Analysis

  • max time kernel
    109s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260617-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260617-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/06/2026, 21:53

General

  • Target
    2026-06-28_6cb79eeab917f8338d8b73d9ab458de1_cryptolocker_elex.exe
  • Size 44KB
  • Sample260628-1rt9wsfx5l
  • SHA256 245c7340cb57be42f6bd6a79eedbb242346efbca2cfc926cb8d83cd0b4bc417f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detection of CryptoLocker Variants 4 IoCs
  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 62 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-28_6cb79eeab917f8338d8b73d9ab458de1_cryptolocker_elex.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-28_6cb79eeab917f8338d8b73d9ab458de1_cryptolocker_elex.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3748
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hasfj.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hasfj.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6028
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2196
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
      2⤵
      • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3616
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5612
  • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
    "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2344

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
        • Size 607B
        • SHA256 be6b74e52e5eef1f1c27c0976bf3bf1bfa99958c00bbef2898a602f691be6dae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        hasfj.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hasfj.exe
        • Size 45KB
        • SHA256 3db1d5cdd9a7b2ba9cf723923c6e81894af343dc08aa372552f278e9cd709130
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2344-28-0x000001C7001E0000-0x000001C7002E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2344-34-0x000001C701DE0000-0x000001C701EE0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2344-46-0x000001C701C20000-0x000001C701C40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2344-74-0x000001C704660000-0x000001C704680000-memory.dmp

        memory/2344-33-0x000001C7019C0000-0x000001C7019E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-3-0x00000000022B0000-0x00000000022B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-0-0x0000000008004000-0x0000000008005000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-2-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-1-0x0000000002280000-0x0000000002286000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-21-0x0000000002290000-0x0000000002296000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-20-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800A000-memory.dmp

        memory/6028-18-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800A000-memory.dmp