Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 11:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl.exe
  • Size 16.8MB
  • Sample260831-nlabbaga98
  • SHA256 022680e3961cc24f9cddc300b6555534727ebb99fdf7d47c7dfc2aaf27b48087
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

    Uses net.exe to modify the user's privileges.

  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 5 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • Permission Groups Discovery: Local Groups 1 TTPs

    Attempt to find local system groups and permission settings.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 34 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 34 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4188
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4456
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • 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:4392
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3620
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4.exe
      2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • 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:1692
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2008
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • 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:2104
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1792
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4~4.exe
        2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4~4.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1140
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4636
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4904
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4644
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3964
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:1116
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4612
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3644
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4944
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4228
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:888
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:592
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2012
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5444
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:5712
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4224
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1328
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3204
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4776
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3708
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3556
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
            5⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:4432
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config srservice start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5820
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6112
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config wuauserv start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config wscsvc start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc config srservice start= disabled
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2552

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 c966053bf66d34a8daa3e3013c1dfb6bd15635ce7d2da23eb43bd565ac113740
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 17.2MB
        • SHA256 3326d8343df6b36a5eaa43dc7e610c29da1d28fc06b310aaf17ec2fa84843ea8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 5a0eab9ede28bfc4413c1640545c56f69b30c2eb8f8de7be4ca54847b1a6f26f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 17.7MB
        • SHA256 83e1492b21f900db4b69557894bc266652f9143d0b55f30c8580983aef3bad26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 9.0MB
        • SHA256 44407436a4452af5ddce803dd93c7ac72d0b8a89e61a69aa1e9ba762d8eaf03a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 17.4MB
        • SHA256 a6ada301d2e0c63b1443ed97972563f83a043661b5e91f64e4500ef7b707a44a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 7c23bb59dbb5e4a35445306d86746ae900e3a97cdd0161d797a3d616b63241a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 16.7MB
        • SHA256 604aa3f2a5ba70a79292112df5350329b572b2b443cb939c6dc7171de06d32a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 10.1MB
        • SHA256 177821e51eb46a269b09a801bf5f384b90ecdc6ff38608b1efbf4a684e174f34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 11.4MB
        • SHA256 10316d5056ebb76624d368988553b2a7345f4b2ba788726a8e8104a41505d1a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 19.8MB
        • SHA256 fe487e8c9e5f3325518abca15ae9f9d9d701e49302110e7df7160dc7322d37a1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 11f274d16426023a119b1c2d1437439b716c80a497a8e2b9e2f743a1d9a52190
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 8.5MB
        • SHA256 4aa2b842e482b769cd268bd35ed57943885fd6ecffb3316cd188b8ff123bd98d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 16.9MB
        • SHA256 bfb3213231c36d43dc7c2c03ca7a31c9d54d253b10d0d4a53ccd06c1f483d18e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 9bd3b082ee2a3adab097d0a61cf73bb0d90dec612f0f6eeff94b93a7da512d64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 16.8MB
        • SHA256 ffdfdadf29f62577d0f41fa1f7b89fbd7a4d5e649b4027ac5042b6c55f2fba22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 4bc834f42b45cfa49c7ce68080f2d2087b01b707a9717d7aedcb8907c0ad10f0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 16.8MB
        • SHA256 a2eec25014396cde62939e57843b5f230ac60bc21b4b40bbc51d4340de8a42d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 0546036c1e2d8ec523c38552c8f365bdb699033cabd9f410d1e615aeb4d137d4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 16.8MB
        • SHA256 7645016d0083ba5cd795080f25564f3273c7ccb085d46e80b3a16f5c0458f445
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 c148ac280957907997996b9a405ec7ba0477f6f58e46bb98079aaa7893acd34a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4~4.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_50c2372396b6312c640d98afbee0bb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redl~4~4.exe
        • Size 44KB
        • SHA256 f7722702e33e9c02a8b11b96472f9a7b08afd5bcc090a6da818677956b73a559
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 b7ddf329713d21a92290615e374dbdca7748710af3293097e05d27305c8c8df3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 687d5c89b3c755770ad0f35a00115fb7829e77b112af45c1026ea13183af57dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 8bf13a7acd44f0ff226e771a6ec30c6b157dc3bdede5cd7dd0ee88e5e1c7408f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 64472e94a647b918e72007d548100d15664b76835a7aa6fbbfbacc74831409d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 9b6ba016f6ca70e47e0a1900769e43f2f7821f13dc123758add6cdfc777bb7c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 579cb0d766fb1cf109d9c7a9cf425c742524e8f8577094df75874e8a20d54f67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 7b04bc4d819abe7b541257f9a67471de097deebc87a86614e188126fe0960985
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 4362eed0fa607ac99bce641831775679718e1d4c17f84a57df8b094e1385e88c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH