Extracted

Extracted

• • Target
    2026-08-21_4b29c67f9aed2ca14d94990158c13985_elex_neshta_phobos
  • Size 96KB
  • SHA256 2fb83b1c98892e41ff1ece3623e612935973ed00e45f3187b384975930cb8771
  • MD5 4b29c67f9aed2ca14d94990158c13985
  • SHA1 eaf95db663249de11224b8bb41f6c55c1134c641
  • SHA512 54c7c431490617c8ce71b9a89611921f35f601cf9d27b581bc338657cbc4713387894a6a0148e80a51033b0a5cde641337610cf8af38286a6e3bdcaa85b020d2
  • SSDEEP 1536:yxqjQ+P04wsZLnDrCyU5Ff8swQNeRBl5PT/rx1mzwRMSTdLpJpM:zr8WDrCyU/8sZQRrmzwR5J+
  • TLSH
    T1D8A3E146F0A1C471C5304EB85C3E971A8E7B76201C7845E39F790D4FAD991E2AF2E36A
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

  Score

  10^/10

  credential_accessdefense_evasiondiscoveryevasionexecutionneshtaphobosimpactpersistenceprivilege_escalationransomwarespywarestealer

  • Family: Neshta

    Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.

    persistencespywareneshta

  • Family: Phobos

    Phobos ransomware appeared at the beginning of 2019.

    ransomwarephobos

  • Deletes shadow copies

    Ransomware often targets backup files to inhibit system recovery.

    ransomwaredefense_evasionimpactexecution

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit

    ransomwareevasion

  • Renames multiple (821) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

    ransomware

  • Deletes backup catalog

    Uses wbadmin.exe to inhibit system recovery.

    ransomware

  • Modifies Windows Firewall

    defense_evasion

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory

    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.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation

  • Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager

    Suspicious access to Credentials History.

    credential_accessstealer

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Modifies system executable filetype association

    persistence

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers

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

    spywarestealer

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s)

  • Enumerates connected drives

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  behavioral1behavioral2