Analysis

  • max time kernel
    109s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 08:49

General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_8eb4861a2fd0fefeb75602771abd9724_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
  • Size 36.2MB
  • Sample260813-krc3lsvsdv
  • SHA256 0032e609c7f0512913af5c4e35ccfe9654e0c4d1a509351f67f7654d8e39a68c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies Control Panel 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_8eb4861a2fd0fefeb75602771abd9724_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_8eb4861a2fd0fefeb75602771abd9724_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4716
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_8eb4861a2fd0fefeb75602771abd9724_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-08-13_8eb4861a2fd0fefeb75602771abd9724_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1164

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 36.5MB
        • SHA256 a1ce8297e8067064c41d2f00ca622c2a1a16d37e7ac36e5e8ac4e64880841441
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 50.1MB
        • SHA256 5f6174e9c0382adc8340c0884cc0976a1a0926ad53c396a736d909bdb572dad3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 50.6MB
        • SHA256 57570689a881fb9c6e631fa924054211120c69bc6ab9f6b22d63a3400e0c3338
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 49.1MB
        • SHA256 101060172e735232a1cff5ba43b1f016552915711934270d46915f0c08c3b005
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 38.3MB
        • SHA256 b407785ec39a3ebd8224bfc203c394b3f15cd9fb0fedec280b199ef2b3131b6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 41.7MB
        • SHA256 fad211a13d3c871e1c563cf43dfd447ecf94502047f8c88951f0aec69e5d456a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 34.4MB
        • SHA256 8d2abd49edbcd15a42c0cca8bf4f8899c2a463b348591d23b9b733a030027cea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 33.6MB
        • SHA256 581f273cedf5a61b6a91b294e75c0598caa23e210e09085a3a9c8ed0e3299f2e
        • 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 37.2MB
        • SHA256 16bcac3f09c0785699aad0521747631a74fc9e1a5e79397a55ed34a8a0bfe7ba
        • 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 33.9MB
        • SHA256 c3be18551f367db8470b2cc032849c600fb134ff3aa1a4aeb5ba5c5dcdfcc85e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 32.6MB
        • SHA256 b6fd7f6d0438417cf58d1f800eb9270cb955938b775ec14963168663c456a517
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 32.9MB
        • SHA256 c7741422f28357a8824e16977127b11b070e9e2275d8f1007049368f5c9adc74
        • 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 34.1MB
        • SHA256 faa9d0085a9ff2dc765c0453f2c420d82fb1fca8f00150770c3856b3d975d89f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 32.3MB
        • SHA256 f474def48fe4259d132870fd5266f7e2e9cf3318134265e98b7d7d6fb936e676
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 32.2MB
        • SHA256 68ae95b7bb7ef385563e9403070f2a34bc54bd8335e8c20c6ab617e2602f3883
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 31.2MB
        • SHA256 203931d99d5ee8e51988f1b55dbd1542dcd7ba99ac98e52df0818d98087626b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 31.8MB
        • SHA256 2c4e776fedce2313855f44bfc4fd7aa68307ffc4a415db0b1225f702eced36f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 30.9MB
        • SHA256 5f9daa657836cc841e06e3447aac3757b93feb66f3fddace13e1adbe4c773891
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 31.4MB
        • SHA256 97e9869707e3f91f8fffba67637b8b13f275d9313875a982123d258c877c35df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 30.2MB
        • SHA256 9e99412367fdd1af16dff47ae037c80a6199dac943b2a5b272794cf5c8fd1549
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 29.9MB
        • SHA256 7a64be92cca4f9ece0a25668807888d7428fe55c3f83fbd93e5f812c7de4dadc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 29.8MB
        • SHA256 0973abbda5fbd96ecaefd3191684c61a75f20958348ba39943c4d247c444fbcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 29.2MB
        • SHA256 9ef24901aa9c1da3d5b875763f3565b0e51b728c33041e772780bdba76aff517
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 29.0MB
        • SHA256 faf4160ccc5e7189ba766d82fb5f36760b9b5d6dafc00d504e84e63fc805a069
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 28.1MB
        • SHA256 57598ea9da8da6981d1d9810fa59bb1ae7fd3d6444b6607b9e6f540e56fc317c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 29.5MB
        • SHA256 84e67a3e878a747aeefd3e6920f6ce3200785dde7e8d3eac6e52d8ccfec6bb9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 28.4MB
        • SHA256 f46d2be99ebc97ef0fb54a52ed1156cad54bb9b5ce3dc2a7e941225dbe8a7d4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 30.1MB
        • SHA256 b2c962a9d9b3322c6e9f5a86777a793993ae7f81f438eb510b29e80ea4f845db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 28.8MB
        • SHA256 2aa906106933cb64e692ed8a083bf4e2881607d352efa626e3ece920af131c76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 28.4MB
        • SHA256 357d8cffec8b03335b6d1c34f5d7260e52d0981e061769dcc2807665bb831790
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 27.2MB
        • SHA256 6762d9de07600f53fbd3a86eec521ccfce4a36226c075ca98403ae9a3ee4866a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 27.1MB
        • SHA256 2e4c48953af73ee0bb733011a7b5f5d2963bcc651026b6b25063ca5a9acec831
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 27.6MB
        • SHA256 4772e959e318d5d3868f13f60cf5c68275a4e88c5062b2c2e52ca78de1701ea0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 27.6MB
        • SHA256 d4a42063f525ffdf211b5ef0eeeef5e707207fb50e430800cf66733fb2830b93
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 834ae859809e2276887ae9857505f73c0ba7870cf067aa3c54b4e96c0d3ff76d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 27.4MB
        • SHA256 1b25e86b0ed784701242d2c51cecbf9ef5845bdc224ffe8020d0f728f3121128
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 24.0MB
        • SHA256 fae49ebb4f30f729ce6db4a7b7c488444760a0dfb2944a0b9685703778c27f76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 24.3MB
        • SHA256 7fcc699e8ba011a5932643211d3f7bf698e9ffe1c0bfe6d25ce8f99436a82ede
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 22.4MB
        • SHA256 a110656ccc7444ab015c7b260d3be80621955fac7c2c7d9493cedb9dc84cd6e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 23.1MB
        • SHA256 ade2fd683fdffc28201d896318dc292cebc07a6e09385c028ac3fcd8e1b03c04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 23.4MB
        • SHA256 d09624d05c798583fca42b5d22e567a574690b89abb9d6e84ea62979bbbdd793
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 22.8MB
        • SHA256 25f45374f8a1efeb8643a9f8151a5751e12d9fb9bd544e58bc9e4166288c4c0d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 22.6MB
        • SHA256 5caf6d9eb0cc1eeb04c6fa4d25adab63a00139c6b437f3c889a850b04db0ed5b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 23.9MB
        • SHA256 f3256629d8ce6e4e100422ffc9e0daab9bd9427894603e925936db5633e934a8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 22.2MB
        • SHA256 9171f6c22da5915e8139f16de9d915e4c33a2a63c3ab1cd68ec00f9f17ec4599
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 23.6MB
        • SHA256 0bb811237b7a8f0c34365039369cb88530c6f26addb84f0ebe746c4fab9feb73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 21.6MB
        • SHA256 56f38f8b22ef22e3eedfe50033893f6e04572362f14749bcd226a88ccb56c8f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 22.9MB
        • SHA256 0c9cda9f419a159f1e9a9df122c1d0de08e4830247b8185486135b3cf9ebdcf6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 21.1MB
        • SHA256 58bd6b6ffa04b6039c5db7f0748d081120d9d15f60c26fb1509b9e979086c285
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 20.3MB
        • SHA256 7f72b4afbd166847bad4a1eeb881959b37cd4d78c7b39cf8ec248c07ae73544a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 19.3MB
        • SHA256 d330491f2dc80b0d19fe1e0d6ab906f9f1a233f82ea5e072ad1384138e57cb93
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 18.9MB
        • SHA256 4a749693e66dd413ce9e0fd1a3cb6d846c86726888da81939afea2fa092c52b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 21.2MB
        • SHA256 905551b76414ad2723dd306a1c086db5016372c4e0197c951c09fc4d70e5476d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 18.9MB
        • SHA256 00bf55d413c24e4df29409cf4b0cd44cdcb296f800fd994fe1f3dd30596b4f9c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 20.9MB
        • SHA256 f9a8dbc8d93cc4343c6ef50c88082cef245e3804283cd1a1e9287880cb7e1290
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 19.7MB
        • SHA256 681054e63e83b78f0e2f132dd04180a4cd73628054a652b2034618f0160dd93f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 19.1MB
        • SHA256 a8c6725a28a31f6bca3910e636e3ed0238be0b45cc435585de88e2549c47b78f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 40.9MB
        • SHA256 f7c56f1150ddbf537c29a33840d3c143566c4140be203ecaa2aabbf068fbeae5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 40.5MB
        • SHA256 b8c0ee01a1b1f608847c81397e665091eda6cbf102ffd8575903c32515d557d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 40.2MB
        • SHA256 b52f9d36db4f8c728b9d52099f594e3cf078fff241ca3d55e3a898f9d298c874
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 37.6MB
        • SHA256 1d3637b1506d1f15f6f37488e21a39c892a68df674eb542955c4a75833a4b1f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH