Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
127s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
19/04/2026, 15:00
General
- Target 2026-04-19_3b1f7f26e45a47fa3125b48d05e01591_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample260419-sdjbgadv2r
- SHA256 284e1a7fe094d70079fa723e894c1482049f9ac5e021bf24711203066aeadc07
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_3b1f7f26e45a47fa3125b48d05e01591_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_3b1f7f26e45a47fa3125b48d05e01591_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
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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
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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
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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⤵
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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
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1272 -s 8203⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 1272 -ip 12721⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
ArmReport.ini
RdrManifest2.msi
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
8B3C0310C2EA810C48E449EA75059E8A
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
8B3C0310C2EA810C48E449EA75059E8A
ArmUI.ini
Tmp294F.tmp
Tmp297F.tmp
TmpDD6.tmp
adobearmhelper32.exe
eventviewer.exe
syslog.exe
memory/1272-355-0x0000000000860000-0x000000000091B000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-106-0x0000000000920000-0x0000000000926000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-319-0x0000000005400000-0x000000000540F000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-264-0x0000000000860000-0x000000000091B000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-338-0x0000000000860000-0x000000000091B000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-368-0x00000000052F0000-0x00000000053D1000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-317-0x00000000052F0000-0x00000000053D1000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-105-0x0000000000860000-0x000000000091B000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-315-0x0000000000860000-0x000000000091B000-memory.dmp
memory/1272-318-0x00000000053E0000-0x00000000053F2000-memory.dmp
memory/2860-10-0x00000000011E0000-0x000000000129B000-memory.dmp
memory/3660-104-0x0000000003030000-0x00000000030CC000-memory.dmp
memory/3660-324-0x0000000003030000-0x00000000030CC000-memory.dmp
memory/4960-300-0x0000000001490000-0x000000000154B000-memory.dmp
memory/4960-266-0x0000000001490000-0x000000000154B000-memory.dmp
memory/4960-258-0x0000000001490000-0x000000000154B000-memory.dmp
memory/4960-107-0x0000000001490000-0x000000000154B000-memory.dmp