Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/07/2026, 22:23

General

  • Target
    2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 10.5MB
  • Sample260721-2awbassta1
  • SHA256 0483711f1f70d22842b54e87de85b2f7316c2af628ad28b118c563f9089e7f40
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

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

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 4 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.

  • 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 31 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_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:2012
    • 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:3016
    • 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:4992
      • 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:3544
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
      2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5772
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3380
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5832
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1280
    • 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:716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3176
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3868
    • 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:1812
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:352
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4300
    • 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:5128
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:472
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5748
    • 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:3324
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1220
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1880
    • 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:5520
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5528
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1128
    • 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:3540
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5708
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4172
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4340
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5516
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1700
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4880
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4748

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 8a2c726dd3215eaf9d24c47965188681dd3bde98d7340c15f07a8df159c18496
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 11.3MB
        • SHA256 8e2e9742010951f943029b018cfca5bcbdbd828663eac37fe0fbcc54aebbd682
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 11.0MB
        • SHA256 3c8a11c85092d5fed1ce0029c47a61aad89c94bc23bd0aae10eb7fefddeac039
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 e79425ffb1dd62ef4567e8662677949763ae4eb8e147035dccc59a5e7f3d37c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 16.4MB
        • SHA256 eb5655f67a6baac2629df590bbe669f6aa9661ffeb8183f2ccfadbf18ea85db3
        • 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 13.8MB
        • SHA256 c7ce0fbf0c602833fe8c3c6d2133a7ae233f451b6483896bc3f054dd268a82d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 12.0MB
        • SHA256 743a45a05bd0ec6cd09e3518ed56145934c24480fdfb35fca257adfdf82f1e49
        • 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 12.2MB
        • SHA256 bdba72fa715ba7a37ee4667fc9faa0d6ef236ec3cfe98c9ec11a1462ab7d07b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 13.4MB
        • SHA256 373b84210f8f03b75ef4a31e555c387a9bbd663a1e40c8b6c7e04f99dbbda86a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 11.8MB
        • SHA256 49e103a954660e54f055347891620fb5c827efed65cc10f1c758b49a524a5171
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 eb72381ad09bf84d071b2453b80e2ebb9f357d129fe0ce44310a032885902cd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 aca661adcb5ce9721e05c2ed5ea4089e73e5eab7783d874ba32c243fecc1497b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 a338bd413196210141ed3961785f1daf219c10e88c544b41e40c14f25cf9c578
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 971a016dd67fe17f7bc412e2db0ecbbd32ef7f0c3e60c172c830a913e1330347
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 24a308696869afaac0304ec174aeb72da20eedad6efee15670cf2556c2969ed6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 7fc6775342d1e7f0b5563c0731676eab9951ad3c71787fa592620d028ec35ad5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 0f6dfbb2678bbc7c540fec19ee06311899e24f78111fc9d7d62e8ce50c71a935
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 d3a1b272f148869f6ce5bd912027523e54b4ee0435e161b6c344fe5b24c1859f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 10.5MB
        • SHA256 19d4ad857d19de3cffbaa8a20dd60a1395f1135e996d30064ffd29e8656da8ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 5b9f2571b3139bf63f36e69a3b826c38352c50d3b1763fb9ffded11bd2d7e8a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 2a4ca449e817b764ffa21af64c4e9b6db2f46c42378a42bbcbca55cfef100180
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 f5dc9c8471a82b3d0f4ea2b1c28c1de73c4a409f125700a0a995ef7604605eba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-21_d10ffee61ef29d64b9768bdc888e2bc9_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste~4.exe
        • Size 147KB
        • SHA256 820f7b8fcba857f6c99736db09bf996d8cfa34d4da23f79700f7c0ebd0f4c74b
        • 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 10.3MB
        • SHA256 b7290b616d65526830b21becb9961cd7a5a9c1a62b262c39a0337ce84c02c68e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 366efd4c50a7a77f778eb08b1d7002fe2fb2db35ad9cde530a20e66684333f11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 c0a8f52a6fee0563192a0e060397b02952561debc69fd03b5550b3cde0764725
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 9d428ee0f14e640a4858493758826929bec10c259111bdfeef6a39619e948fea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 42075b64d94218613f8f10908b194bd9bf6debdca65936cdb4212c78c3a35618
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 425b0ec4f75e371d0dd53c3348fa9317f0ab5efcd609145008453fd8a01ca14b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 ed01f16f755f8a6ed4f01c2d5b2e3a14932333954b9f00d13bc0963ecbf3f60a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 19c4b74f02aee0ae33338a1d1d0fad025db8a8ef049202a36c9a53e44d9cf94e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 52f6c3a2f3acf11d68e10605c0d6643fcd0dab075b1eb1e42a5868bf23d8dd80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 8e9cc53a64bfd88ad5cad2ecf2a5ada68ef193d075f8c1777d86f0cfdae95ec3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH