Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    134s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/05/2026, 14:28

General

  • Target
    2026-05-03_035d9da4b32d487762e08d2c5359e1d6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
  • Size 15.6MB
  • Sample260503-rs73psew5l
  • SHA256 10cc91eae2a117f7565785706f3d9c834928a7ba6651ab1a476a53930d885a56
  • 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\2026-05-03_035d9da4b32d487762e08d2c5359e1d6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_035d9da4b32d487762e08d2c5359e1d6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.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:2840
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1384
    • 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:3588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3752

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 16.1MB
        • SHA256 2b9d466e4f8321e50575ef4cf1f6aac894116316cfb2d76258ba2de0d395b431
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 16.5MB
        • SHA256 7f55bf55c546b0c1ed407fec01c0f3a703c65d4885a2d6ac924ee58907aa3017
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 a4eb51a4423124e5b8b28871bf99e66a098925bb4f63cf541e3bea753f2e5705
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 21.6MB
        • SHA256 fabb49073b1dbd277b951cd675eff0ae97a04cd3d479f18c350c8a44b0c15875
        • 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 17.3MB
        • SHA256 df3e07650f42bbdf97bfb7d3b07e305363cf2480d63286f4b8fb2c2be331e320
        • 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 19.0MB
        • SHA256 ab9809135ae126343f56e08cb344df189a361cf362a9eda431cf8824cb38b955
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 17.8MB
        • SHA256 9b22109417b83203ab2516c54679b993b14fb8dd38738db6d3660422c4601277
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 17.2MB
        • SHA256 80d35c8b0873a2c45c6cb348b14cef35779ea445d8b0730751db326eb6185789
        • 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 17.4MB
        • SHA256 3cecf1d54a2cfbd0e6fbcca230d49a746e1c9fe2b3bdf0dbb3488994902f3696
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 18.6MB
        • SHA256 a8d7ab315606ff5555b602673ac3a6f08b6caa36f1a9978e7128285c31758cfe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 17001ee98ce926f3333df005d463a3c264884943d30dc0911488f79ae9b89a42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 cd7d13026be36c6f86cd0296797bb2f3d26e127eded3885439cc76c71e2b2af0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 dc9f98f0aa45cef9b0035bc900531e43e75fca6f1f1e89565730be0a85dc3e5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 c095bbeb62a85b2645b9445fcb96b09832719f1459d6aaeb56aba73fc33964a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 4cb8adbdab32801d648514a4819dd3cfec33ac984f2dac042907a053b1e497fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 a89876d2e5aad08c4988930fca35083848d3bdfc15c2af322620782609f0aec8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 3b57b8347c24487d80a3004d9b5a82a2a55b94335e55ec7b1f4fb354af22e45c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 15.9MB
        • SHA256 bfa57865d51f39351e44807eac20ab4fb4d4656da10f7aec97c6c654e6a992e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 15.7MB
        • SHA256 7ec0d7e76fd6e1a8541eda9d6572bf6b4329986605389de452960bd8e1eca1e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 0b29d0eca2cdfea0d7c69164b9eae82617bfb076facd02423644e210d1816c65
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 e27df9cc1d4249bee8c988573e006658365661f204f30a6145baf22d881a6d60
        • 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 15.6MB
        • SHA256 10cc91eae2a117f7565785706f3d9c834928a7ba6651ab1a476a53930d885a56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 f26759fdbc65d2a8e88f470def93f80cee95d63be2e4875fd73b5666bbc9440d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 4f0fcf7837540d187c4ec5508b2af99f9e08e4dd39ca68f421d460bfc2445786
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 e7dafcbaaabf18c60f97ef951a2115646bab811bd6f6bd29ff10bcf7688fbee7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 24e58e12a315c129fb14b49b114fc4d34b871a945b02cb1b361e923bc13e4be7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 0f6ce29f901e28c57481ba73f5a481ff3d38681b715eaa0f477e500f099290dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 d5178a688f21dfa4994753cacf441de048bb6fdf0faddfe6d2a62dcf0e653cf5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 4d6f4b0efd588952bedd2f7190d4832c9b8102b8a045861eed62ff8422669665
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 f7422d0ca4deb0eb2137ad0109d2de36d612e5b233746be4624b8f26a4b44fde
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2840-33-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000AAC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3588-40-0x0000000000910000-0x00000000009EC000-memory.dmp