Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    138s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/10/2026, 14:55

General

  • Target
    Knuckles.exe
  • Size 289KB
  • Sample261003-sajsts1cph
  • SHA256 1f98a3f8852d28ed3b2f64e529c1ae1eafc5ef942a962ec89163f3db2744c8a4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Knuckles.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Knuckles.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4748
  • C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
    C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x2d0 0x3fc
    1⤵
      PID:832

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          tmp7937.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7937.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 43a34da4ebddc1cea35ae1b0fb5f547a750ab2f0001f521deac45600c16e40ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp7977.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7977.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 a2ab32275c79e025c7b1d7df26603392cfb2606c42d70ee68bccabe490e17c6b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp79A7.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp79A7.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 e70ac6965ab4ea166b8661e5d5baedd65f834fa91d169a35983842fff9c595e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp79E6.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp79E6.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 fe74cb06318fd7451fed5ad5ce5605bb746bb5ef55da3fe96f52ba20e159db49
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          tmp7A16.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7A16.tmp
          • Size 109KB
          • SHA256 025d6d5074d20a7ff75e59ed38abbb915b9c68c7efaca9ab767f76fa7e2e3c91
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4748-0-0x0000000000330000-0x000000000037E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4748-1-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004DA2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4748-5-0x0000000005100000-0x0000000005110000-memory.dmp

          memory/4748-375-0x0000000005100000-0x0000000005110000-memory.dmp