Analysis

  • max time kernel
    109s
  • 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, 19:43

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_0956eb18c4ee2f98b9d594a91c34717c_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 718KB
  • Sample260802-yfn8ds1bmc
  • SHA256 7490ada1f10f9b267dbf94275550ee78bffbe5c67efb70bd70141cd6b4567a6c
  • 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 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_0956eb18c4ee2f98b9d594a91c34717c_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_0956eb18c4ee2f98b9d594a91c34717c_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:6032
  • 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:4840

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 718KB
        • SHA256 7490ada1f10f9b267dbf94275550ee78bffbe5c67efb70bd70141cd6b4567a6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 afcfe1e199b5833e8e3116b24882756f24128899dc14de920ffe7b4d426fcb18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 8025438fec196eb967e85952f480d8dbdb74ac9a58f9f7ffde54c34b630d2db6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 733KB
        • SHA256 0e0fd849cb3a7c85e354d05fb5b26b90dbee6d33fabdbc266af81d9bc5b25d89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 766KB
        • SHA256 3ab9887c6bcf852c06bc673a97b24e98c49b41c0c486df80587300683b485b81
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 627f5cf7e905f664849e586a6a982f06d675796c4329986d87b663caff9ac7c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 b95c4a59330ac6aef037644741e38d4a63d9598116bb882fd5f6e743628992f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4334105ad2cb1588673e44d82bb32612cd71db7e0e6c0afb4ad232ff62afbe45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 ea83a6e35b001250e5ffaa6bd55484d0d284e68e3a5b1ca45b3802e30bec53d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 963b7115f36e7850f5b34da6829524fedb1c1c303f8717ac8fef254b605de030
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 b83d2ba0abeaed21087c9eba7fd370735f1d783197d48996c18f8a56b63fbf2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 880KB
        • SHA256 544c4f39e098add17517cabfe233dd600e21db3a2790ef01f0f54928b9168df3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 16abc87bbf4129863263b9d7a978a356e963689354cfe34a4100365f88062a35
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8bea351e9c9b042c5c5230dc343d8815fe3054191a00aeb33edc4c81d866e3f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 079725c714e51ee2a209163d21cbb880e058afc506138337bf6c7fbee36897d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 1dd5008b40892c9167c2ef2ea126b4c9bb069bd5482a30f82946ca45993b5fac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 c19695c5598737512fc66490895b1117bc00c51c3f47c9dd38219e49a8a4a41c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 74c773dd5d711a8278ba95699ab47079eff8272c590368671b6932649ba969bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9fcf6311f868b0bc42c4fc94e15a53a9010d8df7acb4c06d75af974acac40f17
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 bffcb31178169c534c6294645b3d26356d84cfaccb15c9601ec87a6153de8611
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 2aad54af8b003401cbd370a522b2a67ac83c995c0ca7aaf17087f2464b041f64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a454c458d1701aef222767a06bba8bf6724b8940606855220911cffe3663b695
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 cca16cdbdba0790b3c547f1b8735f0528a0facdaf4dc189aa111b3de9b50260d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 dc9b869350c0a97e01f66e9b5b4f103af6164d97fe49eb051a95f6be97f3899b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 e2bfeae5971d0cfce56fff521e61a4456f3fc12bd7cdc9169b78cd0b7a067ed5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 9cd3375fbc84f2066b5aff7b7155dc3f9baa0893265656a74baea35f08960b21
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 37b3f6acc6b072f85abc0e59dce6fe93e874440960b31c2973046e1c6a7209dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 83b577c0e11c834bae583d9f27f67d473395606a2936e51048ae2a9768aa0622
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 4dfec0d76f48d7b0dfe05144318765531e1dec78dacdf5986ead3bef2261c28c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 8cfeb7cbb9faa0b6a89abc336fa4db28ce43069c5fcf8fbd612b6b36009b42d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f69aa38034ba0fb8e8ae0204b67dadf269b7197cc0ca1f1250b862e8724efdf0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 abdfe11cb28417368220b8b92fe607b9e04d40369d978ab33c6de16cb1fb0bda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a6b9bf3b62896f364d2cb652690fedba8f3625c21fd3a409bf6b646aa30ad329
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f9cffc99f972634d0ff61fe5b022fe472cdf8c0a1e00c7244e4a93880dd336f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 c1d2528a9ac8a95847e49a41b54bf918a5a34b106650371818f4c40ee82c6c64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 0521c814916e6390180ef376b1450990fbe37cce65c48ba4a67bc6b6666bc1a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 a5d4a216398b4cd16398e79226f1ade50a869403fd3962e16801f61a4d1762ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 67093827f50a5be4f4b271c595de621102e5e8716ded9f4a4457303f0e33c3f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 485a309a603bcc7910688d4ce60827ba9e2640edc0a865462483825a5cf13e78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 024f9d0aaa41e171c91104c9de4a662ed25f4377f85eabbb775928face8868b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 0eee6b3a51f5263cad243bd19195909248e873c5e59e95532337ee0b128a2b50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 80ab200010176d7e5302a395b20f85a85f2afed88805e6f7f240e75a221c8b81
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 19eff010cfd46d54458e623df834c8985c088ca23ccd30175d0b8977ee2a4f41
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 f7bf6e1f7e889353dbbdef106dff6875499f08e81aa09e1fbc2a6f2ff9529f1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 742KB
        • SHA256 60c849530bfff46bdd3b0b48fb90900aebfcc7ecf58fad04bc67282592f2e6f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FileSyncConfig.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileSyncConfig.exe
        • Size 971KB
        • SHA256 faaee9eda84618843ada47e280ea0629f3050ef614c56a15d47d2f303e8a6b24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4840-1517-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/6032-1510-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/6032-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp