Analysis

  • max time kernel
    142s
  • max time network
    150s
  • 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, 22:32

General

  • Target
    2026-06-28_56d729e7040bac374c97d9050f688c52_elex_qilin.exe
  • Size 97KB
  • Sample260628-2f4vmafv9w
  • SHA256 1f0b16df2a59d92fb1c682b68219f7c663101570ddfc51fd6b5dacaf35de52e7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • blihanstealer

Mutex
  • pomdfghrt

Attributes
  • user_agent

    Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; CIBA; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022)

Signatures

  • Family: BlihanStealer

    Blihan is a stealer written in C++.

  • Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 5 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.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows 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.

  • 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 36 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.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-28_56d729e7040bac374c97d9050f688c52_elex_qilin.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-28_56d729e7040bac374c97d9050f688c52_elex_qilin.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1296
    • C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
      "C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3516
  • C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
    C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:5180
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5888
    • 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:5684
  • 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:3360
  • 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:4660
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1420

    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 595B
          • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          microsofthelp.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
          • Size 98KB
          • SHA256 ba9f1e61a1e06c786fb9e00c4ed62df7d05575f9d1d4255c4a8f816dddb5db3c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1296-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1296-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-18-0x00000276001E0000-0x00000276002E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-82-0x0000027614120000-0x0000027614140000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-68-0x0000027601BA0000-0x0000027601BC0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-45-0x0000027601D60000-0x0000027601E60000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-44-0x0000027601940000-0x0000027601960000-memory.dmp

          memory/3516-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5180-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp