Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    139s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 04:38

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 28.4MB
  • Sample260816-e9qhrsdk3v
  • SHA256 15585ad28ab7efd2ea5793c25317d82482807d334e569eba8d7f1134c228a88b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 34 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2052
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2864
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:828
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4664
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4608
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:472
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1564
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5592
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe
        2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4492
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5400
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6072
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:5696
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4084
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5412
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1336
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5736
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4740
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2500
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2724
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1600
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1836
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2536
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1228
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1120
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3128
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3140
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4112
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2872
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3336
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:1400
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config srservice start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:996
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2384
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config wuauserv start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3288
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config wscsvc start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1072
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config srservice start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:600

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 14.7MB
        • SHA256 13c6b62e5bc92a79c289b2ff3115e98125e1274a6719aca8b1325ec421e23474
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 28.8MB
        • SHA256 d724a3fa52edfe96e62cc4a8f6c0d2c66c26fadd06a89d599f9eeb734ce5ecee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 15.1MB
        • SHA256 3a59dfe96f00df11f124f9b77f8d08853e6d68496f4a3bbfa51fdb9b91708ec7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 29.2MB
        • SHA256 67724946d8f1f06e874c1a6d33bbca6cb70007cea0c8533ecd7010833fe46218
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 14.8MB
        • SHA256 2114cefcb3f1a5d6ccf25ebc828c27c4c3e6956c91d8098a8a64711fcb662dd8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 28.9MB
        • SHA256 aaa2f194b15b10b3d668ed140c3517b609960acdf35057d61428c0c74e09a5d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 2595f7365d18c640515b149e9b6f4e256348ef1d8930fffac026d841fcbd92ef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 28.2MB
        • SHA256 494aa15de8a65cb990a7826c3bbb526b15dd4ffeac2e1d7ad14965eccc2bc148
        • 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 15.8MB
        • SHA256 f90382555abb66337fef9f087bd1f560386aa08a594f16419d5f55c958949f87
        • 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 17.6MB
        • SHA256 f11ddac8622bae4ad522b9ed6829477f8000779f794fe48ee9751fa99c66a43a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 17.2MB
        • SHA256 2756e1f41d6a061a003fce77f7ac18eb666389f6a393d137bbc551c37d48d504
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 31.3MB
        • SHA256 57d7258f1d983acbb5ff18f2f91567293762e9d679d7c8f55a4373f999dc9b30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 15.5MB
        • SHA256 da2cfc2a4cb5de615366cd43b493fc56ad921865e62689e947c1184667d558eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 14.3MB
        • SHA256 19aa3d1f2936ab0d2e010f6243b9bdaef1662a00dfb99a399f6e7ed214a1524c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 28.4MB
        • SHA256 1114e4ca22b0eab8cb27b3ab4b7c654c4f1deb3166f7edda36bed44d8868d880
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 14.2MB
        • SHA256 9b0173ab87e39529be5acef2bbf0d07ab61573a00bdc00f6d36bfb98293ef278
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 28.3MB
        • SHA256 2bf55eb2a72eb1ffb98579342ca2431707497839a7c1c9b2a99dbc6a9f039b0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 14.2MB
        • SHA256 3d2f7b9cd4b3f331f8d24f6a594d34abd3945eee9ec76e1d11eee320959d1d62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 28.3MB
        • SHA256 94f3080f8c33ba81fe136c6850320965fdb80f2005f1936a543d69fb848ef754
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 14.2MB
        • SHA256 a59fdf2a66ab74dcb77cb497ed081c26c6fc78da824f643e5fb408749ddd4c28
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 28.3MB
        • SHA256 e051bc53c1eec66f1f867348748a921a3569bfaa01ea0e122d1f2b106fb4eca2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
        • Size 14.2MB
        • SHA256 3cfc866259ac161a27aa8d96dd937e1bde997b28d1fc9e7fe8f0f4f8c0934aca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_4ff898d321aa0564bf1283fa3b6972ad_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4~4.exe
        • Size 133KB
        • SHA256 19809e591741daeb6a551bdc98090cac99fb6b335913fd3f8ea41cf61fdfc943
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 e171d94d63a98516b556c600cb0bc6ffb075dca03cf6c9a45179d0d329648279
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 9b4f525e3fae9c77ce3cbd7549a632e4b923842dffaeb8f5b4bf1caf7399120c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 42c1fbc12dfe2a90aac42a05eedc6e10ff1c59a4210971147bf79273e42e874f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 8fc7499b28a569041c1268c9407458f577b527f184019610d86aa1b969169638
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 b5cdf8e77cf809810fb77ea07cdf5f427a9f576efd37d82424724107fadbb649
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 239bf34f31848000c935ca07c74959fd1841a471bfa32e42140f0d2cfb1da31a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 be4e9a05775e52c16b13e3fecb8223eeaac31e365b048b869b8918a0b710ba42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 6500e50f3b05fb5f6d29f30f669f674d46271ada59d2fd47251b3b47de788b51
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH