Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    117s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/07/2026, 12:25

General

  • Target
    2026-07-12_8a313d2df27e2d64c6b965bc303ecd12_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
  • Size 4.7MB
  • Sample260712-plwpzshy3p
  • SHA256 6df65aba12085bbad15a9a94f9b5e3c4cc25997a547c461e3d2cbf04d923a03b
  • 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
  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 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.

  • Modifies Control Panel 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-12_8a313d2df27e2d64c6b965bc303ecd12_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-12_8a313d2df27e2d64c6b965bc303ecd12_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2656
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-12_8a313d2df27e2d64c6b965bc303ecd12_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-07-12_8a313d2df27e2d64c6b965bc303ecd12_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4256

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 10.0MB
        • SHA256 e16021125114cd056151b1af7f3a377bb0cab461108b8ec2792a936fa2edd631
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 8c0433e4297372c09464086f62265eab49f45a3aa11783c9b050de3870371ef2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 2705a9350d685a788ea73cf20c24becce2b2946831812f0211df653e7b36ba7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 83408b96a4ad106e04db6b986ecf3f8645531adb7d26cfe1714d4a3862efbc66
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 c761faab47b808a32d821d5a0ca40857a8a4f1921f862833d54ade418e8b4074
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 510c31b9cf7649062999449a76ecc97c449634b3242b7d934a408011ca46e31a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 6addddadc58566a221a297dfea7f5e43dd312ec215a6b4d27c31ebc18489747f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 e86df75927eb8a52334ca1528a4b81d7ee4bc1c3a2027c04776c83c333860871
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 11.6MB
        • SHA256 95dd941a965b26c2beb2e31cca859cf56990dc29c7a4ceaef16b09b72edb2d0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 b0ea10c2de95218b2c23e1f14a4f708854c5855a0f9d48783ce5466158e23249
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 15.5MB
        • SHA256 85aafda57a21f90beb5120129455b4eac3db341c82fd9f142590ab8c6b41c6fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 512KB
        • SHA256 54a9cdeaa70d56716fea0c2b033f8174b1495f38e428abc781f5cd97cc816efb
        • 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 11.2MB
        • SHA256 eb02a8fd518c3b5d5d5947e3338ff7cf981f7b8cc24d5a8e5681059b5560f22c
        • 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 8.2MB
        • SHA256 50752a6e3d75c5742f992220f453704f577382e83c50102212bb5c21a1b9c538
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 11.8MB
        • SHA256 3b9bbf41db40df46313717cb9707c8bc8e65f7c14fb6649c887fccfa0f247799
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 11.1MB
        • SHA256 2f26424999c22f59342885ad39b68cfeb08cef5f6ed8b4ad05f6703ca9414521
        • 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 11.3MB
        • SHA256 db6deb0e4da3c8323c991f449f973a5fd388be4099f803c22acde45050004b72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 b8c6d96ba1de44d038b084db245a0f1714083ef5573be04cdc01cd8169a6ef64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 cde94cbb9a63de655efc081aa18be345878a66fbfc3bef999e6f90bc4a750da6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 dcb9e5f20afa31cc9a4a9dff6531916c2d8bb20f002f180fec70c4e150ceee92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 8fda08664dbf963801dda4b98888a02e1db7bc66a31c64e3c584ceb02c2c5e80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 adc1004d42e688dddf86a629d97496f369be7ab5e3eeadac93a3f78e621172e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 fb58a81a39cf0a16865d738ab199d4cd6a2b1e1afdc98194390d401a03af408b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 8dc92171684f15e1ac77853840b7a149abb1f073c28a4e26b3be32e08deb8677
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 e85136a6c0f663613380507ae530f23c60b353a7082bc70217115558ec4574b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 e09aee26053adc4e270f22124a61726580f87bdfecfec40bb73ac3c6a87398bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 53f4a075ac4bc0ccea4f59eb80d6386b30b26d1485fa9131b9bfdcb436eb128a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 9ead205c90c91ff5651055b4ebd9c322451c49e6b89891a166a3867ee819601b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 ac9fb242a70e8b2dc6c3d4b6d6750b3e542b95caaf8fed0b9a661209fe49995b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 e620ef93a3b90d6e8fd7ca0f0da759f9891fadaef0c72c121f2ebfd98ed451e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 a808cec149b8fec17576dc02f9d177aa1099c51e50e96385903e7ca08132bd7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 de3d07c99752d0a8dbd51a56bc5c61dd774a59a11127ae168ada8010e1810428
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 8998ddb4e179cacb3858ce84c93e92136ecb6ad4def5b89af08e44bfd3ee0f9d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 9b8ae3a6d46e80e1e1b1cefe15552015dc071efb777c73efcd6c65f3142b918d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 9.9MB
        • SHA256 15098c11661b678b95e5be71d803ca3bbb83b357eced299912c0e2e2a919cacf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 8c4b25ca12d23fd54d68ea873df3b59cb53335ce920aad9cd4cec238ec6a4f05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 cc2e577d66f520e46542ba6eab6d5cea491111ef8079cdaff7114d72035798d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 ab7fe022e9db454ebbe3a8afaac555fee82fcd27de1ab9691065041b10df2e82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 b3e13c2ceb6a972ff5a74a3b251ceadb981efae43e1623a1f39def9fd576614c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 2ed623491b18552b030303a53e688a6d25f5c05f7dacffd5fc8dae69e1e1fd20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 74d1f6290d90a484dac2b3126604689c9a34595254e0323761c7ff4080832d9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 131e4b470e8fe2d4f93cbdea0aaa62ede65808507c4f34790e63d54d02395c8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 c6a3166313317a9cd21041013ad588babbe86e070db309f333c010ae6feaeca3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 5c78c246de8623dbf304a95e68f195852533bc9077d9458531b7135c2292173e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 889216cb076f57914ad20f70f680fd6a7a4fa585ccaff0036fb6debfe3f4d8c5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 fb9dd305c0df393100102511b99cf907191524e8945ecce2e36759eeec0f09d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 3cccc0391f7401e8e1b59a0b7d150cc6b3e88a4d9987394cd0e990bf184e6adc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 1c3dc458f74e92953acc08150fc1e6f47859462506b162ba9e8067c55026b5c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 05bc586fe6a8033005c8fee35d935c5bb834c0b9514b5e7da88baaba0114de75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 7e258f356813cf8d6250df876c57e8b442109dfe69330853d557759cfa1ecac6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 f6739d05b32cfffd9a8401ebce36f5d85c988552a3a5fef1ae70279dc32977d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 af529f987558e51e4919e5c07f15adabace4d8eb9914d5736ae040c2a2eb7879
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 d9f28e86f66666767dd461f0e640e88301b7c923d7c153a8b0f17686685eb7d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 a9479d7c3b98100ad17b2d15b1d6a08856148a97b5654679a6c141bd1fe81b52
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 75bc7b9504e26ab81ea0f300f5c0847ea83ebf97b20e478f84b804692ceb3fd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 67d18a4ec7a0a37c51967ec2f140b17666a512314168e9dba2d44ed988255846
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 37f3b6aeb48d62046b722f00d8d63b0dcc8c068354ddbe773740719322b26a22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 e183fc30248cbc3fcdef1e3acd1ceb7c0af891417f7c4c0a17008bee9621e5d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 7782f98cb55cf025fdff367b87c22cbf3a6f6748f67494b2299d002afebf2eae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 ed4d550f1a550b382138ae7d3e5a79afe67fe3b7d0e64e22f9e74ed2d61759ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 7b2542779217fd65f88806bd8fba2c8fbd0f54602cdf10d75b3364d095924738
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 adcce2a95f542cec6bdca0dc72a74813837eb92372e82eced6119d9a40c6837e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 743803f369b282fa8dbbdd4658cfdf89d12665cf6b7ec78f86d448c4f519a1e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2656-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2656-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4256-2-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp