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Database Entry

CobaltStrike

Vendor detections: 15

Intelligence 15 IOCs YARA 41 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	1adf373ea91b8dc6f6f0c5cc570eba14ef720c394b8be4b3e9360d4f96bf48e6
SHA3-384 hash:	c9313ea61c215bee30afc087df1a9a5fb86b84351d889f33d25f6156629241ef976955b2fe803bf650911d51292ddc16
SHA1 hash:	b2449353421dae6fa225e6b0696316d1097b6798
MD5 hash:	0c24f3ad0ff059dee3e467ebbc366f27
humanhash:	double-wisconsin-enemy-bravo
File name:	0c24f3ad0ff059dee3e467ebbc366f27.exe
Download:	download sample
Signature	CobaltStrike Create hunting rule
File size:	328'704 bytes
First seen:	2024-04-28 18:05:30 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	147442e63270e287ed57d33257638324 (143 x CobaltStrike, 21 x Cobalt Strike)
ssdeep	6144:jmFo0uNLkD/fqKvJKdwIlktjuUIBaA14SdnzBv8mEcMz8YE/M45OdcMmZAl01Zt7:COBaK4SdngcMz8YE/M44uglCaWrOsQEI
TLSH	T14064AD15CA567C50EA329FB692A06F3673423CE9B6F3CDCD1B18D1B03501B9AE494D8B
TrID	41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4) 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)
Reporter	abuse_ch
Tags:	CobaltStrike exe

abuse_ch

CobaltStrike C2:
104.214.168.71:443

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

356

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

meterpreter

ID:

File name:

1adf373ea91b8dc6f6f0c5cc570eba14ef720c394b8be4b3e9360d4f96bf48e6.exe

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2024-04-28 18:08:19 UTC

Tags:

meterpreter backdoor cobaltstrike

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/3dfb7229-2ce8-4f15-add0-ef88a0a31058

Note:

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

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Searching for the window

Connection attempt to an infection source

Sending a TCP request to an infection source

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug cobalt cobalt cobaltstrike config-extracted packed phishing

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/662e900b14fabb16f4031f20/reports/8e87abf2-0c40-4964-ae84-b563132852da/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Win/malicious_confidence_100%

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/1adf373ea91b8dc6f6f0c5cc570eba14ef720c394b8be4b3e9360d4f96bf48e6

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.

Malware family:

Cobalt Strike

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/bf2463d9-0995-4646-885a-16e9f7a2a9af

Result

Threat name:

CobaltStrike

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1432995

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

Antivirus detection for URL or domain

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications

Found API chain indicative of debugger detection

Found malware configuration

Found potential dummy code loops (likely to delay analysis)

Installs new ROOT certificates

Machine Learning detection for sample

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for domain / URL

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Yara detected CobaltStrike

Yara detected Powershell download and execute

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

100%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/1adf373ea91b8dc6f6f0c5cc570eba14ef720c394b8be4b3e9360d4f96bf48e6

Detection:

cobaltstrike

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/1adf373ea91b8dc6f6f0c5cc570eba14ef720c394b8be4b3e9360d4f96bf48e6/

Threat name:

Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2024-04-24 12:52:54 UTC

File Type:

PE+ (Exe)

AV detection:

22 of 24 (91.67%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Suspicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=dlptopvjdog4n5xqyxgfodv2ctxxedbzjof6jm7jgygu7fv7jdta._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

cobaltstrike

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

3/10

Tags:

n/a

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/240428-wpqfpsdf71/

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

1adf373ea91b8dc6f6f0c5cc570eba14ef720c394b8be4b3e9360d4f96bf48e6

MD5 hash:

0c24f3ad0ff059dee3e467ebbc366f27

SHA1 hash:

b2449353421dae6fa225e6b0696316d1097b6798

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/0fdc3ec3-58f4-496a-b848-1000037eb3ec/

Malware family:

CobaltStrike

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/1adf373ea91b/report/overview.html

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures

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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_Sleeve_BeaconLoader_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	gssincla@google.com

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:	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:	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:	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:	SUSP_XORed_Mozilla 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:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

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:	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_7f8da98a Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

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

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

Rule name:	win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023 Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:	Detects default strings related to cobalt strike named pipes

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

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No further information available

BLint

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Findings

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_NX	Missing Non-Executable Memory Protection	critical
CHECK_PIE	Missing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protection	high

Reviews

ID	Capabilities	Evidence
WIN32_PROCESS_API	Can Create Process and Threads	KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_API	Uses Win Base API	KERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_BASE_IO_API	Can Create Files	KERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA

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