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Database Entry

CobaltStrike

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 75 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde
SHA3-384 hash:	80f7de69e4c7cf500c10ed95c881790dfa54ecc8f515af5f649b935ff7a44e00844301497ee01b9fc01879910f8812f6
SHA1 hash:	3c42170afb56d0cb7f70391f1ed9576f9734adf4
MD5 hash:	94f7f2e816f9998d5930bf2244669943
humanhash:	july-one-nebraska-romeo
File name:	用户类型需求调研标.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	CobaltStrike Create hunting rule
File size:	1'756'672 bytes
First seen:	2026-05-06 10:44:58 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	f0070935b15a909b9dc00be7997e6112 (8 x GravityRAT, 5 x Glupteba, 1 x Expiro)
ssdeep	24576:vgsiaLHT43BHq9DM4NzNyaQ4oPz1+d4MZ2YAbCtGepVN+brqati+sH:vgsiaek5l649Zb44VN+brqatn
Threatray	1'201 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T1FB856C51FCEB34BADA96617109B356AF2331A20D0335AECBC9441A7BF80B6E51D33395
gimphash	be988d5b8939adb70ab8062d587a78cec8d721e189ad164043f4118d3d6474c2
TrID	29.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2) 22.7% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 20.3% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 9.1% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13) 9.0% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika	pebin
dhash icon	8880cacccc4a2088 (1 x CobaltStrike)
Reporter	Ling
Tags:	backdoor CobaltStrike exe

CNGaoLing

CobaltStrike
IOC (IP 110.40.181.138)

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

248

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

No detections

Malware family:

cobaltstrike

ID:

File name:

用户类型需求调研标.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2026-05-06 10:39:11 UTC

Tags:

cobaltstrike backdoor

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/34702714-f340-4134-9e79-c2410a88c549

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

CobaltStrikeStager

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/64691/

Detection(s):

SecuriteInfo.com.Win64.Evo-gen.99839431.UNOFFICIAL

Gathering data

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Creating a file

Running batch commands

Creating a process with a hidden window

Creating a process from a recently created file

Connection attempt

Sending an HTTP GET request

Сreating synchronization primitives

Searching for synchronization primitives

Launching a process

Creating a window

Sending a custom TCP request

Moving of the original file

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-vm base64 cobaltstrike crypto evasive golang obfuscated packed unsafe

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69fb1bdb2fcb905ec2828ef2/reports/24fb7f97-c522-4a42-b514-c77be51a8bbc/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_90%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde

Verdict:

Malicious

File Type:

exe x32

First seen:

2026-05-06T07:21:00Z UTC

Last seen:

2026-05-07T10:18:00Z UTC

Hits:

~100

Detections:

HEUR:Trojan.Win64.CobaltStrike.gen Trojan.Win32.Cometer.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.mz HEUR:Trojan.Win64.Loader.gen PDM:Exploit.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win64.Ogneglazka.g Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win64.Shelma.a HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic Trojan.Win32.Shelma.a Backdoor.Cobalt.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Shelm.sb Trojan.Win64.CozyDuke.sb Trojan.Win64.Cobalt.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelm.a Trojan.Win32.Dedok.sb Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.sb Trojan.Win64.CobaltStrike.gen Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.ool Backdoor.AdaptixC2.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Shlem.sb Trojan.Win64.Agent.sb

Link:

https://opentip.kaspersky.com/123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde/results?tab=lookup

Verdict:

Suspicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/24a83a48-a69c-4092-8390-c9f814f5cc00

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde

Gathering data

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde/

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat:

Family.COBALTSTRIKE

Link:

https://tip.neiki.dev/file/123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=ci5wcqmvtnds3o7s6dup2ditc3jvqzxp4i6ori2u4oynvsx2r7pa._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

cobaltstrike

metasploit

CobaltStrike

2fe7b81253f7726822e0f6ff1a3bacea73ca2356ca4dcb460493586629961ad0

CobaltStrike

4545af0a8eb4fd527810e8edd444bc18f256a98ea90a9e4c0940c06fece8ac58

CobaltStrike

799352dd262a34eb25dae93b87c6fc5d7991351c0baa83ccceb2156ed18d6a8d

CobaltStrike

bb9d7a494554379a49f01670311add7c7be095038ff31905557df391f2a2039e

CobaltStrike

error

CobaltStrike

+ 1'191 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

cobaltstrike

Score:

10/10

Tags:

family:cobaltstrike backdoor discovery trojan

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/260506-mtvfsafx41/

Behaviour

Checks processor information in registry

Enumerates system info in registry

Modifies registry class

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Enumerates physical storage devices

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery

Checks computer location settings

Executes dropped EXE

Family: Cobaltstrike

Malware Config

C2 Extraction:

http://110.40.181.138:14433/IIsX

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde

MD5 hash:

94f7f2e816f9998d5930bf2244669943

SHA1 hash:

3c42170afb56d0cb7f70391f1ed9576f9734adf4

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/6de50729-f4e9-4257-ba29-bcd0728f36aa/

Malware family:

CobaltStrike

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/123b6141959b/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/123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:	Beacon_K5om Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:	Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:	https://github.com/avast/ioc

Rule name:	Cobaltstrike1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ahmet Payaslioglu \| Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:	Cobalt Strike Detection

Rule name:	Cobaltstrike2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ahmet Payaslioglu \| Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:	Cobalt Strike Detection

Rule name:	CobaltStrikeBeacon Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekshen, enzo & Elastic
Description:	Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_C2_Encoded_XOR_Config_Indicator Create hunting rule
Author:	yara@s3c.za.net
Description:	Detects CobaltStrike C2 encoded profile configuration

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_MZ_Launcher Create hunting rule
Author:	yara@s3c.za.net
Description:	Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_ReflectiveLoader_RID3297 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects reflective loader (Cobalt Strike)
Reference:	http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_Sleep_Decoder_Indicator Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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_Sleeve_Beacon_x64_v4_4_v_4_5_and_v4_6 Create hunting rule
Author:	gssincla@google.com
Description:	Cobalt Strike's sleeve/beacon.x64.dll Versions 4.4 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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	gssincla@google.com

Rule name:	cobalt_strike_beacon_decrypted Create hunting rule
Author:	0x0d4y
Description:	This rule detects cobalt strike decrypted beacons.

Rule name:	cobalt_strike_beacon_detected Create hunting rule
Author:	0x0d4y
Description:	This rule detects cobalt strike beacons.

Rule name:	command_and_control Create hunting rule
Author:	CD_R0M_
Description:	This rule searches for common strings found by malware using C2. Based on a sample used by a Ransomware group

Rule name:	CP_Script_Inject_Detector Create hunting rule
Author:	DiegoAnalytics
Description:	Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries

Rule name:	crime_win32_csbeacon_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	@VK_Intel
Description:	Detects Cobalt Strike loader
Reference:	https://twitter.com/VK_Intel/status/1239632822358474753

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DebuggerException__SetConsoleCtrl Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	DetectGoMethodSignatures Create hunting rule
Author:	Wyatt Tauber
Description:	Detects Go method signatures in unpacked Go binaries

Rule name:	Detect_all_IPv6_variants Create hunting rule
Author:	Bierchermuesli
Description:	Generic IPv6 catcher

Rule name:	Detect_Go_GOMAXPROCS Create hunting rule
Author:	Obscurity Labs LLC
Description:	Detects Go binaries by the presence of runtime.GOMAXPROCS in the runtime metadata

Rule name:	detect_powershell Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	FreddyBearDropper Create hunting rule
Author:	Dwarozh Hoshiar
Description:	Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip.

Rule name:	GoBinTest Create hunting rule

Rule name:	golang Create hunting rule

Rule name:	Golangmalware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Malware in Golang

Rule name:	golang_binary_string Create hunting rule
Description:	Golang strings present

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	Golang_Find_CSC846_Simple Create hunting rule
Author:	Ashar Siddiqui
Description:	Find Go Signatuers

Rule name:	HiveRansomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Dhanunjaya
Description:	Yara Rule To Detect Hive V4 Ransomware

Rule name:	HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_4_2_Decrypt Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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:	identity_golang Create hunting rule
Author:	Eric Yocam
Description:	find Golang malware

Rule name:	INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_ReflectiveLoader Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts

Rule name:	Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:	https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg

Rule name:	malware_CobaltStrike_v3v4 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll
Reference:	VT Research QA

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	CobaltStrike payload

Rule name:	MALW_cobaltrike Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Willi Ballenthin

Rule name:	PowerShell_Susp_Parameter_Combo_RID336F Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects PowerShell invocation with suspicious parameters
Reference:	https://goo.gl/uAic1X

Rule name:	ProgramLanguage_Golang Create hunting rule
Author:	albertzsigovits
Description:	Application written in Golang programming language

Rule name:	ReflectiveLoader Create hunting rule
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:	SEH__vectored Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	Suspicious_Golang_Binary Create hunting rule
Author:	Tim Machac
Description:	Triage: Golang-compiled binary with suspicious OS/persistence/network strings (not family-specific)

Rule name:	SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE Create hunting rule
Author:	CYFARE
Description:	Detects Windows malware employing anti-VM / anti-sandbox evasion techniques across VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, QEMU, Xen, and generic sandbox environments
Reference:	https://cyfare.net/

Rule name:	Trojan_Raw_Generic_4 Create hunting rule
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:	troj_win_cobaltstrike_memoryinject Create hunting rule
Author:	Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:	Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell.

Rule name:	VECT_Ransomware Create hunting rule
Author:	Mustafa Bakhit
Description:	Detects activity associated with VECT ransomware. This includes registry modifications and deletions, execution of system and defense-evasion commands, suspicious API usage, mutex creation, file and memory manipulation, ransomware note generation, anti-debugging and anti-analysis techniques, and embedded cryptographic constants (SHA256) characteristic of this malware family. Designed for threat intelligence and malware detection environments.

Rule name:	WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security
Description:	CS shellcode variants

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security
Description:	Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_b54b94ac Create hunting rule
Description:	Rule for beacon sleep obfuscation routine

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7 Create hunting rule
Description:	Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc Create hunting rule
Description:	Rule for beacon reflective loader

Rule name:	win_cobalt_strike_auto Create hunting rule
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

exe 123b6141959b472dbbf2f0e8fd0d1316d35866efe23ce8a354e3b0dacafa8fde

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/64691/

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