Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
127s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/11/2026, 03:39
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- Sample261109-d73vmscd27
- SHA256 342355bfef8309be415fb7be469f3194bd9f8f0231dc4f1eadecec3fe1b9ce19
- MD5 53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e
- SHA1 ec10d556352f7d865dc39163a3d760379d99c1db
- SHA512 3c2ee88518ec3005b44c9779fca8f5edb572dbcc88197c5a3bd6cf4342a0c60d983f0531c642aa6d2757e9e92908b9632373d811539784578038e1a88c1e3803
- SSDEEP 6144:XFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTfueF/mNyBqoAXjiU4bz:IfBQGH6SfaCBqoAX+U4
- TLSH T19565CFB17B93856BD4E7C23CB1858593ABF69B031D539263D7A0EE3DCA392814DD8C42
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects Cosmu payload 4 IoCs
Cosmu is a worm written in C++.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c48d-4.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c491-87.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x001000000001c49a-189.dat family_cosmu behavioral2/files/0x001200000001b2e7-185.dat family_cosmu - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\D: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1262770251-41185387-1005173349-1000\Control Panel\Desktop\Wallpaper = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXDC11.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCXDA46.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCXDA59.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCXDD31.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXDBEE.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCXDA01.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXDC7A.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCXDA11.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\java-rmi.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCXDCF0.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\RCXDD43.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCXDC45.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\RCXDA34.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXDBB7.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXDBFF.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\RCXDA58.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\RCXDC33.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXDC79.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\RCXDCCB.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\RCXDAA9.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.cab 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\RCXDCDD.tmp 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\windows\readme.1xt 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\windows\WallPapers.jpg 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe -
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1262770251-41185387-1005173349-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1262770251-41185387-1005173349-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop\General\WallpaperSource = "C:\\windows\\WallPapers.jpg" 2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-08_53b556435a5e4da38923fbcff892bb0e_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Enumerates connected drives
- Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
PID:4296
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
- Size 329KB
- SHA256 d51bc80e78b504b66fd4ab581dad4f3ae7855c26a40ea42a2fe462883e60bbb8
- MD5 46fa6fab274a1e80f168751b43fd2549
- SHA1 e5124dcfd7249ff405ea28bbbd611ba796a12a2a
- SHA512 48c7b7296f7f9237ffde13a6965fe17fd29a329ddc3a8e0b78282fe2740d65ed4a01ca885e5406c0045e043163ac3661942332654afa757b16a75e79e8712199
- SSDEEP 6144:GFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTvoAXjiU4bz:hfBQGH6SfboAX+U4
- TLSH T1CD7401817DA3D8B3D041493188A6CBA1973B6D13AA65D203FB9D0F4B2FB13D49B7A351
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXDC79.tmp
- Size 288KB
- SHA256 3543bc75e5d0853a70f750a952be4f4e769f2deef37ab1b1862f66c3dd4ddf38
- MD5 28a0c8be0c8805b5b523db3e6e5fc5c9
- SHA1 0c3f11b9e16e713c5b4ed6f806cb2a962aff4e8a
- SHA512 2bdee07c9819a534f97345a8487da8a6ae8209b3d47c63dba3d27588450abb2770d9e73383b9b49a7c466909bd6959937f3bf2de0ed3e584f26c73addf2ba5f2
- SSDEEP 6144:eFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTjoAXjiU4bz:ZfBQGH6Sf3oAX+U4
- TLSH T13F5401817DA2D8B3C4414A328CA78FA197376D139A65D203F7AD1F4B2F713D49B7A205
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\RCXDC7A.tmp
- Size 288KB
- SHA256 ea69ad83ae0436052aa87cda10a195f8d39ee5263ae7fdcb15a6c9385a63676b
- MD5 0262b35642072d17dc38e8bf6a89a1ac
- SHA1 3c0052ad96dd410b45ea663f205012173265c006
- SHA512 853924ee022cb45c78ffaf03b57bd62f1c2a577f560f964df2a59cccf15cc6b86f935dbd167c43fdddd381980e64e4d03a74968c8e79d6e2219eefbe6a982666
- SSDEEP 6144:OFlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTSoAXjiU4bz:pfBQGH6Sf+oAX+U4
- TLSH T1B05401917EA2D8B3C0419A315CA68BA197377D139A65D203B7AD1F4B2F713D09B7A302
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\RCXDBB7.tmp
- Size 288KB
- SHA256 a977d0ddc407364de66f2f0aecb5d9be444f8e19175d98d7830cf1ddf276ad87
- MD5 20922c8005e0b204d9a9312aafb192d6
- SHA1 5d0498cdf96fac78d28d16804db0828c562e9d5a
- SHA512 e89fd86f72c1bf6a4931fd63028fe397953e3819df029ced4322f175829a71c1dfcd860cca6dffcfd5e860c07c6fc5ee1a8d375aa3333c6ddf2fdf69c108edc8
- SSDEEP 6144:6FlKgzelZNQSBQGH/CSpWqTYoAXjiU4bz:dfBQGH6Sf8oAX+U4
- TLSH T14D5401917DA2D8B3D041493188A68FA1973B6D13AA65D203FB9D0F4B2FB13D49B7B241
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH