Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 11:27

General

  • Target
    2026-07-20_92b6c6cc322c84c8d2239597d0d1b01a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 6.4MB
  • Sample260720-nktcssax4z
  • SHA256 5bfee79121e3799d01aba67df9e7db87ac2fbe7e531716e50bb843f0c8199e59
  • 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\2026-07-20_92b6c6cc322c84c8d2239597d0d1b01a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_92b6c6cc322c84c8d2239597d0d1b01a_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:4212
    • 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:2440
    • 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:692
      • 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:1268

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 49cb7a16519071caf2c2887a17083aa7932b5679baf396bba3fda663d88799f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 06b1834d5f22df61b79acbc2cad59fd57f9f33df62edba3949f013a20c3cc618
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 19d68808fc8888dba1fbf9867b9165c8ec2dd0194f005875e5e7f39d1a59a76c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 12.4MB
        • SHA256 62bcaea00f0b2f751e8f2c374407b92d5a5dce64bccf21b63318ddedd6bfea34
        • 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 9.8MB
        • SHA256 f7d2eec09ea2fa8eee996566a902843183e18da58be0e196c58f6564fba2da98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 92a518a2a640d418187c7f910488972efff8b4969e35f540a201fb57517c717d
        • 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 8.2MB
        • SHA256 1fe2d54dcc9b2decbcea880361a9b46501d3719e403e0edf81d28469baeee465
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 0de061acf09b4ad86d48a28661e481d01c0e05e36583cdd95a3784577040f382
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 7.8MB
        • SHA256 c1b8d98695130e19c20bf70e1dab83c95ebcee9e12105f4cab06911460909836
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 ea58557b679c76c21107618fc22de2fd78f9ab9614b43389864e4182a862ff8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 2fc568d6cf6b51de1e99585909adc09e2ec85253fa8146d7c01fc05d694d4153
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 b9d6a5081afd0d24a9faf57faee5f137c0f92f747e4411d8f8178f5214764ee1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 f412e01f5972c52b7e7d4d1da5c921518b9da712f92c38f9ffc0019987271dce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 e01b152a4485ec4c16616c3d96564043fe748d5b31fed6fe2c4b8c1e5a5392a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 3791abfd7679987f326f8e3a93e04adc24e86e874ec837ef0341084a91126ecd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 ee4151e7776f7a8d3b85583fece22a4e8030562598c1dc8c524547a799d29661
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 6.7MB
        • SHA256 96b378757f2e5b59901062290e4c7c575f94b2faa823bdba1db59d3137836f95
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 eddfe8842ca14e941405beb314556f11582a517b96e74e5e8e4f2e39f32edc28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 0b45ec76c6a8fcf96d8b90d55fde4d32b84f0cecb048a3155da5ed7a3dca9916
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 4b347a3f4210ec9ae4930c916d8849a3da52d2e69918b6fc82973b6762a4523a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 3dab71e60be6df3d73c326375308bd1c9fbfb260c615340526901b833cf64cac
        • 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 6.4MB
        • SHA256 5bfee79121e3799d01aba67df9e7db87ac2fbe7e531716e50bb843f0c8199e59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 58d68fcd19ce693849c92241259a8d55b76c1f32c65450cdf1a7f0e747de8038
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 1b3b311357676d4ddce2b54bf6f74b1e5998cdfbd6c40147a6317266e78dfbe6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 b156dbeb950e25f773ee5a853880e09dfc2b8404a5d2bc12a3f1a257ac7e5e3e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 3bf93027901111fbe26409cc57c6bf592d9b52637cc5b09554dd76deae395e2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 723d87ba2a4b2f6d929d8fe15df99baa31be69657ee516baca3022ba0a579c6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 eac051bdfbecaf92537396bcbd14f2a0279b556c4097afb4e26144f9ebdde6d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 d486dd33395184cfd1b24259a51b55211f8177f15228648428ab9d505deaaedd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.4MB
        • SHA256 38ead428c94669ec0d434c01af537f487cee866cf3ad4c9fbca7162d36a2e807
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH