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2026-10-22...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-10-22...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/10/2026, 23:09

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General

  • Target
    2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 9.7MB
  • Sample261024-25ft4aex2n
  • SHA256 0462e2916efeeccfe4dd56b4344f4108950dd28a2b1cbe329bcd81955f2fbc27
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecution

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

    execution
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4340
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4832
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2764
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5908
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2340
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5380
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2944
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
          4⤵
          • Executes a command shell one-liner
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2236

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 5.4MB
        • SHA256 cda16274b12378f1f0c3d33fcce91af0c1b5218ea9cb82288a2bfaeca4cc17d1
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        7z.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 c9fd277b9bedcc89c5dbc894f5a74bc1a0dd2ddf5101c34797bf2322d5d8412c
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        7zFM.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 5.8MB
        • SHA256 1fba706a82f5eb79242758c1bc48f8af51aee6bb9b44390dae00d0f6eff0b4c2
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        7zFM.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 10.6MB
        • SHA256 4f56c01e59b35f6eb8fe6967d74c148dabb1700bc33df101c259856a1be3ccb8
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        7zG.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 5.5MB
        • SHA256 747e637dbc402f28aa66701cbf11266daec4bdaf0465a79903663dbcae90b110
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        7zG.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 08ee7dd11793e9df214cbcd9afa3dce6bff809a2374a9ce54bb47878e44aa1f2
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        Uninstall.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 f34edfc09e378251cb6df4cc778e9c5a10a54bd40a124481440320b7f7043d58
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        Uninstall.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 9.7MB
        • SHA256 7c457df83efe0b2da98b3b96651bb0621421c51c748b5cb3861e7d367ce268fd
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        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 c1d1f337f40a916dbfd0461c0fbe87c7d12188c564568e960d29da514e08239f
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        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 11.4MB
        • SHA256 7801ec1b743b9fa92458848482d2565a1337deafc4b92be9fa87134599013189
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        elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 8.3MB
        • SHA256 5149bd17825ca88e333e14c9e7aa49646c3ab9f76c21bb4addb60ee633d6a1e2
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        chrome.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 a9e5992846e22f95be52cc35a95838121b01b5344b247edb151b4e47efaeb677
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        chrome.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 12.8MB
        • SHA256 f2fe3533be761d99c239ea2eb3013ee1b082640d31ed48fa4eb4f4d7df9bebba
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        chrome_proxy.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 11.1MB
        • SHA256 f0060257f0398bd4efe5b5d35b3e0e11108cb4dc730071cd0f545a37efb8a122
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        chrome_proxy.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 6.3MB
        • SHA256 b2330ed542aa3e796046df117bdbef5cc42cdcd7e0ab844f5bb9a5249ca66afd
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        dotnet.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 70f76500dd200839ad3ed53e081e9095e48eade3c0b66f9b2af6962516f21b5a
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        dotnet.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 9.8MB
        • SHA256 de32e6be86190da05d0b7cb94959594b6575f7c0d6ae13f57c76667048be5030
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 7ad0f2d33875449fdd8bbfe7300eb349475f35c21daa853e169961b9dc6e63a9
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 e7196d6e065e37545876820978f6df9fa1770939e97af423d3b9249484593405
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        createdump.exe
        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 4.9MB
        • SHA256 9683f3203f1ea79156acf7b27440635d2e84bcca86d8d6053ecd588cb51c9fbd
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        2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_027ce17a7c8fd8c3665b07b45dcf8987_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar~4.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 38cb8766f72fe3178bd0a9f76894fd1edffc59cfc5a1f911d203a895ad806eb7
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        Option.bat
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
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        UpdatAuto.exe
        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 f80d4ced1a7ef4ee1a7721b18688b980a5e32cbe76d51285134bf1a8e6be814f
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 3cedcc17e456274ce31ead4942cb60be1687a9747d8a286adf4675b920c36d57
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 064a377f7e98506f22b8b80f902dc9f1f08cdc86c845d4377e29ca3c7df9d7f2
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 b8fe60350d9287262c15345414c032aa144c50b0953ca1fe5a33485d6ea463c7
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 09373c9199910ee347fc2311ab2bf5baefbf3c1dff0cacf5d53f0c225e07d4e3
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 3ebdbde07aa3c0e94d9e4bdf5a9f5cef5c744508223ee3ee5d93c6a55cce0e88
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 ca4f1d4e3a03ee14e0f1b4e64bd720ee77ae07e0e1367457331883c3a5eabf85
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        ntldr~6
        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 4.8MB
        • SHA256 96e5f1163f7baab3b68c44c3718ef95f744b4a649f9242d6471fae862bb20137
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