Analysis

  • max time kernel
    104s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 22:35

General

  • Target
    2026-08-23_b14d604bd704dc849c3c970ac7b70a5f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_remcos_smo.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample260825-2h3ekser8x
  • SHA256 71d825b4f514ae0b8a7cdb1c6e2e7ee6823a7d989729ff75ee910e1787409d15
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 13 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 14 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

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

  • NTFS ADS 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_b14d604bd704dc849c3c970ac7b70a5f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_remcos_smo.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_b14d604bd704dc849c3c970ac7b70a5f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_remcos_smo.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4460
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\920.#.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\920.#.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4328
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\372.#.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\372.#.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • NTFS ADS
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4332
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\274.#.exe
          C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\274.#.exe
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • NTFS ADS
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4288
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\226.#.exe
            C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\226.#.exe
            5⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • NTFS ADS
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:3988
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\418.#.exe
              C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\418.#.exe
              6⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Adds Run key to start application
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • NTFS ADS
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:1808
              • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\767.#.exe
                C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\767.#.exe
                7⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                • NTFS ADS
                • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                PID:3940
                • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\637.#.exe
                  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\637.#.exe
                  8⤵
                    PID:4776
                    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287.#.exe
                      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287.#.exe
                      9⤵
                        PID:5040
      • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Adds Run key to start application
        • 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:2236
        • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\640.#.exe
          C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\640.#.exe
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Adds Run key to start application
          • 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:1996
          • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\280.#.exe
            C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\280.#.exe
            3⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • Adds Run key to start application
            • 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:4212
            • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\964.#.exe
              C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\964.#.exe
              4⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Adds Run key to start application
              • 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:3320
              • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\772.#.exe
                C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\772.#.exe
                5⤵
                • Executes dropped EXE
                • Adds Run key to start application
                • 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:3788
                • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\628.#.exe
                  C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\628.#.exe
                  6⤵
                  • Executes dropped EXE
                  • Adds Run key to start application
                  • Drops file in System32 directory
                  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
                  PID:5072
                  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\417.#.exe
                    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\417.#.exe
                    7⤵
                    • Executes dropped EXE
                    • Adds Run key to start application
                    • Drops file in System32 directory
                    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
                    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
                    PID:1060
                    • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\714.#.exe
                      C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\714.#.exe
                      8⤵
                        PID:2280

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              patcher.exe

              • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 71d825b4f514ae0b8a7cdb1c6e2e7ee6823a7d989729ff75ee910e1787409d15
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              notification_helper.exe$

              • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe$
              • Size 4.3MB
              • SHA256 b852c74a990baeb087ff83fbcbb9f4fcf1cfd99bad103a16764111f447bd2b1e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              jinfo.exe

              • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 baae20e05a53322717f4bcff1ddc47f236fa44341304d72769e3df0e7b09814d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              rmiregistry.exe$

              • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe$
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 9cac2c8f8424e3e0e7f96ae5c49bb56a5d05a42641f2cfad652586cd5074e171
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              jabswitch.exe$

              • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jabswitch.exe$
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 733f8dabe74cdd3f87df15f02f8dd89cf79db33d35ae2ab27939960d62ccc758
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Microsoft.Mashup.Container.Loader.exe$

              • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.Loader.exe$
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 d93f407a1db7398945d5be92953fb8cc917459c82bb72cde062769ca578064c3
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              createdump.exe$

              • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe$
              • Size 4.2MB
              • SHA256 639fa38b9f3e39787c529d152698a4f3997aabc99bcd5aed0be0cf6d21156f01
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              287.#.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287.#.exe
              • Size 1.4MB
              • SHA256 f4d55500da4e13e3ff95ccd7055652e30d07efd58be7a21d97d0fd40317f9bbb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              287.#.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\287.#.exe
              • Size 2.0MB
              • SHA256 9e91b96d724c99b91a79f886cfa5b31ce08131fa2dd2ff77d3eda01a78c3eebb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH