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
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe
- Size 140KB
- Sample260804-hd2spshm7x
- SHA256 94054a0d2644c8465ab43325f79175f774de269e3145e64f98420699b9b2942e
- MD5 7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf
- SHA1 6cf200ecad915c01257a44b05671e6f4b4513423
- SHA512 80bf9adb2e8274e8773ad76c37cccce6f8064343aec8a65118ec957a148d71292b321987af6be8aa34af0f98cc764ecf7fa5e8d9efc4ec46ed9bc3160cd1395b
- SSDEEP 3072:tGry4HuzTblegqYvZVFFECy4tTP+dEM8QRU5PrHmO2h38:tGrZHY5jFV7eqjxbDGN6
- TLSH T1EDE38D01F9D1C436D67A0D318854CE658E3FFCA14FA0ADEB73981DEA0E346D0AB39656
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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valleyrat_s2
Version
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1.0
C2
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38.246.252.201:6868
Attributes
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campaign_date
2026. 7.19
Signatures
- Family: ValleyRat
ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.
- Detects ValleyRAT payload 34 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4060-36-0x0000000002520000-0x000000000255F000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-38-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-37-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-39-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-40-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-41-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-42-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-54-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-55-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-56-0x0000000002B70000-0x0000000002BB6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-60-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-61-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-62-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-63-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-64-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-65-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-78-0x0000000003B30000-0x0000000003B76000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-80-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-81-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-82-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-83-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-85-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-84-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-98-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-100-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-101-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-102-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-103-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-104-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-105-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-118-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-119-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-134-0x0000000004080000-0x00000000040C6000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 behavioral1/memory/4060-136-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D26000-memory.dmp family_valleyrat_stage_2_v2 - Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
flow pid Process 12 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4736 BarClientView.exe 3728 BarClientView.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 4736 BarClientView.exe 3728 BarClientView.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\T: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language BarClientView.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language BarClientView.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4736 BarClientView.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4736 BarClientView.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4736 BarClientView.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3728 BarClientView.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3728 BarClientView.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4648 wrote to memory of 4060 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 87 PID 4648 wrote to memory of 4060 4648 2026-08-04_7f884361e88bd131619a4e9e52bc69cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_play.exe 87 PID 4060 wrote to memory of 4736 4060 ThumbnailExtractionHost.exe 89 PID 4736 wrote to memory of 4060 4736 BarClientView.exe 87 PID 4736 wrote to memory of 4060 4736 BarClientView.exe 87 PID 3728 wrote to memory of 4060 3728 BarClientView.exe 87 PID 3728 wrote to memory of 4060 3728 BarClientView.exe 87
Processes
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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.exeC:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe3⤵
- 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
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C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exeC:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe1⤵
- 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
- Path C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\BarClientView.exe
- Size 804KB
- SHA256 ef5567d00b3f0268435594f5069a660533188d84f43be8bc6c54e9ade87fbb4d
- MD5 424c14ba07ee318c83aeaaf5b8177c3f
- SHA1 ac5d216c2bc896ec2ea5ec3e9f9bfd501dc7e212
- SHA512 b73bf215dd6a943319e83094d0e5366fa2d3779d789c99e9b54d0d0e6f98ffddef63f5a3a4cff7afa0f2064b6d7552f9ee6c356d180c8685f5549fea341faf35
- SSDEEP 6144:80CjWRFoM9HmpqF+OnaAOnbEY2aQfQc4kxQEs/1vTzLwSHW:jCiRFoM9Dxa1IYJZvTYS2
- TLSH T1D10529D1B08042B1F7AB1E3020BAAE35066B6FBA9DD8B15FE64476753BF71C22123517
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Dawei8588\log.dll
- Size 1.9MB
- SHA256 6e332f0f36e78bdb4ae8dc983f9c32e57fd4c0768b99b6b00867752c25f5f2d5
- MD5 21e9fc847cedf082e39d7b76667f110c
- SHA1 e8272f249e8106dc47147c8c579c9dce0b5db68e
- SHA512 8dfe5c886e5bc7d62546ab8368116b46e6fa48d27eeddf70bb9a4ec50abdb714df5f7943b2382ccce7f9b4759ff2cfd385e05034d2c782f9893f4eda38d4db07
- SSDEEP 49152:lZrkAqsefhSUD1yxFI0TBAcOcTDwW428/XP43:lOhffhScsI6BA2HwW428i
- TLSH T1B0957C127A4004B6D19A1234592DF279F2BC6DB32B7B42CB1FD49A5C3DF34C24A2979E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\01C6E817D6CDFECAEC27F2EB1524A7A6_905E6EE25CEC96FCC88A884EFC247049
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 df794c918cc818d3fbfc9aca5b210f9ef360dcc269760feb5d2edb5b9234a454
- MD5 54eecfc1be0a36170c5813b954c21931
- SHA1 2e885cc1d447ed5c8b582140a551270ccc4ac7ba
- SHA512 dda403ef27814f4a0ae7c822a783723c664c4d24e6cc457c7f2fa3e5edc49c6025c8f15e5855b6c1d4559ee998f1d9e266da1e47ec7159f1231f5c4cd23edd30
- TLSH T1BB21A4966D3EB5433B449D4A18CC87338CF092CDC9E25A262519B5579D80741BE8B80C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 8f379ee7967f919a8043ec9e73f2279cb31382d136fbd218cb87310f648a3bf8
- MD5 e54a9d8ece5fc136b3a46251920c99c3
- SHA1 cd4fbb5ea8aa1f6ba4f5f2399d8f1c29d50b7d93
- SHA512 bb635ed1453146f1345c5a59de6655e3ef3fafe8f3e4eee423da0a59d6fc0f468141f8e209cb631bd1774775855a7382a2c8620b59220d46a6ea067cbc55833f
- TLSH T1B531E9AE8EB125D0BFC0AE4236C9E93B3DE617C30DAD518B5331A5EA16003923E1781D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 af46823efb412ba0d7be6125f03b08df388ba7fa32d42068a58c4c126658ed8e
- MD5 fa436a6073c0f87ca8b91c248b8b49af
- SHA1 7f31d287309e817b37f6cfc1d6d19069ce9f8524
- SHA512 37c46ef7c9d42af6549dac9785ee849113d740584231741b2ae88e2e9e45a700e303c19d7c1470ab06849ae786ded7f637c09752d283e0e6186df5087868e596
- TLSH T1743194870B2D2007FFC7CE5795D4DAA37CF485D1989408A4D01E62A7A8107BA6E4ED8A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\01C6E817D6CDFECAEC27F2EB1524A7A6_905E6EE25CEC96FCC88A884EFC247049
- Size 546B
- SHA256 2c2d160334b72dcb12c00df145c0b5beae2e110403b4e46934291724d34f920c
- MD5 c04d2b6c9d2660703893297b751f87d9
- SHA1 d613bf15989e17dc1210872d081acd69fe1099ea
- SHA512 4bda32300cf3f897da21144280579393ced5d8356e9834ab8328b14680b2aa03de9af4e534ae7d3d4041221eabf9a35d48328fdb1efcdfe4b5846cc822d955a3
- TLSH T18EF09E2C68BA801EF136DD395BD63637CD68F61B340081752ED797097B16D01BCA2B1C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0DA515F703BB9B49479E8697ADB0B955_A825BDF54036A41AFA74CBF923C33A97
- Size 512B
- SHA256 07a9eff803e610f8d55e038b8463641a4af12b4b4ae7aaca4adb0b52990f86e5
- MD5 6d1fc47fd3faa223d31d642a3ef0e7e5
- SHA1 7830bad69cdef972662ce6a0d280d0ad41d90f35
- SHA512 d8f376a2d9947a3fbb2a7c5711e1fef38a6ce28b968ac7c12e15567d86acea4c86c52dad6ea820f15da21a3f29c6cbd85daf326bab0c7e7ebc3d6e9d39f5a725
- TLSH T113F0A3040978C13EF233D93C87C739E716BFF647380685E40FA94708E642A027D515B5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B126FCE2445AEB4D678E59CB88147627_9759CCC75F54A99CEB69AE73B218D5C6
- Size 506B
- SHA256 f76fb5e7032468e1e3478b7bc7be1ac3d0b8a7151be92b6f1329c8d127a1b811
- MD5 cf82565b1799444d6f5ecfa75d4d4ad7
- SHA1 998320d15cc6f9a11893ca998e2823f5b9455b5b
- SHA512 433b37dd5cf7fe5d7450565504959f8c9a290e68f11e0c78a37b851a4f1984490edb0971f848e3e89a11bb2d6960702cd320ecc1a4b545607e31efad1f522db2
- TLSH T1C5F0DC3451D9013FF0B6E6B44AD63A320925E223000717BE0FA9128C6F55C001C4022D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH