Analysis

  • max time kernel
    103s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 02:33

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_367a1500563bfdab8faa597d6a57ddc8_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
  • Size 531KB
  • Sample260815-c19tyax1ay
  • SHA256 c6462f90ab2116f4c1969de9552ce4a56421c79d4d8c325149a8daff8b5c7ddc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 56 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 53 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • 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 Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 23 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_367a1500563bfdab8faa597d6a57ddc8_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_367a1500563bfdab8faa597d6a57ddc8_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4648
  • 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 Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5456

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 531KB
        • SHA256 c6462f90ab2116f4c1969de9552ce4a56421c79d4d8c325149a8daff8b5c7ddc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 630KB
        • SHA256 8ca16b1ccc1c14ae3210d9286817679f7627a58c0afb0b7ac4c21e7573845ac6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe
        • Size 747KB
        • SHA256 bffb2982b87fb19168c0c6f2d96dc4344d0a647e52b1c79a9ef41a82ac3363f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe
        • Size 793KB
        • SHA256 b6449412e3f39df5f3b446a24b077648c1d12367e9d8a9b4bba03f6face8aabf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe
        • Size 630KB
        • SHA256 e42414eec0c183fa208b399c2467fd7b2fc94ea1871f1da73e6477114b465724
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 e551b17bfc9c69955c278e16da06d6f0de4a989dc940e653fd12c4fbf11008e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 546KB
        • SHA256 bbca4a7ccf5b8dd873666ddb2703e095442d40678584d8566e84b1c0c0269511
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 579KB
        • SHA256 ff8ac4638735ffe0b4281b2667cf28547e282fe32da9f0e72a087081cf3d93fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 890KB
        • SHA256 dd4461f1c8e2c4d2aaa356110496ca321330dfc04c4214e57d0d064e4851dee8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 65a7888ecc5637bd3176c386b97f3a2c9e8a749ad4648a218de6f6837260a977
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 58d9d60eb71ced19eeb7123da0fdba8ac56891030fd49cb8642c0843e7aa5086
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 a17ade161cfa7a326298837e9f8498385f34802dd3c83300afc9f7cac5defe09
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 693KB
        • SHA256 772f2d913dc5f13d6f75e84a6204139ab73715324632bfb7fc3a5e9c8475e621
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 b649d1600a49f31206e28f30f4f7b47b698276259afa99cbbd3465a1dbbc9bcf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 f56533e5800793a4344919e7bbfc2b05f8402d08814f46daaa8e753c796700aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 693KB
        • SHA256 98667b04eca3ab8c2e785616634b9a14f6c7b2e983e3c110b91f6815f8af6cba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 816KB
        • SHA256 f84fa615e20613cf92d74fc2816990f755a5ad8924db7e300064223143bd7f61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 de2971e9f65fbeffadcefc4771633209ab55bb0f475193cda1ab7a2cdaf7962d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 45c59239d6791edce30671efd9cbea4adf894239a5f45446fb9708c77974911e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 16e28da52254c2c29cee4e3ef46205164d7ec8094c204e8d05349758a2b67b34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 fdd19898e4ddbe4fec7b5cc944b5b355eb5d3f92e408b351b33a01cdb02412c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 157d3179d992d495dac5d5a8d21493e5a33da0a01329fb70e4e1449718b047d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 e7ce1fba37631bd7bc438ae232f887bc3df2196f309e4876d023da87eee2ea3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 9bed8b8914c49183982cd8cd64039f3cc7d0294fae48fccc183b6dfa4a3d9a64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 2c85cc944048785da7d8983bd1198b0010447c4630f493270334831b4c4b4b24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 227bfc09dff883633b743fdea974fd634144c1ea390ee0a0771a9cdca0f945a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 b93a7e06ad0b1cbd44ec96bf9ea0d8497e16310714cafbc1349d735e8de92bfe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 83942add81ff2e8192ebde9d16eb82a8fe9e58b175948f809b1a071f2489e59f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 a46244ead1ce1c992d948b7d7ea711eff712a6b08b7b88d3b822ededa300b8e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 5610f641263921249e81369ca70596690f76003d1f4e18c2666f8629cdeccc9a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 a131f2c51757cb86599044b03a25c9de7d80037d556170280ddab15f93068157
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 03e95ea7dc6f6d8d2b9405354573551dc23dc4f870e73fdb218d6d0c9f7bcaaf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 7548739140afa4e2abfc42ac25d16cd2ea908b79f68b61f46a4dce6de2be9c5a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 d2c40745b31beaae5666119a23dacd42e61f31df4e9fd566e06a7bb7f7da63cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 e5abea6c7eb17fda0df7bc88303f9e5db5925db291a291d410f207cae709298e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 0bad35b5e65a0b90cfcff5cf284fce0f6250e2d3a4cb9556b3a0772d71e1ff93
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 ec7ce4d5c9bc80d901ad00132720ccebf1977ea0f1726ef4eee0abb72189ef39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 d8fed3c37d68854ef577854921d1395240087bdb986ef4492ded5f75db7ecb86
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 8c32dcbeb26fc3e882762338b618d7f7e44a33739df3d25169cfc0b755af647f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 8b282ea28eef01cb2d64033d7bc1389022c3be0dc0a16935ba3f15ad685e33ac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 ffa8c47dbde7dd249cde61e1b3d0caa80ff9a2eb917df8c6af89da2ff94f78f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 3698bd35801f49bd02cf35311869cd3d5d59bb701e7e8dc3e61ccf559a4818a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 19f93413e8db4959ee23e72deeaca870035a09ec26938973829668853d91b80f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 b697adeb2d28c6e8351cd5b30d8a0cf4f4768dc011e47eb34c8a15157a328ed3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 138bbf82cdc38b8c103b94439e0169c387d4091bd597a0b574af9b421f4bef9c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 9cc15afefb3950db813d1c47c8d1120396537e885e3c181631aa9a056b6e339a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unpack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\unpack200.exe
        • Size 751KB
        • SHA256 7d4da896f863e489c0ca9d876ef8e46d98f70c520c92ee7fa51fc8bcabaf601b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 01a3c98994a938c8ff66dc6b739659a69b478afd43960620494a61c5af70d1a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 1c7bfa7647ed98cd8910e850d78ec6143b608b6e0382708af05807bdc185eda4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 555KB
        • SHA256 b05871b2aa272a1f331d11b01ea277bcb98abc071637c8c6b579fedbc811e8c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        private_browsing.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe
        • Size 596KB
        • SHA256 d20f3927f49efb10528c3f045e0c281487f4acb1d2af076a7a351bd7d67ccc6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vlc-cache-gen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc-cache-gen.exe
        • Size 672KB
        • SHA256 e4397812b37001e8d17733fbb2d7f5aaf49852e7640f27cc06c0c791c6ed88b7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        FileSyncConfig.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\FileSyncConfig.exe
        • Size 784KB
        • SHA256 f5ce176b636974af2146728fad25be919d33daa1a6f4d78c0743deba2284c3dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4648-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4648-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/5456-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp