Analysis
- max time kernel
26s - max time network
143s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
07/08/2026, 03:54
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe
- Size 672KB
- Sample260807-eghbpaxarf
- SHA256 c1b3101264d4b3fccfaff3bc67a2c6d4334966cd557fa6ecb7a38179ad9aa7df
- MD5 52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4
- SHA1 75b4ec2d1b642c8cf216835c5b2d59809dc95b2b
- SHA512 1d7a10d9893f2281b2e09468d91e3b238158c77bcea933afc3056714ece823c7a4f17793cfb43e82265f2da701825cc3918ab0f503cbddde0dd778d045a1fcfa
- SSDEEP 6144:9/8JeJfEuGs8k/bUlgqjpJDHCq17WSTLp980sbpy3KR/ie5b2b2YfwHbmdUnmXr8:2JeJfEuGstgg/kjp98zHpie5ym6egr8
- TLSH T1FBE4BF1372E1B1F1D86625F41F679379A7B67C30563AAE0B63D43E1B16314A0AB36323
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe rundll.exe" 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "1" 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Disables Task Manager via registry modification
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Yahoo Messengger = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr.exe" 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\Pictures\desktop.ini explorer.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\Pictures\desktop.ini explorer.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Public\desktop.ini explorer.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\u: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\y: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\b: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\d: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\g: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\h: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\i: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\j: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\o: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\p: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\a: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\l: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\v: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\x: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\z: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\k: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\r: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\t: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\w: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\m: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\n: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\q: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened (read-only) \??\s: 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Modifies WinLogon 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\system = "Winhelp.exe" 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - AutoIT Executable 2 IoCs
AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/552-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/552-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AF000-memory.dmp autoit_exe - Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setup.ini 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winhelp.exe 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winhelp.exe 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\winhelp.ini 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\winhelp.ini 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File created C:\Windows\regsvr.exe 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\regsvr.exe 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 1684 cmd.exe 52 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language at.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language at.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Locked = "1" explorer.exe - Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 0100000000000000ffffffff explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\NodeSlot = "2" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Documents" explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{1CF1260C-4DD0-4ebb-811F-33C572699FDE}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A0953C92-50DC-43bf-BE83-3742FED03C9C}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}\Instance\ explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\MRUListEx = ffffffff explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{A8CDFF1C-4878-43be-B5FD-F8091C1C60D0}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1 = 3a001f481cffcda87848be43b5fdf8091c1c60d0260001002600efbe1100000064ff3facad0fdd01f46fad87b90fdd019e9c6888b90fdd0114000000 explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 0202 explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\NotificationData explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02 explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1 explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2 explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{3ADD1653-EB32-4cb0-BBD7-DFA0ABB5ACCA}\Instance\ explorer.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 4752 explorer.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 4752 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4752 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 552 wrote to memory of 1684 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 89 PID 1684 wrote to memory of 5096 1684 cmd.exe 91 PID 552 wrote to memory of 52 552 2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe 92 PID 52 wrote to memory of 4964 52 cmd.exe 94
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_52b03616d37e5ee34871add5483828f4_elex_stop.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Modifies WinLogon
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:552 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT /delete /yes2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1684 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exeAT /delete /yes3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5096
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\winhelp.exe2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:52 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exeAT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\winhelp.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4964
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeExplorer.exe rundll.exe1⤵
- Modifies registry class
PID:4936
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeC:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding1⤵
- Drops desktop.ini file(s)
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4752
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C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exeC:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding1⤵PID:2540
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
3Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
2Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
3Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
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