Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/05/2026, 11:41

General

  • Target
    2026-05-11_ce216d21f2fdb5d81686d87b6333f57b_elex_mafia.exe
  • Size 877KB
  • Sample260511-ntldjsgx3x
  • SHA256 8107743b3aef1888d48c416889e927aa75ca22546b13504af22346cdd303241f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 12 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 18 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 36 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_ce216d21f2fdb5d81686d87b6333f57b_elex_mafia.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_ce216d21f2fdb5d81686d87b6333f57b_elex_mafia.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4448
  • C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4316
  • C:\Windows\system32\DiagSvcs\DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\DiagSvcs\DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:2128
  • C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p -s TapiSrv
    1⤵
      PID:4968
    • C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\fxssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5000
    • 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⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:8
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1916
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1796
    • C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      PID:4212
    • \??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
      "c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:5332
    • C:\Windows\system32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3764
    • C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6108
    • C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:4780
    • C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5856

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          elevation_service.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
          • Size 2.7MB
          • SHA256 0a84b7c934004f5df74e777035f53b234971825c43c1d8349a48c6a27c436c72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          maintenanceservice.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
          • Size 849KB
          • SHA256 bd6f0ae45b5c69175d53f59251ab94e34b50178695562963fb6db3b074e46f75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OSE.EXE

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
          • Size 830KB
          • SHA256 d0f521cb7a3afd80efeb00516f84a4fb1286f5709493e99bd10c6d24f34a7710
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          elevation_service.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
          • Size 2.8MB
          • SHA256 50b8e7b7a61e1a5bb13ad46dd77da62d71438b9ad9fb97797a7b022212603d97
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          perfhost.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\perfhost.exe
          • Size 610KB
          • SHA256 1d84f2471262d32dc8b33a1fccb91a6204a5b8f4d91f33eeac81ab433428a077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\DiagSvcs\DiagnosticsHub.StandardCollector.Service.exe
          • Size 704KB
          • SHA256 413a3f1b08e48755c24809e29f8b100e9d928fdbf4ffc274342e301f0974ac8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          FXSSVC.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\FXSSVC.exe
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 3e0da3033060431cc51b4aa14909bd9f5be142dbd59922e3078c51ab562d96a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Locator.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\Locator.exe
          • Size 624KB
          • SHA256 28798581f46fecc36f28be3fe0d9b81f14bd0dc90c54997e3e77206492c84557
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PerceptionSimulationService.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
          • Size 828KB
          • SHA256 8e71024fde5895838493e534bc75145a555af1cbd23cfaa88fb65c9f10dabbef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          SensorDataService.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 50384f2dec7cf127aef3efa6ef35500b633feaab69fc442c12a33dc09ff6bead
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          alg.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
          • Size 704KB
          • SHA256 f58b5ec206fab2b8cea450327968c834b3e58264fba17c27c4dcad177319679b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msdtc.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
          • Size 760KB
          • SHA256 6c220a4a501375a7409dfd16bf262cc6badd9276206c49dc7c1ccbd2154b0fc0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AppVClient.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\system32\AppVClient.exe
          • Size 1.3MB
          • SHA256 461602200c3b30576e5a1c2d10d4ddc71fead946e0168ef60abe927cf5a6b6ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msiexec.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
          • Size 772KB
          • SHA256 0f88a501e1365cdfa4544fe917afa4851e70af34273b1e2ec3d97019f60b74af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/8-50-0x000001732D230000-0x000001732D35F000-memory.dmp

          memory/8-155-0x000001732CDA0000-0x000001732CDA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/8-52-0x000001732D480000-0x000001732D4E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/8-51-0x000001732D480000-0x000001732D4E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-76-0x00000119C9C30000-0x00000119C9FA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-69-0x00000119CA000000-0x00000119CA066000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-68-0x00000119CA000000-0x00000119CA066000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-78-0x00007FF7D33F0000-0x00007FF7D3558000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-67-0x00007FF7D33F0000-0x00007FF7D3558000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-77-0x00000119C9B20000-0x00000119C9B29000-memory.dmp

