Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • 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, 13:55

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_a96a5dbc355564874930eb93b5345ccd_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 765KB
  • Sample260802-q73k4atgrf
  • SHA256 998065edb22246dd377839f749bd43d5dcd24246c0cd9ea7890dca92831a563d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 51 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 19 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_a96a5dbc355564874930eb93b5345ccd_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_a96a5dbc355564874930eb93b5345ccd_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4360
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4216

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 998065edb22246dd377839f749bd43d5dcd24246c0cd9ea7890dca92831a563d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 882KB
        • SHA256 af25d267968313e093733bc39d92ff2f32edacc3fa13d2d6a0b727017f8c377e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 60ab40fb69f5d78591ebe526bbff147a5765cb39f0c30254edbca52beb86d409
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 780KB
        • SHA256 1056d2edd5ccece6ce3cde0dc26174089294022b58c619ec4924ef27ada9fc07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 813KB
        • SHA256 b1ba37cfe85bdb003538bb2e8a1278bca3cec598d47233b17590c2aa25573a5c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 e70e6c3ac8f991d74594d9ee95d71abdb5f5ffdaf709fe7cf017def7982b1a57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d9faa0ba398305601e81161c72dc0ff87440f86a3de21523a40ec9365dd759cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 e6e5c550291528c5fed9ce1b2aeb8a5d8860fb4fb8ec892064326da1c00ebf52
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1617acf7079282ac4ee2f2293c1e4f49b92e9abcb01ab25db99d82ac4fb25e8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 0b783570d5de18d877e890be768d6c9d706c4cf0f4d9ce4b847ab4bc667ced2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 6b4e809abb8ff32ac213f2a71eec6531ba7c966ff216b9b72287f1aa7577c66b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d5436463fd2bd90075240ce04faf312e0b50a44bfa92552d6e9a1b95aa689ad9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 55dcabb570506e3aebbc5f323b658d51fed4aaa4d53f9f8b66ca587e46576e35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 bf97e8365930bb958092e473b70f167e367e7c05fe303aba8bddc10d3c4e3195
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3b7cc6fcb1fee4076e35e778e06103103f128cfa1d2604f72b9c998133ebe897
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 0dfd7f58ed4a2794b57d0ea39ae1b9f6e6353a6db5d554b84009e05961b78761
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 2a71b44c93da45908c8b18aeac304dab5c63e0e85fa21f7276a8d71f7358305e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 bf56fb9caa70662e7fbc21914a823c03634601152dbf8576c80967df68389329
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 c7246b8be1d203cf9771556e2c8513455a2011a0fbbc74398fde48c8f2750404
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 feeaa867cf6ce5ad3c4b1d6b51dc8becaeab026ad51ba017960f6cc900db5e2e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d654e7ef9b3499d8183d8d6c902eb94586665a61317fbb05d69068ff1738966e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 0a7c895d325d1036f3db7738ee4e17251ba8da210adc79596ba7b311db0d68eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 ffc67944a51b64ce3a46190b8905fa47ae37d00bce7c3c64e8d07e99b406d975
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 b19a2aa994ebd1cd0cbb0f16b1fd03092de6f467f18ff644a8367ffcdfdd2268
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 61ab7206ebb4fc99090badb776bc3ced004ee2bd8cd1c9e6cfec84d4b9a325ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 ce6184612bd9d9b48feb50f31d5137272c57a1a2c85b41d1d4b6f0256fdeea80
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d6e252c29adc6603983c0a9366256a7de460feb910c0a8671d51bca4e21ccbb4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 121a013331141112f384d2b81d627cb676fa8f3ceb96aee95fe82b24c3eeaadd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 994f0688b95316bc6e39ba551bf04acc9da07f5dd59db644f3a9fd8c2c167462
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 9353bc91f503364290f4a10f253a21cd022b1f2add9ce9ed96f5c869674fd6d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 c0def00f1926e54d6d89bdac042610e97546bdab114b8f3e547bbff86321570f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3997269881319cffd7ae7a94f623bb90b679a04f6504950bdbabf92c76184307
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 da3b214142de3054c818161d9b32cac6cd736afb86a5bfac1f05ed7592219c08
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 9f0d9ef332cc0d4e5fb28eae7d387de2ec9f9d6eaa158b637e34baca8d8828be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 02c0487c721c974242bd82e109e625029e29bf4b6c2be0105ec9a1d4f05863a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 5ec2d3703dc96d264f96f261e007d11eb375ba95d034d68860be3c7ba958230b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 aa63db4116f2da4a4ab6bbab8c3bc69a947e3c8ba032dfb28703a1766b9af427
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 024defc1ab36deca958bd9057f111d80d9a05463d4436b2a26b8a58670bfb6c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 fa90af157b258a909350ad6fd6c17311dde2caec03a4db956d71df7ca893ec48
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 588ada0023dcbe92bd1e28f1ad7e85d3b35690ee503ace3a8e59f8acc1859720
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3870340322ce820a103ea0b69ac684dbaf3b7e4f5a6e4c3b1b0e7a019d9a7764
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 23fc70fdc862f7ab3f097378a084fefbe56ad7e466b8c2ee25739e6543485869
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 54b3b8363a7f2985c96f3b1d1cf99b7eb20873a74d5e24f6631ffacf46526ac4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1657b3174e456b1352ee4fdb44439399783d85cdce370bc0a089dffb3b193dd6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 447c7ee071691715b399db4959075b2ec302e0ef50fb037e63ca8b6532988717
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 06a054febf8ca9305d76744690df08366c92f9ab6e356edf108bfd231dd8c0bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        private_browsing.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe
        • Size 830KB
        • SHA256 ef28f7f55141cedc08ad645997de2266de40f2a087c562bf84de92194805026c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vlc-cache-gen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe
        • Size 906KB
        • SHA256 73733d3c2df9a50a46f7f042dc884c45a8ff79c9a8d8ed6d308bec7a5c8a0ef6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4216-1399-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4360-1398-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4360-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp