Overview

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2026-08-31...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-31...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    127s
  • 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, 18:47

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-31_6f6065a67785bdb9e2cfb7464d75465a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 828KB
  • Sample260831-xfpcqaem5t
  • SHA256 3c6098eef80567015166a62690e71c33eb17b41f7a6e9094d6f4e35eb40d449a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecution

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

    execution
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_6f6065a67785bdb9e2cfb7464d75465a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_6f6065a67785bdb9e2cfb7464d75465a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:1264
    • 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:1852
    • 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:5524
      • 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:1900

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 20683ac325a6ad2ca3d17d35dcf037eb06a19085dc91d9193aaa199b5d7c25cf
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        7zFM.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 c1c68cd9d39f7b9be92b0b10def387a20272337413f748422c0cdd83e5fdeadf
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        7zG.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 589f5754692aa59d368ae29de2ebe8956203099764d99e4afc70c4e785646894
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        Uninstall.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 842KB
        • SHA256 ab03ceeee1753b4fdb4d386a70f40802cc6ec58ee3a5f47abf1dfcbf8a0d9532
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        chrmstp.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 b2db939ea7f310bff6e34f76e56db2743460420eada5558d05e90a9826a30a7a
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        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 2e1ec2b96904cbccc7f0fa0a1b24f09c4c066e5bff85e2fa36f56f80be956b62
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        elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 f004e880c959f5d63c602234ec6fc985a1501706981585a4a479251e80415bdf
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        elevation_service.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 479913852a67d4383a2e38d883ba45d60ea7870f93e6fac4a0931c17db4bb4ff
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        notification_helper.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.4MB
        • SHA256 6295c6642aaae9470439eac4eb0c314b875b75c3dcfcfdbe15a69123e9c1f17c
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        os_update_handler.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 066c688273cf16a73739c0b3167652927d1be663c9f16daf4a292e57aaa36add
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        chrome.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 3.9MB
        • SHA256 c858320030cc4d3f3ff72caf0bf4a8ff8442d1a62000ea419809d9a51d6506e7
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        chrome_proxy.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 8efa79b8c9a4a939784efabb1a68fa88731bdbc9b18f99fa9c43989cfe15e3cb
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        appletviewer.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 852KB
        • SHA256 2d689b70d75d61b5d373bd047285be0609abd7a28bb43acfd0c8dd1f639c5e43
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        extcheck.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 852KB
        • SHA256 fa59ae726e486e7784eaa666f47eb6f2864f165859f75b765340cfa78955a0bf
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        idlj.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 852KB
        • SHA256 164ca5b4eb355a40c95eeeb3506a454d146272d04fd2717ba4520ac5a151bb29
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        jabswitch.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 872KB
        • SHA256 5f05685f6532dda27d3aded89f428f7fc5b19caa21ea6c68dbdd5a96fd06aba4
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        jar.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 852KB
        • SHA256 6aa4e2a03f39a0f53c1fd4a5074f3299d3d8f8eadcaf2890d160cdad9605c700
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        jarsigner.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 852KB
        • SHA256 acb6bf4d4eed7d34f92a02d35642b86d176ee2d5f9079338752e5055732b6b86
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        dotnet.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 972KB
        • SHA256 d281f6be4234128037ce929754a2fe6befd72529c78fa58b53049e3b825db40c
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 884KB
        • SHA256 f3a60a6f564d6682805f0363c7c13fa6ba6199bf875de7487c241f36cfa2e341
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 892KB
        • SHA256 b8a6b3ee3282c3076d1fdf433b61a87c0d259ed38ece8e573f1d58bcce607275
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 888KB
        • SHA256 e4b96055be92d21771c2d4793340a24e1fd085fb13e486bc83bd933cbcd4724a
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        Option.bat
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
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        UpdatAuto.exe
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 3c6098eef80567015166a62690e71c33eb17b41f7a6e9094d6f4e35eb40d449a
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 75575722d7ce82a4acf634415b03f5de3883bf60cd37957f765b60422844d829
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 e81a0ad393e3006693c0fdbe17193480335fb09c617dea049939cd4b31c618ca
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 131f4bb2cd13dbe42ce8f2ff84701af45536a24dfba4592331e0134f554361f9
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 e3a6db61071728086ca6d25541cbb7f9e09b0008a5bf389ce9877bc3d1a1dc5b
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 f019a30102ed99ee9e545b93f7f88da20dbe230f43a5d934a9b1f208486ad2ee
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 90f79f4003a928b7827120d5e88fbbef1e3e0418c05036f3cadb5617b9a3e955
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 828KB
        • SHA256 84c62e0d7a7f0728d7275760084924144d3b8605aa670aa805b167dc51460f51
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