Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    111s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/03/2026, 01:37

General

  • Target
    2026-03-16_509bae9d41213a0181f17230f6472d81_amadey_elex_play.exe
  • Size 178KB
  • Sample260316-b129esav4t
  • SHA256 e3825b90dc5c5cb7d8eca6e25ce381560a801af7c0759a4061c1192ae838f66d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • PLAY Ransomware, PlayCrypt

    Ransomware family first seen in mid 2022.

  • Play family
  • Renames multiple (5063) 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\2026-03-16_509bae9d41213a0181f17230f6472d81_amadey_elex_play.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-03-16_509bae9d41213a0181f17230f6472d81_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:1624

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        Downloads

        desktop.ini

        • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-747994418-3253881032-1527946131-1000\desktop.ini
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 801ecce549153e3bf1f6e21639c969e5d8e5548cb01aeca6aedf30be0eeaf708
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ReadMe.txt

        • Path C:\ReadMe.txt
        • Size 31B
        • SHA256 4eceddf2869ad66ab2cfa83c549831efe2cae5108b95ed92fa18f34dda5c88c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1624-0-0x0000000002D10000-0x0000000002D3C000-memory.dmp