Analysis

  • max time kernel
    25s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/07/2026, 02:11

General

  • Target
    2026-07-06_951bd54c51ab23f528b1ffcb844dbcba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njr.exe
  • Size 21.3MB
  • Sample260707-cmc8tacy9m
  • SHA256 b7ac5c58de41da5e421891620495afbb7e0336e9c10c41d570d0a03a9ca89f11
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_951bd54c51ab23f528b1ffcb844dbcba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njr.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_951bd54c51ab23f528b1ffcb844dbcba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njr.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1480
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_951bd54c51ab23f528b1ffcb844dbcba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njr.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-07-06_951bd54c51ab23f528b1ffcb844dbcba_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_njr.exe
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5504
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
      PID:3744
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
          PID:4696
      • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
        1⤵
          PID:5904
        • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
          1⤵
            PID:1360

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                AppVShNotify.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
                • Size 21.6MB
                • SHA256 ffe409554e92646da1acd4eae1312b04b60427d38b18343ec0d6e90a746b6c98
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
                • Size 42.6MB
                • SHA256 6ef788ca639f1ab2da9a2d0fefee31603f60f44824d0fea3d192fdf4fc2827c1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                IntegratedOffice.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
                • Size 46.7MB
                • SHA256 1af7e8f43a4eac63ade3a86f95e6c084efb03847feb8bc865abba7946cad3b3c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                MavInject32.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
                • Size 42.9MB
                • SHA256 c9b5af448b8777c6cfbc5e16ba55d6fcf130af5768b441e470b3c07b3118abad
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                OfficeC2RClient.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
                • Size 48.2MB
                • SHA256 d190664b469aa78f78462266e4fb49c4eec6854e8a2322838b89afe84ce941f3
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                appvcleaner.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
                • Size 23.4MB
                • SHA256 44695a35cc7800105df7a7e5d48b5972de143f201df5dd37335f4ebe8d1b9b30
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                VSTOInstaller.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
                • Size 42.7MB
                • SHA256 19fc5a6459bd13757067c81f1636a1d1735a1574abf80360446c5d8a96b4e864
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                setup.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
                • Size 47.2MB
                • SHA256 dea9d993e871306660b309cf62933af67457efa59d0e56f3974d65d186875576
                • 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 23.0MB
                • SHA256 f0e124ee9d5c5d5afd8d480311489210a01b206ed8e09abf955b8965ec31e934
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                elevation_service.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
                • Size 44.9MB
                • SHA256 c2f7ac3e78e98a5484eef8d066daa203eaabb4b7ef3927fb779be29e5aea0228
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                notification_helper.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
                • Size 22.9MB
                • SHA256 f6e1c591d4421a6d82a5c936e243ea2724e18b90daf564422c30836c3e51cf11
                • 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 39.7MB
                • SHA256 3c76cefae2da99d2b73d32f7e4a1c153ba7e27bc465643fbb2fe22061a9ce654
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                chrome.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
                • Size 43.6MB
                • SHA256 d0ae6453de2f9fcb5a8d20da7cda29dda31bc2edde95c85b1a1305dcac112edf
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                appletviewer.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
                • Size 42.6MB
                • SHA256 eb01db422a90a7eb5c799e5be56e9077867114a657be9e099b96dce715849748
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                extcheck.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
                • Size 41.2MB
                • SHA256 3703aec4db9abfa90f1e0d36cb0f84a3f429ff7264c2db2a3ac03b262a688ed9
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                idlj.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
                • Size 40.7MB
                • SHA256 63c5f9258b9cfe89b3d901784ff0d96f9b8ca876a348e873e7f27936fc65117b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jabswitch.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
                • Size 36.9MB
                • SHA256 7c927d342a9c948ba508ff448711d01d8a5fd7a7f7ce58b2993aeb9498fc98b6
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jar.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
                • Size 42.2MB
                • SHA256 0385e0e86d88b6a9bb8c56df9bc48d81c022ef2c31807a307a1fd6d9cf94e95c
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jarsigner.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
                • Size 41.7MB
                • SHA256 15f6458c7f31802114f1f788f983c605868372fd56555d44021ac4feafdab301
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                java-rmi.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
                • Size 34.6MB
                • SHA256 e29820a4f6338cb876f92265c172e9ce99ef018c1f31bd08efbd75b7fdfb38ad
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                java.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
                • Size 38.9MB
                • SHA256 eddcb7813db8480e81ea0bd0ef3088844215d7e47ca739c95eeb41332ddd203a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javac.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
                • Size 40.2MB
                • SHA256 97b1f61112d34affb90cb85eed59461b7991ab3c14c92111446d8d522f33f8be
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javadoc.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
                • Size 39.1MB
                • SHA256 fcee8a21fa2f5156ea9550337b587383acba7e6032324ebb28ed1c7b2701d3a0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javafxpackager.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
                • Size 38.6MB
                • SHA256 8c0d5944180c3e381116a0d0e1d305111cb4618f1afff9a846be84ba536f3d87
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javah.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
                • Size 39.4MB
                • SHA256 bd072c9c10145ebd5cf1cdead446627ed61defdab5442d159a741a1bb3f885ad
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javap.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
                • Size 33.4MB
                • SHA256 bfa47ebdee7bdffaa6e96fd28d28fd0ea42dadae03a09e0e9142545ff5df4ee4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javapackager.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
                • Size 35.4MB
                • SHA256 aac0d64217ffa43e71a0b4dc4fa2e182e1a718dacafd3a091ac644bbbdd58d92
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                javaw.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
