Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
116s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
04/08/2026, 10:57
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30_cobalt-strike_elex_frostygoop_ghostlocker_hive_salatstea.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30_cobalt-strike_elex_frostygoop_ghostlocker_hive_salatstea.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- Sample260804-m2afkstybz
- SHA256 5e5435840174fd0fff5d2899363e71bcebf6982ea795f025ca3c7931107dff29
- MD5 8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30
- SHA1 f53b0b1d8d91f02f5d6f1a82dcb11eef01db4634
- SHA512 b4c86ce9edbd4fde9d4a8568edee47203b6579515c113cb59194b8a56f155d8a1d9fb15dbc48048cdcd1edf617ae3122650715bd458a2adf3bf8cc7030b9152f
- SSDEEP 49152:5bwD+vrVjTYa1i18iGDKxPHhhWRy0CbJ:5buqBC18HWjhqQbJ
- TLSH T117C57C40FCDB64F1E942163148A352BF2334AD091F35EF87E9447B7AEC73AA11A36259
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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bdaejec
C2
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ddos.dnsnb8.net
Signatures
- Detects Bdaejec Backdoor. 1 IoCs
Bdaejec is backdoor written in C++.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4532-9-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008C9000-memory.dmp family_bdaejec_backdoor - Detects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x00070000000187d5-4.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4532-5-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008C9000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4532-9-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008C9000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x00070000000187d5-4.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4532 NCxKsg.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpDefenderCoreService.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOXMLED.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\orbd.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\SenseSampleUploader.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.SecHealthUI_1000.26100.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SecHealthUI.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\SenseImdsCollector.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe NCxKsg.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe NCxKsg.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 1404 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 2026-08-03_8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30_cobalt-strike_elex_frostygoop_ghostlocker_hive_salatstea.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language NCxKsg.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4900 wrote to memory of 4532 4900 2026-08-03_8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30_cobalt-strike_elex_frostygoop_ghostlocker_hive_salatstea.exe 90 PID 4532 wrote to memory of 1404 4532 NCxKsg.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30_cobalt-strike_elex_frostygoop_ghostlocker_hive_salatstea.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_8a41b3850ff5c3bedd843d9370ac6e30_cobalt-strike_elex_frostygoop_ghostlocker_hive_salatstea.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4900 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NCxKsg.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NCxKsg.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4532 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\47bf222b.bat" "3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1404
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\47bf222b.bat
- Size 187B
- SHA256 e201a62ea8feb8ed8c2b1a3cea8735aed1e995ad1582eba9514ae0313961c208
- MD5 dad2b9150668a09a9f67fb17668aba43
- SHA1 43efa4d4e85d107679f7644f782ba31cee2f5cbf
- SHA512 7d7938dfd2b7b943bc63db824a9ddc873ff47ca84bf3e066a099b7e22b824bc71e5f464681dbe5a7adf6cfccd3c9c92ebbf201467398075979524cdf2f68e5f6
- TLSH T140C012018197C6991855501B0BF1658CC4650C983B993B115B74C49C62A683DF9D3301
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\NCxKsg.exe
- Size 15KB
- SHA256 4354970ccc7cd6bb16318f132c34f6a1b3d5c2ea7ff53e1c9271905527f2db07
- MD5 56b2c3810dba2e939a8bb9fa36d3cf96
- SHA1 99ee31cd4b0d6a4b62779da36e0eeecdd80589fc
- SHA512 27812a9a034d7bd2ca73b337ae9e0b6dc79c38cfd1a2c6ac9d125d3cc8fa563c401a40d22155811d5054e5baa8cf8c8e7e03925f25fa856a9ba9dea708d15b4e
- SSDEEP 384:7XZQaD7U8iu4YsAa7ZA0UvH2lsRv21yW7GbAxur6+Y9PffPz:1QGPL4vzZq2o9W7GsxBbPr
- TLSH T10B62BFB34EC098FFC4CD353340823687CB7B4670DABA617F826288372895E19AC55595
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH