File name:

_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/f1fdefa0-c091-4470-b142-414995c9ac45
Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

LockBit, a ransomware variant, encrypts data on infected machines, demanding a ransom payment for decryption. Used in targeted attacks, It's a significant risk to organizations.

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Analysis date: August 01, 2025, 03:50:26
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
braincipher
ransomware
lockbit
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

E990E7571CDB06C5D0F093176CECF414

SHA1:

409FC0816ADBF05AC1586112044401ECB90C8022

SHA256:

A18A6BACC0D8B1DD4544CDF1E178A98A36B575B5BE8B307C27C65455B1307616

SSDEEP:

3072:0mhXodguLP/5qUpfDT6zT73kZdjchgKPv9yRs3wG:MKzEZdgDPv9+GwG

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  • MALICIOUS

    • Known privilege escalation attack

      • dllhost.exe (PID: 4036)

    • LOCKBIT icon has been detected

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • BRAINCIPHER has been detected

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • Renames files like ransomware

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • RANSOMWARE has been detected

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • [YARA] LockBit is detected

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Write to the desktop.ini file (may be used to cloak folders)

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 3488)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6128)
      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)
      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 3488)
      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 684)

    • Checks supported languages

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6128)
      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)
      • ShellExperienceHost.exe (PID: 3488)
      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 684)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6128)
      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 684)

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • dllhost.exe (PID: 4036)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • Creates files or folders in the user directory

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe (PID: 6012)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 684)

    • Process checks computer location settings

      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 684)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • SearchApp.exe (PID: 684)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (43.5)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (29.8)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (13.2)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (13.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2022:09:09 01:27:01+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: Executable, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 14.12
CodeSize: 99328
InitializedDataSize: 98816
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x1946f
OSVersion: 5.1
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.1
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
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Total processes
145
Monitored processes
5
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe no specs CMSTPLUA #BRAINCIPHER _a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe shellexperiencehost.exe no specs searchapp.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
684"C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mcaC:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Search application
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemapps\microsoft.windows.search_cw5n1h2txyewy\searchapp.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\ntmarta.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
3488"C:\WINDOWS\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXtk181tbxbce2qsex02s8tw7hfxa9xb3t.mcaC:\Windows\SystemApps\ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\ShellExperienceHost.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Shell Experience Host
Version:
10.0.19041.3758 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\systemapps\shellexperiencehost_cw5n1h2txyewy\shellexperiencehost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\dxgi.dll
4036C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3E5FC7F9-9A51-4367-9063-A120244FBEC7}C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dllhost.exe
svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
COM Surrogate
Exit code:
0
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\dllhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\combase.dll
6012"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe
dllhost.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\gdi32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\win32u.dll
6128"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Exit code:
0
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\gdi32.dll
Total events
7 735
Read events
7 686
Write events
48
Delete events
1

Modification events

(PID) Process:(3488) ShellExperienceHost.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{c3b8c95c-b450-521d-fb34-8deb36d59564}\LocalState
Operation:writeName:PeekBadges
Value:
5B005D000000FE5CCD719702DC01
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{3b0e77d5-4cf6-ffa3-0677-11d4fe5d9acc}\LocalState
Operation:writeName:BINGIDENTITY_PROP_USEREMAIL
Value:
0000A3DB11A69702DC01
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{3b0e77d5-4cf6-ffa3-0677-11d4fe5d9acc}\LocalState
Operation:writeName:BINGIDENTITY_PROP_ACCOUNTTYPETEXT
Value:
0000A3DB11A69702DC01
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{3b0e77d5-4cf6-ffa3-0677-11d4fe5d9acc}\LocalState
Operation:writeName:BINGIDENTITY_PROP_ACCOUNTTYPE
Value:
0000A3DB11A69702DC01
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:\REGISTRY\A\{3b0e77d5-4cf6-ffa3-0677-11d4fe5d9acc}\LocalState
Operation:writeName:BINGIDENTITY_PROP_ACCOUNTTYPE
Value:
4E006F006E0065000000A3DB11A69702DC01
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.windows.search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Isolated\A1hdl50UVDh2ZbG324Nx-6fZgntcGnHOs5kHLdmaJYE\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Recognizers
Operation:writeName:DefaultTokenId
Value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Speech_OneCore\Recognizers\Tokens\MS-1033-110-WINMO-DNN
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SearchSettings
Operation:writeName:IsMSACloudSearchEnabled
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SearchSettings
Operation:writeName:IsAADCloudSearchEnabled
Value:
0
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search
Operation:writeName:CortanaStateLastRun
Value:
E6398C6800000000
(PID) Process:(684) SearchApp.exeKey:HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search\Flighting
Operation:writeName:CachedFeatureString
Value:
Executable files
1
Suspicious files
1 872
Text files
2 223
Unknown types
179

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\BBBBBBBBBBBbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\JJJJJJJJJJJbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\MIuB4Jpci.README.txttext
MD5:B4709A56B9D7F431DA172316CDA720BE
SHA256:192D1E6078570865531E8A4C9840A483C4A2AC35FE468107284991F6DA813191
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\MMMMMMMMMMMbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\AAAAAAAAAAAbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\DDDDDDDDDDDbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\HHHHHHHHHHHbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\EEEEEEEEEEEbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\FFFFFFFFFFFbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
6012_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exeC:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-18\CCCCCCCCCCCbinary
MD5:022D602205278D7C98E08A3C0657A379
SHA256:78A4D1CF64554B2DD13AFAEE5A90ABFCB48A942DDA217F695AD256BD0B22E3E9
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HTTP(S) requests
57
TCP/UDP connections
35
DNS requests
16
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6900
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6900
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.216.77.42:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
92.123.104.38:443
https://www.bing.com/manifest/threshold.appcache
unknown
text
2.97 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
92.123.104.32:443
https://www.bing.com/rb/18/jnc,nj/6hU_LneafI_NFLeDvM367ebFaKQ.js?bu=DyIrb3t-gQF4cnWyAbUBK6UBK7gB&or=w
unknown
binary
21.3 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
92.123.104.34:443
https://www.bing.com/AS/API/WindowsCortanaPane/V2/Init
unknown
html
132 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
92.123.104.32:443
https://www.bing.com/rb/16/jnc,nj/-M-8YWX0KlEtdAHVrkTvKQHOghs.js?bu=Dicwe4sBkgGVAYgBgQGFAcABwwEwuAHGAQ&or=w
unknown
binary
22.0 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
6900
RUXIMICS.exe
4.231.128.59:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
6900
RUXIMICS.exe
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.216.77.42:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
6900
RUXIMICS.exe
23.35.229.160:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 4.231.128.59
  • 51.124.78.146
whitelisted
google.com
  • 142.250.185.174
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.216.77.42
  • 23.216.77.6
  • 23.216.77.28
  • 23.48.23.143
  • 23.48.23.156
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 20.189.173.25
whitelisted
www.bing.com
  • 104.126.37.163
  • 104.126.37.131
  • 104.126.37.128
  • 104.126.37.145
  • 104.126.37.139
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 40.126.31.71
  • 40.126.31.1
  • 20.190.159.131
  • 20.190.159.64
  • 20.190.159.130
  • 20.190.159.128
  • 20.190.159.68
  • 40.126.31.128
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.250
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.165.94.63
  • 52.149.20.212
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.242.39.171
whitelisted

Threats

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_a18a6bacc0d8b1dd4544cdf1e178a98a36b575b5be8b307c27c65455b1307616.exe