Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • 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
    24/10/2026, 02:00

General

  • Target
    2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample261024-cff15a1zew
  • SHA256 37d01c934fd999c1cb22616a603f830741d2f5d3533cba2e4c47e69e99499e3b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 41 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3328
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4596
      • C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe.exe
        3⤵
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:5904
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3328 -s 1872
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:5928
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 3328 -ip 3328
    1⤵
      PID:1704

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          7z.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe.exe
          • Size 712KB
          • SHA256 bc6ecc278ef2f7b9aebd994cda8d5edf485f851f3924f6af7e619a42e76018b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          7zG.exe.ico

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe.ico
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 8cad493433ec34a34ca6f4fd49655aaf7cbb4337752743804db83ea6c050d1fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          OfficeC2RClient.exe.ico

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe.ico
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 19306f3f899e8bae15a744924f1ebf2ce88624f5dd297e3993645fe8453adaa9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          appvcleaner.exe.ico

          • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe.ico
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 463b6e99198762de39ea3c9156504527673355f452c17063d0fcc34caa3cfded
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-22_a4ceb4ddb31563586a60bfdc66e9f6b3_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe.exe
          • Size 472KB
          • SHA256 1f531df9ff81fbe2bebcab6b749dd16258c83da3abf19de009643bf9c323dc93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3328-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D4000-memory.dmp

          memory/3328-113-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004D4000-memory.dmp