Analysis

  • max time kernel
    127s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 13:20

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_19bc08989c1e6c3bec6548fd299b7015_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 2.6MB
  • Sample260815-qlgrhaxyey
  • SHA256 0f4b4a4b7bc95882e104afdacd1c95e7ee168303914acf3c88faf04335f82a28
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials
  • Protocol

    smtp

  • Host

    smtp.mail.me.com

  • Port

    587

  • Password

    RICHARD205lord

Signatures

  • Family: KnightLogger

    KnightLogger is a Windows stealer written in C#.

  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with MEW 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information steale 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 8 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads local data of messenger clients 2 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored data of messaging applications, which can include saved credentials and account information.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • AutoIT Executable 2 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 4 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 8 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    When files are downloaded from the Internet, they are tagged with a hidden NTFS Alternate Data Stream (ADS) named Zone.Identifier with a specific value known as the MOTW.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 26 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • NTFS ADS 3 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 25 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 58 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 36 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_19bc08989c1e6c3bec6548fd299b7015_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_19bc08989c1e6c3bec6548fd299b7015_elex_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2072
    • C:\ProgramData\jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe
      C:\ProgramData\jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4324
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
        0
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:380
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\cvtres.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\cvtres.exe -f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF1F7.tmp"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3168
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\cvtres.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\cvtres.exe -f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF4E6.tmp"
          4⤵
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3960
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\cvtres.exe
          C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\cvtres.exe -f "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF5E1.tmp"
          4⤵
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5068
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2028
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:968
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1060
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4400
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:872
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3556
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4748
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1616
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3912
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4912
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3416
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4960
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2400
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2804
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:872
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1468
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2520
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr119.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4072
  • C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe
    C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4332

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 c9b737029f71ae1ad5a4336804f1d7f6a7ee8bc701334d4c9637f862b84cb04d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        winmgr119.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 fa85ea7ce348b0dfe94163e1d8941a84006833a329a874516abbcd65f77713ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tmpF1F7.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF1F7.tmp
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 997aceeb78143e057d4ea0ed699db3cc1c723f699b4532663b7b85c83baa5c50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmpF4E6.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF4E6.tmp
        • Size 400B
        • SHA256 ef54f46b9f1e342fc12e035ae94f57c61ea4e8be4e116f0a1c6f86310f400f49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tmpF5E1.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpF5E1.tmp
        • Size 391B
        • SHA256 681bcee53cf679ac674e700136f9229b9184fe60ed6410dbd7a33d462ed13ae2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/380-8-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000AEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/380-9-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002920000-memory.dmp

        memory/380-10-0x00000000735E2000-0x00000000735E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/380-13-0x0000000002910000-0x0000000002920000-memory.dmp

        memory/380-14-0x00000000735E2000-0x00000000735E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/3168-25-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3168-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3168-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3168-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3960-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

        memory/3960-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

        memory/3960-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

        memory/3960-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

        memory/5068-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5068-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5068-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp