tmp\5A2D.tmp\5A2E.bat C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\LOCK.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2124
      • C:\Windows\system32\chcp.com
        chcp 65001
        3⤵
          PID:5168
        • C:\Windows\system32\net.exe
          net session
          3⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6048
          • C:\Windows\system32\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 session
            4⤵
              PID:1868
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://i.ibb.co/RGFK3SSx/Gemini.png' -OutFile 'C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\wallpaper_new.jpg'"
            3⤵
            • Badlisted process makes network request
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:2220
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell -Command "$code = '[DllImport(\"user32.dll\", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)] public static extern int SystemParametersInfo(int uAction, int uParam, string lpvParam, int fuWinIni);'; Add-Type -MemberDefinition $code -Name Wallpaper -Namespace Win32; [Win32.Wallpaper]::SystemParametersInfo(20, 0, 'C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\wallpaper_new.jpg', 3)"
            3⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1888
            • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe
              "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /noconfig /fullpaths @"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbnuamwi\vbnuamwi.cmdline"
              4⤵
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:5092
              • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe
                C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\cvtres.exe /NOLOGO /READONLY /MACHINE:IX86 "/OUT:C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES33B4.tmp" "c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbnuamwi\CSC775EE221F5493CB8DC8B24A97A767.TMP"
                5⤵
                  PID:2636
            • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
              reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop" /v NoChangingWallPaper /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
              3⤵
                PID:1412

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                ModuleAnalysisCache

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ModuleAnalysisCache
                • Size 67KB
                • SHA256 96952b58e7507bfbf6b1edf838d41182ae4f94e983572fa0c037be46d4ab1b05
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 dea234ed69b56a5ac20026ced884f4bb792af688a6a339fefb58f73068aaa846
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                5A2E.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5A2C.tmp\5A2D.tmp\5A2E.bat
                • Size 750B
                • SHA256 27de25693b38984a6d670dfbd12baa7044feb19da7b1ba269fe633194945fe81
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                RES33B4.tmp

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RES33B4.tmp
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 2b4392cac9ef497fa8679f23618c35489d000f1d8c2447b0ee7a7b49ec51999d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                vbnuamwi.dll

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbnuamwi\vbnuamwi.dll
                • Size 3KB
                • SHA256 4905b5d819a6bc2c854120d1c3dddbc3f2ed051ecea26d7008434572f5ae0016
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                CSC775EE221F5493CB8DC8B24A97A767.TMP

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbnuamwi\CSC775EE221F5493CB8DC8B24A97A767.TMP
                • Size 652B
                • SHA256 8e1e233dce0f6b698b5b929ec73fecb031d48572a772b33ae26bc32ee32c3391
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                vbnuamwi.0.cs

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbnuamwi\vbnuamwi.0.cs
                • Size 274B
                • SHA256 21504fd073038a8709b2bcbf3556708c7c2b9dda80dba5af80158866fc22f6bf
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                vbnuamwi.cmdline

                • Path \??\c:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vbnuamwi\vbnuamwi.cmdline
                • Size 369B
                • SHA256 a364dc684483667aeb43a3356663c3ec932b3e7ab21d9ca5570ff8d38050908f
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                memory/1888-38-0x000001151BD80000-0x000001151BD88000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-9-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-12-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-15-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-16-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-17-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-18-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-21-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-13-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-11-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-10-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-8-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-7-0x000002482CF90000-0x000002482CFB2000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-4-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-3-0x00007FFC6D5A0000-0x00007FFC6DF44000-memory.dmp

                memory/2220-2-0x00007FFC6D72F000-0x00007FFC6D730000-memory.dmp