Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/09/2026, 02:23
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
windows10-2004-x64
12 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe
- Size 90KB
- Sample260922-cverlsdf22
- SHA256 63632803ce71ba6bd4633e490eb9c5ce740cfdc079ff66c060c96aef539f4734
- MD5 2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb
- SHA1 e1297905d568e7f7ad679be88e3b8fc1cca6a4cb
- SHA512 d56c4434c4e4806d5bba12b41f5a1df8bb2cf74e5ece63f744cd4840475ae336843a0d10db091d59b9b83e8a0375c3b85e9fbca04923a0cb24a57c8887607b83
- SSDEEP 1536:JxqjQ+P04wsmJCd9AfILdrogrcWo50WxFUCbOe:sr85CRD1CxFUU
- TLSH T1AA93AFA7F3424876C1211AF8889ED733F93ABD323E3656BB37A8D6244E547D0571D109
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
- Detect Neshta payload 5 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000018914-12.dat family_neshta behavioral2/memory/3480-132-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta behavioral2/memory/3480-133-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta behavioral2/memory/3480-134-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta behavioral2/memory/3480-136-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041B000-memory.dmp family_neshta - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4480 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe - Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\139034~1.125\INSTAL~1\setup.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\139034~1.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13185~1.27\MICROS~4.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\FULLTR~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Java\JAVAUP~1\jaureg.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\139034~1.125\notification_click_helper.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\cookie_exporter.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{D87AE~1\WINDOW~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ACROBR~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\msedge_proxy.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13185~1.27\MID1AD~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\AcroRd32.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\arh.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\elevation_service.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13185~1.27\MICROS~3.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmpshare.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ACROTE~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\READER~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\139034~1.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\notification_helper.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13185~1.27\MI9C33~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~2\13195~1.65\MICROS~2.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmplayer.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\plug_ins\PI_BRO~1\32BITM~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\plug_ins\PI_BRO~1\64BITM~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ExtExport.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\139034~1.125\cookie_exporter.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\identity_helper.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\msedge.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\pwahelper.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\MpCmdRun.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ADelRCP.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\Eula.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~1\13185~1.27\MICROS~2.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\MICROS~1\CLICKT~1\{9AC08~1\INTEGR~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{5625B~1\WINDOW~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\INSTAL~1\setup.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WI8A19~1\ImagingDevices.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF5AF~1\WINDOW~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\139034~1.125\msedgewebview2.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Edge\APPLIC~1\msedge.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~2\13195~1.65\MICROS~3.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\wab.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\wabmig.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\WOW_HE~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\setup_wm.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~3\Adobe\Setup\{AC76B~1\setup.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\ARM\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EdgeCore\122023~1.106\msedgewebview2.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\EDGEUP~2\13195~1.65\MI391D~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\UNINST~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\wmpconfig.exe 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe File opened for modification C:\PROGRA~2\Google\GOOGLE~1\141073~1.0\DISABL~1.EXE 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\svchost.com 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe - Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*" 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3480 wrote to memory of 4480 3480 2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe 89
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe"1⤵
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3480 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4480
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\PROGRA~2\Adobe\ACROBA~1\Reader\ACROTE~1.EXE
- Size 86KB
- SHA256 ded54d1fcca07b6bff2bc3b9a1131eac29ff1f836e5d7a7c5c325ec5abe96e29
- MD5 3b73078a714bf61d1c19ebc3afc0e454
- SHA1 9abeabd74613a2f533e2244c9ee6f967188e4e7e
- SHA512 75959d4e8a7649c3268b551a2a378e6d27c0bfb03d2422ebeeb67b0a3f78c079473214057518930f2d72773ce79b106fd2d78405e8e3d8883459dcbb49c163c4
- SSDEEP 1536:JxqjQ+P04wsmJCNgh/sE/EkHd0Ci2zkQASqk+H6L2C:sr85CysEM6GC+QA8+HlC
- TLSH T17493AE13FAF18872D1621BF89C29E359C93F7A306E3056A7A3E40D5D5D747C26C2924B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3582-490\2026-09-21_2afd648e50138730fc209af55bacb5fb_conti_elex_neshta_ransomhub.exe
- Size 49KB
- SHA256 dba4425873b36b31886e7bf3a0cce4cf3dbdc5f81128e9c89c15cd95986ec05a
- MD5 543f512ec1a1a34da01bf27f3c5ac4d2
- SHA1 6e48ce26f9bd7be8ad0e36a2bd37473ff7e54d53
- SHA512 7650a2e692b0fa47a101b69acb55e620a2032cdcf009cfe90ecd4e7d4f0a3e1fb1b1cb1a0787e4cc6dffb055d9ccca38d2b76bfed362f18cca74113bded39cc7
- SSDEEP 768:Tgf6Ive+OWcJye1oPcNiqboJaLIW3BFUCblPuBL2Ip4s+9UTxf1ml6Z+7oahg48:TgrcWo50WxFUCbOi9AfILdr8
- TLSH T13D336EBB9306549BC56292B051DEDB33BA35FC572632D6AF3758E2700F517D0932B209
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH