Analysis

  • max time kernel
    93s
  • max time network
    153s
  • 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, 19:02

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_372409544f50d443ae8ade8a8f2acd88_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 718KB
  • Sample260802-xpy9aazdkb
  • SHA256 d9ef4ea6e2f25ff9e2b1abdb885552be59771d030071d2d7c3ff0edb7c6379db
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 49 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 64 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_372409544f50d443ae8ade8a8f2acd88_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_372409544f50d443ae8ade8a8f2acd88_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:572
  • 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:3732

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 718KB
        • SHA256 d9ef4ea6e2f25ff9e2b1abdb885552be59771d030071d2d7c3ff0edb7c6379db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 a22504a12f5ba68b8f1bcf7c8c169f699464ddd4caa58604251797d52ff261a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe
        • Size 934KB
        • SHA256 eacdb4564649a72af0fa326e6c654795605bc478d0ff91df099793bad6a9f26e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 f356babc17a42bbadbfd36c11eac2b7fd0ed01a11d60a71cfbce999a9fbffef2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 b0010ffb1266ce3f95f328bca36746bd9c7e86dc840e6e3a26951a8d2ed1f586
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 733KB
        • SHA256 030a9a22d0da81e251235328b065c3fba6c1417b6e173989e3468c43b7f74dd2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 281b3a4a392bb4e70d348e1214572f43ebd8bc1e8b3f352f476af9219f8f6b95
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9212d30f1fc66b3f6465cf780dc65ff4589ade17b4cfa84ca39c99f7fbd2450d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 68f9b595e1298f32d09929c8753759263bead548eec6f47c6f82a833203b8fa4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 d4d525e7d8c2dea764d64aec8c9c068558fc4bc9386f3f1eb807248f8c817ddb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 fb4ace55e3d3ab029853dc8a258538c6f0ded1d95c41ad2959a45db63d14f94b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 b0dd3155517cc0737b09ffa72c735b212c4f8fdb35a07308a3ae4450ee96bcc7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 ca84c79ef409e4858a4bf322f2679db78f4f6460b11b640d11060e74c0c317a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 6e9e774e25cfb67b26a0d55c8a5ffa3fd4f34c08259517683ea71e44c0aaaadc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ac955c5f3e08de8e78ba07b85e1dc6a18b88c428fc3464c0022a9feed5e03e9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e72e236b6c235026d0fa3ec2d3b1c524e36c31b122eb6b3ad3dcfcd32ed2ea85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 7c4acafa60c891e80f7f65be794b3d977e83f3f2f06643311a0672d7632d3e29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 aeba5a5e995bb38096e1f754a57b3692041868930ba77464494b2811c69a5a63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 331b7d3aac833a5bcff797b175ab0c86ba817bf9d4da65427cbe81fa5ccd533e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f8de06b7e43b05322e9f5cd811bd8cd64f16d25b24d8bb717d64023982a207ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9b100ca56aceaa13cbd72941d2eb52a2d181912caaf1f48831cf36097dcc35cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e35bde890517013bb4fc9ef75839744a1f575eb52364a4c9e443ab26283959ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ad972d7daf51904bdcbfeda27c0312c1f125af5939bef6c1d32b81df63d3dea8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e26104df3012de4e228ac7200131228c975bbf11fc24c3d9946df4205d6fcd18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ba2109e27bb7741e315834a5b7dd96c01a983fe77e7929d6ef3211925eaf9ff7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 cb851b95dd0c70c3cbe37b446b876995f1b3d02febb27128b53c9be2b1e22dd7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 36cf34cea4750b23812afbd18a1f633a3ce2e564b751250473477384e9a6383d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 36f50a577adaef23875a37c3a5ce64b821c2ae035618a0e5e81c60fa59a11623
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 b4d82c4dc05ce1ac5893599e689de006a4aa5d373515b2f433c9397f941d0a70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 ec7a1f00389acf403c7296e31cca465c67557cfef761c57f87622b29d4500e7b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 68437971e3c5cb9755b1ecfc3aee4d7eae1d8c966682b07912aaa4a005e8598e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 c86775fb81f5ef0f4ef97c2280e96dc1dd6791ae1e3c09936df2bccf4a53fafd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 26a002683fd0ad01f7591163a9c694a8c1038a516caa4f8e29161d7acf0839ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 6847a9efe3c4dfbc843fbc27b2273b078bd8a015cd86da4f0925067507fe2a30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 2d5706a29af26c7506388abd3845ef22686c756c9fd656ac9629d34cc7720065
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e04a315491933c97b5e1e095eeba3875591ce928ba992d0d719b08eca9407f7a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 92daaed990a129dcd1747f1feaf3593743833bf79efcbf68712f44f4d81298ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 caeba6f9eb4c6c7902b810164e01ebcb47ea28029ae70c364fd69899eb9bb708
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 c61c83908b84ac0036b24eb40ff9b89c2f4fb1ef7d57939426c3c24c9031842b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 0cbdd1917d61812a902c8b0c80419fd0562649fb0d0579d5f67add1407409640
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 7cc81eb6549234cc0771227ec1f3fa7908f2e5b0891c7e34899fa92dd72ef92c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 af31faf308ddce0033a2070b9e27d057dea5f0f0ceb1d1e611a6220eec9fd02f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 8b6093e75a1f9a440ff802c02b069387b898f705b535e8fd29c36754f11ac42c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 44c37e0134ca780b6f591dd9359ee1cf3a21855b3c5beec539db0486ff6485cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 2a9b38fced0682d73fd9c6363e1e90bb52ca8a6b185c1c7fb21a0fd063fc0714
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 1bf3df9b2ebca60155a4172f6adb357a0fe07071aa568fc753532eb3713cf38e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/572-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/572-2094-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/3732-2101-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp