Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    95s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/04/2026, 09:46

General

  • Target
    2026-04-27_477bff24ce3d525a449f077e6190ec0a_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 3.5MB
  • Sample260427-lrvs4aaz2l
  • SHA256 2b16eb5f6fd5c8ede29b818a1f797a5a5464c888ffd9f9bd78afeefdb460d6c6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detected Nirsoft tools 6 IoCs

    Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.

  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information steale 3 IoCs
  • NirSoft MailPassView 3 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various email clients

  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 3 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • AutoIT Executable 2 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    When files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named Zone.Identifier with a specific value known as the MOTW.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 33 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • NTFS ADS 5 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 61 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_477bff24ce3d525a449f077e6190ec0a_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_477bff24ce3d525a449f077e6190ec0a_elex_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4972
    • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
      C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2508
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
        0
        3⤵
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4500
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe" /stext C:\ProgramData\Mails.txt
          4⤵
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2720
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe" /stext C:\ProgramData\Browsers.txt
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:4332
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4568
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4188
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4340
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1712
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2364
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3276
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:484
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2724
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2992
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2604
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3300
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2996
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2436
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4672
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4100
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3088
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2516
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3288
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4704
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:612
  • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:1440
  • C:\ProgramData\Important.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Important.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:768
  • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:1768
  • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:2496

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Browsers.txt

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Browsers.txt
        • Size 2B
        • SHA256 b3d510ef04275ca8e698e5b3cbb0ece3949ef9252f0cdc839e9ee347409a2209
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        Important.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Important.exe
        • Size 52KB
        • SHA256 f54e019c1896811e1d737c9f15b6b50b43ad6bff3a1dd952662f1b5bdc4069b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        winmgr21.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 07c5c4755a0255a868b9611064766016e37710e7d4ad4725934afa82bae7c7d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        winmgr21.exe:Zone.Identifier

        • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe:Zone.Identifier
        • Size 24B
        • SHA256 ccc0133d8f43d3021eb667f86ae939f7f8ec83e727b8334f9e0facccd6d01063
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        2026-04-27_477bff24ce3d525a449f077e6190ec0a_elex_stop.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-27_477bff24ce3d525a449f077e6190ec0a_elex_stop.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 2b16eb5f6fd5c8ede29b818a1f797a5a5464c888ffd9f9bd78afeefdb460d6c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/768-37-0x0000000002C20000-0x0000000003222000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-42-0x0000000001800000-0x0000000001E02000-memory.dmp

        memory/1440-44-0x0000000001800000-0x0000000001E02000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-54-0x0000000001900000-0x0000000001F02000-memory.dmp

        memory/1768-56-0x0000000001900000-0x0000000001F02000-memory.dmp

        memory/2496-71-0x00000000017C0000-0x0000000001DC2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2508-11-0x00000000013E0000-0x00000000019E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2508-39-0x00000000013E0000-0x00000000019E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2720-22-0x00000000025F0000-0x0000000002BF2000-memory.dmp

        memory/2720-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2720-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2720-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4332-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

        memory/4332-30-0x0000000002F90000-0x0000000003592000-memory.dmp

        memory/4332-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

        memory/4332-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-41-0x0000000002960000-0x0000000002970000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-40-0x0000000002A70000-0x0000000003072000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-15-0x0000000002960000-0x0000000002970000-memory.dmp

        memory/4500-14-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000AAA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4972-0-0x0000000001C10000-0x0000000002212000-memory.dmp

        memory/4972-10-0x0000000001C10000-0x0000000002212000-memory.dmp