Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 06:38

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe
  • Size 140KB
  • Sample260804-hd2spshm7x
  • SHA256 94054a0d2644c8465ab43325f79175f774de269e3145e64f98420699b9b2942e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • valleyrat_s2

Version
  • 1.0

C2
  • 38.246.252.201:6868

Attributes
  • campaign_date

    2026. 7.19

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 34 IoCs
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe"
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4060
      • C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe
        C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4736
  • C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe
    C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3728

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        BarClientView.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe
        • Size 804KB
        • SHA256 ef5567d00b3f0268435594f5069a660533188d84f43be8bc6c54e9ade87fbb4d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        log.dll

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\log.dll
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 6e332f0f36e78bdb4ae8dc983f9c32e57fd4c0768b99b6b00867752c25f5f2d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        01C6E817D6CDFECAEC27F2EB1524A7A6_905E6EE25CEC96FCC88A884EFC247049

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\01C6E817D6CDFECAEC27F2EB1524A7A6_905E6EE25CEC96FCC88A884EFC247049
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 df794c918cc818d3fbfc9aca5b210f9ef360dcc269760feb5d2edb5b9234a454
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 8f379ee7967f919a8043ec9e73f2279cb31382d136fbd218cb87310f648a3bf8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 af46823efb412ba0d7be6125f03b08df388ba7fa32d42068a58c4c126658ed8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        01C6E817D6CDFECAEC27F2EB1524A7A6_905E6EE25CEC96FCC88A884EFC247049

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\01C6E817D6CDFECAEC27F2EB1524A7A6_905E6EE25CEC96FCC88A884EFC247049
        • Size 546B
        • SHA256 2c2d160334b72dcb12c00df145c0b5beae2e110403b4e46934291724d34f920c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
        • Size 512B
        • SHA256 07a9eff803e610f8d55e038b8463641a4af12b4b4ae7aaca4adb0b52990f86e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
        • Size 506B
        • SHA256 f76fb5e7032468e1e3478b7bc7be1ac3d0b8a7151be92b6f1329c8d127a1b811
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/4060-61-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-65-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-20-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-19-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-18-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-12-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-36-0x0000000002520000-0x000000000255F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-38-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-37-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-39-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-40-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-41-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-43-0x0000000003AD0000-0x0000000003AF3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-42-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-54-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-55-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-56-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-60-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-11-0x0000000002500000-0x0000000002518000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-62-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-63-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-64-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-66-0x00000000040C0000-0x00000000040E3000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-21-0x0000000010000000-0x000000001001C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-78-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-80-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-81-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-82-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-83-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-87-0x0000000004D20000-0x0000000004D43000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-85-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-84-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-98-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-100-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-101-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-102-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-103-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-104-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-105-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-106-0x0000000004550000-0x0000000004573000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-118-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-120-0x00000000047A0000-0x0000000004805000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-119-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-134-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4060-136-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp