Analysis

  • max time kernel
    109s
  • max time network
    113s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 02:56

General

  • Target
    2026-08-24_b93b9bfaec054855499f35d3ddd32790_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 803KB
  • Sample260825-dfdrfawdqd
  • SHA256 3fedaa91e8107783db4855f71befe2cb11a61fa5f17eadd064f7f7425970e094
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 24 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_b93b9bfaec054855499f35d3ddd32790_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_b93b9bfaec054855499f35d3ddd32790_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2624
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1508

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 803KB
        • SHA256 3fedaa91e8107783db4855f71befe2cb11a61fa5f17eadd064f7f7425970e094
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AdobeCollabSync.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
        • Size 938KB
        • SHA256 8f5c001ec430abce9f2a5c9705786f3fc0c33b8f8e8b6a49ec2b94e977e9d2aa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Eula.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
        • Size 894KB
        • SHA256 9f4a4dc13605ec6c1357882faae71f9db2b4082e835932047e9fb31f91a86cab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        arh.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe
        • Size 888KB
        • SHA256 b8fc3ee38a05948a5af30b3856f95477411ee143a96eb9d9208d7f8b4e1898a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        reader_sl.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
        • Size 855KB
        • SHA256 dc55362d72b7d9a4ab578ec2357d8bd8c97874f04990816f6e20922128194a2b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wow_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe
        • Size 910KB
        • SHA256 3183b6fdec6064481b1788dc0becc8ed80b6ef6a138096f1cd595f70267221de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 742cdad52c1761c37373dfe53c661c8a66366de9c404f48528cc608d44a98e70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 349f6621ded4f9b5450bf0195bace48f56e9aa311b28f1687207e7abd1597daa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 851KB
        • SHA256 4d7710ce542f187f5f267220d8ab556f4d4841fcd4fd54360cea7fb75505d9f9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 ce4f26ded2633d97013b28b350c1917b71581cd58e542ee2c7d48033dce9995c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 375ca2e2a2e5f61eb4efc0c6536032b36ef08a036f151eb3c0b9d8319ded562a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 b0f6ecc008f10d95379e04747df90607d82e83237f6121df10a8c82496943b6b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 964KB
        • SHA256 9c4d1e0e873a7052493c2c2b905b6fc48465c5fddc5cfaab7dbc6d0d9dd70c0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 d3a3ade6e58ee361f61bb2591e1d5289ed26bdccc8c1559941313952e5f498b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 69f07365c4ce79733aaf88cc8f2630c8cfa04879b7878fbab5dcb9ab93cabce2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 964KB
        • SHA256 0cb895b2e19aa3bc2d81c1802dd96ee97a82306764da76909ce00e68fb13f6f7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 5008fc3e88cc85082b8eb550bcf416f2755c4737c74161632aa0adfd8e33c176
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 59aa6e0f55f99e1e904316a50c9bfaf4c686106bf8d0a9a6cbf6d13c54596e43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 14cd83dc0c7e51a55e2923128032e0be5b9fd9bd553d4bf9e36733a04cb6c3f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 7166c723f0fefd48430030369bc42998cf37f44b5d62dfa3ce01135758e81205
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 02297ec4d046cc496bf82eb3fd92fd3dd9f0b71004b280bcfad10fbe4c4793f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 c8084c34fd6de8f51a7142946cc79d263d0e805ea50e0f6d83a05d33bbf04842
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 83b6a168fa9b18eaa9ba1acd5cb14adeb6c824c49aa3f718f4e2811282c8e560
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 7122fb312e597a30bdbd89007d4407cab1d65bf8d5409cbaaf1320c0cf98dac5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 02de637f6973b4067f4190118b97bd69dd2ec81bd4f9bcc56bddc3cac8d58962
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 6848eb4b16bd21a7a3b5003b30974628f9ed3fb4a2b4b787f4c883b0fb625ac2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 7ed4f7c65466c77a7a1375137070ba7380ed8a4940a13420dca53ca9448a2731
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 9f0e3af108e9cfb5e6f1fd79f763de2d4d5f81931ae2257fb81f6eeaaacd1348
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 9fb55a842ccd7ec9ff5a948d1d5f22948ee73675604207d50fbf19d9f65a4be9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 601edbadba3d0a994fb636ea90a732c7bf42090fe5a69740934a0c9686afa5e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 b8298398284d1be5584513b59ea41d1e699fdbbabb914024457ca0db59671fbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 a12023df461f299308efcd200f4fb3e722da62e36fceb195ae73a9b6992ccf4c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 a717d470b92b4ab623506a186c233c720848e42bc1ff97502bc7abc815cc8b36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 633cf924310edd705200dbf9b924f4a2c3e8324162b4b8239a09018d61b14672
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 3ba752b0738a68032e4f8fed4dc6250c5f5e22859f2226ddf8bc20a3f341ada9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 996c6bb169c4cc7f28054b6ae219a8535f607464b1fbd3aea9060870f803b299
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 4e63c518c5666300bf3b047c7d46188383dace1c75f4f971cbd3d32027b9b197
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 ada0a1a3a74eb6ab5deea7bc361a629af3c181cbfae1159b27de7d48b8906c42
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 3cbab71bf239ba6eceeaf27716e1a1d1b844846bc66c81de1d1388e80a94a1f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 bc3b2efe7cd28e8ee46fae7ea0937a8ebc22e3bf0c61eb21092f7690b6c1b115
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 1da7482b62f754f7ccf38e2395c7204fb16baebe89a59c33fc86ded7895982d3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 d8d5a61d8a68a86ef3a8ba617a465afe4c7025db53512edc67bc23727c71edae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 ae96baa76e26875a896057d6385e7e7f86dfbb578977914e92092aa36de9e3c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 eb58c50a2ea2ba099f316f5f68db446d472c0d0748b9e4ad1f4fc15bb605ce6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 8875094533b1d4ba7f74ea603c66e1c888041a5adbf6749442e81037f789f742
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 722f8eb785e7461f0a447b059c635c8ffb5a9f550649ceb17d7292cb73276e0c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 f73a767390b71f37c4e62f8493ebf1f5e0896dd2d2f3c3b96c2322a91da3f09c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 dd58a166bb65945b5c78c4d2d2265f7d5efab7370ca3bc6ed9d91b67dd8c1c04
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1508-25-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1508-11-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/2624-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2624-1-0x00000000021A0000-0x00000000021A3000-memory.dmp

        memory/2624-24-0x00000000021A0000-0x00000000021A3000-memory.dmp