Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
26/08/2026, 00:16
General
- Target 2026-08-25_fcefd1051e385d74e4f6385ebf424395_elex_hive.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- Sample260826-akyqmaxwfs
- SHA256 60353700167edfd1caef187f83530a318f1fccae09928a711e065d5376af8ac4
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: salatstealer
SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.
- Detect SalatStealer payload 10 IoCs
- Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 10 IoCs
- Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 10 IoCs
- Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers 10 IoCs
- UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 13 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- UPX packed file 13 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-25_fcefd1051e385d74e4f6385ebf424395_elex_hive.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-25_fcefd1051e385d74e4f6385ebf424395_elex_hive.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\TextInputHost.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\TextInputHost.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
TextInputHost.exe
memory/2684-13-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000001198000-memory.dmp
memory/2684-20-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000001198000-memory.dmp
memory/2684-18-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000001198000-memory.dmp
memory/2684-16-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000001198000-memory.dmp
memory/2684-15-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000001198000-memory.dmp
memory/2684-14-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000001198000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-3-0x0000000000C20000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-12-0x0000000000C20000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-5-0x0000000000C20000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-0-0x0000000000C20000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-2-0x0000000000C20000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-1-0x0000000000C20000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp