General
- Target cakelock.exe
- Size 129.1MB
- Sample260822-2hblvszfpb
- SHA256 2cbc006925d2ef75aaf85b76db4a4c29404e08f85d71c82fec0d904a1c67ed96
- MD5 434634d8f53482e63c1dac93f4274c3f
- SHA1 e07f35781718dbe9af56eb6b7a087d4842631e1e
- SHA512 bfeea83cb7bdfddbef5c3728ccb48e63bfa59c7a7525fa8df7c3ea5f688ea202235d7b470dc922bba5156e07cab05170d6af4a4be2ab98f6e23ab565f3ee2f2f
- SSDEEP 3145728:NIgYRPSC++6y9NtZUysW9j3qWTcKCEO8PWat7NDoQU2qHO5i25sjg:NIxaC4y9DZUysW9jxCyWarUHCi25q
- TLSH T10F5833159B941BDEF45E4532A1600B981C127CAE53D7925B0BF4333A0CBF6C74DBAAA3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
cakelock.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
18 signatures
150 seconds
Malware Config
Targets
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- Target cakelock.exe
- Size 129.1MB
- SHA256 2cbc006925d2ef75aaf85b76db4a4c29404e08f85d71c82fec0d904a1c67ed96
- MD5 434634d8f53482e63c1dac93f4274c3f
- SHA1 e07f35781718dbe9af56eb6b7a087d4842631e1e
- SHA512 bfeea83cb7bdfddbef5c3728ccb48e63bfa59c7a7525fa8df7c3ea5f688ea202235d7b470dc922bba5156e07cab05170d6af4a4be2ab98f6e23ab565f3ee2f2f
- SSDEEP 3145728:NIgYRPSC++6y9NtZUysW9j3qWTcKCEO8PWat7NDoQU2qHO5i25sjg:NIxaC4y9DZUysW9jxCyWarUHCi25q
- TLSH T10F5833159B941BDEF45E4532A1600B981C127CAE53D7925B0BF4333A0CBF6C74DBAAA3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
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Disables Task Manager via registry modification
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Possible privilege escalation attempt
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Loads dropped DLL
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Modifies file permissions
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Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
Clear artifacts associated with previously established persistence like scheduletasks on a host.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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