Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • 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, 14:18

General

  • Target
    2026-04-18_ac51a1e55acc8af20f66fc8e35ddfffb_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 7.0MB
  • Sample260418-rmcdvabx7k
  • SHA256 b75c539ada1b2e02e36c453b5a7a1deddf6aa880d3240801bf5a741178aa2c47
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_ac51a1e55acc8af20f66fc8e35ddfffb_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_ac51a1e55acc8af20f66fc8e35ddfffb_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:2968
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2880
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • 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:4736
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4932

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 7.6MB
        • SHA256 89a7bca8b42c0c1c788f0c0c43249ac52452454aba31866aa843c8f184a6e44c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 8.0MB
        • SHA256 74c5245859d659c2c256e26ed44952beadc934a5f5626560ffdaac6b1d878552
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.7MB
        • SHA256 b6f515ecdffaca8ea94739ece630c5f7238ae5247a9f2d494827c72c6b41737c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 f196cf999c9d50f39a2f528c6482f0aea04cda2b0dbf46c57002db7f0cea8d71
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 3a448cb569977d179d591fd0915795baba61b0325be3ce892f21f68325f7cfe3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 2bc1350fd94c801ca0be9c7de0e62544d1cbabd5bbae5af9bdca0faf7b440fdd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 10.5MB
        • SHA256 7fb8d2c16690f837e226b3b1353463fdf12daad9069c9d92a034a37dabac398b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 50a0752f9309836236f69cdff92e5136f2fbf96c41f97449dedb819f60956611
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 510a5190e734d6885b9065017aafbab773c9a428d1ae0aca23b6a136897f2196
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 afa4216df87b193b09dbbed480ee3320956d60ac54970715fd9582fad6bcf211
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 10.1MB
        • SHA256 c7bea0d659a9c08cd2e844b92ed2aaef538fdde82ec5f9b21d848dc044825320
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 bdca37296a96cde3b5eafb6773e0d735a41828bcb5e0acb55b7bf3bb2b315e91
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 e724e9463b2aa764d9104309a848fefb7de1fea5058bac4e8b7ba7cfaef164a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 d50a9b1c275a16b57c503bbbf750cfd00dbc71c70d27e5f96e0457fb4b4e306f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 cacc09878a9653d2e09e1a86d1597ba9ed9474e43323cbb5801641e55cb86cc2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 2534e336d51edde30622fc2260530f965822bf7c57eadd150459b0cdccb3edc1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 8f5c4a19bae21bc9aae92ce4a23a747aa105292c56a18755f1e8ccf3f149b2e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 d9143b141286d84b4ae85d249fb0c7b518527a28ff6e2eddc22fce915b2dfd25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 7.2MB
        • SHA256 77fbbbc2c5077aca39fed6e5bcc7da41c4cf28cdc714fb2aea32d6c298469c2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 4e383e63c0ff11236bd74e7f7ef15cacee9137fd6834c741010bd9b5dd83f826
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 ef47103e272a639c2772dd69ab4302d600d573721cb13a2f6a924ac48edadc63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 ffe1afcba80261f2a6e791f88dbaedbcb91d5df7a9acc5e479c36c18a193fde6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 b75c539ada1b2e02e36c453b5a7a1deddf6aa880d3240801bf5a741178aa2c47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 2af26da080b951556a5948cff384ee11fbff048fbb4daf3a925894a3b12af3b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 f5035008f36c06636d77cdf6d16d944e0549eab22d662d38b8498e6c74cd5329
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 6665823a77e7d6319834a6a3237517a6fe70d08350bf765bcc4bfbdcb31e728f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 cca321942204c1166edeb3e56ab3c7641492dd3ae639eff4a98a8b83cf3d281e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 766b02214031253d55d8e116d5aae95b3648b86afca266713b6d582018ef20c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 13cb26482f8af88a34a68de66a99886ed3eaf2e8074bcbc32570c97d32abdbce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 a43778a6b81f270b6d4bc36bd79617b7d634c80b8d6096b0fa7abc9619b30fa7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 88ee9c83c16400adc0288a2baa89872564a9efade8027d9045b0822d791a4a49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 5f56ef59825c1c598df1570c0d6d2febebe647013e1796c7c4e274236a3c2a6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH