Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 21:36

General

  • Target
    2026-08-23_dce3a65be185fc7e8743164b9bd0263a_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 2.1MB
  • Sample260825-1gagqswthy
  • SHA256 e8467cb6b49fd408ddd1fe2363cba0244efdec66840a02ae5f1cfcb403d9073f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: KeyBase

    KeyBase is a .NET credential stealer and keylogger first emerging in February 2015.

  • Detects KeyBase stealer 1 IoCs
  • Detected Nirsoft tools 6 IoCs

    Free utilities often used by attackers which can steal passwords, product keys, etc.

  • Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables referencing many email and collaboration clients. Observed in information steale 3 IoCs
  • NirSoft MailPassView 3 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various email clients

  • NirSoft WebBrowserPassView 3 IoCs

    Password recovery tool for various web browsers

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • AutoIT Executable 2 IoCs

    AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 3 IoCs
  • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass 1 TTPs 5 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).

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 32 IoCs

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

  • NTFS ADS 5 IoCs
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 60 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 40 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_dce3a65be185fc7e8743164b9bd0263a_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_dce3a65be185fc7e8743164b9bd0263a_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 behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3084
    • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
      C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.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 behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4964
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
        0
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2244
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe" /stext C:\ProgramData\Mails.txt
          4⤵
          • Accesses Microsoft Outlook accounts
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2340
        • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
          "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe" /stext C:\ProgramData\Browsers.txt
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          PID:2868
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2868 -s 604
            5⤵
            • Program crash
            PID:4916
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5868
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4428
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1972
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1568
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5740
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5904
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1580
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4328
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5604
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4320
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.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 "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1452
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4772
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5228
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4888
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3220
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1368
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2864
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "winmgr21.exe" /tr "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3248
  • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:2676
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 244 -p 2868 -ip 2868
    1⤵
      PID:4360
    • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      PID:3544
    • C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
      "C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe"
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Subvert Trust Controls: Mark-of-the-Web Bypass
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      PID:1652

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          winmgr21.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe
          • Size 2.1MB
          • SHA256 b84ad6c9ee222aa1ecfec337d2ebda7c86e9d17f5475babd3e48a86007135cd5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          winmgr21.exe:Zone.Identifier

          • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr21.exe:Zone.Identifier
          • Size 24B
          • SHA256 ccc0133d8f43d3021eb667f86ae939f7f8ec83e727b8334f9e0facccd6d01063
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/2244-29-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B50000-memory.dmp

          memory/2244-14-0x0000000000500000-0x00000000005AA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2244-15-0x0000000000B40000-0x0000000000B50000-memory.dmp

          memory/2244-16-0x0000000073992000-0x0000000073994000-memory.dmp

          memory/2244-30-0x0000000073992000-0x0000000073994000-memory.dmp

          memory/2340-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2340-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2340-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp

          memory/2868-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

          memory/2868-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

          memory/2868-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000459000-memory.dmp

          memory/3084-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000062F000-memory.dmp