Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
153s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
12/08/2026, 17:49
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
18 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample260812-wd5fgszthy
- SHA256 52d4be8b4be7c5077255b00202f36b19d26026ae1cc60b557c35cdb716e9d7dc
- MD5 52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe
- SHA1 4936dd7e2d5c2ff9e08ced910df7db319634dece
- SHA512 f423ce1ec6265f6ebb963d3fe57a5e8596262068e813db4c01c0d794f48f73597f2f39c02c080a07d163c3ce026524777c3cdccc2b49c68868abbebfdbd438f0
- SSDEEP 98304:QpMinLWKpi3WA0qbUxWSOOwDCkJiYmmZRnNnegxXGDM:QpMGWK03sqbUxyO3YmmZRnNnea
- TLSH T138E53356D67158DDC9FBFCB9C0118B40D5A1930FFF2A538F29C498F42689D3A8CE462A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: salatstealer
SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.
- Detect SalatStealer payload 14 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5660-1-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/5660-2-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/5660-9-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-11-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-12-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-13-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-14-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-16-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-18-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/2748-27-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-28-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-29-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-30-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer behavioral2/memory/4888-31-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp family_salatstealer - Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 14 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5660-1-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/5660-2-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/5660-9-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-11-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-12-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-13-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-14-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-16-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-18-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/2748-27-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-28-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-29-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-30-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs behavioral2/memory/4888-31-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_Embedded_Crypto_Wallet_Browser_Extension_IDs - Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 14 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5660-1-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/5660-2-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/5660-9-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-11-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-12-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-13-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-14-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-16-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-18-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/2748-27-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-28-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-29-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-30-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers behavioral2/memory/4888-31-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_Binary_References_Browsers - Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 14 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5660-1-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/5660-2-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/5660-9-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-11-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-12-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-13-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-14-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-16-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-18-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/2748-27-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-28-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-29-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-30-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore behavioral2/memory/4888-31-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore - UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 18 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5660-0-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/5660-1-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/5660-2-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/files/0x000b00000001c640-7.dat UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-10-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/5660-9-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-11-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-12-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-13-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-14-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-16-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-18-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/2748-25-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/2748-27-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-28-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-29-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-30-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4888-31-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp UPX - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4888 WUDFHost.exe 2748 WUDFHost.exe - Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Unsecured Credentials: Credentials In Files 1 TTPs
Steal credentials from unsecured files.
- Accesses cryptocurrency files/wallets, possible credential harvesting 2 TTPs
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5660-0-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5660-1-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5660-2-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/files/0x000b00000001c640-7.dat upx behavioral2/memory/4888-10-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5660-9-0x0000000000670000-0x00000000011F8000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-11-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-12-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-13-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-14-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-16-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-18-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/2748-25-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/2748-27-0x0000000000940000-0x00000000014C8000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-28-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-29-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-30-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4888-31-0x00000000000B0000-0x0000000000C38000-memory.dmp upx - Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\64d59622-cc47-d4e4-a913-c7c447bb22cc 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WUDFHost.exe 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\WUDFHost.exe WUDFHost.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WUDFHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language WUDFHost.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 46 IoCs
pid Process 5660 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe 5660 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe 5660 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe 5660 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 2748 WUDFHost.exe 2748 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe 4888 WUDFHost.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4888 WUDFHost.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4888 WUDFHost.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5660 wrote to memory of 4888 5660 2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe 91 PID 4888 wrote to memory of 2748 4888 WUDFHost.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe_elex_hive.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5660 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WUDFHost.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WUDFHost.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4888 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\WUDFHost.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\WUDFHost.exe" -3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:2748
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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"1⤵PID:1208
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\WUDFHost.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 52d4be8b4be7c5077255b00202f36b19d26026ae1cc60b557c35cdb716e9d7dc
- MD5 52d5921a8d941571d3da30424e430ebe
- SHA1 4936dd7e2d5c2ff9e08ced910df7db319634dece
- SHA512 f423ce1ec6265f6ebb963d3fe57a5e8596262068e813db4c01c0d794f48f73597f2f39c02c080a07d163c3ce026524777c3cdccc2b49c68868abbebfdbd438f0
- SSDEEP 98304:QpMinLWKpi3WA0qbUxWSOOwDCkJiYmmZRnNnegxXGDM:QpMGWK03sqbUxyO3YmmZRnNnea
- TLSH T138E53356D67158DDC9FBFCB9C0118B40D5A1930FFF2A538F29C498F42689D3A8CE462A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH