Analysis

  • max time kernel
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 03:23

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_f9dba31e9c794756dbf09f351eaa4ec6_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 2.4MB
  • Sample260816-dxfx5aba43
  • SHA256 5a69a480eaef13ce08fb830085f41160af9c52f293c4031bf8d35a0924a3edf3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 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.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 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 9 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_f9dba31e9c794756dbf09f351eaa4ec6_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_f9dba31e9c794756dbf09f351eaa4ec6_elex_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:980
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBAACACCACBABABCBCBCACCABCACABCABCACBCCCCCBACCBCCACCCABCBBACBCBCCCBAACCBCACBCCACBAACAABABAAACBBAACBAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1184
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBAACACCACBABABCBCBCACCABCACABCABCACBCCCCCBACCBCCACCCABCBBACBCBCCCBAACCBCACBCCACBAACAABABAAACBBAACBAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5024
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCABCABBBBABBABACBCCACACBBACCCCBBCAAABAACCCACBBCCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCABCABBBBABBABACBCCACACBBACCCCBBCAAABAACCCACBBCCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3376
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCABCABBBBABBABACBCCACACBBACCCCBBCAAABAACCCACBBCCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCABCABBBBABBABACBCCACACBBACCCCBBCAAABAACCCACBBCCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4408
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCABCABBBBABBABACBCCACACBBACCCCBBCAAABAACCCACBBCCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5564
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCABCABBBBABBABACBCCACACBBACCCCBBCAAABAACCCACBBCCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3188
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5920
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5136
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBCAABBABBBCBCBCBCCCBCBCBCBBCAABCCAACBBCABCABCCAACACA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBCAABBABBBCBCBCBCCCBCBCBCBBCAABCCAACBBCABCABCCAACACA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5836
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2244

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4C903F19-B4C3-4D0C-8CC9-D444C511AF1C}v64.60.31149\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5441b27fe0409636b7f741d7cde58066db5afaea2a90e16e7bb54d491e56d695
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4C903F19-B4C3-4D0C-8CC9-D444C511AF1C}v64.60.31149\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0bb115f079daaa7753ea13a10b371290accee34bf0c1891c1cf411b6830040de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 961d4fe9ae33388275052738fc82f0afc37f2998bb230e0007a77462fa29c5ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi\1.107.1_0\_locales\uk\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 57a651680a10adb72dd0be06b7e6eab5347fc69e6f93ffeda5ba39d0c4a20c9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Burn\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ebc5c3254a2ae790cc4e03dc5ba6d409ee7c1a47b156e7ed026ee3543b465658
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Protect\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e0060e97c79e3757e5d1929d2f4a1d395a430ebd27473ff2ecd3595dbb461075
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 950e2bb3a6a1614f8d8e19a8fe49559b9a63035a6407bdd892031e332edd3c67
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5499da74f0cdaece63f09848da5e34e388b01fd523ae673deaa582dee2c3540a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 106a97ca20ce99fc888344c17815d4db5c0621c2d990cb956fa3c53b3467f46b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3100e793c8711fdab1460e376ef217a7e15e0821248ef3e205411d4dc37c07de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4caae3ed43b6ded38e52c1de2cced8ef2bf68b8e5d08a933f860804c7249c20e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 34.7MB
          • SHA256 21e739abfc7ac0ef7d09e964ec087a24615b28a24784a3f6bff51111704df99e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 8.0MB
          • SHA256 50c8ac5f6b2ccb287941133e3c1bb14e793eaa9469a822bf867ccfc9b9923ed4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 15.3MB
          • SHA256 15a79f4c988724a5404bf4f065db37d72d08e950f00a0461415d805b5eb5e7b7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 5b4b72bb982673feca243414424331bbe4ad4636474d3b969e0c4504444ad75e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 20.1MB
          • SHA256 9b650aba2deb4a1d5bbad79a2a70572106fb40a0884e8eb9cbf4a1f1e1f6a565
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 22.6MB
          • SHA256 13e2a0bcf27ce6b9bb0e9843d55805d6057e179a92363a5aaebb867b764e3cea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RequestConvertTo.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\RequestConvertTo.exe
          • Size 29.8MB
          • SHA256 2231bcf5e07c40dc7a52d42f3b62ddca6f20698ca8f94bec5f49beafc156b43f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b6e91676ed3aa20f38cb1cfc4205708635fe9e353d95da27080be09f25223115
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 69a45c44ae80c5bfed5b3a12a609efada2a41babb3160e3fde0e1ab0551b33cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCABACBABCCCCACBCABBCCCBAAABBACBABABCBBBCACCCABAACABC.exe
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 5a69a480eaef13ce08fb830085f41160af9c52f293c4031bf8d35a0924a3edf3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 966B
          • SHA256 62aeefa73f5bf8852ebdd98961a047661b030f022571d176d67fa41575fd29d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 abb29331480012009daf20aab9c265bcea83f9207687836623bdcba6f65838fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/980-85-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-21-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-59-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-10-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/980-33-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D71000-memory.dmp

          memory/2244-108-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

          memory/2244-1940-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5836-694-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5836-92-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5920-32-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5920-107-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5920-69-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5920-47-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp