Analysis

  • max time kernel
    70s
  • max time network
    106s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/03/2026, 02:28

General

  • Target
    2026-03-14_b4beee7c315c66147dcfc38547ebf116_amadey_elex_play.exe
  • Size 178KB
  • Sample260314-cx45aaez8s
  • SHA256 c1815966b53e81111f51d47ed8bc7e8cbaa8853990a996c0f8283d7cc9f2403f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • PLAY Ransomware, PlayCrypt

    Ransomware family first seen in mid 2022.

  • Play family
  • Renames multiple (4244) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • 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\2026-03-14_b4beee7c315c66147dcfc38547ebf116_amadey_elex_play.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-03-14_b4beee7c315c66147dcfc38547ebf116_amadey_elex_play.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5116

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        desktop.ini

        • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-747994418-3253881032-1527946131-1000\desktop.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 b5b44fda55cb8789c1ceb132a63eac43cc63632d09f8a3ec529e1fd104d81137
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ReadMe.txt

        • Path C:\ReadMe.txt
        • Size 28B
        • SHA256 70319193c131fb50cfd9a278e67e5a3b582b2535791a30d8439b30d8d8beb8cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/5116-0-0x0000000002AF0000-0x0000000002B1C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-1-0x0000000002A20000-0x0000000002A9C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5116-2013-0x0000000002A20000-0x0000000002A9C000-memory.dmp