Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 00:48

General

  • Target
    2026-08-07_b1435e63fb8f894075c294d67f60daa7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
  • Size 31.5MB
  • Sample260808-a5secaeq4z
  • SHA256 f49c187446a5653101b0b580a99067a3cf5180132b780707d1da349fa69d4fc3
  • 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 53 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\2026-08-07_b1435e63fb8f894075c294d67f60daa7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_b1435e63fb8f894075c294d67f60daa7_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steal.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:3656
    • 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:4380
    • 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:5080
      • 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:4644

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 32.0MB
        • SHA256 c1007348d0eea7b686552a89243b5b8900cd588c320f9c90a900c420642c4e11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 32.4MB
        • SHA256 6e24974a262609a71bc078bede7e5398eb08394c63ad36425186c5cf78271b37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 32.2MB
        • SHA256 83b65a6fe5cdf7f05f647137fae9dce611daa9c58abf758450b1e83dd465e9c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 d7b5101ff29ee32c4ea6150e3e9052bc0bd4cdef363cb955ced9ac69f38f52d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 37.6MB
        • SHA256 5acdc9aeea58d3b58f0733cd7cabe81be923d2559afb66e4e4e9e9119826b71c
        • 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 35.0MB
        • SHA256 fe1848c48357c9b09efa874effc6dda559f2483c0863ef2ebd4e3e81ad17e85a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 33.8MB
        • SHA256 6076627dc60adebeb5aa94e6435ef590fed8d7594ea0acd562b7e8df97404175
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 33.1MB
        • SHA256 d2a3b693d12a58df031598fb19f5f1f551c5ac83a2b09a399a92d10953a89c0b
        • 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 33.3MB
        • SHA256 38f6a06edbf4afba8f8e5cc3548269fa6c04eb85fa8c1db503bd5ead9b02aaa7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 34.6MB
        • SHA256 7e23905183f8ddc839448afde70008d6111ebfca1566bb678c28a9281df90440
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 32.9MB
        • SHA256 031c2e041b8d748cecb95052bce94e8a92aaa24bca9b570a6813461819b233f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 fcd8250d19f69b9cf3ee899cb529b6df0fdb93f20a41db24001c60f5c878a049
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 0a3ed5eae7e916795f6b13677ad18e1db4889e348319c573dd8f9053a2839548
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 a7b5fd793fff1f9bd84c1c1ecaa5a7ab17184ea47d6ab41a93ecfe4a8548a07c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 bbf2f26ba30a20b9a38c6253d0a3ed44384f8afbcb713d144087ae8d114dcdbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 222bc168c492df938278ffc8180f3774a2fb01c358d37dad046718a7ab4444b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 483732da16e0c4926d8bf7569af8865a092dcb0188e154ff8d034910ee4327ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 31.8MB
        • SHA256 263bbef3342b8c3ebcf83762fd7af72cf6e33502163922b30b9c8812c8b7cda9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 31.6MB
        • SHA256 b60b619028b1e6b30eb06cf15f9f0d2a8164b494dbf13056ededf4861aa492d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 31.6MB
        • SHA256 df00e0091f29eb3a51630190968511faa959fdc1ea765f2bc78be0fc65eee999
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 31.6MB
        • SHA256 b9a7e7c75bc1cda6659fdaee597aaa49f1b7475bc02bd6d9118efda55ebb7e86
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 31.6MB
        • SHA256 31a67764ae132af65554ac60f24c65dba5149cbf74fa589211c2854905281469
        • 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 31.5MB
        • SHA256 f49c187446a5653101b0b580a99067a3cf5180132b780707d1da349fa69d4fc3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 15.2MB
        • SHA256 b84a49bed1cc49f7101fd32f5b84a912db4806eb4f132f532e7a32c9c377b8ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 ff3d1eba9f862ccc5f01fa4ddf6c0f7d809f22454cf0ffe662f55440136b330f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 9718d1459888c08686b7dd53568f3c95e3a409a744074ce5f4acc529e4e1cf55
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 4663166699e34de780b00619778d397acfbc49c5c78c49fa5258668c07af8d5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 27543d6dc18f644cace6016a85fa534c2ffcfeb0e3b2007516743eeba1868a6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 15b2adc23db742f2fb840e52422f7a68069910efd2f2b089b5127d3cde4e632b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 3efb4dc8c1d07e813f020d974b7e9b1c5a5a524264a18a24570ad47e2838e42e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 0b3846b536125315286a8cbfc301c6cf3d0431ea2c57045534b1932652f4b26e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 d5610d153636b1bb3237d153fd5bb3bc3ad15f258353f5adf98cafc07dd275e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH