Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 06:37

General

  • Target
    2026-05-02_6ff38d53b7805ffd1d37300f0c193434_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 3.5MB
  • Sample260502-hdzy4set3l
  • SHA256 60045261ea5643b20606d08297c28e603999cd7a936b9a6e452c5bd74ef25556
  • 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\2026-05-02_6ff38d53b7805ffd1d37300f0c193434_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_6ff38d53b7805ffd1d37300f0c193434_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.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:2680
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4836
    • 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:4232
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4620

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 c0ad6dac99090f1fc561ccf101871e20f812caf4907b1f0d1fcf95fcd5d0851c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 36c2b315aa0087c25ca7fa276e374382a363c1e4ea1278ace00ada0bdb8433c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 9cbfb66fa7c0d37381622b98f2319a6fd138a8cbb7144bb77871795084ecca67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 ea3d8374d45d68fe55b56a841c4abed186cdc311c74fbf8a125a8b63239c9c48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 8c3e3d2aaf6b7d6347c21957b36ddcb4e08a1efbb2e9f30011961bfa0ae1e18d
        • 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 5.3MB
        • SHA256 e7bf91e752f6316177d91b5498d853a1caa1d355e8fe6e4381bebec0c6994904
        • 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 7.0MB
        • SHA256 4f51ad1b472d401408c4f276ba946fd61d4eee34a5e3e28dc1b104f4e5e4c14f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 178e573eed84caeab2bc9026d7006011ba6aea270e8d8f185ce430330e2697d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 5.2MB
        • SHA256 c6ad341f2851a63b3fdc3152717211ccc2f86e49b47042eae5b77d82cb937da5
        • 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 5.4MB
        • SHA256 a99a32dec26cf2003371fd11c7f011ac9d8903b2c870d2d16796068e42494bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 d586638086bfdbc609b8212c583249209f4a566ca9d354ce51e19e263e845deb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 7e813936d4d974917f5bb8149a7e7c6a95cdb41429122e9d30974447166df643
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 c67c06ad2be880e3a36fc83e0ac4e8b4f43b7896acfc3feec7d7b5d855f6184f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 1802b570cd1ac79fb302b0de52198f65bab1c3c170bd87cdd4caa3e99bdf6fb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 e27a1a5b6a9576b0fc8bf2ad3619474c82b7f401df844b17869371e1921bdd82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 039564573733090e051cd6b78bd47cfd379a25abd5901878ffbf3cdb1bdacfb4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 5b18823d494ea9269e0de7ba7d3d81085fc3f62d36da717f39d62bfa8dbafaae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 12ea58d08f92887edb0e843ea1262586db832c5b01682d547dca31fe1194e52b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 319fb675a425e1115182d367906b4e7d63620a38ad61d24449824a7b964e4312
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 8d0171b0d4c72b2e87c511ec8c21676186f04b74f0101af3d00af0409b0e0300
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 617ea0561e91f3a18837284827529a27d8052a5b360ede3d77e93ec6daa31dba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 503587601df38d311037e5745fa1d25d0f25d059504322090851e5e645f5f1c5
        • 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 3.5MB
        • SHA256 60045261ea5643b20606d08297c28e603999cd7a936b9a6e452c5bd74ef25556
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 1376615e99a7d4304b466c3a9d6115dbe7c58d3b822fa62ce32849c6aec8009e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 0dc9673b38510014633cfe5e64e0d8aa73597593c16b5df6acba247bcc155f69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 9ebff1fb8b866b31a60df441358a288c8a1ff438f272f46f2c1a2472f8356e88
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 e4c6a03f9c57bba73389b78945b7bbec3ea28089da2daf10a43f876f72c777a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 f978b76e2b0bfcdefb9becc5fe152277a8c2786098c194608433d641a169180d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 a74b4a585be560fde3c95cc3644d2605a84f6a4a591ece763e90e1a35bb6336c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 e08d3bcfcbc7f1b42eaa1643ac3b443b7cf64809ada46384de4c5a9113322cd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2680-65-0x0000000000980000-0x0000000000C0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4232-80-0x00000000008A0000-0x0000000000B2B000-memory.dmp