Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
94s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
05/05/2026, 01:59
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
17 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe
- Size 871KB
- Sample260505-cepxmsax4k
- SHA256 cf8513479e94252503f2eac2db9417aad21a41861640fa4b18bf3dbd632556e9
- MD5 29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739
- SHA1 dfc6035f2e6b96e8a136ec5c45c26e86cef064c5
- SHA512 3cd33f7da71129b06c3aec464123d97acebeb410ea08aa5562cef86d0cc4026bf1825e53589c0e078ed40a8394674a8efd0ce981aaf2772b2bc6b7a93b7b1d52
- SSDEEP 12288:0p4pNfz3ymJnJ8QCFkxCaQTOl2aL1Jer5+nfeer5+nso+:GEtl9mRda1bvt
- TLSH T1A2158D13F3A088F2C2261A749E1541985A37FC506E1B56523EDC2B0DCF3B7866F26B76
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects Stihat payload 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b44d-6.dat family_stihat behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b451-39.dat family_stihat - Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe" 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Detects executables packed with ASPack 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b44d-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b451-39.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Drops startup file 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\G: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification F:\AUTORUN.INF 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened for modification C:\AUTORUN.INF 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe.exe 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.exe 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\Locked = "1" explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser\ITBar7Layout = 13000000000000000000000020000000100000000000000001000000010700005e01000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 explorer.exe - Modifies registry class 21 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\NotificationData explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\MRUListEx = ffffffff explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02 explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1 explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}\Instance\ explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = ffffffff explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\NodeSlot = "1" explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\Instance\ explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0 = 14002e80922b16d365937a46956b92703aca08af0000 explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Documents" explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots explorer.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 = 14001f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d808002b30309d0000 explorer.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0 explorer.exe - Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
pid Process 5140 explorer.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 4456 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe 4456 2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 5140 explorer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 5140 explorer.exe 5140 explorer.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-05_29e6e3bd09917ca29d1a1f5197495739_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_icedid_njrat.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Drops startup file
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4456
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeExplorer.exe HelpMe.exe1⤵PID:5036
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C:\Windows\explorer.exeC:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding1⤵
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5140
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-2397528088-2630719772-1129911217-1000\desktop.ini.exe
- Size 871KB
- SHA256 dc9f46dca18930c7d40a569281040d86964d2bdcca706ccac1285cebbb2318a0
- MD5 2865472f99c406c715c41352c815e609
- SHA1 ef267be8ae5bafb713f828a7f162a3b62e067234
- SHA512 3f21956b6eafb91b60371f726f2e19a39d63cede5d6ba84db8dd1a21465ac97aae30774e2e0d5bc74c363f8118a45fd6f09f4ec63d584419ab6519ad8bef8c3d
- SSDEEP 12288:0p4pNfz3ymJnJ8QCFkxCaQTOl2aL1Jer5+nfeer5+nsoL:GEtl9mRda1bvW
- TLSH T122158D13F3A088F2C2261A749E1541985A37FC506E1B56523EDC2B0DCF3B7866F26B76
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- SHA256 fb4a8bf8e2078ea578364fdded1bad0f509bdc6d9afcf788fd02c9a23705c255
- MD5 e328f1b574d00c730b364848ee6c937e
- SHA1 c84d05be822110bbe75fc88b5e74072443cef3c2
- SHA512 0a5f145a81dbbc6eba8f64acf4cca863a2adcb7b540acc92d25d51a962789669221caefd9800ff2f711b6f07009123a0c6c176ec22a5260de84fb6a9c79b2e0e
- SSDEEP 49152:lEs1eeMMHMMMvMMZMMMlmMMMiMMMYJMMHMMM6MMZMMMqNMMzMMMUMMVMMMYJMMzB:lE2pMMHMMMvMMZMMMlmMMMiMMMYJMMHd
- TLSH T170858D03F3D098F2D17606308D2686985637FC51AE25465B3ADC3B0D9F363836E76B6A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
- Size 145B
- SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
- MD5 ca13857b2fd3895a39f09d9dde3cca97
- SHA1 8b78c5b2ec97c372ebdcef92d14b0998f8dd6dd0
- SHA512 55e5b5325968d1e5314527fb2d26012f5aae4a1c38e305417be273400cb1c6d0c22b85bddb501d7a5720a3f53bb5caf6ada8a7894232344c4f6c6ef85d226b47
- TLSH T188C04868F16A939D1E0C399093A400237083A208019E420E93DDE4A53DD41084F05188
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH