Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    133s
  • 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, 19:41

General

  • Target
    2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
  • Size 2.1MB
  • Sample260511-yea95shs8v
  • SHA256 1f8de2ffcc2163f11695e2dc0b574fd79cd93aa6a3b22ae046ed961b9a423745
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Loads dropped DLL 2 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 16 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_32cdbf1ab38cb80bea6d7163e29d83ef_elex_hijackloader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2720

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Guid.db

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\Guid.db
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 99c27aea185bfe036fc1c4db09d3f82d6b5360f409e16cdc010a8a18e22c9c99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        GuidInfo.db

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GuidInfo.db
        • Size 320B
        • SHA256 4aab0372a0a2e1b58e908f31e0819178bc095d845498667f6ea6a22a85ab98b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        QQPCDownload.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TencentDownload\~e5859e3\QQPCDownload.dll
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 7fae69ebf44c3773697e9e21e43d87d55cf7c0cbf504377014e00e3b29bcbadf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        beacon_sdk.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TencentDownload\~e5859e3\beacon_sdk.dll
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ad835610539bbfa9e419ce4996d0361d620f8fe3dea8227280236450b7951c2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GlobalMgr.db

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GlobalMgr.db
        • Size 190B
        • SHA256 d0007df6ae24ba0752db33b37872d1f2c5286d99035a66cdc4bc99afdca85e34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH