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CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 54 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: e0624842b56285d0a235e563bd4db15cadfb80e46c2a5c6c189dca4910fa91c3
SHA3-384 hash: 9f4e1be687bf70624de1cbf0ad1436da56497141248c7385026e9e0753f209be5cddf3eadced2d9a121c6f24a2a2fa4b
SHA1 hash: 1838b31493f833c5c9c2f03ac0c041bdad9eb750
MD5 hash: db39bcb998ec5982ef0a381ea0c6fa7d
humanhash: artist-aspen-fillet-sad
File name:svchost.exe
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Signature CobaltStrike
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File size:328'704 bytes
First seen:2025-11-23 09:31:16 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 147442e63270e287ed57d33257638324 (143 x CobaltStrike, 21 x Cobalt Strike)
ssdeep 6144:JzQEw9Z0OXfBQ6Sg+AioxZZn8kK48oKP+Q8u21GHwIANHcb5:VQE+/fB5Sg1tgw1N
Threatray 1'066 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1AC646B0DDFBFEC7BD414EFB412762AE96EE24D80764486BD76124984FE6B84C058CB24
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
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)
Magika pebin
Reporter Hexastrike
Tags:CobaltStrike exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
16
Origin country :
IE IE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
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ID:
1
File name:
svchost.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-11-23 20:12:49 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/3c7a1faf-a4c8-4d43-98c2-cad2e032a15b

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
CobaltStrikeBeacon
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Link:
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/40914/
Gathering data
Gathering data
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug cobalt cobaltstrike config-extracted packed windows
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/6922e598f96b58f0dc80bb73/reports/8fbf2817-7816-4a00-94a2-a5507bf83a49/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Dump:Generic.Beacon.Marte.B
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/e0624842b56285d0a235e563bd4db15cadfb80e46c2a5c6c189dca4910fa91c3
Result
Gathering data
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/e0624842b56285d0a235e563bd4db15cadfb80e46c2a5c6c189dca4910fa91c3
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Link:
https://app.malva.re/file/db39bcb998ec5982ef0a381ea0c6fa7d
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/e0624842b56285d0a235e563bd4db15cadfb80e46c2a5c6c189dca4910fa91c3/
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-23 09:19:04 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
32 of 36 (88.89%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=4breqqvvmkc5birv4vr32tnrlsw7xahenqvfy3aytxfeseh2shbq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cobaltstrike
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error
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Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
n/a
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/251123-mheaeser4t/
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
red_team_tool cobalt_strike Win.Trojan.CobaltStrike-9044898-1 c2
YARA:
win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023 Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/b89e897b-8513-4576-b6cf-ab13abc874ad
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
e0624842b56285d0a235e563bd4db15cadfb80e46c2a5c6c189dca4910fa91c3
MD5 hash:
db39bcb998ec5982ef0a381ea0c6fa7d
SHA1 hash:
1838b31493f833c5c9c2f03ac0c041bdad9eb750
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/529ce60e-b2bc-458b-b3a1-574b5ff08a30/
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/e0624842b562/report/overview.html
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/e0624842b56285d0a235e563bd4db15cadfb80e46c2a5c6c189dca4910fa91c3

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Beacon_K5om
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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
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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:Cobaltbaltstrike_Beacon_x64
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Author:Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:https://github.com/avast/ioc
Rule name:Cobaltstrike1
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Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:Cobaltstrike2
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Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:CobaltStrikeBeacon
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Author:ditekshen, enzo & Elastic
Description:Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload
Rule name:CobaltStrike_C2_Encoded_XOR_Config_Indicator
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike C2 encoded profile configuration
Rule name:CobaltStrike_MZ_Launcher
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher
Rule name:CobaltStrike_ReflectiveLoader_RID3297
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects reflective loader (Cobalt Strike)
Reference:http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleeve_BeaconLoader_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Description:Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.x64.o (Base) 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
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects unmodified CobaltStrike beacon DLL
Rule name:CobaltStrike__Sleeve_BeaconLoader_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Rule name:cobalt_strike_beacon_decrypted
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Author:0x0d4y
Description:This rule detects cobalt strike decrypted beacons.
Rule name:cobalt_strike_beacon_detected
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Author:0x0d4y
Description:This rule detects cobalt strike beacons.
Rule name:CP_Script_Inject_Detector
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Author:DiegoAnalytics
Description:Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries
Rule name:crime_win32_csbeacon_1
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Author:@VK_Intel
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike loader
Reference:https://twitter.com/VK_Intel/status/1239632822358474753
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:detect_powershell
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
Rule name:FreddyBearDropper
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Author:Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
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Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_Strings
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts
Rule name:Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1
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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
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg
Rule name:malware_CobaltStrike_v3v4
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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
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:CobaltStrike payload
Rule name:MALW_cobaltrike
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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
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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Rule name:PowerShell_Susp_Parameter_Combo_RID336F
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects PowerShell invocation with suspicious parameters
Reference:https://goo.gl/uAic1X
Rule name:ReflectiveLoader
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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_Oct19
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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
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:troj_win_cobaltstrike_memoryinject
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Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell.
Rule name:WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader
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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
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:CS shellcode variants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7
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Description:Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc
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Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader
Rule name:win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects default strings related to cobalt strike named pipes
Rule name:win_cobalt_strike_auto
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cobalt_strike.

File information

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Cape
Cape
https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/40914/

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