Analysis

  • max time kernel
    135s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 10:22

General

  • Target
    2026-07-09_9f6a893161ef98b9a24b61037e4f3c0e_elex_emotet_icedid_stop.exe
  • Size 1.0MB
  • Sample260709-mecmeshv7t
  • SHA256 b4ea7cd0fd7e0ad59295993329b7eaddf54f80f01923f8b7e81266ca04869845
  • 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.

  • 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 1 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 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 53 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 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\2026-07-09_9f6a893161ef98b9a24b61037e4f3c0e_elex_emotet_icedid_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_9f6a893161ef98b9a24b61037e4f3c0e_elex_emotet_icedid_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2788
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1144
    • 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:5652
  • 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:5364
  • 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:1492

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

        2026-07-09_9f6a893161ef98b9a24b61037e4f3c0e_elex_emotet_icedid_stop.data

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GetRightToGo\2026-07-09_9f6a893161ef98b9a24b61037e4f3c0e_elex_emotet_icedid_stop.data
        • Size 664B
        • SHA256 1657de64d01ddecce2961dcf4210ad952ed34ee6a4f68890cd892e25dad69944
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1492-190-0x0000024D89000000-0x0000024D89691000-memory.dmp

        memory/2788-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000502000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-51-0x0000016B84250000-0x0000016B84270000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-20-0x0000016B83D10000-0x0000016B83D30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-15-0x0000016B83930000-0x0000016B83950000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-7-0x0000016B801E0000-0x0000016B802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-9-0x0000016B801E0000-0x0000016B802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-8-0x0000016B801E0000-0x0000016B802E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5364-16-0x0000016B83D70000-0x0000016B83E70000-memory.dmp