Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 01:56

General

  • Target
    2026-07-17_d44dcc2cc17c5c556cc27defc343fe99_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample260718-ccqfdscw2q
  • SHA256 cfdea761b9b11ff46200c223283be82b663c9e6bb2c34f5c1e2f6e1196e950fd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 30 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_d44dcc2cc17c5c556cc27defc343fe99_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_d44dcc2cc17c5c556cc27defc343fe99_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2832
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5300
    • 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:3716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2484
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\2026-07-17_d44dcc2cc17c5c556cc27defc343fe99_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~1.xls"
      2⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1852
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2364
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:768
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1336
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5548
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1964
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4468
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4672
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5044
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4896
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5620
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2624
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5948
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:972
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2928
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4856
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2376
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6040
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:944
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5684
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4536
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3596
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4868
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2828

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 72b6041d8cd64d2f1e5c03e6dd38510fc36481c5d3abf35232b47b11d74f099b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 621a55a99b89a5177971bc405efd7ccf52b79b4efc0d74be8bac2a2ea7f76339
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 3.2MB
        • SHA256 9fec464eba33f37204cea14c017deb1cd8b2def176527a94b3f7ca2711ddc842
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 e8c8daf35c126fd8355a29c3d26715277cb9d2b89956d4f8b081a7ef41b50daa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 60f0913d6181f7a9e134298952ba3892c4145f3fd17c15bbc2022c7542729549
        • 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 4.2MB
        • SHA256 0f851172c1f91491962e97df50e991b00c9a76cd2bfab863b9048ef27214a737
        • 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 6.0MB
        • SHA256 6c1e86875565e50c0a7edd90f8f15c3ca91f5401da5c0c136998b28384487ef6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 7dc4114adfd2cf7c5282626385e78b318d951b8b0f73b899eb88a8346f2b2c03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 cee61404f71c795d2e41bb6ff0074d4781f23bc09058fbea309a82368ab8d764
        • 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 4.4MB
        • SHA256 71f1a50516c538056e3092eda3b017ee83e5006f375b66ba3038cef13b3514b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 5.6MB
        • SHA256 e075dd826cc4192161cb19e25ed591764477e8e0ae45fb6efc0a528b31598721
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 7c4f10d3175f97a66adcfc5011263c85271be452a801c15f3366a89f5943bd7e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 ed81426aa7cb9aca65927cf315b9d778ef7ec7ff6982f813806074654df172ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 8b8fd510f51d55810dbb12923624cceaaf456c21ab0b75ffbf6195ebeff84f44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 b697516d03a10dbec28bba060f1851463594b13733f09100fc67040544d7d37b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 e6fff0ef51c1924b5bddb81603890004718ca60bbfbeaa22eed49af03fcac629
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 e02edc6f819c9a5e59dff01af0da6c9414c8f84ae4aa1195363c45c5a5916f0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 5194400afb9b36972acb68dc0ac8c1470de9d6af7ada894ffce94f68012852e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 612b762358880b8fabcb9c1ee0bbbd18773d85f706cdc67c21b9f3d606cdbc3b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 8ad27f146d3b5a3790761f1cc7a714447ced7458560b05f439949d313abec7b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 3de8b84f1c06915ec68b2f030aa8c86708b3eaba8d4055da1c13e0c782342221
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 2.6MB
        • SHA256 ebc3e884320534bad080c522104b60cd14a2fa24f379257ded0061f971e6ad79
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-17_d44dcc2cc17c5c556cc27defc343fe99_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~1.xls

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\2026-07-17_d44dcc2cc17c5c556cc27defc343fe99_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~1.xls
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 4fb9bb42df7db6cc64d8f6019016a427fe2241bd331deec9176e14504ddafc8f
        • 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 2.5MB
        • SHA256 681d96ffed7e74d2a0da7d6654f6d976e871e811c44e83c33a21fa7387d5e64f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 ded9d487a06b4295439bd144f9fa13433b94eedea4a88ff14345214046711f46
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 7ae80e8109da6f1436791380734d851704cc5bef5b1390d906c229803b21700c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 2bfccf2cd5bf3028b7b9fa890ddcc8b3234860970895e7c66e3ba557d1750073
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 105f9ef4075d18bbda5ae009ae8603cc0a186cbf4aa40a9656d6b9045e650598
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 48f931ca7ac492a9e54b98e339630bfade3664e5ee9e096b1b7e16fc9f79b626
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 ca32a6115a89ddf102a25474b0a1bc6db8f0ee18a0668680261c43e28171120c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 821309011f950cf060aa0789bee4208973c157ff682835bd0c30bdba4ee303b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 be65740b775f8c0e93ca4151a9a9e1b0ac905e11791944d9b3404e964b31131a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 bc386b13751fc1c60a8ee27cb54f37b7b444bbfdabf952175a1d2348d9fda455
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1852-173-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-251-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-43-0x00007FFE49C80000-0x00007FFE49C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-172-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-42-0x00007FFE49C80000-0x00007FFE49C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-44-0x00007FFE49C80000-0x00007FFE49C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-46-0x00007FFE49C80000-0x00007FFE49C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-47-0x00007FFE47380000-0x00007FFE47390000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-48-0x00007FFE47380000-0x00007FFE47390000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-117-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-116-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-45-0x00007FFE49C80000-0x00007FFE49C90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-281-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-291-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-292-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-305-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-306-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-314-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-328-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-329-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-344-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-449-0x000001E767230000-0x000001E767500000-memory.dmp

        memory/1852-448-0x000001E766FA0000-0x000001E767223000-memory.dmp