Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/10/2026, 00:52

General

  • Target
    2026-10-05_4d9b06268898730209902004b086977b_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 2.6MB
  • Sample261007-a8e87ah19t
  • SHA256 cad824659d113f1949d9eecbd92cc406fe91e0dc88d0e426d139e20f48c11556
  • 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 4 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.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • AutoIT Executable 3 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 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).

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 33 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 27 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 42 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_4d9b06268898730209902004b086977b_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_4d9b06268898730209902004b086977b_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:1380
    • 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:1508
      • C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
        0
        3⤵
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3044
        • 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\tmp4D4B.tmp"
          4⤵
            PID:1388
          • 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\tmp4D8B.tmp"
            4⤵
              PID:1316
            • 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\tmp4DDA.tmp"
              4⤵
                PID:624
            • 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:1468
            • 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:3028
            • 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: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⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
              PID:3852
            • 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:1968
            • 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:5860
            • 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:5680
            • 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:1948
            • 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:6096
            • 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:4516
            • 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:4744
            • 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:1096
            • 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:5868
            • 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:4280
            • 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:5248
            • 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:4396
            • 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:2844
            • 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:5948
            • 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:4712
            • 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:1060
            • 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:3584
            • 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:4060
            • 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:5964
            • 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:4148
            • 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:4256
            • 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:4180
            • 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:4176
        • 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:4228
        • 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
          PID:1684
        • 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
          PID:2788

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\jhdfkldfhndfkjdfnbfklfnf.exe
              • Size 2.6MB
              • SHA256 d704b9e70257a29e38ec2d1cf30b2b4cddb201651cfcf107ce07a774112df80f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              2c945db753d341ef9b0f02d75d493749

              • Path C:\ProgramData\khaxFMfI\2c945db753d341ef9b0f02d75d493749
              • Size 8B
              • SHA256 21937e11fb9ba30fe2d2b0253f6a3edec663e9236127d5f7ddf092936410d00b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              winmgr119.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\winmgr119.exe
              • Size 2.6MB
              • SHA256 6f70282a4f7e7d148a72dc21f5dff49e329fcbf5730ef3555922533520ce936b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              winmgr119.exe:Zone.Identifier

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

              2026-10-05_4d9b06268898730209902004b086977b_elex_stop.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-05_4d9b06268898730209902004b086977b_elex_stop.exe
              • Size 2.6MB
              • SHA256 cad824659d113f1949d9eecbd92cc406fe91e0dc88d0e426d139e20f48c11556
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/624-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

              memory/1316-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

              memory/1388-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000048E000-memory.dmp

              memory/3044-10-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003060000-memory.dmp

              memory/3044-30-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003060000-memory.dmp

              memory/3044-31-0x0000000073442000-0x0000000073444000-memory.dmp

              memory/3044-11-0x0000000073442000-0x0000000073444000-memory.dmp

              memory/3044-9-0x0000000001100000-0x00000000011CA000-memory.dmp