Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/05/2026, 02:16

General

  • Target
    2026-05-22_24a9c746654acb4e8f7202522bc14af5_elex_icedid_njrat_surtr_vidar.exe
  • Size 834KB
  • Sample260522-cqlpcsft8t
  • SHA256 a5cfe13577321bf8c713cdd141ea5807996cda5e2c5e4935f8e4dcfe158f387b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Drops startup file 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_24a9c746654acb4e8f7202522bc14af5_elex_icedid_njrat_surtr_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_24a9c746654acb4e8f7202522bc14af5_elex_icedid_njrat_surtr_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops startup file
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3396
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4952
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
      PID:3976
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      1⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1068
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1140

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3c560052d6be98c8b3324d91e6d870d06745e150513b05bdc7b6936ab22ab136
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 7aca2af758bdd88f6d27fe856b8dc5a302dd176b2eb6870c065fee2ab4866efb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ae5b915838de2ceb8dbc1bab15d1d51d749e35fd72a8835d3c8cb3d3b0b518d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ade3adbef45cb6fdaa05011e5b3832dd6c9e7bc04dcad28e07a55b4133b21d40
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 de2c5cbab7b8bd179e40b0f6e349ea9c72b314e4cf0b08c8b6bcf953d7cd6656
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ff5530ff724bf4e42d8ad43bd0b177bccc7b1e24729ae68c4cd5c5922ef9e10b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b15a7eb29be7a531aef960d8ebf82a2d923f66d02573af584600661bb0096257
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 8daa21f6465eaf076fa15981c0bb4423281cf5a9f90f1745a7499b1edb257208
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cfe4b58fe8fd7d480ce6ad2814a9114741adb6fa3094c4ca56bd5e616617ddda
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 1c94afed1700eb0f8afe4531d7222d8f8c61936ed50d28f57b03ee33fe20c476
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3a909f40e6d1943ae8b71225ba6ab028fc2baecb319db2546148e223a5679144
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 0d45f5e823f96773239beb5f0040432e1be32c0f5fa6615a2d70f87b1b2ccdea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a045394a486a658797e4545abaaa77578b08b3e8401c4ff471191214cf2eff75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 f77d45769ea8ab344d6f982d58a635cf26f8b794f6ce82d8343539e943c0366c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 6d49e3e8f3bb900ca48643536b24f85508e3424d82e62933d63b712c324e5994
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 5e3aa49dbbdc3156daf2ddffc74f3dda9ccfaa1e837bfe3d42bdc1c8b76b114b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c719c8b9ea015a4cd393010e16d88518fb59f4103e2640911122360298288b19
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2efb2d721392523d68a1fe359720954d404def821467f3e131552e865e629886
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 82073b10497e019eb075db07243e8cf42d355d67ec13fac915d89594a361231b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 76d6f5f849c67f9d857d1736912f9fbd96627d7385244bc2334c0cc5a01c80de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 54393e4496c79be881da979640d7e3a4a6e7523162a83cbb5861489ebae645d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d866a8c8ec81e5e4e3a8a5424c81117bc8f87b05acac22c0bd4974c5f539ae51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9fae02e4c8f964a595dcf29a4e57876571b5e03574f07c155773a5198eb2515f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 2dad5319201ec40da4e206df05e1f7b4087cc77c1104cb2f51f6d415ea15428a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 cd514469c6660e54b2b2309045ab608e5e321483602ae3266e6806fe9b1ac91c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 edf7946f342b54fdaef657281c3aa916a560f714102d3799fe2c27a1c70a8be5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 04d7537ed0e8ce415b1ef5946f57c89ed8a45a33a5c975a03f92ba9937a28f47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 912179797700ed40f312b36d945af657c1653204f8b91db385adc60efd91399f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f00d7c4ece04d1cb8ffe67b424b94d9b8225fcfed1b7883a551209c065327250
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ac3edbe40ca08804a5057898b4aec443a3f51d597f19058c334905fc11eb3f53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9e71d9af4145571e67943547bfbbb3527e1f3c2a526cab348174f0a03abab3db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 05dc46cac14adea71d96492da9d2de29d43def82663494db494e035bbb29e51f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d937696105a25ee55d12d8d9ece02589cc2c54ba30a077879128f758501c138d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cda8098cb1ae055ff60be99f54b8e82b8ef4ed812aa4eb8dffb75c47402a8f67
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 46d0ea39975fd698a99c2ac47f6d716800d79799d0608b77885b4f97e1ec7ded
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a50cecd6e80d087f12f70273135c0505e4a57b757a83c42ae1a5a76123960102
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ea5ddbcb6fb976187ba24430071709b9520bf2114b3fb3d3733e7b3286bbfaec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b3677be4d9326bd2ba16bcc3e049f4a83fc4e145b458d93cee737e6ef591cf7e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f26597fb67945948aa7f487cc38d2ff1002f78f4eb525d6134f7c61562481c86
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 fa4f7e21c012dcd8d529a099ba43abb21903fcb2804949e4369ca68608513b65
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 72274eeaf7360b8791ffb5f23e2035d63f54e3b5c24570cb75664e2322fe8f18
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ee51c8925de0f312148ccff2f061c226f449bb6287a1a1e3286f01f5e9c8d717
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ed4b1e1cd0f3b86022b2aadcc318002d314a1f0625d4f937818c2a21bda82c0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 e286dddab35aa1e20a9e70672de260534ced6a57ab4539b068e38e1319f2f3a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 671d48daf7653b08d6b299f6b0de4c208c55180ec0fed9eb6f13d639739dadbe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 1d909fb62a5b976439f5352b619b12d12b80534fc11c8cb7bc780d0b5bcb304d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 70272d9752e00e5329c81b818a305adbe3d0be773555a307851f9c7740199e19
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ba584cee367135a5b9e2895533cea06578813cad5f55b835ada287a43e6e657e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b413e6e1c8c45a9e752fc2f0f69e5ee23918ffd3388194805ffd663df253a9e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 5b4dc6950662155ebe02e1cf3d5419df59e62a012b635691ab0ce4593fa630c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 5fbbffea2c387868513608dfa15131786ad6711eda6479514136d2336f6247c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 52e528fe40dc33c52c7c886a47b1573852f93b89e39e7810b8c24dce35a58f86
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 834KB
          • SHA256 38b0ed0cfdc787e6a29e6f8578b746adff3f9a46d97ea4e71801dcf25c3b5454
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2654269261-3199571979-4291878722-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 835KB
          • SHA256 6aed7822d393914cdb9a8d3771d6adfce7d20201ebcfdf852b54b474fc9e7113
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          AutoRun.exe

          • Path F:\AutoRun.exe
          • Size 834KB
          • SHA256 a5cfe13577321bf8c713cdd141ea5807996cda5e2c5e4935f8e4dcfe158f387b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3396-45-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3396-0-0x00000000006E0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4952-5-0x00000000021E0000-0x00000000021E1000-memory.dmp