Analysis

  • max time kernel
    87s
  • max time network
    128s
  • 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, 13:59

General

  • Target
    2026-08-24_49d2a4120813c904cee096e2994002ac_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 803KB
  • Sample260825-rakvfstbnf
  • SHA256 37c9439acc80aec6aa007789e2713ba63055aab30331d01ad17df501ddf695a5
  • 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 64 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_49d2a4120813c904cee096e2994002ac_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_49d2a4120813c904cee096e2994002ac_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:5564
  • 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:4136

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 803KB
        • SHA256 37c9439acc80aec6aa007789e2713ba63055aab30331d01ad17df501ddf695a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 8abb03bdae3b483b2dabdcf1ddf20c1acca0fb51b1ceb707048a0697da105890
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 817KB
        • SHA256 3d9ae3cd5d65e625631a5b2ae858c98c31eeafae08abddfa4ed8f577fbb32628
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 f148e4362016929ce4409c03c03bbe380ecfeaae21ce8f59d5fc46e09d7714bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 aa33b7deff7a414b0923f4dad731468c803fcc1e33139c291e639e96f8a76f65
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 9f09d0f72efe95555224925e82925485bac62a042ae2750900e9fa28b7d5f0f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 964KB
        • SHA256 b26d5a05e8b03d110e98a0b9ddcb2fc27d69de27f3e8686759b7b994c612cfac
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 a175684a5c992a4a07f145f926ea24fb721df5b1869208cbc28917d58d15ac84
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 96911063d1348e990860efdfdbad069f4e19cacec05b030e7bd899509ffb04ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 964KB
        • SHA256 486a5a34fbfd63d62356af08b5e5294bb5fe938682a508f5215cdd1099721896
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 6cfc1591a435f2b0f9c3ec9cf52e65846aa6c22eaa5ca07fd0df3d54afe8dd0e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 af6456c6bea4989620389d4c37b705bea19ba3c6450d8df4ccf3d0b0f897c32f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 87d715254e63fb3a502cac00d70667e8ad87b2f469ed61e597e8a407e610c4e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 f0be9158370c5c93d81737621ee667e5d7d280eea87ca7c2a00af42e48d4ccea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 bb1f8b1c8cb20aa06f239fb7582f46eb8fdbe809d45934a8afdde58ae266ac4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 5532e338e7c4334aba91c876d207931be1edf6fc1774a9245480f06a1d1c9d71
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 28729a77c8c13169ec2ef8c5d0d7db68397df0b6580e65cc2c0669092c677082
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 adf899ca487121f5554af11c67a2e1f5f594e2e0c96d737b7496579483e5ad70
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 8e52a55134934e8899ef95a952eb2f2ae3dcb70172f4546a2671be1a25815f1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 6e4587cac10599f79e0282d5026475d275fa86352d2a5f159112505cda2b5018
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 69b8e2734aeab4fe448201969082119164e752bdf1b94c2fe38cdd7476bd8c03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 b9ee30b015058fde971ecc5abb5e3280cf647ec14e43f8ae5ff2e69df4476405
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 d76626fbe785d4a95ca810e89d1da85e3ad91d0261d6d5121bdb4944dccbdfd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 2d82ef2cccd372ec9cb8e2236c5f4c8f0c6832e0dd2ce1290f372883c23edd20
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 687079bbe0e04998e353cd78755ca04e9386c627e0bf10eb06509878fdaf49c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 c6b18fac96fd75eb72ca7a9862ff79f5f50f64a87ee6b5732661b3ee6caf8c97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 207ac5c778812c07b3e8ebee5b2d1157daae6a5884933c79a32abdd097299ac8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 a2d229a3e799893413cdac6473bc79a9ef296f1d5540a5ead5d7a18f7d1a80e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 d056e3256a937758dd0c9ff41083fceff279ebfb19af5bac1d75f43a23ec59c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 f92c91b5eb5f93b74930da21b633236696f12f58432cc26fdfabb024e1d620d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 c30296163e9038adffa9c15d2d27e50ab15afa80a1d526d506b2794151ea7a59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 05f0418670b740776b90f410cf7ef4642a579427119da9510aa9abee94ee3429
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 c0d2e9026a9922781d136273561422c67c11da04d9b180f9a1502d01ed748f6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 e9f15d0800b2467394e49e638e88076fc3379e7939c10d8f1776b74d7bd3797d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 ae250995f170b7adc6dd66deb030405114493d003151ee980fa41c61ab9074fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 6932b01c92736e101e53276d9c64b7e62a675fadc6a08bbd0c6de81548c3ddce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 7d7868ea0e80361fecc329d84c2051aec5dee259ceae8aa5f9d9816e72c00ed0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 6290eb7070ceea7344ee0221b35694a0addb98cc99a59c60f84875b2e75761b6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 e8bdbd675ff4822ee24b6e4c3571acc0ebc9347716660df2c7ab5f2aa12ba6bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 09778b811e9a74edf0f40a5bfd7eb6f8632398a11504b4263c15f703eba90f93
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 0158587083716d991eb5da9f355b309908b273400ffda97a66fa705a450684dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 826KB
        • SHA256 2f2a5c29d28db1311db148639aa4a7cf16e49d4a3e24da5dae6ddfd7833f4da8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4136-255-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-11-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000005C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-169-0x0000000002190000-0x0000000002193000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-1-0x0000000002190000-0x0000000002193000-memory.dmp