Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
142s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
13/03/2026, 04:29
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260129-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
General
- Target 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe
- Size 3.2MB
- Sample260313-e4l86ahs9z
- SHA256 e0278beeea0d2cf18d33b07a4807afe78dbd3f66769f02578009d1e0c281c999
- MD5 558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908
- SHA1 5c60b1572dbabc26d354caecb090dba4fbbba3e9
- SHA512 aae5451e2ffe807849bc0cc8c3c1990b43b4a120ecbc5125eff9cefd681a2809a22fa0ce02b32eeb75fc2b98fc5c141a840558e8b295cfec585357b3123f249f
- SSDEEP 49152:MlDnVWC15jKCskPw3mP1fQ8AdDWu0Fi8ZQ9bS6m5c05SiEF1Vr89QvLZqH8FFlkK:MvWC15jKLk43mP96BAQ9EOiK1VrLdyhK
- TLSH T171E51201BBF1C0B5E775B2B00457C77755FA65A287315ACBA7A02F2A2F360E16F38219
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
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valleyrat_s2
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1.0
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156.247.41.101:6699
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127.0.0.1:80
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campaign_date
2026. 3. 5
Signatures
- Detects ValleyRAT payload 19 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5768-49-0x0000000002F00000-0x0000000002F37000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-51-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-50-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-52-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-53-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-54-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-56-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-65-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-66-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/5768-67-0x0000000003080000-0x00000000030BC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-78-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-80-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-79-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-81-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-82-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-83-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-84-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-90-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral2/memory/4076-89-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000002FCC000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 - ValleyRat
ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.
- Valleyrat_s2 family
- Detected Nirsoft tools 1 IoCs
Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b45d-62.dat Nirsoft - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5768 ChsIMA.exe 4076 ChsIMA.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 5768 ChsIMA.exe 4076 ChsIMA.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCoraa = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\ChsIMA.exe" ChsIMA.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTaskMachineCoraa = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Videos\\ChsIMA.exe" ChsIMA.exe - Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops desktop.ini file(s) 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Public\Videos\desktop.ini ChsIMA.exe File created C:\Users\Public\Videos\desktop.ini ChsIMA.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 44 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\L: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: ChsIMA.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: ChsIMA.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\YingInstall\409.ini 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ying-UnInstall.exe 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Ying-UnInstall.exe 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ChsIMA.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ChsIMA.exe - Modifies registry class 11 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.UIF 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\ = "Uninstall File" 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\DefaultIcon 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\Shell 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\Shell\Open 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\Shell\Open\ 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.UIF\ = "YingUnInstall2" 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\DefaultIcon\ = "C:\\Windows\\SysWow64\\Ying-UnInstall.exe,0" 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\Shell\Open\Command 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\YingUnInstall2\Shell\Open\Command\ = "\"C:\\Windows\\system32\\Ying-UnInstall.exe\" %1" 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 3884 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
pid Process 3884 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe 3884 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe 3884 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe 3884 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe 5768 ChsIMA.exe 4076 ChsIMA.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3884 wrote to memory of 5768 3884 2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe 79
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-03-13_558fcfa68b38c907313eefa4edc84908_elex_remcos_stop.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3884 -
C:\Users\Public\Videos\ChsIMA.exeC:\Users\Public\Videos\ChsIMA.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5768
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C:\Users\Public\Videos\ChsIMA.exeC:\Users\Public\Videos\ChsIMA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4076
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\20260313042947247~YingInstall-TopFramePicture.bmp
- Size 563KB
- SHA256 d9295a5e215cf9f1c2dd5b9aa5deb1ee46619202b5814296ca73777506846608
- MD5 a528a1efb19f5bee2fa74cd8650dab24
- SHA1 51b72c994283ec899a32732bc60655d3039138a8
- SHA512 bcf8db6c25868a5d48ef887046143ed504690084673ff71c886dc17de8f65482e773b3a5867cab89e310ac03f1a37f3661d1117230fbcb7d85071fcf2b34c15a
- SSDEEP 3072:i3GXZRy5KkGe3JFgTvwq8cO8jLR6qQl0p88aaF85hbKCNZTB606u2:i3y3O5mfOR9c
- TLSH T1D0C44054C23CE0CF727366655774910EA82D196F0CDA342A6BB4F4BCF2E5819C0EBE5A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\CCTV 1.0.UIF
- Size 8KB
- SHA256 aa861b884ab6c4ef810a7ecdd0de8e9b6719a84a048e5999e86ef9bf41267fba
- MD5 eaa04d5e130f158cbf59854bfda4b442
- SHA1 dcafcfcef347a38a38b9fa3f314504d2624dbec2
- SHA512 0b2e06a53e46d7814e1b84cd95bf946a117310c8dffb723d322ce0ba1d81bc79d295f5d48e3d8b63788490fb96d8101c82323327aea34b82110ac8edb0ae3a8c
- SSDEEP 192:md6AZ2IFFAAVLNpXkO5vXVXcSbX8XddjXv8Xdc5o6Xix1IoBXZH1IoBXUZ1IoBX9:md66AAVLNpXkONXVXcSbX8XddjXEXdcB
- TLSH T1BB12AE1578CBFC66BB6EA3FB5E30EC4CE0B2572A9B11D080998593A3DC805FDA9F1145
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\ChsIMA.exe
- Size 89KB
- SHA256 eed4315d8a7eebdae9f75fd5c120e51feef58ca49b86921ce0123ca3e5f8b808
- MD5 5b80f995c5d2c2819cec30f144ea1336
- SHA1 f32913075e08e3659475255be8bc23f9bb65c126
- SHA512 1c82771c8fa46aeb2735b970daf3e4f9ffee51c0b15407a8ef24495c1a4e4bacee7b2bb951296d27f6a50bfa9edd7a792769162868a8a783ae78e346e0ada741
- SSDEEP 1536:BH8tImFvh/tAoX/V1d/7c81qsWjcdye5/eY7HxH7hcxlI:BH8imz/HJ11y+2YFlAI
- TLSH T1A3937D13A6D08434E8A3473128F4C9224A7FBE564EB18C973388425E4F756C0AF79BB7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\active_desktop_render.dll
- Size 197KB
- SHA256 dbd7eb207429d1435f947cf4231d1eae32a531793d57d5a6eb07392dfd46ee6f
- MD5 ae6343e812821c23fee80a178ffb5f10
- SHA1 00a02965a577b660742f9e6cf75c94799571da95
- SHA512 e23138ff50743e3846c17f766a350a5191b2f813618e23fd1798ea7132ff15708529fcbdb8c7e03caa7ae4a36af8c5697b2a9c82b140211dde5ab03feeda3f08
- SSDEEP 3072:CtvdL6jQ1vXR8szWnnwJmI+bE6nC+O9ZvJ9UQPUtTzs9O/CTOL2o6:CLLMuvB8SbJ7+bpnBO9f1PUtTZLx
- TLSH T10F146C01B8D1C177D66F19308939DB655E3EBCA04FF0ADDBA7840DBA8E306C19735A1A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\cports.exe
- Size 218KB
- SHA256 c7a9f3b7e16e865a3181fd5402ee1146881941c4e2ea05f5f48e6dd617efaedb
- MD5 a661cf87f24cae1db05a73912567fa16
- SHA1 ee9323ee8eb0fb5b28fa1fee17c17e2374f916e7
- SHA512 e90e9d505e1840ef5a12bd216c2b5e2fb2582fb2c85da5ca1773ae50501a3d46cebc7506bbade29d343a77a2b8b4a4bb6f8ca981d904265f530d1d1dd1f5aeb4
- SSDEEP 3072:bEshdEmairb9HwKMH+mToOxBGz9COmHljFzzfAF62bfgedQyNtcQexsIoyy08P2e:YPmvraRH+mEOxBS9PmXnfGgedfelyBKm
- TLSH T1D7246D45ABB410E9E4ABC576CDA38723FBB17C954738462F57A0DABA0F23310BD15326
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\msedge.exe
- Size 4.1MB
- SHA256 9e8b7038f3813078d09065eece80b04bd18b67b82523d77c87af79484abc323f
- MD5 56b65c8290e81aa44403223b6ed5a23a
- SHA1 eb61604824f359091d6ba3327c9f927495634ec6
- SHA512 36307c7e1706b9cab5ab5d92072104cc809657b93ddc08b85be5755bbd72bc707ae9c4ba2d95e62b2e42f1048014ce076dba204d79cdc4ed763facd67535930c
- SSDEEP 49152:Bib2ZL4XNYs0py6lMdjpcsz19RTUeMN9+zE075WkwHpGRs0bd2MTD4FR/D5S+YiL:LYkeuGTQQJwHKsA8RExAaCb
- TLSH T1BF165A03F19551D9C05AC174CF46C232AB617C4A4BF166EF3A94B7D62A72AE43B3EB10
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\msedge_proxy.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 d784a0f7a39596f68e46d2641eec61dd58af345d8cb13ce946eb4b45abcdab84
- MD5 4a0dbd2990b9cf9815c9d712ef772acb
- SHA1 4071734e99ac5f75de364107f3b5c7a884d5df64
- SHA512 7ec078692a377ae48f7c2fdc4d166907e5c563a1ac4d80c44876dbcd0f79570b9233cce2736e0f00d9049a62340cfd8892afa929baf701a3d638ad8156931829
- SSDEEP 24576:bftCFsl+MowdU23kww5no9GaczkpRbZ4zlJzSZ1K2mRnaTogSzsDSu8e:b7P3kwwtoIzcRdRLK2mRAdl
- TLSH T16A757C17F29901E8C06ED2B887468922EAA1BC110F35B6EF0790B7552F77BE45B3E750
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH