Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/04/2026, 16:14

General

  • Target
    2026-04-25_a78b6673730487bb74e133f0e39b9520_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.8MB
  • Sample260425-tp5jhsfx2m
  • SHA256 a0ae298559e458727d5282bf420b07810d86947c7960d57dffa65c631d3b3e3d
  • 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\2026-04-25_a78b6673730487bb74e133f0e39b9520_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-25_a78b6673730487bb74e133f0e39b9520_cloudeye_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:4712
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2872
    • 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:4992
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4348

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 edc4558986e371759148cb6d9eb17ae0c968eaf6862e49afe60eb25723b2a72b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.7MB
        • SHA256 f00bb0b0f89ba23f9a81674f4226e0cdd93fb678ca00009c7247c815280b768f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.4MB
        • SHA256 af10b6e085dec4cdce8b0a69eb29f36447b2d618563f341fe1f2f8df481b1b87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 ce495e4d06bf0599473539c40c07c151e4f7986412cb2f789d7281622f0aceb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 12.8MB
        • SHA256 69328645ccd92c455fd176ac9c6ff36f5e9f5387781c2a5694272f8b439d6721
        • 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 8.5MB
        • SHA256 969f6a84443dc9e639f425c6092d4eda6ecb7281ed97009bc95bba918cbaf924
        • 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 10.2MB
        • SHA256 25072204e169b7a746ccb50351fa19c6823a341762c6472628c9e0a801d936a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 de992f2d41a30cca9c773ed2c79a8b09cb5d81f5e71d737be0bb36317b7e6d31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 3541a9f8ea4d3e62967b7ef79c36ba2cd7c27c289c69ccfb40f882df3eb4376f
        • 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 8.6MB
        • SHA256 c7b37010eaa84a118bf8e51a38158bc7771e6fb28a28dfa7301b178d769a9fe4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 59dee04d15a7f6ecc2b179709742a305068c246bc2b732389d84d3f84ece5b76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 8.2MB
        • SHA256 878023a9f8e016b4c994f0362f32c310eff890f0533c1593ed7ab15d43777dcf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 85664666a23fedc0d2c1c8e976732a792bd250fd280714b8fcb9ced3336d624d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 b3fafa757c94087d514f49ceddb18bfbd0d9bee641651f4522a64658292c0396
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 98486139fe204c389e2c0158a61d54970bba265371e43df8b6e5c449d3f19081
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 5140778e45fccfdfaf069bbb312ee4464b1f23a618fb0e62c32e646d21fb4d3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 70296d8ac2e182d687710aec3b682c1e2bdb7b4f55af59849f35e37f8fff4a6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 b7513decdc1978f5272c6d8aee2ac4d2c8cd0c1e31931a13b1cd3cd61135e8d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 afa7540318e5f0b4fe63ebb1dbd6751bcfe3afd6ce6144f909eb82963b685b64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 464fe4e5fd3a2a4e373d2372fb49a70c7a383bd919c27610ec12452c290ed3ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 db4fe09df016e5ae22abd83372cd73377a1ea72f969260256ec550dcb8fa8af2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 25fa3bf8ff859a1d7e6f6ae6ba54bb6621110d48b547a1470e1e2c9825b5711b
        • 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 6.8MB
        • SHA256 a0ae298559e458727d5282bf420b07810d86947c7960d57dffa65c631d3b3e3d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 abd90d88e74ff9a320b9846ed81838412be211618d02587c80b16052bc9605ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 fb9fb5435df7ffa37bc0bef9f811ecea4cf432bbb753632a93bd241b2b0eab1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 e997db20c7b7a2f0bd3b29c8489de051e9439b71d1ce50bb7615108783df88d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 d7702e45a26e22ee731676f4d4fac0a3369f0a4213037e1b7abed4b337524e08
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 2db8f13c02d021514f439eb5b1331bb7129ada5fa39ac21a95f0ea8edfdfed9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 aa559e1cbd7a324bdcf2a4d0df99a67308706d31c3d9d8d4a36775e6c161998a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 8f137f2026c6f5099a26e246a6bf024cca1c9ece0616dba5864c0a57e90a4315
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 0de98ffd6172b0ad4f6fadaeb6093fd4e37e19fe9e634c7265468e666b7f8fdb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 f7d9f3a2a5b60f510367302e56cb12ff37149e388d55ec6eb40aa5d60558ba89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH