Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
17/10/2026, 13:44
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe
- Size 4.5MB
- Sample261017-q192lagx21
- SHA256 153ffa5616f3395181247b6ee12249636cd235c51d495c32bb4245ef4fa956e6
- MD5 7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce
- SHA1 27508d8a96fc14a2abe70d86c848558ea5c8c496
- SHA512 8a1e120d03aae716ecd1bba668b6f3bb1400f2258906893574dc9e37f1d39c291b36ea5a73cd713f66101fe2709b02e7fdecb2ebc54b4678931783768ec2e302
- SSDEEP 98304:4+Iggi13jQdBhYQDFtvM4pJSiFT0gQVmcbv:JIJxdceFlMnAIgum
- TLSH T1CD26E191F99B44B2E5026531486762BF23305E095F32CBC7E644BB6DECB39E20D371A6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects VSHELL Backdoor 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5100-0-0x00000000698C0000-0x000000006A008000-memory.dmp family_vshell - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname 2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs
pid Process 5100 2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5100 2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-16_7d89774620ba9223067ec72403f43bce_cobalt-strike_elex.exe"1⤵
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5100
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵PID:4472