Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    115s
  • 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, 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:2128
    • 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:4268
    • 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:3460
      • 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:5780

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        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

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 19.1MB
        • SHA256 924d11fc1d6d577ffa32f98c2200afb24e61f7fd97506565b4da69ade61ef8ca
        • 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 54a81e8ecbd4e61af33405a277e5c7198c88c995e19c03956d85b7d8ec3cfd69
        • 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 c8721fc6bf960511cb40af48d4b63e20bb674eb1298e997d346a5cbc761ec91b
        • 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 18b9310ebfd6a1748982477fea5b5cdc3d9f5fef1ead5b8d770e5c8e59ff45e6
        • 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 14.9MB
        • SHA256 648ad873b7cde5562717c2deff4fd6d45042151d30c296110401ee4f6374cecf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 16.1MB
        • SHA256 3ad721e2871c347b3db9d59f18e3b24b91d94704cf5f598432d802d3cce2cf28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 14.5MB
        • SHA256 c3f06e9acda19a97882b5339445639d7f2ada2128bb5abd26408499a55433ca1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 f6f75a2650fb44768d37378bbe0867f3b2a623342fcf4f31256fc021f89fa77e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 47e4030397e39671acfcb434b74d1647555ed933c87456e05faa5566bb2a78cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 ac5f0c5f6c83ec2e47d9fe48b811364ae40354d90a39502715d3004b451f3f9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 38ab18c12e4d07480970e1fdb38635a233b1929430ef16ccc570f21370ecb59d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 e62b9414f9757a8d48cc0e6127504dfd549e7a669253f255ba6756fab7287400
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 96089e7258582db7b2d676a1d6e94bba62e56d28f6a304b1ea0e3fdab5845c50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 13.1MB
        • SHA256 08598efc740acaddd38d1783877a7da4336a01ceebf739d6fbb9fafe6d9283d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 13.3MB
        • SHA256 3096fe02fcf7894e5882400d72852f44314cfb254ee96d4f8dcd8dd0fb556116
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 13.2MB
        • SHA256 b147aaa4164d2eca26c97d0772c78e201ab86ca162aadc624b7d61725fb21cb6
        • 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 19891b4f712938917c1173e3ea59ade71c269c5c2ff3aa38af8783977e466ff1
        • 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 30a8bbc1b69966b4d4b52200e4dbf1a20044803b688646bba43c2e78c2f280e8
        • 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 b5d832b904be1479d9c41e3c5f4ace15ffd301b8a2db14c5f97b18cf071191d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 817bc24ce9f7582173d1926033a0f1eef715c73d1181999bb78b9ccfe101fffc
        • 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 72d27b2cd5f0caeaf98402ffc95a8110f911e92d1c82bd4cb0682b09dbb9cf31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH