Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • 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, 04:19

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_727ea1c29ab73f6af06c358b25250ce3_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_ghostweaver_lockbit_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 288KB
  • Sample260816-exycvazblb
  • SHA256 dfaf951132886784c873209f7e0e813a830eb4bee7ad14308f4066157613cce5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: ValleyRat

    ValleyRat stage2 is a backdoor written in C++.

  • Detects ValleyRAT payload 8 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 22 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_727ea1c29ab73f6af06c358b25250ce3_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_ghostweaver_lockbit_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_727ea1c29ab73f6af06c358b25250ce3_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_ghostweaver_lockbit_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5000
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tracerpt.exe
      "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tracerpt.exe"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
        3⤵
          PID:4128

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          memory/1052-1-0x00000000003B0000-0x00000000003E3000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-2-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-3-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-4-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-5-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-10-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-9-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1052-11-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BB9000-memory.dmp