Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    134s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/09/2026, 20:24

General

  • Target
    setup-lightshot.exe
  • Size 30.2MB
  • Sample260922-y66kcssama
  • SHA256 0f04402f89707f64efd92c7c2e8bef27b824c761a2cda30389abc2e851fb211d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Looks for VMWare services registry key. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Kills process with taskkill 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup-lightshot.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\setup-lightshot.exe"
    1⤵
    • Looks for VMWare services registry key.
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3684
    • C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:228
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C taskkill /f /im HTTPDebuggerUI.exe >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4356
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im HTTPDebuggerUI.exe
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2076
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C taskkill /f /im HTTPDebuggerSvc.exe >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3292
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /f /im HTTPDebuggerSvc.exe
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3228
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C sc stop HTTPDebuggerPro >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2528
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc stop HTTPDebuggerPro
          3⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:832
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq cheatengine*" /IM * /F /T >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1588
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq cheatengine*" /IM * /F /T
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:636
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq httpdebugger*" /IM * /F /T >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1776
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq httpdebugger*" /IM * /F /T
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2440
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq processhacker*" /IM * /F /T >nul 2>&1
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2436
        • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /FI "IMAGENAME eq processhacker*" /IM * /F /T
          3⤵
          • Kills process with taskkill
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2264
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:4132

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            memory/228-7-0x000002A423F20000-0x000002A426973000-memory.dmp

            memory/3684-0-0x00007FF606265000-0x00007FF606961000-memory.dmp

            memory/3684-2-0x00007FFD4B2C0000-0x00007FFD4B2C2000-memory.dmp

            memory/3684-1-0x00007FFD4B2B0000-0x00007FFD4B2B2000-memory.dmp

            memory/3684-5-0x00007FF604E40000-0x00007FF6087A3000-memory.dmp

            memory/3684-10-0x00007FF606265000-0x00007FF606961000-memory.dmp

            memory/3684-9-0x00007FF604E40000-0x00007FF6087A3000-memory.dmp