Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/08/2026, 22:10

General

  • Target
    2026-08-12_98a745ce905a235124b1f38dacb28159_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 284KB
  • Sample260812-13rcdafj3x
  • SHA256 8e1b2255ad31dee3e479c52351e58dbfa54da5ca297884fc7edfb91f527bb4b8
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Cosmu

    Cosmu is a Windows worm written in C++.

  • Detects Cosmu payload 3 IoCs

    Cosmu is a worm written in C++.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_98a745ce905a235124b1f38dacb28159_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_98a745ce905a235124b1f38dacb28159_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:5860

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 335KB
        • SHA256 8f67929c9aa808b683a6134d5d127547f9bd5c8a4a87c0a9769713378c6b9b9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCX49E4.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX49E4.tmp
        • Size 284KB
        • SHA256 7286b4239d03644b6b01a6f509a1b353a1a3b864efaef8d18c4c4eb83bad397d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCX4B36.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX4B36.tmp
        • Size 284KB
        • SHA256 f0aa848d97627d90c545447ad8f4e8f73a048e6ff0e80bcc04dd704d71b96fe4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH