Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/08/2026, 12:14

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_e50208277dc49b095209ad0d8b07d5d7_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 11.9MB
  • Sample260814-pesprasfnd
  • SHA256 4ab8da02aa0aaa104e7f1fc8af74caa333b31a5d84b14a7526681c2f634440f2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 28 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_e50208277dc49b095209ad0d8b07d5d7_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_e50208277dc49b095209ad0d8b07d5d7_elex_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5064
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4592

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Guid.db

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\Guid.db
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d1064c2b3b50258c3f3fa0caf25cb1cd893893726eacffa620be5dbb9acc7c23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          GuidInfo.db

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GuidInfo.db
          • Size 320B
          • SHA256 52efc03a9a45d7d8e412f0b02eb37aaaa1c50afe1b23bd119c0b639b3a2b6aa7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          GuidList.db

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GuidList.db
          • Size 221B
          • SHA256 d4e1c304d80791b82256e9d873b87d939f082be916499a62d13d5cbb9e2fc1ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          GuidReport.dat

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Tencent\DeskUpdate\GuidReport.dat
          • Size 818B
          • SHA256 73beb21105cb0c87d7d8dad6a36f1b108d995d15bff391c8756c4e2dbec546fb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          QQPCDownload.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TencentDownload\~e5954cd\QQPCDownload.dll
          • Size 12.5MB
          • SHA256 0fc96f95541418ede42d0bced00aba5180563f061e4dfd0b07449ed29456ee8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          beacon_sdk.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TencentDownload\~e5954cd\beacon_sdk.dll
          • Size 1.9MB
          • SHA256 5c0cd4b51d21187ae5ef8a483e9128d0f210779ee996b38715907eedd1e7d308
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH