Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/08/2026, 22:43

General

  • Target
    2026-08-17_1eccc26f28c7c41e0c376ad9e04da4eb_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 288KB
  • Sample260817-2ncfcaeb29
  • SHA256 e1e1bf398b0ed918f8ce380fe69debe146d6e25aa3cf6786bc133093a762b59c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Cosmu

    Cosmu is a Windows worm written in C++.

  • Detects Cosmu payload 3 IoCs

    Cosmu is a worm written in C++.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_1eccc26f28c7c41e0c376ad9e04da4eb_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_1eccc26f28c7c41e0c376ad9e04da4eb_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    PID:1748

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 330KB
        • SHA256 fab9efc1decd632807c3f58bbd985e8a44748e37b45daa1af5c456440cebaad7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCXD688.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXD688.tmp
        • Size 288KB
        • SHA256 5dbc11b9dfd912781b480fa731ceb060269a587f9ffe6fb1e931ab2ba9f6a4b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCXD7DB.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCXD7DB.tmp
        • Size 288KB
        • SHA256 f13d1f7864850ad003e7f7ab2371fc8947ea4c08f91b188c03dd02a71b5273b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH