Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/08/2026, 06:39

General

  • Target
    2026-08-22_721febb49da8216d560a08ed8225d868_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat.exe
  • Size 770KB
  • Sample260823-he3rdsywat
  • SHA256 0648ecfa4d5275b45a2899e14f83525c14f83eb448b35a5a79567ef3b997b0dd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 3 IoCs
  • ASPack v2.12-2.42 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_721febb49da8216d560a08ed8225d868_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_721febb49da8216d560a08ed8225d868_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_njrat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5164
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5016
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4136
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:4720
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5936
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:5744

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 771KB
          • SHA256 5f167627eb23a61953f21b655854521f4684e6e373183bdcf30f9d884304e56b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b72dad74a8246e5f7a7db2571811146f845ebfb2723e0df1dc710baee0303fe3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 10457640971700dbc70e383bccfc8f6823b057ad34d051d8d706b2387a8fcf9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 75b0cb850b5b558b995377f1f41d9c6fe921b4af6c884da5c62ec234aab9b03c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 8973fd814f33a8c582d287035836f1662142fd4c00ecad7ecb2e02c913551faa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 786aeef2126673f9d77dad43c6f36c20e67e9234e0597061ec39277828760933
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9c3d200a8c324a83a8d5ddd51c4821dd0c6fd0499678c577460f6b631b23248a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 12bb2eaaf4508093414575d36b8e43ffbbd4955dbc7ade5603dfd4f359cb938c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 191449ec21c453ef992e62dd7bd378c7b8050409e50a315a11df184522cad4b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 660dadb71abd61b0d54c19def3baa4b018682ac0f59582c6326e891f45e354b5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 adbf3ceb0c305f2c7b77e6a96c7f6f2bde368541dd11d30d3da35d2064016cb8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 57fb0152c0d065c779d45aa24e8a0da72b09fadda927673a42d683f03650136c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ce3ea9e03ed781d4a297a4102676b23956e15beccb8ccdbc9c23cde0382534a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3b1f254fd681908a1ab3a7792f902ecb55ee47ef63b22e5afe30ed42f5047a55
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 bfbc3c8976ad91b2dc543dd0c37fcf023c96c1ec86446a3efb0919b596d5063f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 39aebf2806e16a6100bffb37086df9f39f520a621bfa44f2059fa248721fcb7c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b9e518c7f99d3a4596ce18ecdfecdd6caee7ce2a68044d3e2ff645153104f16b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ab2f7b88aabc5a01db357cb4f219814889e19a12ce04379307e0831803af7ac9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 16de59dbe66716e1bd2b9948aa1166800f12799b95ef070da0099c8022ace7f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 676e95387b96ac2f186b2f0213832dad426f3e730e4bb2849dd39158d76ce0af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 4a57580135c35a7db4ce7dcadbcc40619705bf941de08af12013509d454f2be3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 0c8f3d40738dd74989678aef465297b34027f4f3d42cdfd53851620243771acb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 39e660082feb66d7292a39cd5f89bbbdafe870c411faa6f6324fcd443e7187f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 34582e9ee4fa46efd6009e892ee8a2de5812b9f492e09b21a8972753eed0a24d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 92f765902364e9e313fb862fc15fa71846ea6d64ab6c61af3fac760503c9c0a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3da17e610e427549264232e0d225c1a4ef0dcdbb9c962208694a18346ff76eb0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b76e6b3fba4e1fff38025e38d720e492a94c10e32ad1249e84ff1fd819031f17
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 96d9424bc80e8d1cc46bb1f96c8acab72fa6ad048156da4efd7863f0b507b9a5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b706855c132b2a6a4ddbb8047989c38d3554524f86daa8ebae4eeab97c54fe1d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 6c96db291c4dc7ea2986cd0d3e9d4cc4fce3c14ff8418a967db40d965f88a8f4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 fbdb38a296ccd231e6943f828a9220d624e635dc20bc280e92179da068760eca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 bdf88e5de9729eda6034d165700f41d7892e16d2e8ced4072eb4d54fbcf1937d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 414e845c4d4e2c8ef5b2f91779f73d322cbcb188a922dd572e18eb7b6cf50d0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 8438f83c8ffe8b6346c689bac16fa5dafdf30614b8f8dee0b9ec2d21cdfc61d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d0ec78deecef93466d36d92e90db1a994d30222365d2b5411eb68190b78bf9e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 70282833fc8b76d6c7ff61de353d2b213908248c27103beef1a6609726687878
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2cc14045a94bf5068913927c030738e77ec9da845fbbfd1a74b827c413d28b97
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 17dee21fa347899eba18f7210a6f18e3467fb82e0a2af4c9ed06af2b45b2a2d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6ea037d6a5379563ebc0bd3f1a1e498b4761fd3239d1b842710c9d688fbfd810
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 0f5e90a701625ea45fab6f6033fd4f77615aa905329dae9b4b75f5ec0031b895
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f541fdd17eaae2c30399926e354aa7524e9ca7154831102c86b78c2e83963cd8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3914f40efbcfd5e7af4d5089dc832860370bdbd735e63933ef3abbf96a082596
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 f26c9e84b30e2feaf282f89aa8c886b383e2a7c5d33a288886cef8313d41f505
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 192526a66c9b9c61af2bc050b6a46cb3b4c800e3fb426424582dc0cf164ea6c6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 2016836f44adcbcac39117b02e7dd35a79a80b9d9ea65b31026e7210bd4c57d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 83996743b8792278cff3fcbbbc1f0958b8f183e1f029ada04182f6f6720dc420
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 50ef4cade3509210982a90f104d0f8dea52eed5f241c65cdb8223da4a9e83ff6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 dd4a5ca94e33c4b187c6ae3e4baac3677ecc436cf7d874c494cd5e18d68e7254
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 7143b0fe09dbba8e05444305b5914350fb53f598be946a26163f0e53c6dabb5f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 70113f095df36d042f2360b627d53bc9c1308ed40e781ffbc22147f35d91e659
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ec3e1ac6249c2f82616f6e951854b72aa39ef0349ddfa862035b6949a26885e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 770KB
          • SHA256 8fb67d9b3fbe715ec60b6b0b0def1d303e7e159b09a1a03d574838c8ed101e19
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\desktop.ini
          • Size 771KB
          • SHA256 b398407d3fe0f6da93f0e6a24069137d99d92172b9e6ae1c9650fa20161059fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/4136-40-0x00000000022C0000-0x00000000022C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5016-6-0x0000000002190000-0x0000000002191000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-0-0x00000000022D0000-0x00000000022D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5936-56-0x000000000CCD0000-0x000000000CE38000-memory.dmp