Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    12/08/2026, 22:19

General

  • Target
    2026-08-12_74ab7d042372257accf1c1ae216eb40d_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 2.1MB
  • Sample260812-181g8stycs
  • SHA256 34ca7641312839132f53d65240caac0cbfd49dc0693c55a27e898bdb5dcd1d82
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Cosmu

    Cosmu is a Windows worm written in C++.

  • Detects Cosmu payload 2 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 21 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Program crash 1 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_74ab7d042372257accf1c1ae216eb40d_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_74ab7d042372257accf1c1ae216eb40d_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:1140
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1140 -s 480
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:1360
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 208 -p 1140 -ip 1140
    1⤵
      PID:4436

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          7z.cab

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.cab
          • Size 549KB
          • SHA256 707f415d7d581edd9bce99a0429ad4629d3be0316c329e8b9ebd576f7ab50b71
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7z.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
          • Size 2.1MB
          • SHA256 269e339787937a96a2af105c76011bd5464652ad11dc005fc923f9ff2d01b7e3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7zFM.cab

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.cab
          • Size 963KB
          • SHA256 028cf2158df45889e9a565c9ce3c6648fb05c286b97f39c33317163e35d6f6be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RCXE3A.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCXE3A.tmp
          • Size 284KB
          • SHA256 7398ddaae9326e804f84f76053ac8074d2dd95f56f577374f4c114ae50a77022
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          appvcleaner.cab

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.cab
          • Size 2.1MB
          • SHA256 7e0976036431640ae1d9f1c0b52bcea5dd37ef86cd3f5304dc8a96459d9483cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH