Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
147s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/08/2026, 07:45
General
- Target 2026-08-02_f0255d1de881c23dbd5eb020476c9872_elex_stop.exe
- Size 4.9MB
- Sample260802-jlt89seq7t
- SHA256 1c7bacb258c4320fab402cf96d57e5839ac7bbbd5efb6ad408fa1a146e13221e
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- AutoIT Executable 6 IoCs
AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 9 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_f0255d1de881c23dbd5eb020476c9872_elex_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_f0255d1de881c23dbd5eb020476c9872_elex_stop.exe"1⤵
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c copy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_f0255d1de881c23dbd5eb020476c9872_elex_stop.exe" "%appdata%\WLQWINKU32.exe"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WLQWINKU32.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\WLQWINKU32.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates connected drives
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
WLQWINKU32.exe
memory/1316-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C9000-memory.dmp
memory/1316-1-0x0000000000483000-0x0000000000484000-memory.dmp
memory/1316-3-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C9000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-5-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C9000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C9000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C9000-memory.dmp