Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 00:48

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_4c430f0277b3d2fbb6b98deedd313e29_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 284KB
  • Sample260802-a5wf1abb46
  • SHA256 400e5aacb34ceceb6435ec27f80ef6523ad35397e2dca11d41ff7a4d9eeed809
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Cosmu

    Cosmu is a Windows worm written in C++.

  • Detects Cosmu payload 6 IoCs

    Cosmu is a worm written in C++.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_4c430f0277b3d2fbb6b98deedd313e29_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_4c430f0277b3d2fbb6b98deedd313e29_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    PID:928

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 325KB
        • SHA256 3f085c292995a1f920ee7a306f84c915ca3ae041b23345e01b7ea4ef7cb708ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 d030cf0ccfe8b1905dda7e05a93ba6ee61da9567e3daadf4f944f56d1a3e4af9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCX5ABC.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5ABC.tmp
        • Size 336KB
        • SHA256 7d5d2621b53c0d831a368e55f17632c2bfc76e5a5019b1358d0fd27ae9605fe4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 5fb2b39aa8335b0500ab11b2f65882d3f622b3eff0b3cc97edd93496f7f306b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCX5C7C.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX5C7C.tmp
        • Size 284KB
        • SHA256 5a125562d232e4f848f563e537490aedc9b118684f333da000e5921c3e403285
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe
        • Size 349KB
        • SHA256 fd4d2f754c64028e4b5bd881a521840cfeca8062435f007892302bb2eaabde91
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH