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CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 20


Intelligence 20 IOCs YARA 56 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1
SHA3-384 hash: 39a55388c67a8354afae715905dbdc53aed3228cdccd17988fa4ea60e584f6c4fe5e0dea70a50b435e35cca6d133bd5f
SHA1 hash: e7e3f71efd74c7b3017184f1ca134d44742a6d7d
MD5 hash: 471bcb6c43fa97ede55e4a5d1c38f4f3
humanhash: oklahoma-montana-cat-network
File name:179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1.exe
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Signature CobaltStrike
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File size:1'213'992 bytes
First seen:2026-04-15 11:32:47 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 9538fc851a72468837432fabd2e04769 (1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 24576:9GeCIqoPLPC/fRBJjvXw1Fc9ZS/ri0fXHQ9PjQl8NIfydnr:8eXqoP2XFTX/8wijfydr
TLSH T152459E52FB82F0F1EAC602B251FF6BF65C283B19872994D7A1D01D995D201D33B3EA16
TrID 22.9% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2)
22.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (6522/11/2)
17.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
15.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
7.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CobaltStrike exe signed

Code Signing Certificate

Organisation:inetsim.org
Issuer:inetsim.org
Algorithm:sha256WithRSAEncryption
Valid from:2019-08-01T10:34:14Z
Valid to:2029-07-29T10:34:14Z
Serial number: c57584def34e37b6
Thumbprint Algorithm:SHA256
Thumbprint: 4d68da2aa143920046c4811cbc1236e77ed0e1f56fb8c4f3ed5e4cc2db7fec74
Source:This information was brought to you by ReversingLabs A1000 Malware Analysis Platform

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
150
Origin country :
SE SE
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware configuration found for:
CobaltStrike
Details
Link:
https://research.acce.ciphertechsolutions.com/results/f815da70-6e21-4400-ab35-11f8bd4023b6/
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
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ID:
1
File name:
179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2026-04-15 09:50:42 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike amsi-bypass
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/28b6c7cd-a599-406c-accf-a0649316b582

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/61731/
Detection(s):
Win.Exploit.D3b71c-9863766-0
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YARA.VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Win_Flipflop_Ldr.UNOFFICIAL
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YARA.VOLEXITY_Malware_Win_Cobaltstrike_D.UNOFFICIAL
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YARA.SIGNATURE_BASE_HKTL_Win_Cobaltstrike.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
94.1%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=69df5f71f68adfe1003a0243
Tags:
cobaltstrike vmdetect cobalt
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
DNS request
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Sending an HTTP GET request
Restart of the analyzed sample
Creating a process with a hidden window
Launching a process
Searching for synchronization primitives
Creating a file
Creating a window
Running batch commands
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Deleting volume shadow copies
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug anti-security anti-vm anti-vm apt base64 cobalt cobalt cobaltstrike config-extracted crypto evasive expand explorer hacktool locker lolbin microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated packed payload ransomware signed windows wmic
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/69df7765d920e19044fca06c/reports/0e7b746e-9f79-4c4e-83be-ec24c4e30bea/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Dump:Generic.Ransom.PWS.Locker
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2026-04-15T05:55:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2026-04-15T07:00:00Z UTC
Hits:
~10
Detections:
Trojan.Win64.Shlem.sb Trojan.Win64.Agentb.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.mz HEUR:Exploit.Win32.BypassUAC.b Trojan.Win64.Cobalt.sb Trojan.Win32.Jobutyve.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Pycoon.sb Backdoor.Win32.Sheldor.sb Trojan.Win64.Shelm.sb HEUR:Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.gen HEUR:HackTool.Multi.AmsiETWPatch.gen Trojan.Win64.Agent.sb Trojan.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan-PSW.Win32.Stealer.sb PDM:Trojan.Win32.Generic PDM:Exploit.Win32.Generic HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Agentb.gen Trojan.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan-Ransom.Win32.Agent.sb Backdoor.Win32.Agent.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.sb
Link:
https://opentip.kaspersky.com/179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1/results?tab=lookup
Verdict:
Unknown
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/aa027acd-4389-457e-8fe2-83f9779e5fee
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
rans.troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1898650
Signature
AI detected suspicious PE digital signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Clears the windows event log
Contain functionality to detect virtual machines
Contains functionality to detect hardware virtualization (CPUID execution measurement)
Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware)
Found API chain indicative of debugger detection
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Delete shadow copy via WMIC
Sigma detected: Shadow Copies Deletion Using Operating Systems Utilities
Sigma detected: Suspicious Eventlog Clear or Configuration Change
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Yara detected RansomwareGeneric
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
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behaviorgraph top1 dnsIp2 2 Behavior Graph ID: 1898650 Sample: sjGMfjHxuA.exe Startdate: 15/04/2026 Architecture: WINDOWS Score: 100 61 logintoaccount.site 2->61 67 Found malware configuration 2->67 69 Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule) 2->69 71 Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file 2->71 73 9 other signatures 2->73 9 sjGMfjHxuA.exe 2->9         started        signatures3 process4 dnsIp5 65 logintoaccount.site 172.67.220.196, 443, 49716 CLOUDFLARENETUS United States 9->65 75 Clears the windows event log 9->75 77 Contains functionality to detect hardware virtualization (CPUID execution measurement) 9->77 79 Found API chain indicative of debugger detection 9->79 81 2 other signatures 9->81 13 sjGMfjHxuA.exe 9->13         started        16 sjGMfjHxuA.exe 9->16         started        18 sjGMfjHxuA.exe 9->18         started        20 21 other processes 9->20 signatures6 process7 dnsIp8 83 Deletes shadow drive data (may be related to ransomware) 13->83 85 Writes to foreign memory regions 13->85 87 Allocates memory in foreign processes 13->87 89 Injects a PE file into a foreign processes 13->89 91 Clears the windows event log 16->91 24 WerFault.exe 16->24         started        27 WMIC.exe 16->27         started        29 wevtutil.exe 16->29         started        39 2 other processes 16->39 31 WerFault.exe 2 16 18->31         started        63 104.207.140.119, 443, 49718, 49721 AS-CHOOPAUS United States 20->63 51 C:, data 20->51 dropped 33 WerFault.exe 19 16 20->33         started        35 WerFault.exe 20->35         started        37 cmd.exe 20->37         started        file9 signatures10 process11 file12 53 C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\...\Report.wer, Unicode 24->53 dropped 41 conhost.exe 27->41         started        43 conhost.exe 29->43         started        55 C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\...\Report.wer, Unicode 31->55 dropped 57 C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\...\Report.wer, Unicode 33->57 dropped 59 C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\...\Report.wer, Unicode 35->59 dropped 45 conhost.exe 37->45         started        47 conhost.exe 39->47         started        49 conhost.exe 39->49         started        process13
Score:
100%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1
Gathering data
Detection:
cobaltstrike
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Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1/
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.COBALTSTRIKE
Link:
https://tip.neiki.dev/file/179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.CobaltStrike
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2026-04-15 09:50:46 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
18 of 24 (75.00%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=c6o4ztygcq3a4uqlrrcqxtndm6eeeuoq3kwemwb262fedavykxyq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
metasploit
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Similar samples:
error
CobaltStrike
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  9/10
Tags:
defense_evasion discovery execution impact ransomware spyware stealer
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/260415-nnxvdscx7j/
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of UnmapMainImage
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
Enumerates physical storage devices
Program crash
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
Drops desktop.ini file(s)
Checks computer location settings
Reads user/profile data of web browsers
Clears Windows event logs
Deletes shadow copies
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1
MD5 hash:
471bcb6c43fa97ede55e4a5d1c38f4f3
SHA1 hash:
e7e3f71efd74c7b3017184f1ca134d44742a6d7d
Detections:
cobaltstrike_xor_config
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/5ce2f09e-73f6-43bf-82f8-86d2051d204b/
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/179dcccf0614/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/179dcccf0614360e520b8c450bcda367884251d0daac46583af68a4182b855f1

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:APT_APT28_Win_FreshFire
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Author:threatintel@volexity.com
Description:The FRESHFIRE malware family. The malware acts as a downloader, pulling down an encrypted snippet of code from a remote source, executing it, and deleting it from the remote server.
Reference:https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/05/27/suspected-apt29-operation-launches-election-fraud-themed-phishing-campaigns/
Rule name:APT_APT29_Win_FlipFlop_LDR
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Author:threatintel@volexity.com
Description:A loader for the CobaltStrike malware family, which ultimately takes the first and second bytes of an embedded file, and flips them prior to executing the resulting payload.
Reference:https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/05/27/suspected-apt29-operation-launches-election-fraud-themed-phishing-campaigns/
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
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Rule name:Check_VBox_Guest_Additions
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Rule name:Check_VmTools
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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_Sleeve_BeaconLoader_x86_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Description:Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.x86.o 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_BeaconLoader_x86_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
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Author:gssincla@google.com
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:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__QueryInfo
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DetectEncryptedVariants
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Author:Zinyth
Description:Detects 'encrypted' in ASCII, Unicode, base64, or hex-encoded
Rule name:Detect_all_IPv6_variants
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Author:Bierchermuesli
Description:Generic IPv6 catcher
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_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_ClearWinLogs
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing commands for clearing Windows Event Logs
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_SQLQuery_ConfidentialDataStore
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects executables containing SQL queries to confidential data stores. Observed in infostealers
Rule name:INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_GENRansomware
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects command variations typically used by ransomware
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:meth_peb_parsing
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:PE_Digital_Certificate
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Author:albertzsigovits
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:RANSOMWARE
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Author:ToroGuitar
Rule name:SUSP_RANSOMWARE_Indicator_Jul20
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:Detects ransomware indicator
Reference:https://securelist.com/lazarus-on-the-hunt-for-big-game/97757/
Rule name:SUSP_RANSOMWARE_Indicator_Jul20_RID31A2
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects ransomware indicator
Reference:https://securelist.com/lazarus-on-the-hunt-for-big-game/97757/
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:TH_AntiVM_MassHunt_Win_Malware_2026_CYFARE
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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:TH_APT_EquationGroup_2026_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Equation Group (G0020) APT malware detection - covers EquationDrug, GrayFish, DoubleFantasy, TripleFantasy, Fanny, GROK, nls_933w HDD firmware module, and Shadow Brokers tooling
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:TH_Win_ETW_Bypass_2025_CYFARE
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Author:CYFARE
Description:Windows ETW Bypass Detection Rule - 2025
Reference:https://cyfare.net/
Rule name:VECT_Ransomware
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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:vmdetect
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Author:nex
Description:Possibly employs anti-virtualization techniques
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc
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Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_7bc0f998
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Description:Identifies the API address lookup function leverage by metasploit shellcode
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_7bc0f998
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies the API address lookup function leverage by metasploit shellcode
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_c9773203
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies the 64 bit API hashing function used by Metasploit. This has been re-used by many other malware families.
Reference:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/04e8752b9b74cbaad7cb0ea6129c90e3172580a2/external/source/shellcode/windows/x64/src/block/block_api.asm
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_Metasploit_c9773203
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Description:Identifies the 64 bit API hashing function used by Metasploit. This has been re-used by many other malware families.
Reference:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/04e8752b9b74cbaad7cb0ea6129c90e3172580a2/external/source/shellcode/windows/x64/src/block/block_api.asm
Rule name:WIN_SHADOW_UNPACKED
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File information

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