Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
18/04/2026, 13:45
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
6 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
windows11-21h2-x64
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
- Size 938KB
- Sample260418-q2lemabs4p
- SHA256 e18220de3e9a51e8ade5b686774808d7c96c46867edadb1b1d6de865d12082c7
- MD5 89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc
- SHA1 f0a8e045879e01a8f200e94cbba7ae580cbc2e5f
- SHA512 3c69c33c5a3c8a27a0fba985ac0cc30c1404b1b48201d67e69140030644d4de8a132f01c55fbd9d3bc9c763c9076b5d874a80769017cc8cb1a1ec88d8e7ec3d3
- SSDEEP 12288:P4Ryed8I7r/7mFUd6bi9I6SncQiHmNJLB9unmOf3wAghhebcj:P4R5CIH/7RI1niGnB9umuqhhee
- TLSH T1E81539622241956AF914AE77C75AB324B8303EA50FD0C68FD70D371D1A362F16FB6389
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1868 UpdatAuto.exe 1836 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe UpdatAuto.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe UpdatAuto.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe UpdatAuto.exe - 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language UpdatAuto.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3432 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe 1868 UpdatAuto.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3432 wrote to memory of 2772 3432 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe 80 PID 3432 wrote to memory of 1868 3432 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe 82 PID 1868 wrote to memory of 4324 1868 UpdatAuto.exe 83 PID 3432 wrote to memory of 1836 3432 2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe 85
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3432 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2772
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exeC:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1868 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4324
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1836
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_89adeb3ac951bd4c67976d0c28d470cc_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
- Size 103KB
- SHA256 eda9e802744d96b8a1726dff1d4b3aae7a489ee84736c5e6e25d448fffd6680c
- MD5 b5c6e579ae6e4c8c4ef8b36f527b5269
- SHA1 9bb449652c1316be921c4bd8b55e54dd5bf85117
- SHA512 0af28ef3792e4f718abe1cfd1cbf899e6bbd95fe07e2dd524613ff5bfe4911204abc3d020a8d0170e57d594c5af6cf9343c9c8e1d6210e27c23c447cd9f806fb
- SSDEEP 3072:TWT2JkCQAmHClOtOisGoIgHRrI1g5j18n1xtO78XGlmt4xkcVOZct9f88HS88cde:U2JkCQAmHClOtOisGoIgHRrI1g5j18nD
- TLSH T15BA3C54BAB9410D5D9F5C07894E1A21EFA7131E58330E7DBA7A4480B8F62BD0BE3DB45
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
- Size 53B
- SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
- MD5 1d04abf39e9df55eed1d04430cc21eb8
- SHA1 b8292861dfd4e046eb9625e1571cc08c26094d41
- SHA512 a2cccc03dadecf6a298b274a6735675aeec1cc280f84432498e9df31aa4a543d2557a2fd06bac4fc8778a774b30bbd31f91c1d0d3ace480b6217654c8d63a7d0
- TLSH T16590024150204C5054251421418D0244AABAD2EF9701889A1C4B06E44D4147444CCA02
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
- Size 835KB
- SHA256 1c0429ff6442ba78bbfcea21b85c14e26b3e0c0b833b58723d0ac3530e328c6d
- MD5 90a10594113c81f9905c0dc5e5788cd7
- SHA1 8d88851d3b97ed04544fa3b29d8ea126debdda73
- SHA512 d298bbfa20cbd6bab0cd4182db77ac20cd1ddba0ea5e16ec4aaab629459af7bbefaa33827db3d605fe9822cf317d78d6e84c5086dc37748ab6982a7fdedae0b2
- SSDEEP 12288:P4Ryed8I7r/7mFUd6bi9I6SncQiHmNJLB9unmOfN:P4R5CIH/7RI1niGnB9umuN
- TLSH T1D10539B22101962AF904AE77C75FB324B8207EA51DD1854FDB0D772C29352F26FB6389
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH