Analysis

  • max time kernel
    142s
  • max time network
    142s
  • 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, 01:10

General

  • Target
    2026-08-07_730bb186400ee45514ad638a0ca78360_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 31.5MB
  • Sample260808-bjpl1afj8t
  • SHA256 2d7a72d686251e98145604ed1a2e6436d531cebf8bc8bfd2abbcb345e6b45221
  • 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\2026-08-07_730bb186400ee45514ad638a0ca78360_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-07_730bb186400ee45514ad638a0ca78360_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:5440
    • 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:796
    • 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:5736
      • 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:4512

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 6dcc8febb861f39dd85bff9a378452f633f76b8da2d9f3aef4c323df865813a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 32.4MB
        • SHA256 f7242d45cc35582ed507e343d1b976b61be484935506815a335e5b730959f28f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 32.1MB
        • SHA256 6b65b7453a901f640fc9db38b27fcf8fc85b20392b364c0549f8cd522ce2daf4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 ed44ac0e066f4f9d43c54122c67c906937ac485d56444b6e2dd0cd17b62e1a50
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 37.5MB
        • SHA256 789b16de475578d5a0417dc411d74e2a3c9f3a510e951b4018d42e663882dc6e
        • 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 33.2MB
        • SHA256 66cb49346565d7d2464b088111a73691262622850ddff408a42e6ab408c2fc8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 33.7MB
        • SHA256 78e39ac176f3b38e59920019b19765fcbeeae625942779a1a6d2f80d68ea8ba4
        • 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 444a5c9be204eb1ed5ec98471c259a2bb2eb28e55481a5ec3be6a458f6680cbf
        • 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 2ef82731221bc991cf7bd9a6d6fe6c9412d8b89b2738aa7e246eeff60bc8feb2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 34.5MB
        • SHA256 794dc3209ab808fbe873db80970528bf720bbf9a25585f2e5309247878ed4cc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 32.9MB
        • SHA256 9ab94cc24cfc19c1ae66dbe9698782ea0070a78943486097c375728c0af7416b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 0ae7944b503e7430c95e4b50b1eee81a8f5a61a28e83dd41f2cda201d22bda20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 6660a7a8eef189d137057398813bbac16cb17037e34180481b383b7b5905995e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 ae00ab901385d50333b7f88a11b9b23dce111634a780d7a672e19c37d0346746
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 5f4e53f6d22a3dc4155307991474b8f5f67e579eab87996a1d4a38467d60af90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 43a60b414a6d19c40ff0d1228772fe77b4f3948fe538af2f42c9c16259da9497
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 1c58d760fa302c6a6aa754181b6998d462aeaf84fe3d028e2834cadf5b88b829
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 4a1b1915a421493be0d5b32fc8009426d1b22f3cf58bd99980336c4dcdd6a0f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 31.7MB
        • SHA256 545e25d6af4b3b37ca75d7c9d1a3540432d9df7720a45b5ed2bc8d793f45c5c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 31.6MB
        • SHA256 625a975604906c318f28461f6a05ef023ae6f79c2355163dad34801ded980482
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 fa4b034a5ae99a4b604f17861d2c175a49e7934d5ec5518c5e7c418f51763366
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 50d7b3c6926a0b3b9e59057f7d03dc946e7fd9a6cb841dd758006710ef4ed7e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 5158afb601af4383cd4e6a2567c4ab2390998f42d4ddd13ee18dc157fc949016
        • 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 2d7a72d686251e98145604ed1a2e6436d531cebf8bc8bfd2abbcb345e6b45221
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 57.9MB
        • SHA256 631f48eb20e82fde5ae3260f858411e633b8f7c588647d8d180ab7ab56f4a653
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 56.3MB
        • SHA256 fa27960f1251004cdaae8807b1c5f541b7b05ef871af91a11a8f04c471428034
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 53.2MB
        • SHA256 44bd576c1a7614e693b049fa0cce67a2988eb497afce40445c0c9abf5669e7eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 52.2MB
        • SHA256 ba138c35b1c1ad7d9cd05af28fbd0e50084f7b917f51663532b3e2270bf9eb0c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 52.8MB
        • SHA256 4bcd95ccc057223f21049c905ba7e3d7308637bf8f01485d19226c23fcc0405c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 48.4MB
        • SHA256 60e7d0050abed61efc190a0e726cd9967616a4d3e2a1b3178cd1253b222c3fed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 46.9MB
        • SHA256 1afdf036c64745a33de9fbbc1389739b29b3f08b60d297a07c3d1d18eeddcac6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 47.4MB
        • SHA256 fdfea37abf82a28ec4facfe3d936925151407c4bd6d3dfc197fd706cdc5e7224
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 47.4MB
        • SHA256 c937fa5ea9ae31e92c85757a5e433f6ae65f0bea38e2f794166b3c3becb706f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 48.3MB
        • SHA256 2437b755b9958093c168a1d897494ab451f474a8c354a86932b0a54787f89890
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 43.1MB
        • SHA256 80d403eb3d9fcd4d39beebe12e40b53f6a84e232f599bdd219ec222a678d8951
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 38.3MB
        • SHA256 0526e9d684b1ed2847e4a8d3d43c8f9b506fabd3881da0f770b9a28ac28b6dad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 37.9MB
        • SHA256 90c05e62ffeee1d14ece3093e65a183e14217eb73dc8312050447590ea2025a6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 36.3MB
        • SHA256 db84680268bd7293e9320de049739eadb0b7aa53bd84c7ed484020d11f2ad1b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 35.4MB
        • SHA256 1deb6119d8699e17077770ba7f8ec012f79ef03ac38bf354566a448685b607d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 36.1MB
        • SHA256 c403775234de304daa432d4cbc0f3064b5f6a844962a5862de9e05e1ce543396
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 60a9bc468a1dc0c60ccddb56df090437943c23143225cacfb7b4afba1b400af5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 873a1a9c60589f044bb93ffc785fd4848e00bbbce2f8dc367e568f29aca60ff3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 8ab75aa622c0ac32768ab90186e2a3c22bb4adee7c90269e58393da254201bb6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 0fc2a7148e601cb9c6d73f2a5ae3b6b0613b20bf6caba96692040d1e453c4fbb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 2f8658258642fde57abd598983bd3252096a524863f8ac4324361fc1d028d033
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 31.5MB
        • SHA256 daef15ba9b98157e44af08542e37f13f7d9452776ad24d0b4ec73c2f040d118e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH