Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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
    29/06/2026, 00:45

General

  • Target
    2026-06-28_03de3318dcc2834595ec082eaf2b9cc2_elex_qilin_rhadamanthys.exe
  • Size 126KB
  • Sample260629-a4befaax9l
  • SHA256 fe1afd375139299a5bbfd544a7d8c50276ca7b291552a8408744b64c092625d3
  • 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 53 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_03de3318dcc2834595ec082eaf2b9cc2_elex_qilin_rhadamanthys.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-28_03de3318dcc2834595ec082eaf2b9cc2_elex_qilin_rhadamanthys.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3396
    • 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:2736
  • C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
    C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:5688
  • 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:4772
  • 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:3048
  • 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:5996

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 599B
        • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        microsofthelp.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\microsofthelp.exe
        • Size 126KB
        • SHA256 77d2a393f01e134c2a247679ab70847eaba2638e241d2c02f5261562621d4286
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2736-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-11-0x00000200801E0000-0x00000200802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-57-0x0000020094280000-0x00000200942A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-28-0x0000020081DE0000-0x0000020081E00000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-20-0x0000020081EC0000-0x0000020081FC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3048-18-0x0000020081CA0000-0x0000020081CC0000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3396-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4772-192-0x000000000E2C0000-0x000000000EB3B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5688-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp