Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
141s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
22/04/2026, 15:51
General
- Target 2026-04-22_e1ba181b1cbcaeb479ee378f28bfbdfb_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample260422-talg4aew7z
- SHA256 b3c5c7dd98c49be5648e2ec9fdcb84c856ab1f50dcf85613a614597c8fa05c85
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 12 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 16 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-22_e1ba181b1cbcaeb479ee378f28bfbdfb_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-22_e1ba181b1cbcaeb479ee378f28bfbdfb_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⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- 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
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
RdrManifest2.msi
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
2026-04-22_e1ba181b1cbcaeb479ee378f28bfbdfb_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
ArmUI.ini
RCX57B.tmp
Tmp72AA.tmp
Tmp8E33.tmp
Tmp8E44.tmp
adobearmhelper32.exe
adobearmhelper32.exe
eventviewer.exe
syslog.exe
memory/2168-10-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000B50000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-367-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000B00000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-100-0x0000000002690000-0x000000000269A000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-339-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000B00000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-368-0x0000000002690000-0x000000000269A000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-116-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000B00000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-106-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000B00000-memory.dmp
memory/2300-99-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000B00000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-311-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-118-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-102-0x0000000003300000-0x000000000330A000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-444-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-101-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-486-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000770000-memory.dmp
memory/4328-488-0x0000000005600000-0x0000000005F60000-memory.dmp
memory/4660-308-0x0000000004BA0000-0x0000000004C18000-memory.dmp
memory/4660-307-0x00000000015C0000-0x00000000016E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4660-151-0x00000000015C0000-0x00000000016E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4660-110-0x00000000015C0000-0x00000000016E0000-memory.dmp
memory/4660-103-0x00000000015C0000-0x00000000016E0000-memory.dmp