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CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 19


Intelligence 19 IOCs 1 YARA 50 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: 361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a
SHA3-384 hash: b1b7e200a401ad9ebdaa6a6c3cab6dcdd328642da648223d2c29a45d9ae20f7f387f8b3b1ee785168302c82a936a5cae
SHA1 hash: 8ebfc4f7922713a203462e4160897c9ca3d383fc
MD5 hash: 41030181545e4ab3abd12ab4ca7db45d
humanhash: west-oven-california-arizona
File name:41030181545e4ab3abd12ab4ca7db45d.exe
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Signature CobaltStrike
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File size:10'240 bytes
First seen:2025-03-07 01:50:14 UTC
Last seen:2025-03-07 02:21:18 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 9aebf3da4677af9275c461261e5abde3 (25 x YTStealer, 12 x CobaltStrike, 11 x Hive)
ssdeep 192:cuHIFt+HFIdGjlnXzqFWqXv4UbElRqdPWXOR8wtH9A6Wki:cuHIX+HFeUlnXOMqXxdPWeR8wtH/i
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TLSH T1B9229E970296688FC1788E7DFAAA9047B5DBBD2C07832539FB14E3DE2545EB245F3040
TrID 63.5% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win64 Executable (70117/5/12)
24.5% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6)
4.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
1.8% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
1.8% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter abuse_ch
Tags:CobaltStrike exe


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CobaltStrike C2:
42.51.12.243:18443

Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)

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IOCThreatFox Reference
42.51.12.243:18443 https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1442894/

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
576
Origin country :
NL NL
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Malware family:
cobaltstrike
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ID:
1
File name:
361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-03-04 04:15:33 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike upx
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/aac9cbe0-278c-4f23-9a6a-27365369a1b3

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection(s):
SecuriteInfo.com.BackDoor.CobaltStrike.46.30422.8690.UNOFFICIAL
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Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=67c67e64c668b65489bedae9
Tags:
cobaltstrike cobalt dridex emotet
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending a custom TCP request
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug cobalt cobaltstrike krypt packed packed packed packer_detected upx windows
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/67ca510b3c5f644bd94736a9/reports/0cca709d-a274-4a2d-a2de-04294e14745e/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Dump:Generic.ShellCode.Marte.F
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a
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
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/57270eb1-facc-4913-9cfd-0cc06309c7e2
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike, Metasploit
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Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1631400
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found API chain indicative of debugger detection
Found malware configuration
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Suricata IDS alerts for network traffic
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Yara detected Metasploit Payload
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
97%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a
Detection:
n/a
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a/
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike
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Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-03-04 04:15:33 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
27 of 38 (71.05%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=gypky3l2dvyq2vzgdmoenkge6utjaj377ubn7uf2kpsyljorv5na._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
metasploit
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cobaltstrike
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Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
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Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor trojan upx
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/250307-b9d8ys1zet/
Behaviour
UPX packed file
Cobaltstrike
Cobaltstrike family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://42.51.12.243:18443/eDDp
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
c2 cobalt_strike
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/f7b532ae-481c-4a36-b165-76b7debe94ed
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a
MD5 hash:
41030181545e4ab3abd12ab4ca7db45d
SHA1 hash:
8ebfc4f7922713a203462e4160897c9ca3d383fc
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0d1bee01-4f40-4620-94fa-c10b323c5154/
SH256 hash:
3a67b60bcc087bbe5136bdea3735eba1d5b8e98c2ff6f8caef0f5ee86356249d
MD5 hash:
bb964d84066a3592c1b45ad598600ae6
SHA1 hash:
5658b177617a10f0f7a3abff2fb7e3a7faad4f3b
Detections:
win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023
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Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/0d1bee01-4f40-4620-94fa-c10b323c5154/
Malware family:
Metasploit
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Verdict:
Malicious
Link:
https://www.vmray.com/analyses/_mb/361eac6d7a1d/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/361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:Beacon_K5om
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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
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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
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Author:Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:https://github.com/avast/ioc
Rule name:Cobaltstrike1
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Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
Rule name:Cobaltstrike2
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Author:Ahmet Payaslioglu | Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:Cobalt Strike Detection
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_MZ_Launcher
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Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher
Rule name:CobaltStrike_ReflectiveLoader_RID3297
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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
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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
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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
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Author:gssincla@google.com
Rule name:cobalt_strike_beacon_decrypted
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Author:0x0d4y
Description:This rule detects cobalt strike decrypted beacons.
Rule name:cobalt_strike_beacon_detected
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Author:0x0d4y
Description:This rule detects cobalt strike beacons.
Rule name:crime_win32_csbeacon_1
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Author:@VK_Intel
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike loader
Reference:https://twitter.com/VK_Intel/status/1239632822358474753
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:detect_powershell
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution
Rule name:Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
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Author:daniyyell
Description:Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.
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_CobaltStrike_SleepMask_Jul22
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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
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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: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_ReflectiveLoader
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts
Rule name:Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1
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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
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Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg
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:Malware_QA_vqgk
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Author:Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll
Reference:VT Research QA
Rule name:MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike
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Author:ditekSHen
Description:CobaltStrike payload
Rule name:MALW_cobaltrike
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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
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Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
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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:ReflectiveLoader
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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_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_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE
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Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)
Rule name:ThreadControl__Context
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Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:Trojan_Raw_Generic_4
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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
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Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell.
Rule name:WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader
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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
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:CS shellcode variants
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d
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Author:Elastic Security
Description:Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a
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Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7
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Description:Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc
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Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader
Rule name:win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023
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Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects default strings related to cobalt strike named pipes
Rule name:win_cobalt_strike_auto
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Author:Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:Detects win.cobalt_strike.

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