Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    134s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 08:49

General

  • Target
    2026-07-18_10b3096944edac506e86945839f7313b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 13.0MB
  • Sample260718-krdddaev2n
  • SHA256 e6e00294fcebcccb36ebda6e8df10a5ceb97c478adda9c21ce99791740cafacf
  • 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
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • 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\2026-07-18_10b3096944edac506e86945839f7313b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_10b3096944edac506e86945839f7313b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.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:1768
    • 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:4524
    • 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:1700
      • 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:4752

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 13.6MB
        • SHA256 3d789606f6829d8fd959b6b1e283a499cadaff6ac0816aa637762cbb0a1b8e7e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 14.0MB
        • SHA256 e75f7976ee5d9fd0f42ea13f7389da225cec28801dd728c88f9462ba24439a1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 13.7MB
        • SHA256 0c673d96c23babb158febaa64ba95be85fd1fa04a1af9f749caca7d54eb384a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 ca7060e13c29ece0cd9dd3bc736ee6cbc51c94f7da1de535b702c4e28675b9ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 19.1MB
        • SHA256 13c318ebd63549be1656048c119c6b275a11648ef6233c1fed201cdd58106859
        • 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 14.8MB
        • SHA256 03e0968ff84c9c4eb6f9257c821b2922f1c4a805478f986ea341345b6bd4b922
        • 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 16.5MB
        • SHA256 080b020caa5ca8d8b3694bc465cd66d50cd3207244130c6ad4d13458cc169895
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 15.3MB
        • SHA256 d876864a8f4a977cf54030ebe15670f19ad3c415c007c26b46adeeaee3bb2291
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 14.7MB
        • SHA256 c2f0eb62e19a11b79b41adb90176243ad81f0020fd1053368c401975276fecb5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 16.1MB
        • SHA256 df3533dad4b09ae44143be803083260c650921e7a31d40184c7a1372c924d245
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 14.5MB
        • SHA256 230f8a76c2b573e1c30d4bb0e6fe708896d9cfe36470e1e63597c28f740931b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 7dab9ab04d1360fdbf49e94ab9e91562b34495eab17546d66bbde28769549f28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 eb9b7f51449e4ff955bd5968eeb4bf9706cb6c154469c7c57a46d8628f3bdc70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 cf1f72761b398618e48f9bf8421e8155c808ef3135efd16ad02e07c3deda9fd2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 781706b0d920dc1996318529fd9e98de5d4ce7839e2fcd0d0e8becc29adb8788
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 e24398cae0200c8b22ff8c6f8f3fa06cff3498971257ac3cd22732822c892616
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 fbd4c5ba84bae482deb0438f96a9cbef6723152cb9296fafbbefa752b3c680ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 87865f570bda8d3565caba89ac8032054342582cab1ce47c2ce0e35777a24689
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 13.2MB
        • SHA256 4cc36866b9cd394b9e24639e3dddfdd8a3c3d054e5b106198161730511a46656
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 023f54d174f53bb3eca47ccc3e156de8c0afe65040643c0cc07205e37ee74139
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 8b77d714ca74ed6b081fb3c2bd273573bf0d3b349362adb1045db3666df98f8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 000ae2b3214c9247fd7d4e22d8ba7a92c7dd938f10b2a6fdf5706de48a74dc29
        • 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 13.0MB
        • SHA256 e6e00294fcebcccb36ebda6e8df10a5ceb97c478adda9c21ce99791740cafacf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 5919acfec5161693019f4f98eb905ba4980d8470673b591ccd15cffc936d6711
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 159.0MB
        • SHA256 b0537119197ab7c76c85ff829ecfac1ef30070705c95015c5d323761195c8ee1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 156.9MB
        • SHA256 d12e380034aa3d880098c22b8647942542a61f87fef3c95a15dd4f5186316768
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 157.8MB
        • SHA256 78d76a54c07e00188fa15118cf10c692b45d76ee8188fc10db29900b94cced61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 141.2MB
        • SHA256 36dfcf77452b87028843777d456cae74361bfec663b4fd85fe97ea455138e32a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 156.8MB
        • SHA256 a8aca0c120d46412db74356bf4d542d5bff98524b98bd7aae3dff2b082102531
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 158.1MB
        • SHA256 b4424b1ab90300d0404a77f7fbb834f80f1a2f488b6ef499e10df26502a3862f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 156.6MB
        • SHA256 4650fbe607c83b82d591edcc9a5c5fc9b7285906acdc187d724d72cd79c8f92d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 93bb2b351a31ec2d81c95fd1f5e312e0083c341c887fe344fcc0136d7f8bcab1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 3cdaceaf1c59dc0648d7ba54db4a4d1d7c0054d74c4bfa65c063e5f7776fb590
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 8b120396eb69d48f8f801a0f7dc32305b75f37af988f064d3839e0071e5bd494
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 b5d832b904be1479d9c41e3c5f4ace15ffd301b8a2db14c5f97b18cf071191d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 f23d3cde34f4834b65fb7dacc38b785957cbc8a899be2789af77900bbc87e073
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 62ad36cc03b5a189dfcdb90b2b41098733986f40352ec3b11e7d7154059360aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 1e494d039719a80a31089576df3b9569237b8915802eac0291445a77ed66e371
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 4dd9bf9a5ad06e842730d08d571e5b1f7bae3f44ae05618f23f1ad0c68f820b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH