Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/09/2026, 03:43

General

  • Target
    2026-09-07_dfce6963e3f5e5d9be14abe29d4b55f5_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 4.5MB
  • Sample260908-d9ycyazvbx
  • SHA256 67db3c3b8ac2b888b65db69c14690e05080f7a2e10300b37d2ed7df8437bd7b5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • cobaltstrike

Botnet
  • 0

C2
  • http://ns7.softline.top:443/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/167-3294888-0262949/field-keywords=books

  • http://ns8.softline.top:443/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/167-3294888-0262949/field-keywords=books

  • http://ns9.softline.top:443/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/167-3294888-0262949/field-keywords=books

Attributes
  • access_type

    512

  • beacon_type

    256

  • create_remote_thread

    768

  • crypto_scheme

    256

  • host

    ns7.softline.top,ns8.softline.top,ns9.softline.top

  • http_header1

    AAAACgAAAAtBY2NlcHQ6ICovKgAAAAoAAAAUSG9zdDogd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jb20AAAAHAAAAAAAAAAMAAAACAAAADnNlc3Npb24tdG9rZW49AAAAAgAAAAxza2luPW5vc2tpbjsAAAABAAAALGNzbS1oaXQ9cy0yNEtVMTFCQjgyUlpTWUdKM0JES3wxNDE5ODk5MDEyOTk2AAAABgAAAAZDb29raWUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==

  • http_header2

    AAAACgAAAAtBY2NlcHQ6ICovKgAAAAoAAAAWQ29udGVudC1UeXBlOiB0ZXh0L3htbAAAAAoAAAAgWC1SZXF1ZXN0ZWQtV2l0aDogWE1MSHR0cFJlcXVlc3QAAAAKAAAAFEhvc3Q6IHd3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tAAAACQAAAApzej0xNjB4NjAwAAAACQAAABFvZT1vZT1JU08tODg1OS0xOwAAAAcAAAAAAAAABQAAAAJzbgAAAAkAAAAGcz0zNzE3AAAACQAAACJkY19yZWY9aHR0cCUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tAAAABwAAAAEAAAADAAAABAAAAAAAAA==

  • http_method1

    GET

  • http_method2

    POST

  • maxdns

    255

  • pipe_name

    \\%s\pipe\msagent_%x

  • polling_time

    5000

  • port_number

    443

  • sc_process32

    %windir%\syswow64\rundll32.exe

  • sc_process64

    %windir%\sysnative\rundll32.exe

  • state_machine

    MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDI579oVVII0cYncGonU6vTWyFhqmq8w5QwvI8qsoWeV68Ngy+MjNPX2crcSVVWKQ3j09FII28KTmoE1XFVjEXF3WytRSlDe1OKfOAHX3XYkS9LcUAy0eRl2h4a73hrg1ir/rpisNT6hHtYaK3tmH8DgW/n1XfTfbWk1MZ7cXQHWQIDAQABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==

  • unknown1

    4096

  • unknown2

    AAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==

  • uri

    /N4215/adj/amzn.us.sr.aps

  • user_agent

    Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko

  • watermark

    0

Signatures

  • Family: Cobaltstrike

    Detected malicious payload which is part of Cobaltstrike.

  • Family: xmrig

    XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

  • Cobalt Strike reflective loader 1 IoCs

    Detects the reflective loader used by Cobalt Strike.

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 1 IoCs
  • Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 6 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 8 IoCs
  • XMRig Miner payload 6 IoCs
  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • UPX packed file 8 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-07_dfce6963e3f5e5d9be14abe29d4b55f5_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-07_dfce6963e3f5e5d9be14abe29d4b55f5_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:1548

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        Downloads

        7-zip32.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7-zip32.dll
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 949c43ff2abcc730073385943799ab703526922ac6832c44cd69807c07438e24
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1548-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-1-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D0000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-46-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-47-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-48-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-49-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-52-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-53-0x0000000000060000-0x0000000000062000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-56-0x00000000001D0000-0x00000000001F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/1548-59-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000010B6000-memory.dmp