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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 15


Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 41 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 6a78c66b2a1ef44584c3b1bac11649275cac70dd5768bcdeeb3c439420354c01
SHA3-384 hash: 422d9d711edc806bdd8acd0278d06b16e75ebcbb9ff5cc6007b8b815b59d5b19ee4793771392c9844318ebda3f3f2387
SHA1 hash: 3b838306497ed4a68bba3caa775ba3d24e3b5997
MD5 hash: 1116935c6e67faa46ae25a87eaaacf5f
humanhash: edward-william-ack-hamper
File name:1116935c6e67faa46ae25a87eaaacf5f.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:295'936 bytes
First seen:2023-03-03 14:30:40 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 147442e63270e287ed57d33257638324 (143 x CobaltStrike, 21 x Cobalt Strike)
ssdeep 6144:A88TdwB/p4HVIfv33cN7QXwXXkGTFqrJerp3pK3R+nveAa:A88JapG+P3cBCwXphqrJe9Zcsn2A
TLSH T17C548C0ADA2F3D88E868D730B8120A2E387CD59DF1A5185FD4E9C854E5D43660BCFAD7
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CobaltStrike exe


Avatar
abuse_ch
CobaltStrike C2:
150.158.55.102:443

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
253
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
meterpreter
ID:
1
File name:
1116935c6e67faa46ae25a87eaaacf5f.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2023-03-03 14:33:36 UTC
Tags:
meterpreter trojan

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
CobaltStrikeBeacon
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug cobalt cobaltstrike csgo meterpreter packed
Result
Verdict:
MALICIOUS
Details
Windows PE Executable
Found a Windows Portable Executable (PE) binary. Depending on context, the presence of a binary is suspicious or malicious.
Malware family:
Cobalt Strike
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Detected unpacking (creates a PE file in dynamic memory)
Found API chain indicative of debugger detection
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2023-02-27 13:26:00 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
28 of 39 (71.79%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike botnet:391144938 backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Cobaltstrike
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://150.158.55.102:443/IE9CompatViewList.xml
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
6a78c66b2a1ef44584c3b1bac11649275cac70dd5768bcdeeb3c439420354c01
MD5 hash:
1116935c6e67faa46ae25a87eaaacf5f
SHA1 hash:
3b838306497ed4a68bba3caa775ba3d24e3b5997
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Beacon_K5om
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Meterpreter Beacon - file K5om.dll
Reference:https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/06/phished-at-the-request-of-counsel.html
Rule name:Beacon_K5om_RID2B14
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Meterpreter Beacon - file K5om.dll
Reference:https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/06/phished-at-the-request-of-counsel.html
Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
Rule name:Cobaltbaltstrike_Beacon_x64
Author:Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:https://github.com/avast/ioc
Rule name:Cobaltstrike1
Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:Cobaltstrike2
Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:CobaltStrikeBeacon
Author:ditekshen, enzo & Elastic
Description:Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload
Rule name:CobaltStrike_C2_Encoded_XOR_Config_Indicator
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike C2 encoded profile configuration
Rule name:CobaltStrike_MZ_Launcher
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher
Rule name:CobaltStrike_ReflectiveLoader_RID3297
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects reflective loader (Cobalt Strike)
Reference:http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleep_Decoder_Indicator
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike sleep_mask decoder
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleeve_BeaconLoader_VA_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
Author:gssincla@google.com
Description:Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.VA.x64.o (VirtualAlloc) Versions 4.3 through at least 4.6
Reference:https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/making-cobalt-strike-harder-for-threat-actors-to-abuse
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Unmodifed_Beacon
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects unmodified CobaltStrike beacon DLL
Rule name:CobaltStrike__Sleeve_BeaconLoader_VA_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
Author:gssincla@google.com
Rule name:crime_win32_csbeacon_1
Author:@VK_Intel
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike loader
Reference:https://twitter.com/VK_Intel/status/1239632822358474753
Rule name:CS_beacon
Author:Etienne Maynier tek@randhome.io
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_4_2_Decrypt
Author:Elastic
Description:Identifies deobfuscation routine used in Cobalt Strike Beacon DLL version 4.2
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/blog/detecting-cobalt-strike-with-memory-signatures
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_Strings
Author:Elastic
Description:Identifies strings used in Cobalt Strike Beacon DLL
Reference:https://www.elastic.co/blog/detecting-cobalt-strike-with-memory-signatures
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_SleepMask_Jul22
Author:CodeX
Description:Detects static bytes in Cobalt Strike 4.5 sleep mask function that are not obfuscated
Reference:https://codex-7.gitbook.io/codexs-terminal-window/blue-team/detecting-cobalt-strike/sleep-mask-kit-iocs
Rule name:HKTL_Meterpreter_inMemory
Author:netbiosX, Florian Roth
Description:Detects Meterpreter in-memory
Reference:https://www.reddit.com/r/purpleteamsec/comments/hjux11/meterpreter_memory_indicators_detection_tooling/
Rule name:HKTL_Win_CobaltStrike
Author:threatintel@volexity.com
Description:The CobaltStrike malware family.
Reference:https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/05/27/suspected-apt29-operation-launches-election-fraud-themed-phishing-campaigns/
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_ReflectiveLoader
Author:ditekSHen
Description:detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts
Rule name:Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg
Rule name:Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1_RID3324
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg
Rule name:malware_CobaltStrike_v3v4
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect CobaltStrike Beacon in memory
Reference:https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2018/08/volatility-plugin-for-detecting-cobalt-strike-beacon.html
Rule name:Malware_QA_vqgk
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike
Author:ditekSHen
Description:CobaltStrike payload
Rule name:MALW_cobaltrike
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Rule to detect CobaltStrike beacon
Reference:https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.cobalt_strike
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:PowerShell_Susp_Parameter_Combo_RID336F
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects PowerShell invocation with suspicious parameters
Reference:https://goo.gl/uAic1X
Rule name:ReflectiveLoader
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects a unspecified hack tool, crack or malware using a reflective loader - no hard match - further investigation recommended
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects suspicious single byte XORed keyword 'Mozilla/5.0' - it uses yara's XOR modifier and therefore cannot print the XOR key. You can use the CyberChef recipe linked in the reference field to brute force the used key.
Reference:https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/#recipe=XOR_Brute_Force()
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:troj_win_cobaltstrike_memoryinject
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell.
Rule name:WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader
Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects reflective loader (Cobalt Strike) used in Operation Wilted Tulip
Reference:http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_1787eef5
Author:Elastic Security
Description:CS shellcode variants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_b54b94ac
Author:Elastic Security
Description:Rule for beacon sleep obfuscation routine
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7
Description:Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc
Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader
Rule name:win_cobalt_strike_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cobalt_strike.

File information


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