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Database Entry
CobaltStrike
Vendor detections: 8
| SHA256 hash: | 18b056a1951f2e7c4ab96095d25e015da4e456493d0591c94584a9063c399025 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | f174c4a0eff7d3947b611144799f5f7b5ecd0628a090e913236c2bf7f5e8c09d10fe7b1bf0c6a47b65f1b70042eb63a0 |
| SHA1 hash: | e537f77672e7a0f6ec8fd3063524bf29e42867e2 |
| MD5 hash: | 01fbd69aa44b75f2948a817f340d599b |
| humanhash: | may-summer-enemy-thirteen |
| File name: | 01fbd69aa44b75f2948a817f340d599b.exe |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | CobaltStrike |
| File size: | 449'024 bytes |
| First seen: | 2021-05-11 07:13:09 UTC |
| Last seen: | 2021-05-11 08:19:41 UTC |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | e65a95c59aa483750033184c186e4f9b (1 x CobaltStrike) |
| ssdeep | 6144:oQoY7z0MVihidNhYkQRKUJTB4a4svREAHGz8xA4XgPwhparyyb49tTFDbEA38i7:kY7xYidNhYjwvsRHo8xnXQ2B28FvEzi |
| Threatray | 906 similar samples on MalwareBazaar |
| TLSH | 37A4F15B73A2B0F8F16A8175C8D21606E7B2B83127619B9F13A417262F376D18D3E770 |
| Reporter |  abuse_ch |
| Tags: | CobaltStrike exe |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
589
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Detection:
n/a
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Sending a UDP request
Unauthorized injection to a system process
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
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to inject code into remote processes
Found malware configuration
Injects a PE file into a foreign processes
Modifies the context of a thread in another process (thread injection)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Snort IDS alert for network traffic (e.g. based on Emerging Threat rules)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2021-03-26 14:38:04 UTC
AV detection:
30 of 47 (63.83%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Malicious file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cobaltstrike
Similar samples:
+ 896 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Gathering data
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
Score:
1.00
YARA Signatures
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| Rule name: | CobaltStrikeBeacon |
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| Author: | enzo |
| Description: | Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload |
| Rule name: | CS_beacon |
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| Author: | Etienne Maynier tek@randhome.io |
| 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_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: | INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_ReflectiveLoader |
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| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts |
| Rule name: | MALW_cobaltrike |
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| Author: | Marc Rivero | McAfee ATR Team |
| Description: | Rule to detect CobaltStrike beacon |
| Rule name: | ReflectiveLoader |
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| 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 |
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| Author: | Florian Roth |
| Description: | Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0 |
| Reference: | Internal Research |
| Rule name: | SUSP_XORed_URL_in_EXE |
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| Author: | Florian Roth |
| Description: | Detects an XORed URL in an executable |
| Reference: | https://twitter.com/stvemillertime/status/1237035794973560834 |
| Rule name: | win_cobalt_strike_auto |
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| Author: | Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com |
| Description: | autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator |
File information
The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.
Web download
Delivery method
Distributed via web download
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MBC behaviors list (github.com/accidentalrebel/mbcscan):
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0) [B0012.001] Anti-Static Analysis::Argument Obfuscation
1) [C0026.002] Data Micro-objective::XOR::Encode Data
3) [C0052] File System Micro-objective::Writes File
4) [C0040] Process Micro-objective::Allocate Thread Local Storage
5) [C0041] Process Micro-objective::Set Thread Local Storage Value
6) [C0018] Process Micro-objective::Terminate Process