Overview
overview
4Static
static
4Cofense_On...al.pdf
windows10-2004-x64
3Cofense_On...al.pdf
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3Cofense_On...22.pdf
windows10-2004-x64
3Cofense_On...22.pdf
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3Cofense_On...22.pdf
windows10-2004-x64
3Cofense_On...22.pdf
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3Global VPN...ta.key
macos-10.15-amd64
1Global VPN...ta.key
macos-10.15-amd64
1Cofense_On...ta.key
macos-10.15-amd64
1Cofense_On...ta.key
macos-10.15-amd64
1Cofense_On...ot.pdf
windows10-2004-x64
3Cofense_On...ot.pdf
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
3Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
139s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/10/2026, 11:50
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/COFENSE GLOBAL CODE OF CONDUCT_12-30-22_Final.pdf
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/COFENSE GLOBAL CODE OF CONDUCT_12-30-22_Final.pdf
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral3
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/Cofense Global Export_Sanctions_AML Policy_Final 12-2022.pdf
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral4
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/Cofense Global Export_Sanctions_AML Policy_Final 12-2022.pdf
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral5
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/Cofense Global Gifts and Entertainment Policy_Final - 12-2022.pdf
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral6
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/Cofense Global Gifts and Entertainment Policy_Final - 12-2022.pdf
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral7
Sample
Global VPN - Full Tunnel v4/ta.key
Resource
macos-20260915-en
Behavioral task
behavioral8
Sample
Global VPN - Split Tunnel v4/ta.key
Resource
macos-20260915-en
Behavioral task
behavioral9
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/Global VPN v4/Global VPN - Full Tunnel v4/ta.key
Resource
macos-20260915-en
Behavioral task
behavioral10
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/Global VPN v4/Global VPN - Split Tunnel v4/ta.key
Resource
macos-20260915-en
Behavioral task
behavioral11
Sample
Cofense_Onbording/self-guided-new-hire-setup - mot.pdf
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
General
- Target Cofense_Onbording/COFENSE GLOBAL CODE OF CONDUCT_12-30-22_Final.pdf
- Size 179KB
- Sample261002-nztbcahf38
- SHA256 5733042a7cb89c2b271e3248af42a1085bc6058f2712f1fb7487dd583dc6672b
- MD5 0f4ffb439a2b0fd68479d417242e455a
- SHA1 87a70cfd781fe0cd366ab5a2795ab7ca20269e0f
- SHA512 4d89eced5c5d4d2e7fd5c71b5c3b33355e749cf107b2518b5e971ab5760ff5022f24b7a129c1de77c37df05be721f9cdad58afeddea57a20e0a49971db8e3860
- SSDEEP 3072:Yk2RWutrv7gB3+qHbIwcd4S8nguPlqFFpLyEw5nDzBQD2jniF1P/pIV2YA5Q7:Yk2db8B33tcd4SIPlq93w5fBQajiFl/g
- TLSH T1DC041219A6D6B8AC4157B3253B6B0B414E8F88DB1A4F34D63A4C81C44721DA7F3B0DBB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AcroRd32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language RdrCEF.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 AcroRd32.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz AcroRd32.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 3564 AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
pid Process 3564 AcroRd32.exe 3564 AcroRd32.exe 3564 AcroRd32.exe 3564 AcroRd32.exe 3564 AcroRd32.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3564 wrote to memory of 4940 3564 AcroRd32.exe 89 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 5124 4940 RdrCEF.exe 90 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 2764 4940 RdrCEF.exe 91 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 2764 4940 RdrCEF.exe 91 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 1484 4940 RdrCEF.exe 93 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 1484 4940 RdrCEF.exe 93 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 4600 4940 RdrCEF.exe 94 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 1288 4940 RdrCEF.exe 96 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 4676 4940 RdrCEF.exe 98
Processes
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cofense_Onbording\COFENSE GLOBAL CODE OF CONDUCT_12-30-22_Final.pdf"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3564 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=165140432⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4940 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=15FF6797EC8C032F40763A9D4AA90E38 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1796 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5124
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-browser-side-navigation --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=B1DC41397E23B396B9BC26619B5A4DE9 --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --enable-pinch --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --enable-gpu-async-worker-context --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;0,16,3553;0,17,3553;0,18,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;1,16,3553;1,17,3553;1,18,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;2,16,3553;2,17,3553;2,18,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553;3,16,3553;3,17,3553;3,18,3553;4,0,3553;4,1,3553;4,2,3553;4,3,3553;4,4,3553;4,5,3553;4,6,3553;4,7,3553;4,8,3553;4,9,3553;4,10,3553;4,11,3553;4,12,3553;4,13,3553;4,14,3553;4,15,3553;4,16,3553;4,17,3553;4,18,3553;5,0,3553;5,1,3553;5,2,3553;5,3,3553;5,4,3553;5,5,3553;5,6,3553;5,7,3553;5,8,3553;5,9,3553;5,10,3553;5,11,3553;5,12,3553;5,13,3553;5,14,3553;5,15,3553;5,16,3553;5,17,3553;5,18,3553;6,0,3553;6,1,3553;6,2,3553;6,3,3553;6,4,3553;6,5,3553;6,6,3553;6,7,3553;6,8,3553;6,9,3553;6,10,3553;6,11,3553;6,12,3553;6,13,3553;6,14,3553;6,15,3553;6,16,3553;6,17,3553;6,18,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=B1DC41397E23B396B9BC26619B5A4DE9 --renderer-client-id=2 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1804 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2764
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-browser-side-navigation --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=244E160923762348015E490C7B694E53 --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --enable-pinch --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --enable-gpu-async-worker-context --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;0,16,3553;0,17,3553;0,18,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;1,16,3553;1,17,3553;1,18,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;2,16,3553;2,17,3553;2,18,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553;3,16,3553;3,17,3553;3,18,3553;4,0,3553;4,1,3553;4,2,3553;4,3,3553;4,4,3553;4,5,3553;4,6,3553;4,7,3553;4,8,3553;4,9,3553;4,10,3553;4,11,3553;4,12,3553;4,13,3553;4,14,3553;4,15,3553;4,16,3553;4,17,3553;4,18,3553;5,0,3553;5,1,3553;5,2,3553;5,3,3553;5,4,3553;5,5,3553;5,6,3553;5,7,3553;5,8,3553;5,9,3553;5,10,3553;5,11,3553;5,12,3553;5,13,3553;5,14,3553;5,15,3553;5,16,3553;5,17,3553;5,18,3553;6,0,3553;6,1,3553;6,2,3553;6,3,3553;6,4,3553;6,5,3553;6,6,3553;6,7,3553;6,8,3553;6,9,3553;6,10,3553;6,11,3553;6,12,3553;6,13,3553;6,14,3553;6,15,3553;6,16,3553;6,17,3553;6,18,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=244E160923762348015E490C7B694E53 --renderer-client-id=4 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2380 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:13⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1484
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=F5067F49CA4A0B076EF4D76F9BC44B73 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1940 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4600
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=1649BB917834E7EACD07B23E491D6E4D --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2372 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1288
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=227C1ADE0618FE98437D99AFDDB99EE4 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2872 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:23⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4676
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵PID:3224
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
- Size 64KB
- SHA256 20559f693a9c7ff51438c7e5d6e60f07daf2e5f8708a30701b6e30e027f069f3
- MD5 85714bc2607ff977b694cee3963e9d24
- SHA1 9649fb0225b0d2f8f76c3528d97190fd46bf784c
- SHA512 150bab12c5c3f82541f388c36afe596db63bee67f535cf60b25d880ba3c102dd4711935f8b86f3a42e2f074970a6edce4b97459a536a3c8056c6c0d36422c96f
- SSDEEP 384:ijeFdThatELJ8SWvDTuGmQgZsLglKhubvGZsLRZh+vS4:il+eUZsLQCZsL3hUS4
- TLSH T11C53CBDB26348040CA07A8BBADB5731BB662D0BFC1C6F1E87E858A1780F453D9775687
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH