Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/09/2026, 13:03

General

  • Target
    2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 333KB
  • Sample260925-qagblasxhs
  • SHA256 713430b55e68e830e4e644005bcf17ec68fe67be9173e2b689e40b809d550fc3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFA1A.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4532
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:5388
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5396
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3360
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4148

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 124KB
        • SHA256 4b925f312adc741960f1cda5ebff5ddfd014da6226a6cf35dea463abb8710ed5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 481KB
        • SHA256 d5fbaf5c0d8e313d4dad23b28cac4256c5dbed6ab3b0d797e2971f30c5e095ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$aFA1A.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aFA1A.bat
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 025513eb67066990c356cd18422da61b4031dce3771324a9e4cc37f31d773644
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-24_295c98fa3a18cd92d6f239a4b74d66f6_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
        • Size 307KB
        • SHA256 1355b357461fb6307f20f0214f3f8e6666f2f98c912264f46c5fcb696bc6e1e9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rundl132.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\rundl132.exe
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 e4dffe2c51904b4d50abe514f0e07da4fccea2685460282e205f1c18fb587d11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-461973139-3212354679-1508698038-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 1020704fe83c7e64802b1428d9e5641e37d7c7eef9077c5ed54d2d7974c3c891
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/5396-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-129-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-1246-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-5043-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-5516-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5988-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5988-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp