Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/06/2026, 13:13

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 247KB
  • Sample260604-qgbppafs21
  • SHA256 ba6df378838d43e919fcfa5fb634f359944eca261691434d74c3ca398654b719
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4372
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a556E.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:452
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4820
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1708
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1244
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3896

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 578KB
        • SHA256 6dd977cf7c434de909e640a24e23ac89abaaaeed3714c091425e92c086e5a0bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 484KB
        • SHA256 c000f77b3afd8a0b1498a05f29615e67e9c2aab43693eccf26bb3900ecaf4c38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$a556E.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a556E.bat
        • Size 1022B
        • SHA256 a08946fe754782af04befaa7fc41729fbd8365eb932974e2839c9b1bafdee3ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_97e3fb97f117c3b3fa847a4b3ea933ae_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
        • Size 217KB
        • SHA256 04adf40ba58d0ab892091c188822191f2597bc47dab8b92423e8fc546dc437ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 29KB
        • SHA256 5988d97fbb78c02498150b678f5b55e0f25a242db3c34f408b6eba9fe40b9304
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-876885714-46325919-1482798410-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 8B
        • SHA256 055ea376e2004e4bba4864f8580ed635e094eb2dded0034a71189c056021dad9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/1708-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-514-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-1247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-5034-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/1708-5547-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/4372-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp

        memory/4372-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000436000-memory.dmp