Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
157s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/05/2026, 02:57
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample260511-dft4esdy6m
- SHA256 8d98d44efbee6ff1550abc972fdbc375c914593946e2192be853cd843b70f314
- MD5 a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff
- SHA1 48fa178dc77c244b7f19d40b1509031360c2d054
- SHA512 4c6218217d18c7e999a05ddde2e497c4dfb5a7ae6d581c62998851d54144f9cb7bf587d429432acf119de760148f242f4051333f002e744572af1a8c7b5272ee
- SSDEEP 12288:GaoVmp+84YOE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo0lBM1iuWXo:GDVmpzKwxx+1L6goYq1iuWXo
- TLSH T1D0D46B1176D0CF31E2AF053699659AB85A7FBC208F2087CB63947E1DBE306C19A35717
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1609746302-1884177235-1125644204-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation adobearmhelper32.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4880 eventviewer.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 4880 eventviewer.exe 4880 eventviewer.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe 2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe 2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Temp AdobeARM.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Backup AdobeARM.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 676 4880 WerFault.exe 85 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language eventviewer.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language adobearmhelper32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
pid Process 4880 eventviewer.exe 4880 eventviewer.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 4880 eventviewer.exe 4880 eventviewer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4840 AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4728 wrote to memory of 4736 4728 2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 84 PID 4728 wrote to memory of 4880 4728 2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 85 PID 4736 wrote to memory of 4840 4736 adobearmhelper32.exe 86 PID 4840 wrote to memory of 6048 4840 AdobeARM.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4728 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe"adobearmhelper32.exe "2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4736 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4840 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"4⤵PID:6048
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe"C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4880 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4880 -s 21363⤵
- Program crash
PID:676
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 404 -p 4880 -ip 48801⤵PID:4424
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
- Size 782B
- SHA256 8395f93b0e0240f5c79ce70bc2257f9cb0d92227b15f7724ba65b1c5c0b19625
- MD5 29f1b2d1b6f9290138596cf180847e53
- SHA1 ab496ce19c74cb15fe0b38807cf29db776336461
- SHA512 bdadd50c6371d05f5d43fe7f95e8c02bd74842b0a7b982f571e80520d8748d67fc6f3912f9eb797edc476387168d597747b9a8705ded1ea473e5ee160c627227
- TLSH T1E0014C531AE81125F1B35A44DFF9947357327C975C2DC8AC90D8520E49E1940D5B27BB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
- MD5 f5d4c05bc8ea0d4fc4d277abda7369d9
- SHA1 f67e793b159bd1e75ed4dec0de352ea1b6583708
- SHA512 359a966c4dc8d62a570b428dfb3e666a63efd6bfff7c5b5ace3bc97ea09ba701d9fa524f439bf9902746c2ecac9c1f76c90868b0152eb825b2a09a9474fdbb34
- SSDEEP 384:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9jdIYigYws0i9Db9Ey8RbmL4A8UiINyGNB:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9uYigY9K5ALdH
- TLSH T19D820BA2B4408C11CD868F3EA4C1D726D672BC813D8591C27565F219CFB23869A9F7EA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 0300e9ddb527990e8b59d06e9ccf3ec2bd92d3bbd0ef4fba69d6336e4195e82d
- MD5 5f036f91e86e30f749961506951d51eb
- SHA1 acb87b59117c6e2db86f98c4c8bac52eade97cd4
- SHA512 341f250cf3764207b5328a12b31016c0750daddcd16722b4bcef502bcbef7ef379abb601649ee6c3fdf121f3d3cd6890c8a80e5dae3169fe56ef82af20631944
