Extracted

• • Target
    2026-10-22_5f527ec857da66cc62339f6ecfb0ba5b_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_icedid_vidar
  • Size 389KB
  • SHA256 dbaac58137193f9961d52ecef1a3f2a57c780e7dcf8f5d81fe9d59c75f0ec61b
  • MD5 5f527ec857da66cc62339f6ecfb0ba5b
  • SHA1 294ba1eff9a10b8d1159f2a703f528ce60e54c09
  • SHA512 03ccd3233d3fe003b1e0cbe81ba28a90830c7a8efb285a15e02cd85a747d9cbc6afeefcb871863aea7827a1196393bac22192ff44b5e7caf28c2e0b212ecd9d7
  • SSDEEP 6144:5bM5DZqP5h0Kb3Zhbo/5bTgVziHzZnSKrCbYMx+tb68pLq:5Nhh0K4/5/gVziHlBrCbYu8Y
  • TLSH
    T1C4846C5AF69040EAD4A941328C635B0567B2FC361722E7EF1AD43D9D7F337A04D2AB90
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

  Score

  10^/10

  bootkitdefense_evasiondiscoveryexecutionxwormpersistenceprivilege_escalationrattrojan

  • Detect Xworm Payload

  • Family: Xworm

    Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.

    trojanratxworm

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    execution

  • Sets service image path in registry

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

    persistence

  • Checks BIOS information in registry

    BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks computer location settings

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation

  • Executes dropped EXE

  • Indicator Removal: Clear Windows Event Logs

    Clear Windows Event Logs to hide the activity of an intrusion.

    defense_evasion

  • Adds Run key to start application

    persistence

  • Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2

    Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

  • Enumerates connected drives

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

    bootkitpersistence

  • Drops file in System32 directory

  behavioral1behavioral2