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
05/08/2026, 00:55
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 296KB
- Sample260805-babc1ssvdw
- SHA256 9a9654bfc65b05c7fa6a06bdc43d3962235fb68414d8986848c238c8fd425fff
- MD5 54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22
- SHA1 fbdbae0332264caa0987ed0d6b471eb6b8da20ae
- SHA512 11aca620e755932f09374a9d81a59c36801047a52376bec3cfe423dea194a9b23f672623bb1c3faaf3f99cac9214f7ee8a1dd49f19454d19379ee0defd35dc6b
- SSDEEP 6144:kFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqT0oAXjiU4bzl:DfBQGH6SfwoAX+U4V
- TLSH T13C54F1453D93C873D0414931CD96CAE15B7E7C13BDA6E11BFB983B4F1EB13888AA6261
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects Cosmu payload 3 IoCs
Cosmu is a worm written in C++.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000f00000001c556-7.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c55f-82.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x00050000000188c2-193.dat family_cosmu - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\L: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\RCX8962.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX8372.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX86A4.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX8738.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX878B.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCX8941.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX866C.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX8759.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX886B.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX83A2.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCX8406.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX867C.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX86B6.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX87BE.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX8691.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX8690.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCX8942.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX8749.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\RCX8448.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCX88C0.tmp 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.cab 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\windows\readme.1xt 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\windows\WallPapers.jpg 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallpaperSource = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_54e2575e4ddecc57572028f2c6bc2f22_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
PID:4260
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 325KB
- SHA256 ef1790e86565f72ea6ddd52b052036862f1b80c29192a6c7cec411bcf8b3c9d8
- MD5 8ded410e9fd46bc4ba473983dd99ca9e
- SHA1 39337c788cb1567e3ca7342409326a027dfe83b6
- SHA512 a7223d34c7adf0c067a2520080e2b878b53eb7f9530f734633ca234d9ad8f672cd79b21a48fde6fe0a05f4fec911c03c9e6426f81f0f761a82b20005ef2e2dbd
- SSDEEP 6144:hFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTvoAXjiU4bz:2fBQGH6SfboAX+U4
- TLSH T1096401817DA3D8B3D041493188A6CBA1973B6D13AA65D203FB9D0F4B2FB13D49B7A351
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX868F.tmp
- Size 288KB
- SHA256 faf380aa7b435ad682e39b2179fe75ea9a6074001ed7ca6e2cadd183a0df49cc
- MD5 ff03b10a437f1e7db1cd100c8949a78d
- SHA1 37a253117a2b98d42f83e605160131a9a463d198
- SHA512 d93ca9d79b8690ceaf310e073b8e1417f36579ebec72013c4ce1dfade5fb2ca2a267b09ae441580820f661dd83a285a7eac5152786d6c67bf2deafad67fb8b8d
- SSDEEP 6144:FFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTVoAXjiU4bz:CfBQGH6SfRoAX+U4
- TLSH T16B5401917DA2D8B3D041493188A6CFA1973B6D13AA65D203FB9D0F4B2FB13D49B7B241
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX887E.tmp
- Size 288KB
- SHA256 79a018ec40d0c0e7193b81b2c5ec4cd43765f0d032628df2f0634151f7a21efa
- MD5 141b0ddda2422c5871f99a9050e7becf
- SHA1 739dbd728f3212d5cf8185346ea1aeb47fd07825
- SHA512 959b38ab43f7f06a899925024148531ff1bff68aec882a81f0e220998f33207faa8d02d2478f8e9c723dc36ab806d86a89879f7501a1857e0ea1c97d417da9e1
- SSDEEP 6144:xFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTsoAXjiU4bz:mfBQGH6SfooAX+U4
- TLSH T1AD5401917DA2D8B3C0419A3188A6CBA197376D139A65D203FBAD1F4B2F713D49B7B301
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH