Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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
    07/08/2026, 15:25

General

  • Target
    2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe
  • Size 930KB
  • Sample260807-st2sraybkh
  • SHA256 020c68285659079b91ec164248a436ab762ec0852bbaf2ccab96fdcf208968a8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a9F68.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2984
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:2088
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3492
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1220
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1088

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 125KB
        • SHA256 e6729ff49b4fb751cd56a867fc0ba3928020e854bb8b6f7b25b7275e20af5dc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 575KB
        • SHA256 afc8b3abab80c1502979db7ecf756118301f05209e0192b2c94f147c17db3b5f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 481KB
        • SHA256 d5fbaf5c0d8e313d4dad23b28cac4256c5dbed6ab3b0d797e2971f30c5e095ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$a9F68.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a9F68.bat
        • Size 938B
        • SHA256 86f09a5465cac14cc3b9aa824f65615a04d69bb3f9251aa83ff08d4c01a143fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_bef0b846a7356df8bb812fcc07cf646b_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijackloade.exe.exe
        • Size 903KB
        • SHA256 28f990585547b7ea429349356f47dea76ec3387d8d258c0f7f44dbd2853f188e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 449b2bf4a84e027375af2a6bbe59a0b18c07edfc9aa96c6ff52adfc195fcd739
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-889581200-2041691093-2048517887-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 8B
        • SHA256 cb7bedc97bdd2d63203eb6ba133a1f2298106db82404f9055a36ff6d137d0f86
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3492-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-356-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-1245-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-5034-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3492-5539-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4936-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4936-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp