Analysis
- max time kernel
90s - max time network
130s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
27/10/2026, 22:41
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
windows10-2004-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe
- Size 3.0MB
- Sample261027-2mcdysg19m
- SHA256 34ab19f0d3dbfb55b26b5f00330c3bb284136dd731dccc0817c89fb7af14fca5
- MD5 eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2
- SHA1 38c41d0fb2fa37f2ee0d6a583b09268b0eeb0f1d
- SHA512 0672b05744e6d0fb2355ddceb6f5a1c804451bb9bcce7b28f7ba7ce2bc73fa08f9402ee2f2d3f8df6a3a7c87ec76dc4c2e6d44bb3af182aba38a9007809fa52f
- SSDEEP 49152:oW36h7to4SL4LLsYwnNTB4akOElMaFLkjcY/FZ3lvBgF:oWZ4mo6iak7/WZ3lS
- TLSH T18AE54B11A6A10473D46682704963AE5DAA327D1497334EAF22C17F8FFFB27E15E35232
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002446e-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4440-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000800000002446f-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/980-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4440-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024480-1217.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000900000002029b-1520.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002446e-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000800000002446f-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024480-1217.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000900000002029b-1520.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4440 patcher.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Download\{56EB18F8-B008-4CBD-B6D2-8C97FE7E9062}\139.0.3405.125\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\Uninstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Wallet_2.4.18324.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Wallet.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Mail\wab.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpconfig.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_1.1911.21713.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Win32Bridge.Server.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmlaunch.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_1.0.30251.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\AppInstallerPythonRedirector.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.11629.20316.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\HxAccounts.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI_1.23.28002.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\TCUI-App.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\64BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer_6.1908.2042.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\3DViewer.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\pwahelper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Office.OneNote_16001.12026.20112.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\onenoteshare.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe$ 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe patcher.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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 patcher.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 980 2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe 4440 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-27_eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_njrat_vidar.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:980
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4440
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 3.0MB
- SHA256 34ab19f0d3dbfb55b26b5f00330c3bb284136dd731dccc0817c89fb7af14fca5
- MD5 eecd9c11b159b75167c1885e8f5506c2
- SHA1 38c41d0fb2fa37f2ee0d6a583b09268b0eeb0f1d
- SHA512 0672b05744e6d0fb2355ddceb6f5a1c804451bb9bcce7b28f7ba7ce2bc73fa08f9402ee2f2d3f8df6a3a7c87ec76dc4c2e6d44bb3af182aba38a9007809fa52f
- SSDEEP 49152:oW36h7to4SL4LLsYwnNTB4akOElMaFLkjcY/FZ3lvBgF:oWZ4mo6iak7/WZ3lS
- TLSH T18AE54B11A6A10473D46682704963AE5DAA327D1497334EAF22C17F8FFFB27E15E35232
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_157859\javaws.exe
- Size 3.5MB
- SHA256 684e863743e67f080e52f9d687261310862e9302f4f26e5e53393f1b308eb0c6
- MD5 ff4cace05f63f6267f3caea198d17135
- SHA1 3d31cb8cdd7cb516a735b8fd593469754f2c39d1
- SHA512 1ec23307a6e7eff73012e84113db8fe651934a02be801df2cc927855127c6740974cf7470a06d1c23b0f42cc6881e18a0fe429a17c44d8200c9a6b5c0607401a
- SSDEEP 49152:oW36h7to4SL4LLsYwnNTB4akOElMaFLkjcY/FZ3lvBgF4Td9CHKyao:oWZ4mo6iak7/WZ3lS+Cqo
- TLSH T1CD065D11A2910472E466C2704963AE5D9A327D1497338EAF22D17F8FBFB27E14E35732
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 3.6MB
- SHA256 d1b35cad109e5ffd3592aea420a9af05ce985e013d02ace0c37fd963150a23bf
- MD5 c9f30d6ee6e1211def2a5ffde56207a3
- SHA1 580de2fdf6dc275593dec240b14cd09ade50d410
- SHA512 fe52476f3fa4bd717e4f8b2145374f43ac3d6b65f4cdf8c44464f3f023b7d93b69eb4542514107bc807e80cb6c23545ca50ea116eb25619c1f9b275397916d77
- SSDEEP 49152:oW36h7to4SL4LLsYwnNTB4akOElMaFLkjcY/FZ3lvBgF6Pji0Aj:oWZ4mo6iak7/WZ3lSQjo
- TLSH T158064C11B6A04572D066C2744563AA5DAA327D1097324EEF22C17F9FBFB27E14E36332
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe
- Size 3.5MB
- SHA256 77fe7f47f7b3379babf53f014303d49f5f3fa5b2f6fa80a28a743a7c5c5b5542
- MD5 08e869c110a525d972df72fcfa7677a3
- SHA1 afa34358081637632c2f206b6f185089366d01ae
- SHA512 e9c6d86379b155101b421842779176f28f72c87bb458919469dc1d2784c64cc43f656d1032ec7f839ac95b62de4775408172282e2fde85de5cfda2e68a7cc723
- SSDEEP 49152:oW36h7to4SL4LLsYwnNTB4akOElMaFLkjcY/FZ3lvBgFQi6:oWZ4mo6iak7/WZ3lSQi6
- TLSH T193063B4267514C72F05982304562AA6C5A337D1897E34EAF22CE7F8FFBB13911EF5226
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH