Analysis

  • max time kernel
    89s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/07/2026, 01:43

General

  • Target
    2026-07-01_d93f2cc7f1a33145a3f9a35f447e8284_cryptolocker_elex.exe
  • Size 40KB
  • Sample260701-b494fab16j
  • SHA256 bf6ba6db969a814e1c7eea0c9b817007be6e3b15327ff7ea70c4cca3dc6e85a6
  • 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 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 51 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 39 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\2026-07-01_d93f2cc7f1a33145a3f9a35f447e8284_cryptolocker_elex.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-01_d93f2cc7f1a33145a3f9a35f447e8284_cryptolocker_elex.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3320
    • 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:720
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:108
    • 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:2132
  • 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:2756
  • 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:5452

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 603B
        • SHA256 b346273b0f3e13afaa9f07d97248343c45a667a5e097d1198a449a4de187aebb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        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

        hasfj.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hasfj.exe
        • Size 40KB
        • SHA256 0b4eb0269206ecf2dbda9ac95cf9d9dc524ca4c44f79c5cf810d252ebd2b0879
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/720-20-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800A000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-18-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800A000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-21-0x00000000022A0000-0x00000000022A6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3320-3-0x0000000003810000-0x0000000003816000-memory.dmp

        memory/3320-0-0x0000000008004000-0x0000000008005000-memory.dmp

        memory/3320-2-0x0000000008000000-0x000000000800A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3320-1-0x00000000037E0000-0x00000000037E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5452-49-0x0000014F801E0000-0x0000014F802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5452-76-0x0000014F83D10000-0x0000014F83D30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5452-63-0x0000014F93E30000-0x0000014F93F30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5452-94-0x0000014F94230000-0x0000014F94250000-memory.dmp

        memory/5452-61-0x0000014F839D0000-0x0000014F839F0000-memory.dmp