- SSDEEP 96:Dbonzjs6o1BXl7EV4/sClywa3UHimRkISatmQFjm:Dbsns6KXxUrClywawinLatvFjm
- TLSH T100A19E44A75AEB61C331EBB6829B7B51033B6D20178468FAEFDAA1E1695B44C143C3C2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
- Size 342B
- SHA256 4d112698a5627c6c5fa2e31074847bf94dcc62e2dddfe196bab2314de7b8e223
- MD5 914d2bc0b28215544bf372bfad60ce9c
- SHA1 6d5c17e39d65e67436361f15835ef59aab323778
- SHA512 f23088491f9517fb042796025d1ea184bb52140331849de1fd4eb1e79bae92fc2a84adec8041b4f8118d355bd9d40413ed7b9136115c0491715e0ae2d01f8165
- TLSH T129E0CD113BA44205E9370E3C697368445937732B5F21CACD02B4044D0D35FE1CC7271D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 251KB
- SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
- MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
- SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
- SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
- SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
- TLSH T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpBB6B.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
- MD5 bbb796dd2b53f7fb7ce855bb39535e2f
- SHA1 dfb022a179775c82893fe8c4f59df8f6d19bd2fd
- SHA512 0d122f454fcbf4524c2756692f0f33dc98f5bd2426839c6f03cd5c5f4fd507a8a15cf489d7a7ceadd1b95cf31b506c04bf03d613a9ba7d76add92766b1dc5c2b
- TLSH T10D71D9CF0D1A6413ABC7ED8EB1C5F3AB4C34A7E06AD1588B05B895C24FC3B862A5905D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD58D.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
- MD5 ec946860cff4f4a6d325a8de7d6254d2
- SHA1 7c909f646d9b2d23c58f73ec2bb603cd59dc11fd
- SHA512 38a98b18dbae063bc533a1ff25a3467a7de197651e07e77a1b22cf8ce251282ab31f61dcff5c51ef186cfd115dc506181d480eabffbe92af01dee6282cbee13e
- TLSH T10971B9DB092A5413ABC7DE8AA2C5F3774C34A7E45B96548B087C95C34FCBB971B4401D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD5AD.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
- MD5 fc2430057cb1be74c788f10c2d4540c8
- SHA1 cab67ee8d5191fbf9f25545825e06c1a822af2f2
- SHA512 4e2b9709a9e3ca5173abb35816e5a0aebbf2a7aaf971d7f75f3ae66e4a812cbade103baa5016525f5ab83a60c18f8d3c278c90ff83e4afdae419f81673cb5aee
- TLSH T1FC71D8CE0D1A6813ABC7FE8AA1C5E3695C30A3E16AD154CB08BC95824FC6FC51A4901D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe
- Size 359KB
- SHA256 9977725432104dd5286ccfd06b485c8fdf7cbd63143ea62ea5e218e5768c6703
- MD5 736a3cad4593c9e478cc3ea13f1fa634
- SHA1 79fd81761920001c3394bcb1e36892fc95b1fe4a
- SHA512 d4a54d783a5491c24e91cc96b56748a0684342125cee3c17f85ac6f86d8148b601814159c1df52f71df874b52d5713d70aa51ba981f2dcc7fe5b07f9d068ee6d
- SSDEEP 6144:KuSkkTjzhZ2opkGe6vyuTHfx/J+kvuuHcLBuiyt1M/VvoQ3mvwBVO/b:JE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo0lBMb
- TLSH T1A7746D017790DF31E6AF05369D6996B45A6F7C208F2487CB23943E2DBE306C19A35B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp7F5.tmp
- Size 148KB
- SHA256 0276c20790d9fa6b0607b29f632c72e8bb4a07e9495c9858730f8a0930f9237d
- MD5 c77a7e16f85637827514b13d5b586f76
- SHA1 05775016364462afafccc226268373de15956815
- SHA512 2d4732d8e49e8a7cec26d870973f331d8cdbc404349af37f730cd402a8e07123535e90e5d71484f86343d9662397b7488635ac159bc1611641222a08b1bed7a2
- SSDEEP 3072:Gl5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1ja6H5nj+CB5XIYnQB:GjuDOhVLS5nj+CPXIYy
- TLSH T1B7E3481232D0CFB9E1AF45318DA29AB546B7FC319D3297CB63907E0D3E359418A26763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
- Size 88KB
- SHA256 3baf58e8eb6f1dee7da7df83cb38925e69ffe130a02f667380cbee69aea17b15
- MD5 188a727732ea436cedbfa4f016e7bbdf
- SHA1 bf0ba32262cc4abb23e5c61ad6c750188558c8d1
- SHA512 7139f3967289b66bb27bbd2b669ebe53197d3a825a21b8614e5352d426f3a74ba88d8618b869bb19d6c8a51780e636042c9a379f8d797d552cb316be1570e26b
- SSDEEP 768:6hKzpWe7ofYFf0vX2Y9MMcz/pK3mriMYH/K0o+0pdE+7c/vm9Oacl1iB90/Va0DN:j1W9YV0OZMIljwiJ7c/EOaclRkQUQoR
- TLSH T11193AF2A39E044B2D688407151F56F39D33FE5741B11A6C3EB78EF682D21AA0D53B78B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH