Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    97s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-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:4384
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1728
    • 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:5044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2808

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

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 16.2MB
        • SHA256 a4a6c529e0d9033537b4a274dcfdb4cabf508806c91559005fbb5e0559c19657
        • 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 5c5e1612035b345235612b25c824f05f189af5642901566b0de35ce44df70107
        • 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 685d10a9937e88d071cb1f76acb71eacbb532b0b30c205e638bd90790ebcb5d4
        • 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 1f590b847ea4f49fcffc23cd7f920a8e2dea5597afffb3b689126d608e1534ca
        • 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 38e292f701f2a03615089eeb7df8db52c371fa599d718708f8dfee73729f0a90
        • 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 9b88c525f3927da7725f3bd970069c7be622442b50f26d731af861163da739ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 18.6MB
        • SHA256 3973f3bf4c55a7a2ed3fa662038d0b962daabb3767ed14dcfccfd2018f8100dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 17.0MB
        • SHA256 e28886c5f1a6e4958f4875a45d1c361ce39d2224d267b4db8b4d543bc5edbd69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 043aa9515dc165c4ef3ab635a6f76980d491fa28ffb00f5adc33abf4d1642e9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 5c81efd147c1eedc540119b89be7d4c088dba10673ee90fa3c78b30d1f3a387c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 d37751b133e5130338b0d30db48703fc3b3cb446e57e38a5fdada918755f9abe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 6baf8fa70e2caae6b6cc95a82f37c5cd9ce9ff45211c07941c48a6bf282cdbc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 9da171fb6dafa3291b0348be8d17ff0605edb919e8cf7c4c18aaa4ab59b21480
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UseFormat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\UseFormat.exe
        • Size 15.8MB
        • SHA256 9588f74e7bfe69810c49c2e26bff133899c4e69c862227b14129127b5e9820fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 15.7MB
        • SHA256 e543ad8bc38c890abb42bc3856a575dfc01bf59a5bca92e41a994ff5ccdf43e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 97ec4580231d60acdb990d92185edd55d92ec5fd2353d20d18e1dde816805fea
        • 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 3330cb1d996f806ad6dae807db37f224051a1b9a20f4611218b18c8e239eed50
        • 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 a88240f3b30b73e7df41521fa74c34167342e2cc47a6484fa6b9fada12f27158
        • 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 528dfd9997221ba64ae0865f1460f0ff44268b35bbb0e84279e76f8667520663
        • 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 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 1f6185acd64e52fe326eaada9c2f86c03f97fb5845285bdf015df9c3c6f3b02a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4384-56-0x0000000000970000-0x0000000000A2B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5044-60-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000A5B000-memory.dmp