Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
148s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
24/10/2026, 12:17
General
- Target qydlk.exe
- Size 7.6MB
- Sample261024-pf6b8seh74
- SHA256 ac6b5896c847a73fd6abbc48144a684e450c93dd807aade647cd1005c0bcb4ab
Malware Config
Signatures
- Family: salatstealer
SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.
- Detect SalatStealer payload 13 IoCs
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.
- Executes dropped EXE 1 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
- UPX packed file 15 IoCs
Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 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 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qydlk.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qydlk.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\SearchApp.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\SearchApp.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe-NoProfile -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -Command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\GrantUnpublish" -ExclusionProcess "C:\Program Files (x86)\WindowsPowerShell\SearchApp.exe"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qydlk.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qydlk.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
SearchApp.exe
__PSScriptPolicyTest_bwa5b2qj.wa5.ps1
memory/1908-11-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-13-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-4-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-7-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-10-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-12-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-2-0x0000000000623000-0x0000000000624000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-3-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-9-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-8-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-14-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-15-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-16-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-1-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-21-0x0000000023400000-0x0000000024054000-memory.dmp
memory/1908-0-0x0000000000623000-0x0000000000624000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-54-0x0000000006680000-0x000000000669E000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-65-0x0000000006C80000-0x0000000006C9E000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-73-0x0000000007C10000-0x0000000007C24000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-72-0x0000000007C00000-0x0000000007C0E000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-71-0x0000000007BC0000-0x0000000007BD1000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-70-0x0000000007C40000-0x0000000007CD6000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-69-0x0000000007A40000-0x0000000007A4A000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-68-0x00000000079C0000-0x00000000079DA000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-67-0x0000000008010000-0x000000000868A000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-66-0x0000000007890000-0x0000000007933000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-57-0x00000000706E0000-0x000000007072C000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-41-0x0000000003050000-0x0000000003086000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-42-0x0000000005740000-0x0000000005D68000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-43-0x0000000005DA0000-0x0000000005DC2000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-44-0x0000000005E40000-0x0000000005EA6000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-45-0x0000000005F60000-0x0000000005FC6000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-56-0x0000000007650000-0x0000000007682000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-53-0x0000000006090000-0x00000000063E4000-memory.dmp
memory/3300-55-0x00000000066D0000-0x000000000671C000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-35-0x00000000233C0000-0x0000000024014000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-39-0x00000000233C0000-0x0000000024014000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-40-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-37-0x00000000233C0000-0x0000000024014000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-36-0x00000000233C0000-0x0000000024014000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-38-0x00000000233C0000-0x0000000024014000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-34-0x00000000004E0000-0x0000000000C3F000-memory.dmp
memory/4336-31-0x00000000233C0000-0x0000000024014000-memory.dmp
memory/4884-28-0x00000000005C0000-0x0000000000D1F000-memory.dmp
memory/4884-27-0x0000000000703000-0x0000000000704000-memory.dmp
memory/4884-29-0x0000000000703000-0x0000000000704000-memory.dmp
memory/4884-30-0x00000000005C0000-0x0000000000D1F000-memory.dmp