phorphiex | 2365a4ec113dbfc80318999f95f1b4081c764610d548a4916b9b198eebd504d8

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
120s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
08/07/2026, 23:47

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General

Target
2026-07-08_7d168b49a6941eeb85d1cda7af291b5d_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
Size 803KB
Sample260708-3st2mabv91
SHA256 2365a4ec113dbfc80318999f95f1b4081c764610d548a4916b9b198eebd504d8
MD5 7d168b49a6941eeb85d1cda7af291b5d
SHA1 0436d437eac16c29f92010c68176b3abb991b938
SHA512 1b1cd2f8a8914402885368f381c7c973446464c6c4836d18ce5d7b04c807983dfd41231a2ee6eeeccf3403620257e288d749b1343877947f35a128251f8cd917
SSDEEP 24576:aSJGG42fHhGvJiKEZna/7PYYYYYYkYYYhYYYYYYYYYYYYfYYYYrYYYiXZ9H2F0Ua:axG42fBGsKjjXdUK
TLSH
T16205AE96F7B847F5D167C13889628656F776785507309BDF12A0833E2F23AE21E3A720
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery phorphiex loader trojan worm

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

http://178.16.54.109

Signatures

Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.
worm trojan loader phorphiex

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
1	2528	2026-07-08_7d168b49a6941eeb85d1cda7af291b5d_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5208	3109.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
2	ip-api.com

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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	3109.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2528 wrote to memory of 5208	2528	2026-07-08_7d168b49a6941eeb85d1cda7af291b5d_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe	88

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_7d168b49a6941eeb85d1cda7af291b5d_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_7d168b49a6941eeb85d1cda7af291b5d_cobalt-strike_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
1⤵
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2528
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3109.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3109.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5208

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

3109.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3109.exe
Size 12KB
SHA256 8e2b78e7c586e36dc3b27c78466fad735f86cdd9b4e7ecbc4c650d934a9a176b
MD5 362fc53afbda6450184b73746802a6fa
SHA1 4c289f978c4c464da05cee4c33101ea7f5291d7b
SHA512 d137b29e9a9ae7ec47dcdb6733e618566cb66d910e33058c5681b61cd3ef0d07e346d4cee19f39c0e1e6918215bb5281caaa5fac204156f46b37c2b63e1b7c81
SSDEEP 192:yW0eU9Y0G5msXhBee6JPJXJxTNerBthIHMzQoh:P0TYgsXhAh9xBerBgMz
TLSH
T11742290AA8091831F3E204B2573E82938BBD19A337D5F9DBFB8067090DB53D5D17966E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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