Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
141s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
- submitted
08/09/2026, 22:29
General
- Target 2026-09-07_7b3c0968aade578730ca4b835528c8e4_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_stealc_swisyn.exe
- Size 483KB
- Sample260908-2eqavaysht
- SHA256 f6b449c3ff8a1a1d868f248c9cffe5ba5c8aa19e3300afe547763f12c8d53332
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Detects executables packed with VMProtect. 2 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
- VMProtect packed file 2 IoCs
Detects executables packed with VMProtect commercial packer.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 13 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-07_7b3c0968aade578730ca4b835528c8e4_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_stealc_swisyn.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-07_7b3c0968aade578730ca4b835528c8e4_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_stealc_swisyn.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-09-07_7b3c0968aade578730ca4b835528c8e4_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_stealc_swisyn.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-09-07_7b3c0968aade578730ca4b835528c8e4_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_stealc_swisyn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\EmulatorBypass\emulatorbypass.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\EmulatorBypass\emulatorbypass.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exeC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exec:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe3⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe SE4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exec:\windows\resources\svchost.exe5⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe PR6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts
1Hidden Files and Directories
1Modify Registry
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
emulatorbypass.exe
2026-09-07_7b3c0968aade578730ca4b835528c8e4_cobalt-strike_elex_icedid_stealc_swisyn.exe
explorer.exe
icsys.icn.exe
spoolsv.exe
svchost.exe
memory/748-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/1100-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/2308-95-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/2376-96-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-65-0x00007FFC4D940000-0x00007FFC4D942000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-70-0x00007FFC4D950000-0x00007FFC4D952000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-93-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006C36000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-66-0x00007FFC4CAF0000-0x00007FFC4CAF2000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-67-0x00007FFC4CB00000-0x00007FFC4CB02000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-68-0x00007FFC4AE80000-0x00007FFC4AE82000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-69-0x00007FFC4AE90000-0x00007FFC4AE92000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-64-0x00007FFC4D930000-0x00007FFC4D932000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-71-0x00007FFC4D960000-0x00007FFC4D962000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-72-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000143E29000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-88-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006C36000-memory.dmp
memory/3724-91-0x0000000006AC0000-0x0000000006C36000-memory.dmp
memory/3916-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/3916-53-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp
memory/4968-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000041F000-memory.dmp