Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/04/2026, 07:30

General

  • Target
    2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260416-jcb2bsdv2y
  • SHA256 14793d4fbfd6b747fb9480bc82b35d4c066408b7b3a808280ebbd3be52976d96
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • UPX packed file 28 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4712
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.tmp
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.tmp
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4804
      • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe" -Xmx256M "-Djavafx.home=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" -classpath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\..\lib\ant-javafx.jar;" com.sun.javafx.tools.packager.Main
        3⤵
          PID:5888
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.mm
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.mm /zhj
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4740
        • C:\Windows\YZH.exe
          C:\Windows\YZH.exe /zhj
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          PID:2356
    • C:\Windows\YZH.exe
      C:\Windows\YZH.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:752
      • C:\Windows\YZH.sys
        C:\Windows\YZH.sys /zhj
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4636

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.mm

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.mm
          • Size 960KB
          • SHA256 f6ecc710d92c06dc61cfab6e2f051e47cd1adac8a41d21b614fd13871158356e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-16_8ad1dae917914e106f6489ea4a3ef318_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.tmp
          • Size 161KB
          • SHA256 e978beebc1b0043bb78f8ad12590784881bf3760bca33bc316c8eb4fec7e28d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/752-49-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/752-59-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-126-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-116-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-124-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-122-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-120-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-128-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-118-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-106-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-114-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-130-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-112-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-110-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-101-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-102-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-108-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2356-104-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4636-61-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4712-103-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4712-100-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4712-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4712-1-0x000000000043E000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4740-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4740-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4740-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4804-51-0x00007FF635A00000-0x00007FF635A2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5888-47-0x00000215715C0000-0x000002157162B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5888-48-0x0000021500000000-0x0000021500270000-memory.dmp

          memory/5888-45-0x0000021571640000-0x0000021571641000-memory.dmp

          memory/5888-25-0x0000021500000000-0x0000021500270000-memory.dmp