          memory/1796-74-0x00000119CA000000-0x00000119CA066000-memory.dmp

          memory/1916-59-0x000001D4EC320000-0x000001D4EC386000-memory.dmp

          memory/1916-58-0x000001D4EC0D0000-0x000001D4EC1FF000-memory.dmp

          memory/1916-60-0x000001D4EC320000-0x000001D4EC386000-memory.dmp

          memory/1916-160-0x000001D4EC820000-0x000001D4EC829000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-25-0x0000017AE8CA0000-0x0000017AE8D06000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-83-0x00007FF77AEB0000-0x00007FF77AF97000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-27-0x00007FF77AEB0000-0x00007FF77AF97000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-28-0x0000017AE8CA0000-0x0000017AE8D06000-memory.dmp

          memory/2128-152-0x0000017AE8AB0000-0x0000017AE8AB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-103-0x000002046D510000-0x000002046D576000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-158-0x00007FF78E030000-0x00007FF78E177000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-102-0x000002046D510000-0x000002046D576000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-105-0x00007FF78E030000-0x00007FF78E177000-memory.dmp

          memory/3764-164-0x000002046D5A0000-0x000002046D5A9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4212-81-0x0000022DE3620000-0x0000022DE3686000-memory.dmp

          memory/4212-85-0x0000022DE3620000-0x0000022DE3686000-memory.dmp

          memory/4212-84-0x00007FF7A8B30000-0x00007FF7A8C47000-memory.dmp

          memory/4212-162-0x0000022DE2D80000-0x0000022DE2D89000-memory.dmp

          memory/4212-156-0x00007FF7A8B30000-0x00007FF7A8C47000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-15-0x0000020EE5210000-0x0000020EE5276000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-151-0x0000020EE5C50000-0x0000020EE5FC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-150-0x0000020EE5720000-0x0000020EE5729000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-66-0x00007FF6E8190000-0x00007FF6E8277000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-343-0x0000020EE5C50000-0x0000020EE5FC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-14-0x00007FF6E8190000-0x00007FF6E8277000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-442-0x0000020EE5C50000-0x0000020EE5FC8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4316-17-0x0000020EE5210000-0x0000020EE5276000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-132-0x00000000025D0000-0x00000000026CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-0-0x0000000000090000-0x000000000033D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-32-0x0000000000184000-0x0000000000185000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-38-0x0000000000090000-0x000000000033D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-6-0x0000000002560000-0x00000000025C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-1-0x0000000002560000-0x00000000025C9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4448-133-0x0000000000090000-0x000000000033D000-memory.dmp

          memory/4780-127-0x00007FF6A3720000-0x00007FF6A37CB000-memory.dmp

          memory/4780-122-0x00000253CDB00000-0x00000253CDB66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4780-121-0x00000253CDB00000-0x00000253CDB66000-memory.dmp

          memory/4780-166-0x00000253CE010000-0x00000253CE019000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-39-0x0000019C45C20000-0x0000019C45C86000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-35-0x00007FF6B28A0000-0x00007FF6B2B2B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-36-0x0000019C45C20000-0x0000019C45C86000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-46-0x0000019C45CA0000-0x0000019C45CA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-43-0x0000019C45C20000-0x0000019C45C86000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-45-0x0000019C452C0000-0x0000019C45638000-memory.dmp

          memory/5000-47-0x00007FF6B28A0000-0x00007FF6B2B2B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5332-163-0x0000021D4D4E0000-0x0000021D4D4E9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5332-95-0x0000021D4D880000-0x0000021D4D8E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5332-96-0x0000021D4D880000-0x0000021D4D8E6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5332-94-0x0000021D4D630000-0x0000021D4D75F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-144-0x00007FF721FA0000-0x00007FF7223CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-139-0x0000020606FF0000-0x0000020607056000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-140-0x0000020606FF0000-0x0000020607056000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-167-0x0000020606FF0000-0x0000020607056000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-169-0x0000020606FA0000-0x0000020606FA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-170-0x00000206078C0000-0x00000206079AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5856-171-0x00007FF721FA0000-0x00007FF7223CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-161-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AE000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-110-0x00000000007C0000-0x0000000000829000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-165-0x0000000000E30000-0x0000000000F2E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-126-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AE000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-115-0x00000000007C0000-0x0000000000829000-memory.dmp