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
07/11/2026, 18:48
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
- Size 596KB
- Sample261107-xfztfset9w
- SHA256 c51074a7ecdc64a345cf3e71cb198cf64d2919ec0afee7ca233fa6d50ec92874
- MD5 f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0
- SHA1 13efd6d899c17e69906a8e4d370e257d6222226a
- SHA512 0d7fa7459e1a3af91344a4950985b57d7629275f5d5599789bf1ac2ae1bca5b9d9a42ad8d0c58b4fe0d9f9dd2dd2bc5e0ed544e41278008a7be0b0c1c52587eb
- SSDEEP 12288:GaoVmb+K4YWE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo1lBISiuWXW:GDVmbhywxx+1L6goLGSiuWXW
- TLSH T1B9D46B1176D0CF31E2AF0536996596B89A7FBC208F2187CB63947E1DBE306C19A35B13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 576 eventviewer.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_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 3656 2384 WerFault.exe 88 2340 576 WerFault.exe 90 - 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 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_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 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_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 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 576 eventviewer.exe 576 eventviewer.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 2984 AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2384 wrote to memory of 3504 2384 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 89 PID 2384 wrote to memory of 576 2384 2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe 90 PID 3504 wrote to memory of 2984 3504 adobearmhelper32.exe 91 PID 2984 wrote to memory of 2352 2984 AdobeARM.exe 99
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-06_f5c0ffb0dbfa9d82604763acff6f12e0_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:2384 -
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:3504 -
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:2984 -
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:2352
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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:576 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 576 -s 15883⤵
- Program crash
PID:2340
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2384 -s 14762⤵
- Program crash
PID:3656
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 2384 -ip 23841⤵PID:4916
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 576 -ip 5761⤵PID:4844
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 244KB
- SHA256 35c3a86704c62a56ec8749e562421a414ec1ee48c288f7c52dc62345fc97e6f3
- MD5 76a6cf7ca6d93fd2558b9671c66ddf62
- SHA1 7b4880d916e45a4972bd8142e657a804ab4ed0e8
- SHA512 5b58183b814c7b9d6858a9b3e03c8d8121297a9bf452cc7efef592c39c6a6545ee9fb658d08084b8e65bad5f59277c0f8975e3363b32f83a817717d098f292d8
- SSDEEP 3072:wxyPs+4Q8lbXrmvUC7hxCmITBQrAsK5XLpenbgsTpioyQmEjDa:6PcUCnCmITqrAJppeblTpjde
- TLSH T1EE34DD589DB7F0565E8A9DE18CD79E9647FC31DB22427F1B4AA05FC00C17BBB8E66080
- 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 e4739eac0d942f6131ccde1b733c4079ebbe92fa6f6a990c22c3ef0047a32456
- MD5 1928680317a0496f4e03865601bac0bf
- SHA1 720474cddc120445aacb81b5d4e83a7252319397
- SHA512 e6908795aa84a5692ccc54db69c092dc74daf17257dc538bc2c243aa2627610f12d00e9b225e6fe7e040b43c7a7050a680ea6f3e496336624428193266a5e118
- TLSH T10FC08C1C2AA24A06F2A8437C02C239039B208201E2418F092BF12A48C997B1E2838C6A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8CE4A33FEB8CD35F8F6C8D2BE260E617
- Size 246B
- SHA256 4f2270d2fe44366b13f6c3aa8c66a3fa566bd0e10e52d18ddb5db8c24eef8dac
- MD5 e0db39c3f3a93170f9aa6e27799adff7
- SHA1 7bf40c2396fd27629b5e31b5616134e3ad6390f7
- SHA512 647722e62c1d7901ae9d4e186c267b9be809661dcaf0af2a41132d271b77da9743f512806cc07c9740c70d7def146cb544173d85a13ea3bf7aeffd4f0f729c46
- TLSH T1B2D0222C379142E8F03842731C50C9803F900636B082934D2F67200DCE2EF422C20D1C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1
- Size 192B
- SHA256 c476623e6d43c8212fd2cb6eb6b06a397c587d71ed538b48ee081bc16ebda97d
- MD5 f9a8d5b0b7efcb2b8c127261626ee287
- SHA1 30ff76634055b20013b0b036e16797916760f4af
- SHA512 0ebcd2cc26fb2181f3544d11abbee805d074ac19adfdfe7afcbdb38e602a68d21f9420e8469a1ba50b5d3cedb419fe97f6ec8208ff84f9b4ed36caf1be2231a2
- TLSH T139C08C1C27A20A06F2A883B912C22D838B208110F3819F4127B52A08CD35F2A2838C29
- 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\Tmp2050.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
- MD5 bbb796dd2b53f7fb7ce855bb39535e2f
- SHA1 dfb022a179775c82893fe8c4f59df8f6d19bd2fd
- SHA512 0d122f454fcbf4524c2756692f0f33dc98f5bd2426839c6f03cd5c5f4fd507a8a15cf489d7a7ceadd1b95cf31b506c04bf03d613a9ba7d76add92766b1dc5c2b
- TLSH T10D71D9CF0D1A6413ABC7ED8EB1C5F3AB4C34A7E06AD1588B05B895C24FC3B862A5905D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp3B2D.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
- MD5 ec946860cff4f4a6d325a8de7d6254d2
- SHA1 7c909f646d9b2d23c58f73ec2bb603cd59dc11fd
- SHA512 38a98b18dbae063bc533a1ff25a3467a7de197651e07e77a1b22cf8ce251282ab31f61dcff5c51ef186cfd115dc506181d480eabffbe92af01dee6282cbee13e
- TLSH T10971B9DB092A5413ABC7DE8AA2C5F3774C34A7E45B96548B087C95C34FCBB971B4401D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp3B4D.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 13071ed7a910011edced1a33198e6bcb3580f659bc48ce6bf3dde47f63d1e744
- MD5 3f9c7fb6c9a66e926a2eadf5f33b3806
- SHA1 57f127bfe8eed615aafa7e739ec864da7b042804
- SHA512 6a09324d34b06a5465615b54b4c4f0570eaa2ec64b7b376beeb8ef16402a7e96079a793508e018093230d044a714ce7e23093d9eaa38c6250e046dbfa9a849c1
- SSDEEP 6144:auSkkTjzhZ2opkGe6vyuTHfx/J+kvuuHcLBuiyt1M/VvoF3mvwBVObdu:ZE+66uTHJ/J+kvvcLIb1M/Bo1lBIc
- TLSH T194746D017790DF31E6AF05369D6996B45A6F7C208F2487CB23943E2DBE306C19A35B27
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\redevlist.dat
- Size 12KB
- SHA256 4dedd6fbad054620567f77e09afd3a266df62c6bbec07d93bd8851b2c318daac
- MD5 819c6606087916de41cbb760d09a7487
- SHA1 420ab8f3e75f824301b49d39111ed68578227d88
- SHA512 547498f915b3ea243348862bcb7bb53ca04a700b2b6280e8e074f9c8bbe07d115994592aa47a5296f9843a2e7333ab6e06e73c695dc1ae9c177576a714387025
- SSDEEP 192:V6qQmVA+k2IUPnOlV4o73QbyRON1A06OmtzIYCD6Mk1g+dJHICxbN1thfTizw36j:YqQmVAz2PnxhbyO+OmtzIYu6MklE
- TLSH T1B542E67B5812842226F1515F7BBFB208E066F20B9541DCD1BE8C43052F927ABE572E9E
- 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