Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/10/2026, 10:33

General

  • Target
    2026-10-26_a01b90a6a7fdc0aa828235d858ba4745_cryptolocker_elex.exe
  • Size 53KB
  • Sample261027-mly41azz7m
  • SHA256 c48afc359e34a05856c7673ce900d065cbcdb07fa6de9db399cf8bf948f45011
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Custom signature
    Detection of CryptoLocker Variants 4 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_a01b90a6a7fdc0aa828235d858ba4745_cryptolocker_elex.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-26_a01b90a6a7fdc0aa828235d858ba4745_cryptolocker_elex.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3772
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pissa.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pissa.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies system certificate store
      PID:2680

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        pissa.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pissa.exe
        • Size 53KB
        • SHA256 f056fe023343ceb940cecc781eaa864e958fa96345fa33e573b536d4033dd641
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pissec.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pissec.exe
        • Size 114B
        • SHA256 6dc9c7fc93bb488bb0520a6c780a8d3c0fb5486a4711aca49b4c53fac7393023
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2680-17-0x0000000008000000-0x0000000008009000-memory.dmp

        memory/2680-25-0x0000000008000000-0x0000000008009000-memory.dmp

        memory/2680-19-0x0000000003010000-0x0000000003016000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-0-0x0000000008004000-0x0000000008005000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-1-0x0000000002EA0000-0x0000000002EA6000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-2-0x0000000008000000-0x0000000008009000-memory.dmp

        memory/3772-3-0x0000000003150000-0x0000000003156000-memory.dmp