72b0714874835b32c1c02c027690807f0a817cce281705a7741cc9f2830e44bc

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
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
25/04/2026, 17:09

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General

Target
2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Size 596KB
Sample260425-vn5zbsew21
SHA256 72b0714874835b32c1c02c027690807f0a817cce281705a7741cc9f2830e44bc
MD5 49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d
SHA1 f389e8e55fd2eea5c948251fe397f2a6dcac837e
SHA512 5b75f6fc08847f3db0f7bced9550d813484ea66dbc0f68c2aa3f27314d6a9678dd5949c44873a5450488ad2c7e145b5b7805cf8d3e8fefa291f6a8ba5b618e58
SSDEEP 12288:GaoVmp+84YWE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo1lBISiuWXu:GDVmpzywxx+1L6goLGSiuWXu
TLSH
T106D46B1176D0CF31E2AF053699659AB85A7FBC208F2087CB63947E1DBE306C19A35727
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
2400	eventviewer.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe	2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe	2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Temp	AdobeARM.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Backup	AdobeARM.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3672	2400	WerFault.exe	80
6108	1104	WerFault.exe	78

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AdobeARM.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	adobearmhelper32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	eventviewer.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs

pid	Process
2400	eventviewer.exe
2400	eventviewer.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe
3248	adobearmhelper32.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4712	AdobeARM.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1104 wrote to memory of 3248	1104	2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe	79
PID 1104 wrote to memory of 2400	1104	2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe	80
PID 3248 wrote to memory of 4712	3248	adobearmhelper32.exe	81
PID 4712 wrote to memory of 5464	4712	AdobeARM.exe	83

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-25_49ca4d26ee4a15924fb7a5a7ea59495d_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
PID:1104
- 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
  PID:3248
- - 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
    PID:4712
  - - 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⤵
      PID:5464
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:2400
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2400 -s 1572
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:3672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1104 -s 1432
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:6108

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 2400 -ip 2400
1⤵
PID:2992

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 464 -p 1104 -ip 1104
1⤵
PID:1724

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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ArmReport.ini

Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
Size 782B
SHA256 8395f93b0e0240f5c79ce70bc2257f9cb0d92227b15f7724ba65b1c5c0b19625
MD5 29f1b2d1b6f9290138596cf180847e53
SHA1 ab496ce19c74cb15fe0b38807cf29db776336461
SHA512 bdadd50c6371d05f5d43fe7f95e8c02bd74842b0a7b982f571e80520d8748d67fc6f3912f9eb797edc476387168d597747b9a8705ded1ea473e5ee160c627227
TLSH
T1E0014C531AE81125F1B35A44DFF9947357327C975C2DC8AC90D8520E49E1940D5B27BB
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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RdrManifest2.msi

Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
Size 18KB
SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
MD5 f5d4c05bc8ea0d4fc4d277abda7369d9
SHA1 f67e793b159bd1e75ed4dec0de352ea1b6583708
SHA512 359a966c4dc8d62a570b428dfb3e666a63efd6bfff7c5b5ace3bc97ea09ba701d9fa524f439bf9902746c2ecac9c1f76c90868b0152eb825b2a09a9474fdbb34
SSDEEP 384:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9jdIYigYws0i9Db9Ey8RbmL4A8UiINyGNB:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9uYigY9K5ALdH
TLSH
T19D820BA2B4408C11CD868F3EA4C1D726D672BC813D8591C27565F219CFB23869A9F7EA
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
Size 734B
SHA256 2787067d45e7d1bfd4c464584bf72760dbe43cb8cb2d19a64b5045fba69679d1
MD5 417e1515abb2c4c688717634bf70377c
SHA1 b02330861433775b10e7ae74557911aa623c7fca
SHA512 e4105860e3acc34c85f95f58e5c4a2ca175161e01d5dbac5c6883b3ff165e4c66334618dad8dbda2470fe2438582a7b43c8020c686bdc364a05d7a1391d91e66
TLSH
T1890165E5F11C8404DDD749E0824DF64B5C6070687DF47C0A4143D06139587C5F25A578
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
Size 204KB
SHA256 44e6a935657a93e3c90ee16bb2c4863f57c6e6a466b3c5a1dabd0cae698a6e27
MD5 59ac50b7dd788638cfbd275e6fe91f58
SHA1 20fcf886ac7f707e76b8e40e980c8bf2278be9c3
SHA512 abcdb8d172e642c5257e77f6df5c05a826a8f81dbb980fa767e3c1158a089592df7532724831d24bbf62447dc6c39fa224840e0da80190e7c8eeba8102c83f35
SSDEEP 3072:QXdu1Kax5bTNxojOqawimiiSgaXZNq1WJVI3LI:QXwga9xooFz+LI
TLSH
T1B3142A686C77F061BCA99E924DD99AAA63E7BDF51721074F0E70AF502C03A9BDF53400
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
Size 192B
SHA256 2cb4a87857d96fd22809a9c51f2f26d4b6a2a1b34f74dd35749891b1441e56b4
MD5 6aa9c164c83814c705e43367da58ee99
SHA1 43efb7847365cf2d2c7f19a702df14e967a7c87a
SHA512 457fb86e66bddf1163e31da982866f323d6ca80c4610bc0a75583c566a144436b4b5f2cd8c81a066613bd2bc420886d86f980204a632f8c5bfd4bba91b2af281
TLSH
T1C4C02B0C2F9A0325F04443BF41309A021A10D805F28BFF0F0FB12A5806A5F311810CAE
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
Size 246B
SHA256 17a7b6a0d9fcaae1bfb41817b5f48fa8a5608ccccc9906fe4493a93340b9f691
MD5 8ef4b664c2e8dec9777c86f3e9c80bcd
SHA1 7acc6fdb01a7c5e8805b0e3da1c84bafb4715749
SHA512 eb6ef7cf95c09cf475e38d2cfeb63c9554b4abcd9376d829024eeceddadef9a74d7ef741de953ed114799fe99fd9ccb6cc293c0862e5a19393ee76a29b39c2d0
TLSH
T163D0222C0F820B31E0B8C33EC8224800BEA4F832A2F2CBC6116308EC1C3BF121E5081E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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ArmUI.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
Size 251KB
SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
TLSH
T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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Tmp4496.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4496.tmp
Size 3KB
SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
MD5 bbb796dd2b53f7fb7ce855bb39535e2f
SHA1 dfb022a179775c82893fe8c4f59df8f6d19bd2fd
SHA512 0d122f454fcbf4524c2756692f0f33dc98f5bd2426839c6f03cd5c5f4fd507a8a15cf489d7a7ceadd1b95cf31b506c04bf03d613a9ba7d76add92766b1dc5c2b
TLSH
T10D71D9CF0D1A6413ABC7ED8EB1C5F3AB4C34A7E06AD1588B05B895C24FC3B862A5905D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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Tmp5C56.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp5C56.tmp
Size 3KB
SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
MD5 ec946860cff4f4a6d325a8de7d6254d2
SHA1 7c909f646d9b2d23c58f73ec2bb603cd59dc11fd
SHA512 38a98b18dbae063bc533a1ff25a3467a7de197651e07e77a1b22cf8ce251282ab31f61dcff5c51ef186cfd115dc506181d480eabffbe92af01dee6282cbee13e
TLSH
T10971B9DB092A5413ABC7DE8AA2C5F3774C34A7E45B96548B087C95C34FCBB971B4401D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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Tmp5C76.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp5C76.tmp
Size 3KB
SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
MD5 fc2430057cb1be74c788f10c2d4540c8
SHA1 cab67ee8d5191fbf9f25545825e06c1a822af2f2
SHA512 4e2b9709a9e3ca5173abb35816e5a0aebbf2a7aaf971d7f75f3ae66e4a812cbade103baa5016525f5ab83a60c18f8d3c278c90ff83e4afdae419f81673cb5aee
TLSH
T1FC71D8CE0D1A6813ABC7FE8AA1C5E3695C30A3E16AD154CB08BC95824FC6FC51A4901D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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adobearmhelper32.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe
Size 359KB
SHA256 13071ed7a910011edced1a33198e6bcb3580f659bc48ce6bf3dde47f63d1e744
MD5 3f9c7fb6c9a66e926a2eadf5f33b3806
SHA1 57f127bfe8eed615aafa7e739ec864da7b042804
SHA512 6a09324d34b06a5465615b54b4c4f0570eaa2ec64b7b376beeb8ef16402a7e96079a793508e018093230d044a714ce7e23093d9eaa38c6250e046dbfa9a849c1
SSDEEP 6144:auSkkTjzhZ2opkGe6vyuTHfx/J+kvuuHcLBuiyt1M/VvoF3mvwBVObdu:ZE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo1lBIc
TLSH
T194746D017790DF31E6AF05369D6996B45A6F7C208F2487CB23943E2DBE306C19A35B27
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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eventviewer.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
Size 88KB
SHA256 3baf58e8eb6f1dee7da7df83cb38925e69ffe130a02f667380cbee69aea17b15
MD5 188a727732ea436cedbfa4f016e7bbdf
SHA1 bf0ba32262cc4abb23e5c61ad6c750188558c8d1
SHA512 7139f3967289b66bb27bbd2b669ebe53197d3a825a21b8614e5352d426f3a74ba88d8618b869bb19d6c8a51780e636042c9a379f8d797d552cb316be1570e26b
SSDEEP 768:6hKzpWe7ofYFf0vX2Y9MMcz/pK3mriMYH/K0o+0pdE+7c/vm9Oacl1iB90/Va0DN:j1W9YV0OZMIljwiJ7c/EOaclRkQUQoR
TLSH
T11193AF2A39E044B2D688407151F56F39D33FE5741B11A6C3EB78EF682D21AA0D53B78B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/1104-98-0x0000000002320000-0x000000000236A000-memory.dmp

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memory/2400-99-0x00000000005F0000-0x000000000063A000-memory.dmp

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memory/3248-10-0x0000000001050000-0x000000000109A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4712-277-0x00000000012C0000-0x000000000130A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4712-100-0x00000000012C0000-0x000000000130A000-memory.dmp

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