Analysis

  • max time kernel
    108s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/08/2026, 04:02

General

  • Target
    2026-08-22_9c283c00c0c05e8de6422b68dc8dfd51_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 2.6MB
  • Sample260823-el8dnssemf
  • SHA256 e7e36113e87bbeb2b3bd92e5d5a1f1a87fe42c8642ee354a7f590721711ade07
  • 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 executables packed with MEW 1 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 2 IoCs
  • 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
  • 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 4 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 22 IoCs

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

  • NTFS ADS 4 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 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 32 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_9c283c00c0c05e8de6422b68dc8dfd51_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_9c283c00c0c05e8de6422b68dc8dfd51_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:2600
    • 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:1944
      • 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:4396
        • 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\tmpFD81.tmp"
          4⤵
            PID:2044
          • 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\tmpFDD0.tmp"
            4⤵
              PID:1852
            • 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\tmpFDF0.tmp"
              4⤵
                PID:1304
            • 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:2900
            • 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:5768
            • 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:4776
            • 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:4832
            • 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:1492
            • 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:2116
            • 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:4136
            • 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:3296
            • 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:4272
            • 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:3872
            • 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:2788
            • 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:4732
            • 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:3488
            • 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:4008
            • 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:5200
            • 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:5600
            • 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:3304
            • 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:4364
            • 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:5620
            • 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:3128
            • 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:4844
            • 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:3300
            • 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:2104
            • 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:1268
        • 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:4268
        • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
          1⤵
            PID:6008
          • 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:1728
          • C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe
            "C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe"
            1⤵
              PID:3984

            Network

                  MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                  Downloads

                  jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe

                  • Path C:\ProgramData\jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe
                  • Size 2.6MB
                  • SHA256 1d3f4fc27ce5524e3bce27173311503ac400189f29eaf5bb9dcf856e03f22987
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  6ec746e680934bcbbb1e77361f007ffd

                  • Path C:\ProgramData\khaxFMfI\6ec746e680934bcbbb1e77361f007ffd
                  • Size 8B
                  • SHA256 416768993bcec5026413d0c1a195527ac2a7ffe852d86228f12ccb915581f3e8
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  winmgr119.exe

                  • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe
                  • Size 2.6MB
                  • SHA256 3fca102f31dc1ab4fa1b95e47bed479e8659d9a63a847eac3dfb520a62e54d38
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                  winmgr119.exe:Zone.Identifier

                  • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe:Zone.Identifier
                  • Size 24B
                  • SHA256 ccc0133d8f43d3021eb667f86ae939f7f8ec83e727b8334f9e0facccd6d01063
                  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

                  memory/1304-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

                  memory/1852-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

                  memory/2044-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4396-9-0x00000000005A0000-0x000000000066A000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4396-10-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002610000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4396-11-0x0000000073942000-0x0000000073944000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4396-14-0x0000000002600000-0x0000000002610000-memory.dmp

                  memory/4396-15-0x0000000073942000-0x0000000073944000-memory.dmp