Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - 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
18/08/2026, 00:09
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 284KB
- Sample260818-afk9qsbl9x
- SHA256 5f285b0a4bb576bcd2c341ad3a2c0bb231f1c5221e32ae22cd72287736f9b373
- MD5 91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777
- SHA1 747050e6e81e40b02f6ebae03af83a983fe3a26e
- SHA512 b7d1e1268765b920d76a3345330bcdf3ff4b1c6f3b9b1b17225dde4122f5f8544d61f96b9b7d9167102998deb6f7e17633cb654bd5bdd73d7f9cf891f40b3e52
- SSDEEP 6144:ZFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTLoAXjiU4bzF:ufBQGH6SfvoAX+U41
- TLSH T1E05402457D93C4B3D0414D3188E68BE14B7F6C137AA6E11BFB9D0B4B1EB13884BA6761
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects Cosmu payload 4 IoCs
Cosmu is a worm written in C++.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000500000001b815-7.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4a3-82.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4a4-93.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000700000001898a-193.dat family_cosmu - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\L: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5E11.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\RCX5F95.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX5EFC.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCX5F2F.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCX5C84.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCX5F61.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\readme.1xt 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5DBB.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX5E45.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX5C61.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCX5C85.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\RCX5CEA.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5D96.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5DDC.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX5EFB.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5DA8.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX5ECA.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\RCX5CE9.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5E22.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCX5F0D.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCX5F2E.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCX5CB7.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX5EB8.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5E10.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX5C4F.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX5C50.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCX5E55.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX5E98.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCX5EC9.tmp 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.cab 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\windows\readme.1xt 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\windows\WallPapers.jpg 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallpaperSource = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_91ba36242a610e390ab9f7b3345b5777_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:4500
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 327KB
- SHA256 f060542d6275e936c1018ec11a23387afc15a133b65413965b7fa01f739161df
- MD5 eaff752afc87ba0117c34154aff31ebc
- SHA1 101ca186e7d99d181bdfcf313c542b37b49ca5a0
- SHA512 5c65319f55c90686d7bfe53cc249c06d82a3ec1035dd40e6546f7aabea5ff544ecd3a89ac995ad2a6380609af655b639f9d4a3e8163c932ac0629600c50e80c7
- SSDEEP 6144:qFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTyoAXjiU4bz:tfBQGH6SfeoAX+U4
- TLSH T15864F1457D93C4B3E0414D31C9E68AE14B7E6C037AA6E11BFF5D0B4B1EB13884BA66B1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCX5DBA.tmp
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 d6c8753482165e3e7a6ef80b1bb64efc12526f56880e0a53452f5f955237b999
- MD5 5a74bd5fdd3a8acd3bee65c435ae2988
- SHA1 bb094d16b5f755bd5e9a70f86b6efa77ee84ca2a
- SHA512 3f53d88a84b0219562423085e1501a886e7be554f74fec8525487f5677f465c5bf551a6bc02dd63d5902179ee4a56d2690e2ca8d1e2ea26aee3e114c03acde19
- SSDEEP 6144:GFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTRoAXjiU4bz:hfBQGH6SfdoAX+U4
- TLSH T1DC54F1457D93C4B3D0414D31C9E68BE14B7E6C037AA6E11BFB5D0B4B1EB13884BAA6B1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 09dbf073eeae671f8a34fc7904c561733f7180a7a2eb6ec68e1e5cb4cb2018d3
- MD5 72a1021d5ef9d37897c83aeb502c449a
- SHA1 fb9fd538d48dd72c57c0ee1da6140e9666445265
- SHA512 3256ad1f0d9815f30043d7d6a926ecd11ae9d377d1ffb4a7db59ea87188c6e20bd7e0d6c2373e6c3b0c7c2f3aea33c4f48fc24e4e2a862f944260bbf241059de
- SSDEEP 6144:PFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTYv04NIIoAXjiU4bz:gfBQGH6Sfk0XIoAX+U4
- TLSH T13E65F140BDD3D5B3D402453184A78AB04BBF6E47755BD227FBA96F4B2EF03C41A66222
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCX5EFD.tmp
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 35b55fd977f935571f492dfe32357906dd343d2f5c1f21b9e9dd2ed9265dc6f2
- MD5 18ad8911d6f938bd56161a7ede7b5f0a
- SHA1 66ebfc55986024c5b545870ac4cba6117e7ec78b
- SHA512 776da4e6a2382b8e3b57e761c33aa9b82ac7653e94bdfe52466fb1c19c557448e1b23f8ace8037f9929e9023e2a8f0646b9677d8b0e136ad5932be418d0e57f3
- SSDEEP 6144:qFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTEoAXjiU4bz:tfBQGH6SfwoAX+U4
- TLSH T1765402457D93C4B3D0414D3188E68BE18B7F6C137AA6E11BFB5D0B4B1EB13844BAA261
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH