Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/08/2026, 01:14

General

  • Target
    2026-08-06_c09ede1a2fe88acfb3ace6e20a5da85f_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 664KB
  • Sample260806-blws4abl41
  • SHA256 b95d9aff7df76a1b766468adaf4e42c86ec5bf1b1270308dcb0bf9b3236e4a44
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_c09ede1a2fe88acfb3ace6e20a5da85f_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_c09ede1a2fe88acfb3ace6e20a5da85f_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5396
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2400
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3256
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2200

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 5fbe94d8eb4b790d67902195ed3aabaeab4ebb78e344f2152c7e91dd96f16e12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 20f4498a080112d84f615f24b5823744a6a03642cfc159bdaa0f254bf43f55da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 60157bed83d910d6a75f634b3133e1af5aece98a33a9bd658d2a5ce1651f91ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 678KB
        • SHA256 5438c942c7bfd7f32fbf4db97b9126e9007dcd7504dca10a88f2a6a66f37631a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 6.7MB
        • SHA256 8dffd06b48e5364a450465989e07fcb8246baed5343b4471d40e9a7dfced36a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 886a53a2ca5d3a6e918f3b7dc0f005354ba98037a26a11b69313475d20ff626d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 85a450c2f59f64907eedc3a189b23a6a3ef15fa972920fd0b839937d346e9b5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 47aa3d0144749e04d92c49f4647c3cad2f2179376460e136b196a510cf623f2f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 47e6f1f5dbb59e5ef95ab39ca6fc4758ddef8ef90faaaada2de61f9e713b4261
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 016c9872ef0842508a63bf1a5e574db9cd13ad50ef0df34940789823be270828
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 b761928cd2251b2bf47ae03c479a54d3def6eb2a9f772621655e66aa878c6309
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 826d24daac40136b0fac68c9738a565b401c1efc508604f0dd7d3b3faa5811da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 687KB
        • SHA256 1a382839964fd75f12db70870de925f4451e274864d4f7c69ef130d8fe5c7d8a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 687KB
        • SHA256 249b819781b5122bb0b53192bbf082db87d489c6941463dbabddd5a4c2158c4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 687KB
        • SHA256 10ab8987342429db1f2c0d8c960d2b8c4a13325480f76bd093e55c9797031e54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 708KB
        • SHA256 640b04e03ab91605ea566652533252598db58971fde145d1b1420cfbe0f8e96b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 687KB
        • SHA256 c01c8478541ba5c5f8ae9e69a79bab1f0e5187cfcc65dfe3debf45016c60b3ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 687KB
        • SHA256 ec51f51f3ded5334faca513fc21b2d762714a49cdbabb23f81a953db2d60e69d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 687KB
        • SHA256 943a79ccad9020a435df8641f8fc57a30cf8804715979063c94f7053d49426df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 807KB
        • SHA256 d410d93a6fcd5411538d84f8d53b0f7c33a0181317383616b2365973847bd77b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 720KB
        • SHA256 38f66dba8be9e076dab572b81d24eb8ebdcf6dd39666352d866f788e256cb7ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 728KB
        • SHA256 5316a758f05e9cbdd65928831323a115e9128596f2bb247be5b71da501a5c4a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 724KB
        • SHA256 f5b421bdcc6693c6afe82659e9b453e9881fc1953b3afe8db27814e780ed1f0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 b95d9aff7df76a1b766468adaf4e42c86ec5bf1b1270308dcb0bf9b3236e4a44
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 820772c84e0918fc4c84dac90c58e590bf00d0ef1e5a08ce063c4d7141da860f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 453ec1f1a8e709247dfe7307583030afeb439493dc54a86324b55fb3ccb2f1ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 e5b0a586527fd9ccb8525a5d4a78ae3fe5a59368ab5d1e65d0eafd3e3755f4b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 414fb4bf3d4484b1bd446e3d7836fa177ac77122565a8c1232c3523b3fe47310
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 4d26ed08466c54a7218d0367d073c5e0bead8be002a8823be10cdc598a92b3f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 3a4e453aabe45e2e2d363ff230d54531ea9b3d7391592c76f5a40650b11179f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 16c392f9d12bea7b15c36e4d6a19341fae9906a809fd62b46002b81055706b45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 664KB
        • SHA256 b86a321aa8dfe36316e2536a371b04342ead3b93b2d6fc227f58045aa486138a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH