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2026-08-20...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-20...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/08/2026, 05:16

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_dca0e7629a6ec8f7312ec5388c1e53c2_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample260820-fygl6asycs
  • SHA256 2d56194ffdba02d26cc8d0567b0b693684848bcac90f96d478e565fa7d3ddaae
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecution

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

    execution
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_dca0e7629a6ec8f7312ec5388c1e53c2_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_dca0e7629a6ec8f7312ec5388c1e53c2_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:4296
    • 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:5348
    • 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:4620
      • 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:5080

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 2.3MB
        • SHA256 21e7a750a8c31f0b8d62e2396b0cf510a8a1a047e3601f438cf4b922862a01e2
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        7zFM.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 df4f240e9592bb4e0f09f4686ce032ab3b89c5b62f3747ced68f332af2919a3d
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        7zG.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 25770a37d26ab052466d92d4cef9e14ea4032b82512144f8f674845c5080fb50
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        Uninstall.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 3300229d4e80742643c822d5a472a6b532ec64b2e4b5b6e254df423df4c49b42
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        chrmstp.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 7.8MB
        • SHA256 687dec4110d1c17215302a3038fb9794bf2dec1ec43b84aba02c74f1d1edd5b4
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        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 3e4ff46ca7a8b2faaf2e0d47daa20ffea4fbeb1be11cd8fac2ae3288e062b860
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        elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 5.2MB
        • SHA256 dadada7d1b1c0b74b69bab1482de1c98aff67e94677520c2995d10bf19cf6325
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        notification_helper.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 3.4MB
        • SHA256 21ce8e63c98e10f83696b7e06b67608ad072c6acaca4244b914bf30f6c5a5adc
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        os_update_handler.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 3.6MB
        • SHA256 972e50e145c34e81f5674cc0e99b93cebf420ef8c7857f289c4e77ce589876c0
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        chrome.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 6889078d087f625804c4c1b62dbe80d5c208ef8e87549325806f816cbfa0fd9e
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        chrome_proxy.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 3.2MB
        • SHA256 3865466fab136b6c7709666a685c1c21b44dd5db843a5cabf5c5ce4b24a9c5b0
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        appletviewer.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 55303b44f1b4aa316f7be36f6bcb1dd4bcdfb0dd595c2806f4124d46c0da04a6
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        extcheck.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 d69dad33aef0a8ce24e0ed26b34ef815beb5513b259c435aea590c5abad3c5e8
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        idlj.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 434e404c97a97d574024eba45b2fb92eb36c247567b7ede0e1f02620b4874a4d
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        jabswitch.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 2387058247527a77938fa9ad8d491ed0dac619794836663f712106a95d5b8fea
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        jar.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 f95580b7505a4bb0a325c55c91bf12d8ed0da33d6292ab044e18366dab56ec49
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        jarsigner.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 68d408a9fef3fbdf50dd6522434cf5cab4a2f5109241438c23a630d6414d727f
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        java-rmi.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 9f9ae645c6ad6d715ebdedf2cd4ea5941d5c33abdb616a37e28acc05dd458be1
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        dotnet.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 84d5a94417aa43c7cb1450e9d7f2590759a601b3687afbc683be7e2cc820520d
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 c28d234a39c64e615e5f3b9defd364a6e2c88540d05283be5a9df491cb395dd3
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 1618098d2e2fdb43e158da1e405540f0264092e10d1225ac5f71a54af1461dd9
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 9bad6e2ca254b1b9bb7cb41795c9918acb0f038ade5c174d18eeb92b4d956054
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        Option.bat
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
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        UpdatAuto.exe
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 2d56194ffdba02d26cc8d0567b0b693684848bcac90f96d478e565fa7d3ddaae
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 d2e7e6a34bb1542c3d9fe00bb39e19b72aacd5d0e9fca4ee61b67b420f56dfd4
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 0a08cbd1a8be11a2d0e0a2ff8b04197ac366591245fc8bf55661a63587ec6178
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 b9350aa00ef4444c0d15e9d9b24fd67b05025d67318cae6bd3e9cd7c48488f75
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 e533d6f02ca0bcf7d0252df6f5498fbe092460e0f2ca447367b51a8fcd9b525c
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 d74832d8dc1f145d8aafce5de6f0f2967aeaf9542e89fa3c1b3a4b761657c02d
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 c8d508c9831d9154fcf2ab4a696881314d6dec79fa6c3b2d8f000b26cf1dcba1
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 21a354697a53a0c5415314a60e3a7435fea0ffc9643bc1ccf40560bf1fc3fb80
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 caa168d005ad8ef894a2d89d2b1264e22b2a054c71ae23bf5ee5502b805081e2
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 a2df6608370d2deb1467fac347dd8bd0afb6e780441c5b952a579084569da3db
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