                • Size 38.8MB
                • SHA256 afa13f4a821e44fddff6ee9a1fc4c49767c883870885cb2dcebd328ceffad84a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jcmd.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
                • Size 36.9MB
                • SHA256 9e24e72ff4055578469c9322f3605aa7b06912594831d6c11c5ab2fd57172979
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jconsole.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
                • Size 38.1MB
                • SHA256 16bd91f58d3122346b2d8f3b44ddf333c50dd40883026f32de5c5823d4dd9cd0
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jdb.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
                • Size 36.9MB
                • SHA256 2fb81c2d5696e1625918ae7267e5a060b983e9cd6c3ab8c86150e083edd7e81a
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jdeps.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
                • Size 36.2MB
                • SHA256 17c4826632bd542d2b2988a351c0eaa79a7e207c57810c4ef4d53d7f791d94a4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jhat.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
                • Size 32.8MB
                • SHA256 39f6a425f6dcde7e946d7c85267b0c798544b958b020892a02a4b346f84121c1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jinfo.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
                • Size 33.1MB
                • SHA256 b5d08283969b29acc8bf5bbbf213430eef59ceb314a4a8738166ff2055052083
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jjs.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
                • Size 36.8MB
                • SHA256 7df66237b3e533df1762608c3da7f35c63ea55b1bc6ef25d2b265cab55ca14ae
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jmap.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
                • Size 36.5MB
                • SHA256 7326bbbf60f7ba5c7723ac2eedef36d3afd57918480a3700d7e96bf5347fb0e5
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jps.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
                • Size 37.0MB
                • SHA256 b5e8748bc72d83ba6e2fdf34000dc60db8685a0e327d000f5ced760c01500db1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jrunscript.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
                • Size 38.8MB
                • SHA256 f896db57dc4e160ed08f7c91e1afead4baec5dd8c60e2830e15483c56d5a1e3f
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jsadebugd.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
                • Size 35.7MB
                • SHA256 2fc63e849d12b5e2721a82bcf49edb15554041110752fd3975f5e40d372db62b
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jstack.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
                • Size 32.3MB
                • SHA256 334b43734c4c12827e87fcb0e1cec0ca9e5c23f9136a13334ebda76fb076c2cb
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jstat.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
                • Size 37.8MB
                • SHA256 03a53f410635c29167a13d2995d8822df580a181d02db602928613130d94a280
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                jstatd.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
                • Size 35.9MB
                • SHA256 02c3c104f3ae3e9b0d517d0c219fe7722cd4985cbf54cd506eae29e8b6ae63e4
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                keytool.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
                • Size 37.2MB
                • SHA256 dba3094ab7d41c51c906b7ad7cb39d46e7da103b08140a5f77c6d874226ee96d
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                kinit.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
                • Size 35.9MB
                • SHA256 75a96c4f0cf6073cc5d1b23bf81a4a15bd75de5d617273b81d733541d2a8f7c7
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                klist.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
                • Size 36.7MB
                • SHA256 5b98ed12e812b650f21a253fb41684a7c76d8385cb4468607ab4fe318b501fae
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                ktab.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
                • Size 37.2MB
                • SHA256 633e7d19303ccf150faefe30b1af8e64d4db273831c9b4ba4ceb630aeb834771
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                native2ascii.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
                • Size 32.2MB
                • SHA256 2b6e9d066b0ae20e54dbf999c5a6299e510e72fa86e7ad8e3a1a8c12f1cda8da
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                orbd.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
                • Size 37.6MB
                • SHA256 e7aaa237dd0fc8bd5d07bf9227e40bc7e145cf968a1ba232e5ab410184995805
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                pack200.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
                • Size 35.5MB
                • SHA256 1bf3ac452a12ec53c089db7a0cef19b1138fea7d0c47b16beec59409059c007e
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                rmic.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
                • Size 38.0MB
                • SHA256 436222967d3be35f949fa4ec13709980435925a88d6a0062a81da0495cd7b0fd
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                rmid.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
                • Size 37.7MB
                • SHA256 99771a450d6da5c29dc293f608dfce180a5285532d2c905873e78d433f4935b8
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                schemagen.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
                • Size 36.3MB
                • SHA256 da004d688c7542a49ceb271411461668ffc3c7f26ecef238084ae8cdb8a38ffd
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                serialver.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
                • Size 37.5MB
                • SHA256 e32ec86c65ed7db13916aab23e98f324ce77fe7d47e267863726df326ab0baf8
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                servertool.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
                • Size 36.1MB
                • SHA256 fa0fe21c29c5621b685021ffa908dd543e52be86e90b81bfb228c2bc2ead7a12
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                tnameserv.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
                • Size 36.6MB
                • SHA256 6dd7638f8887ddda5aeb8043261c5437fbdbd8fe2c10e8ea1185af0a550ea493
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                dotnet.exe

                • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
                • Size 42.7MB
                • SHA256 121b2eaf6150b64a0b51cb11acb00d2325f074c3676725bf54cbc75de83e3d75
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
                • Size 595B
                • SHA256 d4e60617c2afab8263febabe7f14f18595715078d71307a8cefe0707dae76dee
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                memory/1360-476-0x0000028A99890000-0x0000028A99990000-memory.dmp

                memory/1360-463-0x0000028A85C90000-0x0000028A85D90000-memory.dmp

                memory/1360-465-0x0000028A85C90000-0x0000028A85D90000-memory.dmp

                memory/1360-464-0x0000028A85C90000-0x0000028A85D90000-memory.dmp

                memory/1360-495-0x0000028A895D0000-0x0000028A895F0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1360-474-0x0000028A89350000-0x0000028A89370000-memory.dmp

                memory/1360-509-0x0000028A99CC0000-0x0000028A99CE0000-memory.dmp

                memory/1480-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/1480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

                memory/5504-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp