Analysis

  • max time kernel
    98s
  • max time network
    131s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/08/2026, 09:25

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_edbe48f7b9ed348391b0e63ccf98d0a2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 868KB
  • Sample260814-ldtzmszfmc
  • SHA256 5efb61a76f30c324a376f8d9797df473a4f3b33d578bc0afd3795003a6bb8e45
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 51 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 47 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 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.

  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_edbe48f7b9ed348391b0e63ccf98d0a2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_edbe48f7b9ed348391b0e63ccf98d0a2_cobalt-strike_conti_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4632
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3000

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 5efb61a76f30c324a376f8d9797df473a4f3b33d578bc0afd3795003a6bb8e45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AcroRd32Info.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe
        • Size 897KB
        • SHA256 19f6763c39718e944ba3b90250e01348bfe78f6fce14f8607011f3bbe75e0202
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AcroTextExtractor.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe
        • Size 914KB
        • SHA256 b0d10b3be794f67f76823b4e72a994064dc05c0a74b49d4e4b986fd538c5c9db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Eula.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
        • Size 959KB
        • SHA256 eef3d2d48c66550693b9c282e1fbe5c51bf902d5fc01877546489d887992ceb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        arh.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe
        • Size 953KB
        • SHA256 02cc3d963a119a715cd7e94557e1a5eb378379a451ff44b6c897661464d62740
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reader_sl.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
        • Size 920KB
        • SHA256 5ef784f5c22c2c1457afbfed0f84f5d268ffc50c4cec11bb9883a735e5905491
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wow_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe
        • Size 975KB
        • SHA256 db42c74a6c59afea2d82b3df6e9ba817d17b28dcff467143b7398c0312b26bab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe
        • Size 967KB
        • SHA256 e776ce76c157e682d6dc7c218f8de458b27302285e6bc6d5b5a70b09e1cb240b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 e26e02ea8ad6c996783828a677c1ee4fb8944e487598357898bb784cc550168f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 8c20e6db52a4b74890d6de824e984fe5868ce4ef3ff24635aaadc8a3c2d5be1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 916KB
        • SHA256 b0795bdfc31ffad4932bca56fab0f2136dda4fe7f40c6cfea663a72bbcd3e86b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 df17571afb364be4424ad77df23c392ed6ddff5feffe9e3d58ac951b505ae901
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 1b5ad9fb1323d4e753fd184247a3c3a6187788041e2dd6ae3a4c921a8287a8f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 d1704c6ec935da43666497e9f60caa9d6acaa5135b5a323901569fc335cde73f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 28df84fb5c66c67abc17a898a4c8cee0bc79fe00d09e7c7a6843824de0084608
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 bfe4a53952dbc0026e3f0b71abec9eeffe13a78bdd2cba1df732e1440865786e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 9e7c50d84bbdd68ec0943acdd308e5d120d621689e4da3321dc88900b805598d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 3b4cdf9a1c1284a3c28fa6014bbe8b3af77b03c5de606057df2970d123fe795c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 d416807680de132092bad744a1ad4889c3b5475a5ffda786fe266c1ea8ae69fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 82db7bff01261531dba50ded2c6de584b0b4856041369e6b5281bc5c21c7860b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 1970f0294e11be262b60c0d1ab3671c451e508edea3cea2f9135bbfc42943134
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 036226b35cdd0d6008efaf882bdedd2ec7d8f9bdc6e7282f5b317662011d0f85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 8278b7da7a52678d54babc5ff2b0e176ad7dd734ce8322ebc70af763ee1bcb75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 091298f64dba1289d4f54ce6b68eb9ba2f3746d1b4df759be77bcc1582064780
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 79d80149fd79f953c4364f3527de55a3ed2b496ab38094186287f49373cb5a89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 81621e36f2aa32b911be71ee336cdad58d6d91b3c48ccc36126c3042d0ace532
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 0e3cbf8ddd704dec403c72a06337b56f7c737d5169cb333290c13e3499d472fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 47fe4ec06b7cb4b6daa04a76aadcc1fba1f6b0349591bd6eba70c0100fe3ccc8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 ae32ab407858221aed3d4da1227b85c0d0b4bc9c0cc4bde013ec2d86c549bebe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 dbe3dc4ddb407a703ca705933bd13621ff6787a8eece8f83d0cbc5b545214ada
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 de2c4673c3a871178ef405f0e933f2c81bfeb0a460714bddd7291dd6ef902f0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 d040b8d189cd99738d89add5b03eaef7e1a9339d23aa9a06363d7f8e5282c8bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 8ea367a26c682ebf98fea6af21444956d7d1b3fba9bf0a0146952515c4b94b7f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 0bdbba834f136847af1130a904ccb491d5b1f74e32bff25225749b616f68ca7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 c65171ba193a00c1dd97a47d7b24af59667083e17e1a0bbdd97d0865e9e36055
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 49a7a36d19a2a5edfc2814d020374f9eacb952526cbc5ac92e179d276688c244
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 5f1f955c818d071b453415f8b7c12f00661ca32bf5942e4352b8c7503d08f76c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 2b9f031a24835244646dd2a82306be112e3f8ab0e915a33a7d6e4db5aec721de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 97acf0e59daf3d1dbe0b23aa4a7c2ed7b6ced141fe221c8ce7a09aa82e8600ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 ba376c5ed38ed32feebf22f09bc841dba2e205fe18fd0324cc2096fd618b1b67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 04e2fd759c55c9ceed47f8812fa5d20073fa7eb858f008b5f45a1e96459ea93a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 9f7c9567ace6407ddfdadff71b9d1300646ffc4d3dc85578babe7571d4c8b986
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 8f7290af7249b7d79cf1013cfe48425af8c82dc9c86e7335527c7e3c6ee5f7d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 acfd1dd5cc6998f7859fa62daa6bffe18615a12d06411b7e0107e318f5943c47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 069f239bd4a8fc1351d7b4d95faa79fb3c5e474f78db2064f1866c37e9f17091
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 891KB
        • SHA256 7189df7e0a3abf736336315bc719dbf5671158c61b1fd87e4f798b0facdd1c0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 1012KB
        • SHA256 e4316cc6670e32f2194006e05f7398588f5270be8c12d35ed2d0cdc10f8635dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/3000-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3000-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4632-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp