Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
132s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
17/04/2026, 01:38
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample260417-b2dmfsdv4k
- SHA256 6c1aeae61b77da67541d260f749b8926215725ed0e05e0ecc0c186676c94b1ff
- MD5 569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8
- SHA1 1f2d13064476a80f831cd94dfe64fadee4388ca7
- SHA512 52bf0fb273fd5bd13017af9dadb5bfad45276a01efc7ec165fd1452e7a879b5ea5230fe8d2732207090cef0cbdfee1b545e794a120ab08ea707b041e6feaab9d
- SSDEEP 12288:GaoVmp+84Yp+E9UuFuUGx+zR5JeKsghPBOqwh7iuWX/:GDVmpz1pjk+hexgAjh7iuWX/
- TLSH T1D4D46B1176D0CF31E2AF053299659AB85A7FBC208F2087CB63947E2DBE306C19A35757
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 804 eventviewer.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 804 eventviewer.exe 804 eventviewer.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe 2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe 2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Temp AdobeARM.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Backup AdobeARM.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 2624 804 WerFault.exe 81 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language eventviewer.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language adobearmhelper32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
pid Process 804 eventviewer.exe 804 eventviewer.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 804 eventviewer.exe 804 eventviewer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4092 AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2236 wrote to memory of 3256 2236 2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 80 PID 2236 wrote to memory of 804 2236 2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 81 PID 3256 wrote to memory of 4092 3256 adobearmhelper32.exe 82 PID 4092 wrote to memory of 3268 4092 AdobeARM.exe 84
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_569973eb57f4fbe95551fb39e92c34c8_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2236 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe"adobearmhelper32.exe "2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3256 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4092 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"4⤵PID:3268
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe"C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:804 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 804 -s 23883⤵
- Program crash
PID:2624
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 804 -ip 8041⤵PID:2400
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
- Size 782B
- SHA256 8395f93b0e0240f5c79ce70bc2257f9cb0d92227b15f7724ba65b1c5c0b19625
- MD5 29f1b2d1b6f9290138596cf180847e53
- SHA1 ab496ce19c74cb15fe0b38807cf29db776336461
- SHA512 bdadd50c6371d05f5d43fe7f95e8c02bd74842b0a7b982f571e80520d8748d67fc6f3912f9eb797edc476387168d597747b9a8705ded1ea473e5ee160c627227
- TLSH T1E0014C531AE81125F1B35A44DFF9947357327C975C2DC8AC90D8520E49E1940D5B27BB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
- MD5 f5d4c05bc8ea0d4fc4d277abda7369d9
- SHA1 f67e793b159bd1e75ed4dec0de352ea1b6583708
- SHA512 359a966c4dc8d62a570b428dfb3e666a63efd6bfff7c5b5ace3bc97ea09ba701d9fa524f439bf9902746c2ecac9c1f76c90868b0152eb825b2a09a9474fdbb34
- SSDEEP 384:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9jdIYigYws0i9Db9Ey8RbmL4A8UiINyGNB:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9uYigY9K5ALdH
- TLSH T19D820BA2B4408C11CD868F3EA4C1D726D672BC813D8591C27565F219CFB23869A9F7EA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
- Size 734B
- SHA256 2787067d45e7d1bfd4c464584bf72760dbe43cb8cb2d19a64b5045fba69679d1
- MD5 417e1515abb2c4c688717634bf70377c
- SHA1 b02330861433775b10e7ae74557911aa623c7fca
- SHA512 e4105860e3acc34c85f95f58e5c4a2ca175161e01d5dbac5c6883b3ff165e4c66334618dad8dbda2470fe2438582a7b43c8020c686bdc364a05d7a1391d91e66
- TLSH T1890165E5F11C8404DDD749E0824DF64B5C6070687DF47C0A4143D06139587C5F25A578
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 0300e9ddb527990e8b59d06e9ccf3ec2bd92d3bbd0ef4fba69d6336e4195e82d
- MD5 5f036f91e86e30f749961506951d51eb
- SHA1 acb87b59117c6e2db86f98c4c8bac52eade97cd4
- SHA512 341f250cf3764207b5328a12b31016c0750daddcd16722b4bcef502bcbef7ef379abb601649ee6c3fdf121f3d3cd6890c8a80e5dae3169fe56ef82af20631944
- SSDEEP 96:Dbonzjs6o1BXl7EV4/sClywa3UHimRkISatmQFjm:Dbsns6KXxUrClywawinLatvFjm
- TLSH T100A19E44A75AEB61C331EBB6829B7B51033B6D20178468FAEFDAA1E1695B44C143C3C2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B3C0310C2EA810C48E449EA75059E8A
- Size 493B
- SHA256 41bf1a0ac518d6992a61adb4a88dba4f69af360dcd3f252ed10ba92d214be2b5
- MD5 d1c2ba3858158bf130071448aff874c3
- SHA1 60231ea1987748872884fa4beaaf3966fa3987a3
- SHA512 774027d45f6c0e7ba1aad00103a6fde4208943c390d95dedade2c1e65dacf36760a905432e0d5f1446f294dd7cee4dada549c86d410c95f60d297255e77b4633
- TLSH T1BBF0C961A79C390327F03D1663C2D41FDD70528005807E4C22E0419468457F0A980ACB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
- Size 192B
- SHA256 5060d11520c03e67a2e50e37bd7934aea8123b94efea2c69d429ca5d161a6f67
- MD5 73c05198138cbacfc08829e45620f176
- SHA1 17c2a47fd74054a3faca597732241983f99c0c55
- SHA512 acc254d5bffc9bfcc3bea708a32b5e02afdcfcaaf48efd948954a4639c5e53d805becc03abf9cef387960a3c5be06ebb996e0694b3f316cf63fd2c8b4566bd52
- TLSH T102C02B0C0F9A0325F14403BB0170C9425A10D404F28BFF0F0FB22B9C0965F311810CAE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
- Size 342B
- SHA256 52b1a901f51176666e9b6a0c1e2208a75fb9c30b94434f65c32cd01af0d6c81f
- MD5 68d0ad755337ee09e934fb3a80b63d6e
- SHA1 786fa6360a04300a9a5b94b69d68f4a6cde7fb2d
- SHA512 66614c36d792411ea5c03bb932e8a24c6d30a1c9eed25a1c9b11d1f047400895c1f7dae30a1ed43584bd09b02e18d02af5d4c38cd60a28671cba6d2dce9baa7a
- TLSH T19BE05E512BE80204FA770E3CAC7365499E7BB76B6A51CADD0275018D1C31F62CD7271E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B3C0310C2EA810C48E449EA75059E8A
- Size 248B
- SHA256 164cc5a2c992cc632b8ff40478710163895a2dc1e3d2bf6fd88b3834c955c70d
- MD5 4a74ba223f3acbef1bd4d1a9a1bc3718
- SHA1 2b59888840871bfb51e89882e409f9112f37eb57
- SHA512 0ef99c84f0e54b1c836132746b008e7067ac8352130c352dceba42c43af288ef60016c533a2970482ea095a553d06e7951356ca507a63d3773d3337333fdb62f
- TLSH T11CD0221D23622226F27C83328C914E0AAB30201274A08B87013A034DBC56E136C23C0C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 251KB
- SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
- MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
- SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
- SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
- SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
- TLSH T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RCX5591.tmp
- Size 152KB
- SHA256 c8b8db63ea0d66c3212318e02ed65315212a565821b41e648b62125ce491a54b
- MD5 dd5645a32ccec6b1fd23a936699bc3d4
- SHA1 6007f779d59b92781fd44d97196ca742004f3cd7
- SHA512 22b48bb29f63a4b3aa2e44a2b88919e35a5ebf8a5e6c92d22f25f55e3bb08bc27420d2b33af15fc165989f2281d37c824b23cc574fc432c6aff05622af3157fd
- SSDEEP 3072:ul5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1jaAMH5nj+CB5XIYNQp:ujuDOhVLAo5nj+CPXIYw
- TLSH T146E3481136D1CFB5E1AF44318DA25AA44BBBFC319D7297CB53903E0D3E359418A2A7A3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp7318.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
- MD5 bbb796dd2b53f7fb7ce855bb39535e2f
- SHA1 dfb022a179775c82893fe8c4f59df8f6d19bd2fd
- SHA512 0d122f454fcbf4524c2756692f0f33dc98f5bd2426839c6f03cd5c5f4fd507a8a15cf489d7a7ceadd1b95cf31b506c04bf03d613a9ba7d76add92766b1dc5c2b
- TLSH T10D71D9CF0D1A6413ABC7ED8EB1C5F3AB4C34A7E06AD1588B05B895C24FC3B862A5905D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp8E62.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
- MD5 ec946860cff4f4a6d325a8de7d6254d2
- SHA1 7c909f646d9b2d23c58f73ec2bb603cd59dc11fd
- SHA512 38a98b18dbae063bc533a1ff25a3467a7de197651e07e77a1b22cf8ce251282ab31f61dcff5c51ef186cfd115dc506181d480eabffbe92af01dee6282cbee13e
- TLSH T10971B9DB092A5413ABC7DE8AA2C5F3774C34A7E45B96548B087C95C34FCBB971B4401D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp8E73.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
- MD5 fc2430057cb1be74c788f10c2d4540c8
- SHA1 cab67ee8d5191fbf9f25545825e06c1a822af2f2
- SHA512 4e2b9709a9e3ca5173abb35816e5a0aebbf2a7aaf971d7f75f3ae66e4a812cbade103baa5016525f5ab83a60c18f8d3c278c90ff83e4afdae419f81673cb5aee
- TLSH T1FC71D8CE0D1A6813ABC7FE8AA1C5E3695C30A3E16AD154CB08BC95824FC6FC51A4901D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe
- Size 359KB
- SHA256 1f59411f22564439f06e9a0f6af37c436de292e42ec5b7d7de3a1e95e751f473
- MD5 522129f2631a4ebd3c9c0345700fa88b
- SHA1 bfcd88870f4a921a67ab005fc8c6a92dac0310ac
- SHA512 54070c3f425146bdd74753698433426e603fec15034fc8b268520075066775ac80b0a151c2750c7d5b0483d79cd6a72960826a2385d1de7d8d79f5c263570e06
- SSDEEP 6144:deqEXMvL8OFtTRZE9NxsQOuFuUfGx+zRbh7JenKSyqghmodZPfpBVObqwhh:u+E9UuFuUGx+zR5JeKsghPBOqwhh
- TLSH T1A7746D017790DF31E66F0536996997B45A6F7C208F248BCB23943E2DBE306C1A935B17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
- Size 88KB
- SHA256 3baf58e8eb6f1dee7da7df83cb38925e69ffe130a02f667380cbee69aea17b15
- MD5 188a727732ea436cedbfa4f016e7bbdf
- SHA1 bf0ba32262cc4abb23e5c61ad6c750188558c8d1
- SHA512 7139f3967289b66bb27bbd2b669ebe53197d3a825a21b8614e5352d426f3a74ba88d8618b869bb19d6c8a51780e636042c9a379f8d797d552cb316be1570e26b
- SSDEEP 768:6hKzpWe7ofYFf0vX2Y9MMcz/pK3mriMYH/K0o+0pdE+7c/vm9Oacl1iB90/Va0DN:j1W9YV0OZMIljwiJ7c/EOaclRkQUQoR
- TLSH T11193AF2A39E044B2D688407151F56F39D33FE5741B11A6C3EB78EF682D21AA0D53B78B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe
- Size 148KB
- SHA256 0276c20790d9fa6b0607b29f632c72e8bb4a07e9495c9858730f8a0930f9237d
- MD5 c77a7e16f85637827514b13d5b586f76
- SHA1 05775016364462afafccc226268373de15956815
- SHA512 2d4732d8e49e8a7cec26d870973f331d8cdbc404349af37f730cd402a8e07123535e90e5d71484f86343d9662397b7488635ac159bc1611641222a08b1bed7a2
- SSDEEP 3072:Gl5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1ja6H5nj+CB5XIYnQB:GjuDOhVLS5nj+CPXIYy
- TLSH T1B7E3481232D0CFB9E1AF45318DA29AB546B7FC319D3297CB63907E0D3E359418A26763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH