Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - 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
12/08/2026, 22:13
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample260812-143f2atxcv
- SHA256 1063f6bd7f654dfd2a592973912c7e75b29cdfa48a7ec7fa48be65bda8370c48
- MD5 90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c
- SHA1 190f06e9779ace81187d82b9ad66f5c2f6c54b04
- SHA512 9558c243cb340c0c3b8e09a6e25c311eaacaabaf3151831b2cd8ae1a807fbc8b17dc2770ac2a0014c80ce26af4837bc71ea4b4f5e33980d3528cda9165f48077
- SSDEEP 6144:xFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTeoAXjiU4bz:mfBQGH6SfioAX+U4
- TLSH T15C6502457DA3D4B3D0414D3188E68BE18B7F6C137AA6E117FB9D0B4B1EB13844BAA361
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects Cosmu payload 3 IoCs
Cosmu is a worm written in C++.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4c7-7.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000400000001bb33-82.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000700000001898a-193.dat family_cosmu - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\G: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX4253.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCX4066.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX418B.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCX433E.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX4189.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCX4065.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX41F1.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX4277.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX41AD.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX4154.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX4223.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX41DF.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX4233.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCX42EB.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCX4003.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\RCX4372.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\RCX4087.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX42CA.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCX434F.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX3FE1.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX41E0.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.cab 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCX432E.tmp 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\windows\readme.1xt 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\windows\WallPapers.jpg 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallpaperSource = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_90ecf85fd7705d10f3374064e893740c_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:3556
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 336KB
- SHA256 2f5ce17f284f2c40380416952e01ac2ce62d4bc9ec1aa3b5e06c784991bc31bf
- MD5 0e0b7a8067e159962ce9252b22471394
- SHA1 7e69c9996237098c2b9b8d210305617c4d0a4a6f
- SHA512 3c4e447b8c4e6f3caa8b35b4b82fc7dd5028aaf7ef12a087ba916dc4e31a4c36112668f14a073667dcc9983cd672a86de9edab774d24b52084dee72291318010
- SSDEEP 6144:2FlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTyoAXjiU4bz:xfBQGH6SfeoAX+U4
- TLSH T1E874F1457D93C4B3E0414D31C9E68AE14B7E6C037AA6E11BFF5D0B4B1EB13884BA66B1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX4177.tmp
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 c394cba855e9b17bed43f6cf32b8d36c3341cbea527f3f428c9395469bce31fc
- MD5 d6cd442975b0a228fa6ddc4e9bd077a7
- SHA1 9b292e7b7e1ca64a558cd4be4b2e083238d4708e
- SHA512 4868929abcf87e76c9ce8d6cfbaa5156abddef99579d263ba3377e89c7ad36c70eaac282c5ba1c7a3d16e3f85de13ac1f13c55716af82f2f7e9834b25ffa45d2
- SSDEEP 6144:yFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTRoAXjiU4bz:VfBQGH6SfdoAX+U4
- TLSH T1E054F1457D93C4B3D0414D31C9E68BE14B7E6C037AA6E11BFB5D0B4B1EB13884BAA6B1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX42CA.tmp
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 74a5780b6dec6bacf290a5c07b15f417b3a62206ed44cbab8f33298013a256ba
- MD5 c550fbf04b6a062acf9d2ba5a2a8e3a0
- SHA1 34d65db97d10d3c19bfa221dd91cba9979439232
- SHA512 97245ebf61d3824806d55e85b416ae0480a7b1782c12b193574c5abbb21b6083614afdf8591b98449b80180adaae228106a27bd47536393d385e762e1e2eb7e2
- SSDEEP 6144:2FlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTEoAXjiU4bz:xfBQGH6SfwoAX+U4
- TLSH T1035402457D93C4B3D0414D3188E68BE19B7F6C137AA6E11BFB5D0B4B1EB13844BAA261
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH