Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/07/2026, 03:47

General

  • Target
    2026-07-23_14aade8697a88da5bc100c9faed5128d_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njra.exe
  • Size 10.6MB
  • Sample260723-ecbcksfh89
  • SHA256 b1e7f4a9c32bd233de7604e9149e49965254c715e3a5749b91e6253b4748b6a1
  • 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\2026-07-23_14aade8697a88da5bc100c9faed5128d_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njra.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_14aade8697a88da5bc100c9faed5128d_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-stealer_njra.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:5980
    • 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:5552
    • 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:4904
      • 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:2012

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 11.2MB
        • SHA256 7d5bf3d7d3025d34957dc5a77420da50c127fe4e845c1b1205559df586dde283
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 11.6MB
        • SHA256 55d7614eb3cbe6e3e4d713a54cc4f62979f886d3bf2bce5f3a17f2ae837aae51
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 11.3MB
        • SHA256 c87f53d4428434deaa302be57270f0204363be7c8d671bad9c20df3d017bf51b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 011a1f2bba6db870fd02a44852311ba194e86d3bd6ebd4c572613f8c3c39fa2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 16.7MB
        • SHA256 f53e7db0e696ff0ec677731af729a4b7c1e2bea69cbe8d7088ce938e95fa444f
        • 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 12.4MB
        • SHA256 81f738d4dddb6fd7335c26f522d6ac020907dc5c437718ff2867e3c80bfe7180
        • 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 14.1MB
        • SHA256 a8bb38df498c73bae39fef7f016b543583f9e7fddde6f0e89f59a55466fd60cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 12.9MB
        • SHA256 80b9014f7443c54fd3b89d4ae0993ecceeda60d52a5a9b150f6a188e37f3de3e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 12.3MB
        • SHA256 aa4e4de7c51968503f58880edc159577c695aa690f2d602cc7abe919bdc24a6f
        • 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 12.5MB
        • SHA256 d55bb8738b72444fe56dc24eefda6443b0fe517867f1eb1ea83fa4a040953c8b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 13.7MB
        • SHA256 5133052519532c250ac5d1a0b2ccdcde3b803aac2d08aef3e2391ec53502fc4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 12.1MB
        • SHA256 b916fa46950b94ac7451884b3ba754030b1eb73ffebc8734992e6694d484a539
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 f19780c382d8ec257496f2b81290e6e9ecfd8c5b606404f9e6efab570291094f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 a9f7dd06e1b792064ea17b9642f8d4fdd6b8d64212042da62aec18901d059293
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 d7d621b2ec28a57a98ab4a7f29a01a503698db1389a0ba75f70535548bc94151
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 2e08e2e2e9733cdd02f923a787d7dc353b27cac9703c2be39d0b923b514409a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 8af021e7e9055a2b4531c02515054cd0e4e3150efa3147c2b9484e5afbed488a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 3fa56bbdb02071fd99881e132fa710f2103e2f81b572632daa02c4035acd3690
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 ffa142c8caa0329c95c6af17f60479bb477ef4e8ebfc5f17e9792e6a52fde0e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 10.8MB
        • SHA256 d0c186e346c011c5cdb8653e71ec5ffa560a0847ef35c2e3d92c75c4556a5ee5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 a26048db42f9226e6b8c6f437fe8f552d0c99abf61ff66c4b178887ca97e9742
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 7a59850e30521a1726d24a4b4e6337df1acc9360e913f6703f6d0204d2992567
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 c356ee1efd136305b3d44ba9ed85593323e439869944a3e1e69aa6bf9a48b628
        • 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 10.6MB
        • SHA256 b1e7f4a9c32bd233de7604e9149e49965254c715e3a5749b91e6253b4748b6a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.9MB
        • SHA256 ba350f785a4bf6604c75d2bd5da4b9e46895b9f9ee3f0f288df0dcb9a1c3acad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 79.3MB
        • SHA256 59df4d9c8dd63b8d0a18eddad79b72bff0dc082180e0b944670518319fb843d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.7MB
        • SHA256 02498a299b57e1c96753c944fb9d78997c9892d8acde2155178ca537362720d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.7MB
        • SHA256 3e3795d37741693bbb9fce85f0ebd46460f23720ada27fb87d2180a3cb3d8a4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 79.1MB
        • SHA256 da10e116923c992255271cf5c5883622b08320dca9007848daf500eb53cacd65
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.8MB
        • SHA256 c6f04bc1b6cf982e9b78bec8e3111998832d0a2154602f9c0df43f0494ae8f57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 76.9MB
        • SHA256 1ea7f49d569c487185f255598974de74873a10e5afdaf5b38813d1e957d38133
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 75.9MB
        • SHA256 525385c0d6eb49134dbe96b6269d8347bc6ad00f445bd7ea3d2c85818dbdeeae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.0MB
        • SHA256 aafead0dd011248dea7524b72aba22527eba8a76e2bf357fb118565719e1fe70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 75.3MB
        • SHA256 11357c189f4cad470f0d16dcbb48dc3934891a849664555af251828cda473388
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 75.1MB
        • SHA256 6ca34c3928af2801c87ddd56f965b2414967135b8c45a4dd40c5ede3808bc977
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 77.8MB
        • SHA256 64f7a1d09e1f7f1702f1416b279a45c025795885ed13553a233dea960bebaceb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 75.8MB
        • SHA256 c30a9a776b53819f1ba7a411ec472ca6a333754b4866a5b13602d49c24f921c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 74.6MB
        • SHA256 000a9e870fdbb708e691424303e37e3b25e74dd22345cff95f8c525d00bdf5f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 72.1MB
        • SHA256 49ff5ce6c3663674b25d9b9b5f6ea756e8db1417d3cd8eff682e73f9e38df813
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 74.9MB
        • SHA256 8751fe664b4949a64ea414eefc150eb6b7ea26a5222e0f0db9d2ea2f65fe938e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 74.6MB
        • SHA256 f13c28ac338d64c17e304208c34b44e341a67970e0ae7c3e1aee41af4548cf97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 74.5MB
        • SHA256 2f1bf561ede05a6a72440c7e7ad25a98b09d4dff584ff69d7f0b4296f293429a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 74.4MB
        • SHA256 fce609663738b476693459a76669f310a656dfc689f900d13c934872c21984f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 74.4MB
        • SHA256 b967083eb988480cb6673455e92a9d04d4998af9418465a1425e9856763b1cd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 6b6470044e754c3232bae409e0fdaf72acb228a85be7c4e62112a38b628d6f7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 378588c24cb3eb3af16b8ee5a5e0b652844231f9ce91e062977d91f27224c348
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 b1293beb5e4e8171922c4ac8c811265e632015cf6eca7739a16a34d40c81d9f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 a4b56d2b728f150b819c492f8a3231c066dedf2ac1cbb3da0fcc4e700be68eed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 bbec9b16400ba0516bf9aea8d442c1c64a05f3a8065ef34a15f3ca93b845de33
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 df0f2b3f5397a810d889fb1eb473c4a81bccbe33bc128dbac6b44c66ef05cb4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 5a5474112028a81fa38c705d6a142aed2f8a32ea9648d5fb73c95ebdb95abb4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 79.2MB
        • SHA256 06e536ce1b922baf83d661f7cad247d6f5772d817ce75fee429880e79be90e82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 79.3MB
        • SHA256 fdc326438be4863993b0324625cb753b8a2952aeed93240c65aae929aa02a682
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 78.2MB
        • SHA256 0a8000451fb94f172509348c831b44b30f7b0d541ad035f47a36494557debd5d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 78.5MB
        • SHA256 0407dbcf7f7462ca6b3cf9fc8b7e3b1d5689a1a9b253323734155a53087539be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH