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
24/08/2026, 04:16
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
5 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 320KB
- Sample260824-evtlwasgqa
- SHA256 3bf56a78cc1397c7536c6d3a78e181beddb60f34dc37845a29f638bf92502e89
- MD5 99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295
- SHA1 cff01467b9170b739b489cd72dc0e3f019d8b816
- SHA512 ae2162ea71c7b2d9d3dcd0d4515fb9386fbaec623f7c667ff799745bdc42a5ebd7c2f17de9083f3ec2dabd44e7d6143a079a5a811dd73e5a97054afee5634e54
- SSDEEP 6144:/FlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqT0oAXjiU4bz:wfBQGH6SfgoAX+U4
- TLSH T1C06402457D93C4B3D0414D3188E68BE19B7F6C137AA6E11BFB9D0B4B1EB13884BA6271
- 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/0x000d00000001c554-7.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c55d-82.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000500000001898c-193.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000400000001b939-239.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) \??\G: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\D: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_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" 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE0E3.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCXE16D.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ieinstal.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCXE229.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE118.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCXE25D.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\RCXE280.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE14D.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCXE25E.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCXDFEF.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCXE26E.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\RCXE27F.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCXDFDE.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCXE228.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\readme.1xt 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXE1A2.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCXE010.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE0D2.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXE1C4.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCXE021.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE0E4.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXE1C3.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE0D0.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\RCXE043.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXE1A1.tmp 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.cab 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\windows\readme.1xt 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\windows\WallPapers.jpg 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_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 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_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 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_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" 2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_99b8d961eb97a386e7008cb866740295_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:4584
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 332KB
- SHA256 1003224720d7403c80a982ee088455093d4adb09bda6946e5a027f9ba936b647
- MD5 a122d944d2e39dcd452ed36c82a6bab6
- SHA1 518b34b51dfd4dfaa2fecf525f9d004a3b16404f
- SHA512 b8013b796002f5c764d407533550883f85c7e5427704cbe19426bceea69ad2fe2936c76ca708177a9c774dca0b0716cf098f787bd74b16aa2dd823b4062010f0
- SSDEEP 6144:NFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTyoAXjiU4bz:KfBQGH6SfeoAX+U4
- TLSH T17674F1457D93C4B3E0414D31C9E68AE14B7E6C037AA6E11BFF5D0B4B1EB13884BA66B1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXE0E4.tmp
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 1ce1a1d27686814495a96b4063cee113fab7286a9f1e6de48683314a249adcf6
- MD5 e94647dc54c1142e8c8cb9b2aa10cafd
- SHA1 a724a49d4c75dca89ce9a4652a680ce1a269eea0
- SHA512 caefa78229af674ca85bf370c4bfdf67e3201a8fd653f9763e6320638cc6a6ef9b474e768922d396fde6f15c47bd02ec3e2c807bc1cee88efb20313f9c7099ae
- SSDEEP 6144:ZFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTRoAXjiU4bz:ufBQGH6SfdoAX+U4
- TLSH T13854F1457D93C4B3D0414D31C9E68BE14B7E6C037AA6E11BFB5D0B4B1EB13884BAA6B1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCXE217.tmp
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 c759edbfefa3fe4e532e93dd38f7d86b26690574159722e1ae3a752b4cf0ecff
- MD5 c848f2d684b5f1ace60c3b19844fa9ed
- SHA1 32d329557e2de69b824b45d4e9a069e5f841609c
- SHA512 310e3ed60778649de21a707a22b4785aedbbd21b1c55cf2223dc39db041b98cca1efc335b1150eea83ef05f4a570b16b50a75cef44e017a27d61c765e262caab
- SSDEEP 6144:lFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTEoAXjiU4bz:ifBQGH6SfwoAX+U4
- TLSH T1B75402457D93C4B3D0414D3188E68BE19B7F6C137AA6E11BFB5D0B4B1EB13844BAA261
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe
- Size 284KB
- SHA256 015484770717e7afe31bdc2368a4e41f6bb03bb8434c208f27756a67636d5e84
- MD5 04a672d81d47d1586a4aea56da3f0562
- SHA1 b963250ae4410fe40c417cb7dd5d2d10015efa22
- SHA512 11caf7b8f9451c6c6c8885f48a8c8d50dbb9e9e3e4690ef5eb4b0659593a4f50495c3cbb07ac9e9c255702cf7b616a0150ee175a5a0f58ce1303bcdefbdea2ab
- SSDEEP 6144:FFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqT4oAXjiU4bzV:CfBQGH6SfsoAX+U4l
- TLSH T1D55402457D93C4B3D0414D3188E68BE18B7F6C137AA6E11BFB9D0B4B1EB13C84BA6261
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH