Analysis

  • max time kernel
    132s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/07/2026, 15:21

General

  • Target
    2026-07-04_627d7aee83ac15ba56dc2b682e9dc911_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe
  • Size 441KB
  • Sample260704-srcqvacy9p
  • SHA256 1f10c714cce8c373c4dee97ec7818ceca287d14e4359385c3a829bf4e88ff092
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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\2026-07-04_627d7aee83ac15ba56dc2b682e9dc911_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-04_627d7aee83ac15ba56dc2b682e9dc911_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2568
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A43A.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A43A.tmp" --helpC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-04_627d7aee83ac15ba56dc2b682e9dc911_elex_mafia_stealc_tofsee.exe D3CFA1099D6DE1E8D5C64CE1408AA508D5971FF858D1629C1FE2145DAD4F70C98D94B8B80DB6DECE55E40C43204E1B7FFFF87DEAF1199DE7285F93081457BFE3
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:960
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5948
    • 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:3156
  • 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:6048
  • 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:5204
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4600

    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

          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

          A43A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\A43A.tmp
          • Size 441KB
          • SHA256 d6656d007043e2e5bcc538d0a8ab4bd90425064eb4aadefa111f6753cbd678cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/960-6-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000EB7000-memory.dmp

          memory/960-8-0x0000000000E40000-0x0000000000EB7000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-7-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000467000-memory.dmp

          memory/2568-0-0x00000000003F0000-0x0000000000467000-memory.dmp

          memory/5204-183-0x000001F26A000000-0x000001F26A29E000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-31-0x000001E1001E0000-0x000001E1002E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-39-0x000001E102D10000-0x000001E102D30000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-35-0x000001E102D50000-0x000001E102E50000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-34-0x000001E102930000-0x000001E102950000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-29-0x000001E1001E0000-0x000001E1002E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-73-0x000001E1141A0000-0x000001E1141C0000-memory.dmp

          memory/6048-182-0x000001E117900000-0x000001E117B9E000-memory.dmp