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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

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
3400	eventviewer.exe

Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3400	eventviewer.exe
3400	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

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
980	3400	WerFault.exe	79

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

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	adobearmhelper32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	eventviewer.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AdobeARM.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs

pid	Process
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
5900	adobearmhelper32.exe
3400	eventviewer.exe
3400	eventviewer.exe
3400	eventviewer.exe
3400	eventviewer.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5844	AdobeARM.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5060 wrote to memory of 5900	5060	2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe	78
PID 5060 wrote to memory of 3400	5060	2026-05-11_a412cec1dc20f4b99d057f55f260a9ff_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe	79
PID 5900 wrote to memory of 5844	5900	adobearmhelper32.exe	80

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:5060
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe
  "adobearmhelper32.exe "
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5900
- - 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⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5844
- 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:3400
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3400 -s 1552
    3⤵
    - Program crash
    PID:980

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 3400 -ip 3400
1⤵
PID:828

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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ArmUI.ini

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

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adobearmhelper32.exe

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

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eventviewer.exe

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
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syslog.exe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe
Size 148KB
SHA256 0276c20790d9fa6b0607b29f632c72e8bb4a07e9495c9858730f8a0930f9237d
MD5 c77a7e16f85637827514b13d5b586f76
SHA1 05775016364462afafccc226268373de15956815
SHA512 2d4732d8e49e8a7cec26d870973f331d8cdbc404349af37f730cd402a8e07123535e90e5d71484f86343d9662397b7488635ac159bc1611641222a08b1bed7a2
SSDEEP 3072:Gl5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1ja6H5nj+CB5XIYnQB:GjuDOhVLS5nj+CPXIYy
TLSH
T1B7E3481232D0CFB9E1AF45318DA29AB546B7FC319D3297CB63907E0D3E359418A26763
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memory/3400-105-0x0000000004FF0000-0x00000000050CA000-memory.dmp

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memory/3400-114-0x0000000004FF0000-0x00000000050CA000-memory.dmp

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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