Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/05/2026, 04:26

General

  • Target
    2026-05-07_9df8f283dcdee3768159deb7e4794af6_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample260507-e21zjaey6w
  • SHA256 f4a78a0fdba01f891a4d7b702ddf2dfd1c6f1a5e4fc17b5fae013f5381cdd7ba
  • 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\2026-05-07_9df8f283dcdee3768159deb7e4794af6_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-07_9df8f283dcdee3768159deb7e4794af6_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:1324
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:920
    • 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:3564
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4116

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 1387d0a52d50d1efe4e9a3d97338f1f82b940ed2054c1628d3d7cd5580efa884
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 5.2MB
        • SHA256 5e7b4831398ecb1aff3aa0c0386653d33b8ea5a23171f3b008dc91cfa17c8192
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 0aac50c017cc1f265c605f915397f11042076cc3c52db6c19bbf16f8d4324ac8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 eaf8f1ece7a5bf08bcdba985a20bc7058c828f380445bdce938b6da003b11ef7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 de41e79e1ed838df584bbf8f91df2f3103c0f0d683c9077f52b8c8ad5a55f9c1
        • 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 6.0MB
        • SHA256 b6eff3508fce3b51549f7e10fe164d7cf9bbff244b041b42285bca037d7c286c
        • 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 7.7MB
        • SHA256 453dc50d14f748f021c8619ca042172b0131c7666bb8ae5d25fa29b40308792e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 6.5MB
        • SHA256 3cb7bf27a797271b8dc495b0addc992f10e2b48ecd3e0604e4da11bb2bdd417a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 5.9MB
        • SHA256 82c19a0fb6c37c2348c02ce991aa98550c74da46cca385865d24b697b19e9571
        • 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 6.1MB
        • SHA256 0224e6f468a38781c694edc3a988e306ea007cd370ff2d89d7da3b3f049dc399
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 d23b8b15f257eafde9ac9b0e47977c1f894f310fa4ce677e0bcd47c547e0dc09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 5.7MB
        • SHA256 006672f51e57058a19a5aeb6c3eebdd37413f157d4fbb3f2c0c7c9ea3cc097d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 479ca4e345c4a2d860c3788df9fafa8dafb0dd96fb089e5773b0b57f991490d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 6af8e290a8511954de62901d5a1751fdd66e72649b40db69e1fdca6a4709ae03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 23c4e7c1e9a46f479438c196189f9eadea79180d1872a341794c0009cdfaf20d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 e22aa1e6126e9af13e523b3989f73fd9ac1f1133df8c3cd9c757349c97e817b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 594388991f25417e84988e7e281e65c1eb2c0d0cf5e850344dd2a1efe8d836d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 f6425294a68ddc11b733e3e6d720c91747ab9f92e7935e51865d15cfde500c05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 4.4MB
        • SHA256 93075a1df32f26606ee6335907ac67efe5c7209261985ea7d548d2633a71b51b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 9824bef71d9ba4f22cc1826c8640979e60c919e19ffc0dc1b2cd59719315828a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 c631f910b5b41966c209e18e7607051aa487c208e945d3a211d6e8ec3b9f0c7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 55cca06a3c12603cdc70931849e2542508c91e5b22df56f8c32a56aa7981ccc3
        • 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 4.2MB
        • SHA256 f4a78a0fdba01f891a4d7b702ddf2dfd1c6f1a5e4fc17b5fae013f5381cdd7ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 c3283c4a98bea7985ba42eb152f318c8c839cc093d886979b42eda64de5ac439
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 59da85454a4d840aa0671222d214011ddf3038e66c2e213a2e8c096bbf195a4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 cddbdadad735ba4d81ecea4ff79dd216ff84dd5b9b8d8e7c4b5432be332c24ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 071531688042a58d65e9df126a3cc641be4a6b5bbb5503fab27ed8cd33c2ac0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 1b06f82f2142defb9534d24ae4d72be7859efb862ec72ef5dce8536c6e8f69d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 c8398ced09c70f024e6c2cbf18127deac93fd3518136b33976ca0cdb754b01fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 0b755f755531cbcce20e7a5c70a5e8f13dd04e5a57d0137d4d6071758ef29383
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 aed4b53bd8bb7f784ea588f55ce32f89b80ba69107fe2fe8a84648b4f1ab035a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH