Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    114s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    27/07/2026, 03:41

General

  • Target
    2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 10.6MB
  • Sample260727-d8ybjsgn5s
  • SHA256 9968fbf730aee06197119c4ccdb06d6347f21d9a306c4920d96371c7e891bc24
  • 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 4 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 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 10 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 34 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 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1932
    • 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:3412
    • 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:2712
      • 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:4176
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.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:300
      • 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:5976
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
        3⤵
        • 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:3900
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5604
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe
        2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3416
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5408
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3272
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5260
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5824
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2440
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2456
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4308
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:944
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3600
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6136
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5592
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4112
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5048
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1800
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2064
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1676
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2708
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5816
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5632
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5832
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config srservice start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5056
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2072
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config wuauserv start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4944
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config wscsvc start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2732
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config srservice start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3008

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 4.5MB
        • SHA256 fde5e78623df48d56d4be39e472bbef4c9eeb02cc66ea048033f927c64cb6cea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 b62816b709d6d488a9fbab0ed563ef47e334883411bd881258ff331a545a0f67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 811af06b60b45674479525a1381f866073be8732bba683a97c668feed97d90a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 801b5946ee525f018b6d01fac15b9f7faa0667d0832ee94cef3c82524ccf9b45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 58adbb4baa2f0a404cd421986dd1c3c55bd433cabac92b8fbea87ac40f628701
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 382a7cef27681f15582bf71d876ea3f4ee45ca838afbb0584c84ae7331e17f5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 c27c08064db4b7d62ecc2a3ba21954eb934c6a0bfae914924b5b00c66bb3ae74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 8.0MB
        • SHA256 fb0bcbe99f50dd1cd8638e44fa98bc694e0dabe2bc0fc8ca4daca23f2f060f63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 ab6128e96a393dce4652d50b7748dcf95ac7e62631ab214a8b8be72eb99f863b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UpdateSet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\UpdateSet.exe
        • Size 4.6MB
        • SHA256 e6fe2e8a7e159dff7e353c3ff0bd884f44ec3662e063e08cbe0faa720baa5d99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        UpdateSet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\UpdateSet.exe
        • Size 8.7MB
        • SHA256 e85fc740e09d5ccfccaa5ef9980ac6bf02e859e5aea76fe746a8e4bcd0454c63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 8f525eda8117b4c7b4bac8f0b4b37b7a0b77d8cb5a356896c51755729d9001d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 8.2MB
        • SHA256 24c2c2c48b43aa389b973dea901f5787d2de8dfc01c2318f6bce64820c87dd48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 8398d808aeee19b410232c49cdef965b4641cdeb171a66551995ad213d365a9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.1MB
        • SHA256 ac16bfa48396d777ec44da5377f16bd10b12ad673f4be7ffb507756bc59ff81a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.1MB
        • SHA256 4b782ac4dca3e5dc237af7391c33862505c7cf3a038f05b81616d68d5f96aaee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 551ac968d9d9e0ac926750abe1831e8f42983afeef32b4907ce7930fed16d16c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 d05ee6f47ce7aa19af6123d22005c81341908904ed5d0ffc34e10ec6fc2d9cc9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.1MB
        • SHA256 f9646599487b4e25f5d9ba70eb77e36b258ec9dc210471b54f7a99bb950e5b6a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 a867dc2a50b5b29f45c55f4877ae72f3fa15cf88de279e1f9e74093c2aa07943
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-27_e9a5714be5add630502e7441dbfe893b_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 241d506bd9043269748285ac77db0f6f2485c49799a86d289d9e9de6ef3557a2
        • 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 4.0MB
        • SHA256 ddfbc6a157f9b89f49f7289b6c9035ccfe90c57e7cf81802d4bafc2ef76b6424
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 2ac04c73d5f4c2d311f4f5f23de6ef122cde2f924279f606db8d4d533dfa6c49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 dadb426b39a041ca9669c3e2650b65511706f1c6b5b6426badb29ca943696d7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 b2b00e65ab5d4ba12775bfcff59cf97fb5f48779798faefa18b452076bfc1518
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 4cc546764c42a4c54d50605d10f61f870e8e98f80679bf6723ba1f5beee72453
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 6fd9c1403d25515f37914436d21258b3584a7846587187ecd8fd849c3c904886
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~8

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~8
        • Size 4.0MB
        • SHA256 7f39069df89a4a9ec38eb6057299c0f77180b2bda6220f020cb9a47bd81137b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH