Analysis

  • max time kernel
    111s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/05/2026, 12:22

General

  • Target
    2026-05-04_d7d7138e57873ed50afd8aa45174aa2d_elex_hive.exe
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample260504-pkeebaa19s
  • SHA256 c8608c3448b2e65cb0740a85b04b354832163cc936c27643f32219b3f5d0ff42
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 13 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 13 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 13 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 13 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 18 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 19 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-04_d7d7138e57873ed50afd8aa45174aa2d_elex_hive.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-04_d7d7138e57873ed50afd8aa45174aa2d_elex_hive.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4920
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\PeerDistRepub\sihost.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\PeerDistRepub\sihost.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5972
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe
        3⤵
          PID:2496
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\sihost.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\sihost.exe" -
          3⤵
            PID:3012
          • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\sihost.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\sihost.exe" -
            3⤵
              PID:4084
        • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
          "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
          1⤵
            PID:420
          • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
            "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:5344

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  sihost.exe

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\PeerDistRepub\sihost.exe
                  • Size 3.1MB
                  • SHA256 c8608c3448b2e65cb0740a85b04b354832163cc936c27643f32219b3f5d0ff42
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  __PSScriptPolicyTest_ho2unhfk.zyc.ps1

                  • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ho2unhfk.zyc.ps1
                  • Size 60B
                  • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                  memory/2496-79-0x00000000079C0000-0x0000000007A56000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-66-0x0000000007780000-0x00000000077B2000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-90-0x0000000005830000-0x000000000592A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-91-0x00000000050F0000-0x00000000050FE000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-89-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000004F92000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-86-0x00000000089D0000-0x0000000008F74000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-85-0x00000000083F0000-0x0000000008412000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-57-0x0000000006770000-0x00000000067B4000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-83-0x00000000079A0000-0x00000000079BA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-82-0x0000000007960000-0x0000000007974000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-81-0x0000000007950000-0x000000000795E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-80-0x0000000007920000-0x0000000007931000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-67-0x0000000070C60000-0x0000000070CAC000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-29-0x0000000004BC0000-0x0000000004BD0000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-36-0x0000000005200000-0x0000000005828000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-78-0x00000000078E0000-0x00000000078EA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-30-0x0000000004B20000-0x0000000004B56000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-37-0x0000000005120000-0x0000000005142000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-38-0x00000000059A0000-0x0000000005A06000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-39-0x0000000005AC0000-0x0000000005B26000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-68-0x00000000713E0000-0x0000000071734000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-47-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005F84000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-76-0x00000000077C0000-0x00000000077DE000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-77-0x00000000077E0000-0x0000000007883000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-51-0x0000000006230000-0x000000000627C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-50-0x0000000006200000-0x000000000621E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-62-0x0000000007C40000-0x00000000082BA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-84-0x0000000007990000-0x0000000007998000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-63-0x00000000075C0000-0x00000000075DA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2496-61-0x0000000007340000-0x00000000073B6000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3012-48-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000FD9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3012-35-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000FD9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/3012-49-0x0000000023810000-0x000000002388A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4084-60-0x0000000000A60000-0x00000000015E9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4084-56-0x0000000000A60000-0x00000000015E9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4084-59-0x0000000023E20000-0x0000000023E9A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-5-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000001AF9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-14-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000001AF9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-1-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000001AF9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-15-0x0000000024330000-0x00000000243AA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-0-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000001AF9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-2-0x0000000024330000-0x00000000243AA000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4920-3-0x0000000000F70000-0x0000000001AF9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-65-0x0000000023AE0000-0x0000000023B5A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-20-0x0000000023AE0000-0x0000000023B5A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-18-0x0000000023AE0000-0x0000000023B5A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-17-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-19-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-16-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-25-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-64-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-21-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-92-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-94-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp

                  memory/5972-96-0x0000000000C40000-0x00000000017C9000-memory.dmp