Analysis

  • max time kernel
    126s
  • max time network
    143s
  • 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, 17:11

General

  • Target
    2026-07-08_a9836a596044e17d1146db9d9d30b33c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.8MB
  • Sample260708-vqlngaet71
  • SHA256 773a299e585c66e5cea504fd53e8575366502ea6306e5aea610af0a042bf830e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_a9836a596044e17d1146db9d9d30b33c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_a9836a596044e17d1146db9d9d30b33c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.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:2116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3976
    • 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:5112
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3380

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 1ef03b158eda39f81f87dd7676b02df81964502adaa6c0725c038cd43cdfca16
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 d9bd2df84c6b6a2aadcead1dea23aa30f675abb959b3d420b245bc133a6db27f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 5.5MB
        • SHA256 5a3d5c83a095df1d83ee955bfc55455b6f7d9c59f4c6a63e764c59f101d59302
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 848543bf5d83ba7ae4c534ec4ebb0d9276e98b5ae252b36d2d7721f74bc715f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 e6a6a5c0ea141984ca14b2ca3ba0b0e00b4b3709080ddaaa3d6464369bf2f638
        • 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 6.5MB
        • SHA256 9d35cbf62b95bdb48641828978093eaba389b9f00a052c7f7e63c1c381468d89
        • 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 8.3MB
        • SHA256 8aa8ba7ad48e226192cb0f30fb3fbbd3e9f35dc5b14f750bb28a1c76e7b91c84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 47ca18ce9301147f513baca78bbe8a5bc421a2e48aee5cfa48c4deffeba77c4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 6.5MB
        • SHA256 f52f0f517166e95c8f6b1a1a547165b6eed7387e517a1ec89041ec2309a19485
        • 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 6.7MB
        • SHA256 42f025f69b5b5952dc1eee1d41e84d0f2826fc3e855af262df7bd0946650545f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 7cd887d12ffccd12a9fbcb90dd02f1c7759b65898320a9f08474611de3d8d993
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 6.2MB
        • SHA256 33438b1d3def148d9f44c2e3a467d647f3fc833063f43db24adc975363f6848c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 b59b55e277228ed1dba279e4fd38b321d42583880f44e68f2a3f543d0b2b53ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 5a9354172e82bfbd233919ba151516f820451ef90ff0d0a420e72ffd86293ef3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 0c51e992a37cfcc02f8db696a06bbbf4240787dc3b2e04b2d225d69251681799
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 b3b5d79f28947ce3a75592070b877e6f8b8b55f0eb62d69a55d30534993a8040
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 8b4d404ba8db309286d758a94b79a3e9a85b1138a36164932c369e3312e9a6a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 0eedd9425342773340c299a473ecf073e4f9318c3eba087e306fd47c8008d1c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 1c741110cff40efad2fe0d3676f44c29d4a6711c691b0fe3d692c4dfe265728b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 752680de7ad8d0d396ab26a01548fe395764937201839ce754354b759b26c479
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 ab1033f55838eccc688075dbe4be040fc73cd62016344dad4edd6760bce9a303
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 586efa66d315b0a7e5df6bd04e1fd6b734fff777f945c59c4e0fad7ab60f1b92
        • 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 4.8MB
        • SHA256 773a299e585c66e5cea504fd53e8575366502ea6306e5aea610af0a042bf830e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.4MB
        • SHA256 dd560493294cd5e0ff5cd90d69acf6f39e27fd46f9eee144158c66ee3d4f0711
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.1MB
        • SHA256 970ca18fff14626c960f19753ee6e334624d2f2de3aa63f0a46b6bdc460f92d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.4MB
        • SHA256 505d954393475d3c46f3b33f2f521b82bdac123a27fb6f44692294987752378e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.4MB
        • SHA256 6d3614d2875e9802c6958436c2606ea2b8374c5f00710b41e4b07edb15ba7015
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.4MB
        • SHA256 68c21db9e8d50e2dea6b70ac61bbe5b0d818bbbbff9ccd6eac21601ba45b6009
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 28.7MB
        • SHA256 5c95d19fbdbd9c2dec06673654a443f1580fc3663f4483062c4a5412f510c738
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.9MB
        • SHA256 3310bc53546dceaf66a0524485b04f3a384d80cd57d9060645e9a6a21ab29d76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.4MB
        • SHA256 af3bd61ab4e393dff2dc1d2ed81bb20d709677e86341a0af27f653dfefcc0e3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.8MB
        • SHA256 ffd8669ae9b5b55491a32a40747e1d2eec0316c1c5162852c03d260f763230b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.5MB
        • SHA256 9bceeedcb2a757ffd2d61eb306e8a6d822e6f0bb73ab0e606dc326f2adfa310a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.1MB
        • SHA256 642f8ec434deb6c97e5b61b83ed58449647170e5ac6e36d2e9f3b5758164610d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.6MB
        • SHA256 90f06f8b1ba922a92a91210f1a41b6e9fbe6febb5f3dda7c290e1b72a54c3135
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.1MB
        • SHA256 999df62e8fe0e64e1db0c4907c8f7bebe0dff4b970f7c3072d038a3a0f51a3e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.6MB
        • SHA256 ea15ab7755147eaa77d1f2f50d9eb30d93a3c85e80444c3d55825f87ee96eff5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.0MB
        • SHA256 86c0417fef6f03f9bfebf35b782aec09bf06f8ce8b46fa0595adf534d684c8bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 28.6MB
        • SHA256 5f1736c3a44f0276ea027514cff407a3d7b02a9b64503a092a4b909c52353324
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.3MB
        • SHA256 00b36e7fa0d9b76b13205f6a4c4c1e23a138e00dc121136bea0c684524b2c43b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.5MB
        • SHA256 0ff87905c038bc9e293aabcea9a297846b1850d35990f378bd7e86e07ccb504b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.9MB
        • SHA256 21cca7af2b8eb8b39e7cac34a2659533eba2a0c55d1fcda42e13d4db1e0253b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.8MB
        • SHA256 cdd46c3e307d160deedbfe6249ba005df3dedc931492684ffc52d94d411ae084
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.3MB
        • SHA256 508e9b14e94f9d4d050e5577f41a4e16f4fe2ec4182ace12238d20bbf99f9ad1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.0MB
        • SHA256 5fe48d42ead8e659dcf678e4498331d5eb5df53c693fab01babc33db168ae6a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.3MB
        • SHA256 5b3a7d17841036a63a38dc618aa9b232586979b7b4f00ca3022c11b0ebf225a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.4MB
        • SHA256 559e8a7d0a49d5a18114a60e3374803133d46a231b5c02e8102c8b581c78f2b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.7MB
        • SHA256 62d8f08335d4a175edeb45cfcdb5df911ce27c6aa27c4e03f857b59f0f5742e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 28.2MB
        • SHA256 f649a79472f358da6451c3deedcc56bf7d9b19cd3135bf1ffbc4852b70e874ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.9MB
        • SHA256 2c734e1501d4959287891ea8f6603d0d873ca29e46b60e37021b9d90306e1b28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.0MB
        • SHA256 50544f464b8e645782d5865bd1dd0d6a7a26e37a66c5cf5ab8945888f619d549
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.2MB
        • SHA256 c07c99cdcd9c43fc57399f84c6e2aa659fa0e525778a252846e30a40640483d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.7MB
        • SHA256 b770f4e65dff9b5d6136683938281886f6e2f8507946f4910393b1012fd10c78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 29.1MB
        • SHA256 8d319c9aec22f714a954648364d24d9c228eb48f45a134e8cca134f381203c2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.7MB
        • SHA256 fc84d4c6d4ec0b7105946e4c378f03e3e7adce00ffae422e32fca5dad482b257
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 27.9MB
        • SHA256 f29d0f73b5839eb2def87fbfc083ef2348c09de8b57ad9d1da4bfea323c946c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 26.2MB
        • SHA256 a937a0af0606888725090bf8cea1f07cbc5103cc0d785869ccd8e6e906f921b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 25.6MB
        • SHA256 c7993accaf66cd981cbc20776489b2abf74ed0e1cc38b63488930d141c98eb8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH