Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    24/10/2026, 02:36

General

  • Target
    2026-10-22_a011fa7e92d8271d63485c759d6bb45a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
  • Size 13.9MB
  • Sample261024-c3m3ysht2k
  • SHA256 eb48d27498dd7627ee19e9c73e39142b335758ccc1c51133b0065063aef32529
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_a011fa7e92d8271d63485c759d6bb45a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_a011fa7e92d8271d63485c759d6bb45a_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_redline-ste.exe"
    1⤵
    • 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:3452
    • 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:4564
    • 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:1944
      • 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:1940

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 4c8173b284191b072f2f84ee6d46717f1cee91da6a3133ce509cbdc3879234be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 14.6MB
        • SHA256 ddcc461ac9fa70886db17ab02f3dd996c35631647b1ce070b908bc1ea429b232
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 e2e6f0935026797e8ea25c9056d131617056f5a958ad91c4bbd61a006d422f45
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 15.6MB
        • SHA256 d039074441e0ec830421763aa3bed585a432c408f195db2c83484836181ec89b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 17.4MB
        • SHA256 9ea27bed9357fcfd8c4bfbcbe026ffd22dd9e7af7b1bde665236a3b7fc3faf6a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 16.2MB
        • SHA256 b7e9cb61263c002870e205988fa99cf378d54a2b311aeeea2280f5adf7ab656d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 15.5MB
        • SHA256 88b56288b7f5dc1f7e5cfbb1cd9fd9744c7150c8e5e3b540f3ce416566e5f1ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 15.8MB
        • SHA256 ca6251ac3987bc3d267f2f2c68b2ce7edea1061e8f0c6abecad9af670e2df6d2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 17.0MB
        • SHA256 66ccacb9c0bdd469a3f2c9c5b4898448e280ee13099da88a37c3af53a9d482a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 15.3MB
        • SHA256 6cd647b50fbfb41cc8a333a6213d235e0f12d637386610063b321273074727ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 fa0e2d7b92b42ec32184d4ccf64ee720022c43924298873f3d2fa08b6f8dd61a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 689b3105e29e85bc159cf52a9dbf9c0b3f1f60bb70688b306aad2e4c78115af8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 b3f8c8ea23c77b51b61ac68a9433de9cdb0c2fa0997b8be8ad660159e6343529
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 14.0MB
        • SHA256 f8169b3c8e04192d50832c46f13b0a03be660a1600f9b93125f11339e28f3907
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 8ed91976be368f2742e5c5c24f5e5b9286542aaf93c34ef656a701b4cebe9fed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 948a78ae8703530a510330cfa8ee1824674ccaf44e236a036b81d96e21b41b14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 51c6356e7a85096d67ea3540289da1c1feb677b59cf003b597971598c8442be2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 14.2MB
        • SHA256 a1323ade1e7078fb8296f24835eb3399cad37c7809cba15779ca9093e0c98c56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 14.1MB
        • SHA256 0348f17e3d27b4764c8978970909446f0fad9415d4c16225d31d808d7b6a725f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 14.0MB
        • SHA256 e95b15143ddc0cc819d8066eb1479b9002d24b0a5f66e973970c51b91e2f32c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 14.0MB
        • SHA256 1e2ff5324fe9156c165dd078aeb8d1856c0a75ce7e9722efbd3d495ac5946625
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 14.0MB
        • SHA256 be0b05b80b4ee39bae7bb955f33ae2d7335f83d68d76b273daa53a28db945c76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ntldr~8

        • Path C:\ntldr~8
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 eb48d27498dd7627ee19e9c73e39142b335758ccc1c51133b0065063aef32529
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 48ca56e936626bd175953fa6d7c8ab542858c7ebaa940bfd3799bc40916387c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 cdf6da576d950052ad6257af7be737c8c8a0f873a6d295a9da4c035e8aff44bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 7589117d376ad795cde653a4cd1926bfebf41dcf8df0eb14cdb6381d55b509e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 22ab41a5f68e938de2783fca9ec37261beb136fb75b184bcac99257127387174
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 086d8cbad23f6fb78aa491e5b0ba970e92f583bf85f35419be26e289886ce640
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 b8e23a2e80dbce39ffb618a9c690f2b1513bc1d0f2d0940a1f54d5bd4fc472df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 35dd3b8006a2704d08991873b16ea3eba9cd2fd54d5458362bcd2cd7d5f1ddc5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 38c2b25f63dea81e13b9042d7635779a8340ea51fa423c6fdbee5e72ef1c2562
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 2932c4552d9863af9459ad0d06ff9a5f3ab3434f0a4439267206e11ac41e25a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 08b9d2a75316bd1d137bd897ec4ee240da050e85917fa59d1560d80878f51cd6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH