Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
144s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
29/10/2026, 23:05
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample261029-225daafv71
- SHA256 c074e245118c85ae1daa0be8d97a209fcdc86126d81f01b1ed2361ab16c5956f
- MD5 9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98
- SHA1 11201d053691b24b889ca17cba6d4967f6cac199
- SHA512 c51719eac5c6568db254bf01079e1d05b377d64ef80bd885a98c78fb32b1df4374762cb3729ef0b3a2b6c2008a1d34a5a4a6c18b25941d9540bc11452df08562
- SSDEEP 12288:GaoV0JZ4YOE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo0lBM1iuWXN:GDV0TKwxx+1L6goYq1iuWXN
- TLSH T15ED46C1176D0CF31E2AF053699659AB85A7FBC208F2087CB63947E1D7E306C19A35B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 4616 eventviewer.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Temp AdobeARM.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Backup AdobeARM.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 2 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 428 4616 WerFault.exe 90 824 5712 WerFault.exe 88 - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname eventviewer.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain eventviewer.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language adobearmhelper32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language eventviewer.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
pid Process 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 4616 eventviewer.exe 4616 eventviewer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4276 AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5712 wrote to memory of 5452 5712 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 89 PID 5712 wrote to memory of 4616 5712 2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 90 PID 5452 wrote to memory of 4276 5452 adobearmhelper32.exe 91 PID 4276 wrote to memory of 4116 4276 AdobeARM.exe 99
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-28_9787a43c5e2ebf0257161843079bde98_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5712 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe"adobearmhelper32.exe "2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5452 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4276 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"4⤵PID:4116
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe"C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:4616 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4616 -s 18563⤵
- Program crash
PID:428
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5712 -s 17842⤵
- Program crash
PID:824
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 5712 -ip 57121⤵PID:2016
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 448 -p 4616 -ip 46161⤵PID:5584
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
- Size 782B
- SHA256 8395f93b0e0240f5c79ce70bc2257f9cb0d92227b15f7724ba65b1c5c0b19625
- MD5 29f1b2d1b6f9290138596cf180847e53
- SHA1 ab496ce19c74cb15fe0b38807cf29db776336461
- SHA512 bdadd50c6371d05f5d43fe7f95e8c02bd74842b0a7b982f571e80520d8748d67fc6f3912f9eb797edc476387168d597747b9a8705ded1ea473e5ee160c627227
- TLSH T1E0014C531AE81125F1B35A44DFF9947357327C975C2DC8AC90D8520E49E1940D5B27BB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
- MD5 f5d4c05bc8ea0d4fc4d277abda7369d9
- SHA1 f67e793b159bd1e75ed4dec0de352ea1b6583708
- SHA512 359a966c4dc8d62a570b428dfb3e666a63efd6bfff7c5b5ace3bc97ea09ba701d9fa524f439bf9902746c2ecac9c1f76c90868b0152eb825b2a09a9474fdbb34
- SSDEEP 384:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9jdIYigYws0i9Db9Ey8RbmL4A8UiINyGNB:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9uYigY9K5ALdH
- TLSH T19D820BA2B4408C11CD868F3EA4C1D726D672BC813D8591C27565F219CFB23869A9F7EA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
- Size 808B
- SHA256 3dd5ea8a14eb665ba6057d424f94e5e83757ffaab456578dbf038af04053b19e
- MD5 878e958d6bff424e59d1feb51584a01f
- SHA1 b11261559bbea40f1874448196e2934277a537e9
- SHA512 6481a56d17126cf94901bed6f418af28f63089da57af4258fb13e468063c4d7849f78ca00a0e4a72c249a639afc8304669f99e48a360008f8e64172ab3133213
- TLSH T18D0152CD6E2925408AB18A334AB9C4970DB9724A3AD5910C4453A4A024D07588F0F54E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8CE4A33FEB8CD35F8F6C8D2BE260E617
- Size 192KB
- SHA256 79b7246f3d27e1e8c60e568acc9e7bd53c37d1353d94bb9c6839d5e8ddef2d66
- MD5 2a5f3052165591a1e1200ce4dfb82d98
- SHA1 34193437ada6ccead9db37761f6efb8710d059a5
- SHA512 1357e1f777bbd468a2e27d5e0f18ada508d80fdca0bddb207986f59191aeae5bc190fdd9dd9c78097e75af1e0207370179db9a5d65ae5a028c7a2620a16e4959
- SSDEEP 3072:pmUijZowGwQ2xDCNL+B4fRqJRF57E+sv4pv+k11:wF/G+BmRq/FO5gpm+
- TLSH T11D140C282DBBB1619E0ACDE24CD6AE5646FD719F21027F1B4EF4AED01D436BB8E17440
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1
- Size 701B
- SHA256 108dd34232a3088b45534933d0486409616a2bbad94fd8f7ab5991c01ff179b6
- MD5 2b24bfcd271b4f2bd1bb9c58db53c20d
- SHA1 12a18dbf2f27f02650e15c0d75e1bb7c50cf3d4b
- SHA512 785dd247c3809434ad535b7c954c20c4d5661c00d9bf274fa9ca68595fd5dd98eced3b3e3602593da20bf810edd6b5f3592703176a61e15033267271b8750938
- TLSH T18F019E1983B02F025F801E462200D0628EFCF3DCAC243B89AAD9E8021805BA0A9D81DE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
- Size 192B
- SHA256 ef77dfba239be32bf9b92fd44f9567b261df5d442219c1561d4d90ab8cce90a6
- MD5 714bc25589ae52ba5ed6368c6a4d5b4c
- SHA1 1eba5a222487dc4c1b8ea9422e7c80462aaca199
- SHA512 692bff8b2db1252274ac0adfa1c818d792d49aee57dbf1406007e491d1104948003e7e6d3d109b0b7bb15266f290dd7ff2e214147e76eb1d174c483fb7eee832
- TLSH T164C08C1C1EA28A07F6A8437C02C139539B608201E241CF0A1AF56A08C996B162878C2A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8CE4A33FEB8CD35F8F6C8D2BE260E617
- Size 246B
- SHA256 75375b50308111223dee2219784205b4ff79c6a281a8ee54bc22181aca773fad
- MD5 1a8408bf65f37a2c5e4b48c76afdf544
- SHA1 1c69a0350b8278acec4e2ab8483c6754ff80ee27
- SHA512 559fae94ac0164adb425511dfb9582f951d5771744e17c879c136b81aaeb6f4c2dda9fb93dbb225c2099aae25d803237d1e9bae119156ffc105d35690696611d
- TLSH T1E2D0223C1BBB6231F0918A7640E04A03DACD130590839B9F0BE6D70C283BB81AC20D0F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1
- Size 192B
- SHA256 f4415c8d50e4249a7c08fa0e61673fb81ec0857bf59897b926b97ba987284971
- MD5 f951e34539f626859ebe5c4e3ee25847
- SHA1 9c8eb6d8665ff6766feb13d41c2709bc7f08d056
- SHA512 d4bbc22ae497368555adaec45059a33cacdca11d47847fe7ca4a93ce9eaf3dd1391352530a12f22a657a1880475fd98b074464498e479c7a6c5eecabddb558ff
- TLSH T113C02B0C13524200F188437C0141118186805300F0819B1501F5060C8536F042830C17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 251KB
- SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
- MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
- SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
- SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
- SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
- TLSH T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp5C8D.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
- MD5 bbb796dd2b53f7fb7ce855bb39535e2f
- SHA1 dfb022a179775c82893fe8c4f59df8f6d19bd2fd
- SHA512 0d122f454fcbf4524c2756692f0f33dc98f5bd2426839c6f03cd5c5f4fd507a8a15cf489d7a7ceadd1b95cf31b506c04bf03d613a9ba7d76add92766b1dc5c2b
- TLSH T10D71D9CF0D1A6413ABC7ED8EB1C5F3AB4C34A7E06AD1588B05B895C24FC3B862A5905D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp77A9.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
- MD5 ec946860cff4f4a6d325a8de7d6254d2
- SHA1 7c909f646d9b2d23c58f73ec2bb603cd59dc11fd
- SHA512 38a98b18dbae063bc533a1ff25a3467a7de197651e07e77a1b22cf8ce251282ab31f61dcff5c51ef186cfd115dc506181d480eabffbe92af01dee6282cbee13e
- TLSH T10971B9DB092A5413ABC7DE8AA2C5F3774C34A7E45B96548B087C95C34FCBB971B4401D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp77E8.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
- MD5 fc2430057cb1be74c788f10c2d4540c8
- SHA1 cab67ee8d5191fbf9f25545825e06c1a822af2f2
- SHA512 4e2b9709a9e3ca5173abb35816e5a0aebbf2a7aaf971d7f75f3ae66e4a812cbade103baa5016525f5ab83a60c18f8d3c278c90ff83e4afdae419f81673cb5aee
- TLSH T1FC71D8CE0D1A6813ABC7FE8AA1C5E3695C30A3E16AD154CB08BC95824FC6FC51A4901D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearmhelper32.exe
- Size 359KB
- SHA256 9977725432104dd5286ccfd06b485c8fdf7cbd63143ea62ea5e218e5768c6703
- MD5 736a3cad4593c9e478cc3ea13f1fa634
- SHA1 79fd81761920001c3394bcb1e36892fc95b1fe4a
- SHA512 d4a54d783a5491c24e91cc96b56748a0684342125cee3c17f85ac6f86d8148b601814159c1df52f71df874b52d5713d70aa51ba981f2dcc7fe5b07f9d068ee6d
- SSDEEP 6144:KuSkkTjzhZ2opkGe6vyuTHfx/J+kvuuHcLBuiyt1M/VvoQ3mvwBVO/b:JE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo0lBMb
- TLSH T1A7746D017790DF31E6AF05369D6996B45A6F7C208F2487CB23943E2DBE306C19A35B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\redevlist.dat
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 b914bf865a5fdef490dc431fb624e283b5756d72002b345b84db05cf8b89b720
- MD5 bb19ffa85e7408d07909d2d99960c727
- SHA1 df4b1508d47196aa0c837403c9e0e6ca438b6a48
- SHA512 e7d1df95f8268d07ea401b5144e9034fc318fb68148c42e25795758777943cd6dc32dfb51ba1cb159f16888f9c25812e3837566432d0927f248c38f80cf74893
- SSDEEP 192:RqQmVA+k2IU4OlV4o73QbyRON1A06OmtzIYCD6Mk1g+dJHICxbN1thfTizw36Hs:RqQmVAz24xhbyO+OmtzIYu6MklJ
- TLSH T1D142C67B9825842225F1515F7BBFB208E026F2079541DCD1BE8C43051F927ABE5B2E9E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\redevlist.dat
- Size 206KB
- SHA256 e5d2aa0011ff6c0b86aa90b397f39e4905c540dfe1c14e0ef2efb66078dfc6d1
- MD5 b63ffb9e534aa82eb72045f7efb29908
- SHA1 ee749c8cfa6afa6de9da1a2c3d654e50f7498d60
- SHA512 167da204da997a0a130a991d5fcba6b8de92d32577f34ff8bc157b22cb20e82dc75ed09d3c1d004dcfd7fcec9376149ec0a4c1b179be5068915b80a3461aa218
- SSDEEP 1536:/24HyOTCasJY2asmyvRRUOyhFOQpbHtp+wcQkM4cWSprqPnOEDkLZBtMascblXNv:/1SOTy6TXpWCmAZBtRb1BAwMW
- TLSH T1B324287153F009BA60C343A8BBA576697D66D14BF513D0ECF3AE42112F83D668837A9C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
- Size 88KB
- SHA256 3baf58e8eb6f1dee7da7df83cb38925e69ffe130a02f667380cbee69aea17b15
- MD5 188a727732ea436cedbfa4f016e7bbdf
- SHA1 bf0ba32262cc4abb23e5c61ad6c750188558c8d1
- SHA512 7139f3967289b66bb27bbd2b669ebe53197d3a825a21b8614e5352d426f3a74ba88d8618b869bb19d6c8a51780e636042c9a379f8d797d552cb316be1570e26b
- SSDEEP 768:6hKzpWe7ofYFf0vX2Y9MMcz/pK3mriMYH/K0o+0pdE+7c/vm9Oacl1iB90/Va0DN:j1W9YV0OZMIljwiJ7c/EOaclRkQUQoR
- TLSH T11193AF2A39E044B2D688407151F56F39D33FE5741B11A6C3EB78EF682D21AA0D53B78B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH