370b22faf0008cd7355511f006dfd15beeba7c4af16c34d760aa8dfdcebc522e

General

Target
2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
Size 2.6MB
Sample260816-evlw2azard
SHA256 370b22faf0008cd7355511f006dfd15beeba7c4af16c34d760aa8dfdcebc522e
MD5 7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6
SHA1 7a8c5ecc7450443c734d4728d90e263caf36c3de
SHA512 a002f2cfecf3652b4d567ea030602902ab221d58cac759762bd54371864914c2d6b639fa724b8fb4d0fb3e99580aa0ed3dc6821e2a2058a263584faeb598bd42
SSDEEP 12288:WJeJfEuGstgg/kjp98zHpie5to5vBSXyMzB:WJeJfAqkjp98zHpieTopBcJ9
TLSH
T193D5BF1372E1A1F1D46925F50F67937967F67C305A36AE0763D43E2B2A311D0AA3A323
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

adware defense_evasion discovery execution persistence spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Winlogon Helper DLL

T1547.004

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe "	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe regsvr.exe"	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe

Disables RegEdit via registry modification 2 IoCs

defense_evasion

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "0"	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "1"	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe

Disables Task Manager via registry modification
defense_evasion

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Msn Messsenger = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr.exe"	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe

AutoIT Executable 3 IoCs

AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4124-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe
behavioral1/files/0x00070000000243f5-7.dat	autoit_exe
behavioral1/memory/4124-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp	autoit_exe

Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setup.ini	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setting.ini	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\regsvr.exe	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\regsvr.exe	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
2528	cmd.exe
4748	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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
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	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_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

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser\ITBar7Layout = 13000000000000000000000020000000100000000000000001000000010700005e01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	explorer.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Locked = "1"	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser	explorer.exe

Modifies registry class 21 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = ffffffff	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0 = 14002e80922b16d365937a46956b92703aca08af0000	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	explorer.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\NodeSlot = "1"	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\MRUListEx = ffffffff	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell	explorer.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Documents"	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}\Instance\	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\Instance\	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 = 14001f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d808002b30309d0000	explorer.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	explorer.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
892	explorer.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
892	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
892	explorer.exe
892	explorer.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4124 wrote to memory of 2528	4124	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe	86
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 2816	2528	cmd.exe	88
PID 4124 wrote to memory of 4748	4124	2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe	89
PID 4748 wrote to memory of 4804	4748	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6_elex_stop.exe"
1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4124
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT /delete /yes
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2528
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exe
    AT /delete /yes
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2816
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\svchost .exe
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4748
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exe
    AT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\svchost .exe
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4804

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Explorer.exe
1⤵
- Modifies registry class
PID:1612

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Explorer.exe regsvr.exe
1⤵
PID:2096

C:\Windows\explorer.exe
C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:892

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Windows Command Shell

1

T1059.003

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1547.004

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

2

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Winlogon Helper DLL

1

T1547.004

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

3

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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setup.ini

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setup.ini
Size 96B
SHA256 69815d4932ddde240ce6b1353305d2fab58ca402e9c478452c8e37ce8a7b2ac9
MD5 9ece103c47335f0cc777f1132b8d522f
SHA1 63afa171c64f86d99db81723e1335e960e85fa43
SHA512 b1ac64c71c6338bf0ab33df938128822da680f20d0552edb2edb808f1c75bafb88467412fc8dc60ed8022a1f0c4f3fcbecb69a320ec871b3a766482f32d6eb05
TLSH
T100B00205F5594194154DB8049B8005F1B553D96115694F1253A958691290168E719A4B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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svchost .exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe
Size 2.6MB
SHA256 370b22faf0008cd7355511f006dfd15beeba7c4af16c34d760aa8dfdcebc522e
MD5 7c0ef71b3acae7f2389027a8a50204f6
SHA1 7a8c5ecc7450443c734d4728d90e263caf36c3de
SHA512 a002f2cfecf3652b4d567ea030602902ab221d58cac759762bd54371864914c2d6b639fa724b8fb4d0fb3e99580aa0ed3dc6821e2a2058a263584faeb598bd42
SSDEEP 12288:WJeJfEuGstgg/kjp98zHpie5to5vBSXyMzB:WJeJfAqkjp98zHpieTopBcJ9
TLSH
T193D5BF1372E1A1F1D46925F50F67937967F67C305A36AE0763D43E2B2A311D0AA3A323
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4124-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp

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memory/4124-1-0x0000000000467000-0x0000000000468000-memory.dmp

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memory/4124-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004CC000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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