Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/06/2026, 04:37

General

  • Target
    2026-06-01_9b0093072dfa83e10350b277c0130192_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_redline-stealer_rhadaman.exe
  • Size 741KB
  • Sample260601-e9bdvact8y
  • SHA256 6871fc4fa71564baed3280a39acbd953637ce81454c505cb0ce1f64dfa845062
  • 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\2026-06-01_9b0093072dfa83e10350b277c0130192_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_redline-stealer_rhadaman.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-01_9b0093072dfa83e10350b277c0130192_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_redline-stealer_rhadaman.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:5184
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1176
    • 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:1488
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3160

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 33895ff11d839b6773d72948545e2ed34d7130bc1f28fb0a0b06d5219d229884
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 05f2376c260c1a18d686f2938d80050ec8869c9f4e78fcdccdbaceb0130aa6da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 d86ffc39a08a322c86c33780e2a4abeab9fd52bb0d1542abff4b4ea7660bc673
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 756KB
        • SHA256 3e7fbc7f871ea15f2544120cf674a1a06df8dfc55a51b54d86471783a9833db4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 fc023834ec92d9b1cf85641bcca5e3224b88c11770d5506c3be40e19cce7cf90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 6.8MB
        • SHA256 d1a2bf9b9760f7458774c354ec324daf5e4931e38fc547c4f9f3d31444b7ee07
        • 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 2.4MB
        • SHA256 65224fb3bdf18a347281259862162844c0f9e3dc234050a85ead82be9457a371
        • 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 4.2MB
        • SHA256 6f8e895f996a1094f6f610e24ae0428d5416089ce909be3b3cc6ffd3886f60e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 2f059c3851d11b43cc61ce53d8dd33cacd6f920c3dd511319c78f20c1010453e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 44086205f4426436b02d813cca9dfc94786e0ae3574a2936e8c696159da21f7e
        • 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 2.6MB
        • SHA256 2da5eb1e04f9b662e5bebc17295ab08784beb6fe7d0d6f814c96e5de49e99632
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 3.8MB
        • SHA256 e7656ef266aeaf71060a64e6731c0f6588f24e9a089b728f98272dacfb601f3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 62d683ac3c0e993d19c0c50258cb804162bd048d9725bba03fb216a215dd89e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 5866d3f45d6db2198477525971ba300fea38fce5faf87a4052ca5da1a0962d4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 cf621a65f95f253e25639914827977ebc3cee0aabafa14c7b688f1809df13ca4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 71ad9ac0e73ab56a8b533dca8e36dcdc31f3784de099756b7d8bd3286b2d702f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 786KB
        • SHA256 5b675444bdb1b8efaf32b9499be93f2cf6722c897754d232976ec543b5e972b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 4a81a6736f1f0d02819763ed7e5d2293a119829bab88582363bbc252dd221ddd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 885KB
        • SHA256 ca51553772be7dfdd06ac31e2f7611ab11ec056e769eb3f3f902fbf5b7bf6a9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 798KB
        • SHA256 e4f51288351afec797d7c1f02e0ea16405fb01ab5ee0e344cbf2fdef06f5cf7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 806KB
        • SHA256 e2d7ac910996292deef62abc48134a5567c015ca3b4e02d3073ac25aa6dd2196
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 802KB
        • SHA256 262549834daf70731928dfce6cc1ad61cde62603c3447bf4f5e20f16a855a0b0
        • 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 741KB
        • SHA256 6871fc4fa71564baed3280a39acbd953637ce81454c505cb0ce1f64dfa845062
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 f4a02c030e40fc0696c68dd66b973ffd71ea55debcbcae549f7f7855701ef6c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 e1648f847d837ebd3ddd2f4c4f741e52cf7cef2189061ffe55f04b10ded33e72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 e4b56d851cfa8878885de87902fcbf1319747461879a166f38a3a1462fa4acbb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 30654225c2852f122df4c27e43a32211deb83441ee0eb98be7e955cc3e6f56d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 8272869ba9b8edcd4a55bd3ebace07066188485f39201c1356deec549f2db652
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 8a8e312eb207f2ad5da289600cf68421acfd52547c06a9c702617f2633dc5ebe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 04ed3616893409e680c4072e5b02b0860bb2e218bb6abdcd1e590baa21edee3d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 741KB
        • SHA256 623d3907cd8b60dbc827fb03235f593b65b850ee3e22b081758f9718d910b3e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH