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Database Entry



Cobalt Strike


Vendor detections: 10


Intelligence 10 IOCs YARA 3 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 2adf9dcc9ddc2d10cec9a26a52233e77f075426413fe2ecf914aba67eea58bdf
SHA3-384 hash: 86fd628f1a8dff4c2ef153118472d4422acf417ede9c360d48f7eb36dddadd8595dfb5a0e099749733cade10b4b8bf65
SHA1 hash: f57df7192630d37ea328f5998a74ae98607d3ab2
MD5 hash: 9f2637a15688e9099c502c6ffbe0acc5
humanhash: table-winter-pip-bluebird
File name:beacon.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Cobalt Strike
File size:553'472 bytes
First seen:2025-01-16 07:39:18 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash e4b40ab6ac5308d4cbd835973d06cd63 (1 x Cobalt Strike)
ssdeep 768:KyqzpG/6kR8uKFNmzrGp6zATK1EhreIRVmwXghtW240qqAg:686kGuKqHGp6MTKmhreIR+tN7
Threatray 3 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1C9C45B0BE3D745FDD60BC3B549D767B19C72B8220938B96F0324C7B92E11D909B29B26
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 lontze7
Tags:Cobalt Strike CobaltStrike exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
526
Origin country :
FR FR
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
beacon.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-01-16 07:42:28 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
cobaltstrike virus
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
68 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Found potential dummy code loops (likely to delay analysis)
Machine Learning detection for sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-01-16 07:40:04 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
19 of 24 (79.17%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
n/a
Malware Family:
n/a
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
red_team_tool cobalt_strike Win.Trojan.CobaltStrike-9044898-1
YARA:
Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
2adf9dcc9ddc2d10cec9a26a52233e77f075426413fe2ecf914aba67eea58bdf
MD5 hash:
9f2637a15688e9099c502c6ffbe0acc5
SHA1 hash:
f57df7192630d37ea328f5998a74ae98607d3ab2
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a
Author:Elastic Security

File information


The table below shows additional information about this malware sample such as delivery method and external references.

Web download

Cobalt Strike

Executable exe 2adf9dcc9ddc2d10cec9a26a52233e77f075426413fe2ecf914aba67eea58bdf

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

BLint


The following table provides more information about this file using BLint. BLint is a Binary Linter to check the security properties, and capabilities in executables.

Findings
IDTitleSeverity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODEMissing Authenticodehigh
CHECK_DLL_CHARACTERISTICSMissing dll Security Characteristics (GUARD_CF)high
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA

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