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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 19 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: b239b5d05aba2f98cbc955c1b88884495db53f5b3a3381b94db1aa76e3ed67a1
SHA3-384 hash: 21a734e398f2308188b026b7de4c2e0b5dd326de459ab7fba7e97daed0444d103ad579026f13bdbe851ad8364eae4a69
SHA1 hash: 0dcaf764946746594f14e4c1f75ec7b47f8a1257
MD5 hash: 62a4aa621e034dbdaaf2bef8f5a4aef0
humanhash: river-johnny-rugby-uranus
File name:SecuriteInfo.com.BackDoor.Meterpreter.157.5399.3185
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:437'136 bytes
First seen:2022-09-28 05:00:00 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 974b46aac09fd69de98c5361efb17a61 (1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 12288:nOYO68aew0lMKTKK4KKDyK5FZ1EEEEmEEE1EEEEEEEEEEElKK1KKK1KKK7:NOb2KTKK4KKDyK5FZ1EEEEmEEE1EEEEE
Threatray 1'900 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T19194C52A3852F2C4FBC177B45655A6F0437B7C322D3AE6EE05B032651FB64D7CA21826
TrID 48.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
23.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
9.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
9.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon c488b8f0e2b692cc (2 x CobaltStrike, 1 x ValleyRAT)
Reporter SecuriteInfoCom
Tags:CobaltStrike exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
625
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Creating a window
Launching a process
Sending an HTTP GET request
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  6/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
MeasuringTime
GetTempPath
CheckCmdLine
EvasionQueryPerformanceCounter
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
cobalt exploit greyware overlay packed rozena
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.
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
Contain functionality to detect virtual machines
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Uses known network protocols on non-standard ports
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.Swrort
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-09-20 02:47:33 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
15
AV detection:
20 of 26 (76.92%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Cobaltstrike
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://114.116.101.84:85/bootstrap.min.js
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
b239b5d05aba2f98cbc955c1b88884495db53f5b3a3381b94db1aa76e3ed67a1
MD5 hash:
62a4aa621e034dbdaaf2bef8f5a4aef0
SHA1 hash:
0dcaf764946746594f14e4c1f75ec7b47f8a1257
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:Cobaltbaltstrike_Beacon_x64
Author:Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:https://github.com/avast/ioc
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_Sleep_Decoder_Indicator
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike sleep_mask decoder
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: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: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:pdb_YARAify
Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB
Rule name:ReflectiveLoader
Author:Florian Roth
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
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:Trojan_Raw_Generic_4
Author:FireEye
Reference:https://www.fireeye.com/blog/products-and-services/2020/12/fireeye-shares-details-of-recent-cyber-attack-actions-to-protect-community.html
Rule name:win_cobalt_strike_auto
Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cobalt_strike.

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

CobaltStrike

Executable exe b239b5d05aba2f98cbc955c1b88884495db53f5b3a3381b94db1aa76e3ed67a1

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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