Analysis

  • user interaction
    yes
  • max time kernel
    53s
  • max time network
    54s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/10/2026, 17:22

General

  • Target
    DIRECTX.exe
  • Size 3.1MB
  • Sample261027-vxz5faey5x
  • SHA256 24f73831b1b123faca5af3935455e3e9ed9ee45dcf4b990afb20b02042712355
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: salatstealer

    SalatStealer is a stealer that takes sceenshot written in Golang.

  • Detect SalatStealer payload 5 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 6 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • 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 1 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 34 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 34 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DIRECTX.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DIRECTX.exe"
    1⤵
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:4672
  • C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\taskmgr.exe" /7
    1⤵
    • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2872
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:6080
    • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
      1⤵
        PID:1772

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            memory/2872-12-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-11-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-14-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-10-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-6-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-4-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-13-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/2872-15-0x00000251F2010000-0x00000251F2011000-memory.dmp

            memory/4672-1-0x0000000000C60000-0x00000000017E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4672-0-0x0000000000C60000-0x00000000017E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4672-29-0x0000000000C60000-0x00000000017E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4672-3-0x0000000000C60000-0x00000000017E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4672-2-0x0000000000C60000-0x00000000017E9000-memory.dmp

            memory/4672-30-0x0000000000C60000-0x00000000017E9000-memory.dmp