bf1a6ce52644de73b71a91eccee568fbd43873c88a47d86cb2f445d83aa46aff

General

Target
2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Size 630KB
Sample260630-be5gnact9m
SHA256 bf1a6ce52644de73b71a91eccee568fbd43873c88a47d86cb2f445d83aa46aff
MD5 f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce
SHA1 f8178b199e5f03207d76e804399ed911ccbad04f
SHA512 1051dfdcfb37d6c8757ee5f3b27947da49637568c3be0bc8fce4f85f080ba1b8b5e3a37ce3111c9ccd417e127e629b2c46c401ed0d71dfec4fbe25e4bef69f75
SSDEEP 12288:GeDz6vAqObrRD+k3HVJ5xDfp4D7/SAOZi+5v4+rcKftA:lz6vA5JVJTt4D7/SAOZi+5v48cKfm
TLSH
T1BFD47E1677E444F4E177E63EC9A50A19EA727C258F32D70E1358826B0F237529D3BB22
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

9^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/4800-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack
behavioral2/files/0x0008000000016d07-4.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack
behavioral2/memory/4800-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack
behavioral2/memory/4016-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack
behavioral2/memory/5488-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack
behavioral2/memory/6072-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack

Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs

pid	Process
5488	MSWDM.EXE
6072	MSWDM.EXE
5208	2026-06-29_F9D1FC3450FDC9F47BA0873E17C2B0CE_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_EMOTET_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_VIDAR.EXE
4016	MSWDM.EXE

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\dev4ABB.tmp	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe

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	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MSWDM.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MSWDM.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MSWDM.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
6072	MSWDM.EXE
6072	MSWDM.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4800 wrote to memory of 5488	4800	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe	87
PID 4800 wrote to memory of 6072	4800	2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe	88
PID 6072 wrote to memory of 5208	6072	MSWDM.EXE	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4800
- C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
  "C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5488
- C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
  -r!C:\Windows\dev4ABB.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-29_f9d1fc3450fdc9f47ba0873e17c2b0ce_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe! !
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:6072
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-29_F9D1FC3450FDC9F47BA0873E17C2B0CE_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_EMOTET_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_VIDAR.EXE
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    PID:5208

C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
MSWDM.EXE
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4016

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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MSWDM.EXE

Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
Size 199KB
SHA256 be860bc768fc8cd60ad46aa676aaa57faff4a62a7392ce13306663f2e70885bf
MD5 8f5b6fcd983fd63bc50fa616fa31d5c6
SHA1 ce4876e82e655d72b02405573daf2af9586a39f1
SHA512 09848b56ea305356d1e0857f2860a5787777d6427e6568bae6da1a8408f4eabb99dc589f66d40852c69f9c2d80d1e7cb3510e592e53d9087d1f6c406a69d3cfc
SSDEEP 3072:2FawsA+HjzFmRa2Modghqnq3VAWdg25nzhQNv40j0PW1IrEfMtyhu6:2wwsXDz6vAqq3VAWdHzn00rZyp
TLSH
T108145A2626E44078F5A6A97FC5B50E1DE7B1B874CD73870E7351862B0F32A639D2B312
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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dev4ABB.tmp

Path C:\Windows\dev4ABB.tmp
Size 430KB
SHA256 5d96bbc4e5b726d87c7cf547f5fe98f8f05434ec2130bd60cbf5671fd3a7381b
MD5 ffca2fbcc7e4637f2acc0a8a3b0dbaaa
SHA1 3697f037e527a31c013a2ff3ee2f6c373e67a2a7
SHA512 3d9bb3641bdb7d89d30a7d552c8eca7355ab64e56d6d1657dbfe4f4f66c93ced1aa75ffb1fc0326f5e06310bad6e51c94d57e7ef74e9db215ac2c72da1a20faf
SSDEEP 12288:WD+k3HVJ5xDfp4D7/SAOZi+5v4+rcKfth:UJVJTt4D7/SAOZi+5v48cKf3
TLSH
T127947C16B7A405F5E177E23DCA624A11E9767C165B30E74E03AC826A0F237619E3EF31
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/4016-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

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memory/4800-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

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memory/4800-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

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memory/5488-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

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memory/6072-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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