Analysis

  • max time kernel
    101s
  • max time network
    115s
  • 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, 13:32

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_dcba1688afcc8ebd6e36693aac8ca7b6_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 765KB
  • Sample260802-qs772aag58
  • SHA256 833b50bb06236d80c09192c8955b75934e9982ff5ff8ca73dcddd930592243a6
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 43 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 26 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_dcba1688afcc8ebd6e36693aac8ca7b6_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_dcba1688afcc8ebd6e36693aac8ca7b6_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:1892
  • 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:5552

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 765KB
        • SHA256 833b50bb06236d80c09192c8955b75934e9982ff5ff8ca73dcddd930592243a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 5526e961f31fdff8c74ce2eb04dcbd4406f9bc1074b202131ffbb6feebb080a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 780KB
        • SHA256 cf14959b4a160fe6ef4b989e8122177c9942b9e1975701df9f05c504b8a54c4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 070e584ec3a78a491f6e56ce614f209b35d6210fa691b1687195479cade2f69f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe$
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 ef3732d68284ea1685dd6a2723e9ea62196428394e10c6ba88e3c4a874a0a05b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 2bdc4e8a1017a66906ea80fbfc742157e030cbfc3d9d4248329de1cffaa1ad7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 6c693f7ec74f05e14355265defe92af6aa3d2c40d05010dae1fcd6aec4f32bda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 927KB
        • SHA256 cffff259da38106ec540aaa23a5187f807250af828285b8c49f3e14ae8291850
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 fc7d81d9be37c5120634954dd436a5d7e69bf09ba9dda00d80209bc044c6cb29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8226c8c4a9e939dbc1f2d080324c28fb28f5705bec4ef2e461161767d6d0398f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8ef0bda2e245712cdb6ac0644dd1aad861893cd4776b69d63a9cf03d06ed86c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 07c16894121de337a276257f9ed9d534f8b7f90c8ec9068d2af843c0ec6dd15e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 427b21cf461445236eebd39da82385d397ebbfb23170ecd490f3ac6046758439
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 6384d4498dc8a2b4f4a48a254a94bd40d0c6b96771b14093004daa240b451480
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 0a750102c5ad82df6dc7139c5a6d2175261daf0f16a5e3802b3d476809bef839
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3455a0f16f0e446f51b106527281c56108bd76dcbe037d0bc1cecdf0921561a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 186936d9342a8363137d3db64ec4dd3db4c07a25ea281a7a356eac2d299e4f4a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 4ddcc78ced156485a60842f2484c1b2d104820fc2650c3fe429123271df16de0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 02e2adbe7fa186ee7ac2347684ca82782bbb1d1ffe9cace7b4a392dfce335b1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3ab6369789ea63c8f9e2be04281c74ab961e3894ad806a9064a61d4ae88843d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 46209cca2ac1893f03904a096de806073d1e3439f7ac6486407b9a79a982afaa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 304090a0cbe6e7e7a3d81d39eaf5aa44bdb885a9f1016473482e8a74aefa5260
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 a0dfbc96ad07b9f689d1ce2f90879fbcaeb53b583a287e2d7f7ec3dd2b11b4c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 5f1830fbb1e4dbc6ea678b441229d1dac16bd3f6bd1e852719b33a379ac7b32e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8d975c5d0f2c4de9d0788c8aa16c3d2ba5fe4301c55edf770b82dbe15dcaffef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 3357799297eba1f3d59632e847a97dd6ccdc0a2f1369089386d97cf058b11ac2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d9254747b6e90dd2bc8fbc74c40157203665ac5cbe3525fb2476e8101b343dd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 4891f644b68be551d1a2fbb8a6d57e45144b29717ee7447fe7a549cdcbf48cec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 72ea361b59f425a543d091637f22e3e1839cf45210fb5e68aa3853e53de22f6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 806c1e748c777c2041c8a8a155412b072f1fe03e92d8b193e856e1c5814efbfb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 34c30d74aa6f5d3131f3616f537ead7d262b645a6aa52cee61632f05b77254bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1c9cde286b00fce0ec5aade09ed57b8a298f62d19ec0af56a03c68d5f68028e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 cac0b4a1cba91ead0683160c9b5d690faec0a2b4856d5684b35715d8ef07e0d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 8265bf052ed4a40725b2a93cc81fc9f9e3c0cff07dbf42ba3ee98b47a94e2b92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 23108372cda21d29a46d69aa89415e3bb7c4362894a85080ed0f54f5bcdb75de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 a8dab1825dc549ea5f2076b6c8070a72a2c21200bbb47bdae0f201dee6f8245d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 d910b7c8a32cc7759433e4afe009e23dea9dbe6d1142a2a2a4b953e9419b9759
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 1a7f418fac419c76ba652ace2e13d45ada6c7cdfa9d7299a980cdc7d3dd0f0c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 938304e20f4c612a61a9d0b28256d0c6fb1ca19dbd9d9e8d2a2fb7e01e540079
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 789KB
        • SHA256 214b306a1d72178c73541aec21ddb9144be0e8c6fb397b110402d6928f8f0610
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1892-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1892-1898-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5552-1989-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp