Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/09/2026, 22:25

General

  • Target
    2026-09-23_83a98293ca29e671637c955c9a65d591_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 284KB
  • Sample260923-2ca35sef93
  • SHA256 e3a52890b9a52fa16a0274175849f55965d8d56736fe7fbd7560aa08305f39b3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Cosmu

    Cosmu is a Windows worm written in C++.

  • Detects Cosmu payload 3 IoCs

    Cosmu is a worm written in C++.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-23_83a98293ca29e671637c955c9a65d591_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-23_83a98293ca29e671637c955c9a65d591_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    PID:5484

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 326KB
        • SHA256 05cd5be5f84b0dc5d6b670bb39ce436ab8b2df9897d1436ace94a781673149e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCXC6B9.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXC6B9.tmp
        • Size 284KB
        • SHA256 d5f11a7268f50bbadc2825515b2ef59ef20faffca40908be22559803af4aae30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        RCXC80C.tmp

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCXC80C.tmp
        • Size 284KB
        • SHA256 8ed95867bfe2cf36c308edbddfb07a9e3e09c30f42cb85dd43c9ca11952d367a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH