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Database Entry



Cobalt Strike


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 5 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 3c220b93f4fe03e48e788514be11404b20ef6587391e190ed615fdd11a29e340
SHA3-384 hash: 70ba7570fa373d9ab28776663c5db66741075f219a10353b60dd3c89e3557f025931bf317a97a21008544b627aede0aa
SHA1 hash: d25e4ec517073b5c97ec701687124b62c12b15af
MD5 hash: 3c66d5eb6f1f13e38f2245ff4a167e27
humanhash: johnny-seventeen-butter-magazine
File name:DeepSeekShellcoderloader.exe
Download: download sample
Signature Cobalt Strike
File size:20'992 bytes
First seen:2025-02-06 10:26:54 UTC
Last seen:2025-02-06 11:29:20 UTC
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 1b439f9a8d3c47a63ff4f2430d66f21e (1 x Cobalt Strike)
ssdeep 192:Co4wPXtjyRNo4whFXv6MUV0+3jRJLeHbdJdgMYIkQr7E9av0dUta0H5dr3Q5tf4c:Tvcro42XRUS+TLObVTkts2OZdr3
TLSH T1FF927C1EBB9895ECD766A07EC87B153FE0B1761503305A9F1772483D2F727A0AA70683
TrID 48.7% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
23.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
9.3% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
9.2% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
9.2% (.EXE) DOS Executable Generic (2000/1)
Magika pebin
Reporter Fadouse
Tags:Cobalt Strike CobaltStrike exe Shellcode


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Fadouse
Cobaltstrike loader by Chatgpt o3 mini high model & deepseek r1 model

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
2
# of downloads :
562
Origin country :
HK HK
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
cobaltstrike cobalt
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Сreating synchronization primitives
Launching a process
Connection attempt
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-vm explorer lolbin microsoft_visual_cc obfuscated remote
Result
Verdict:
UNKNOWN
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, Metasploit
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
Allocates memory in foreign processes
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to check if a debugger is running (CheckRemoteDebuggerPresent)
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Found direct / indirect Syscall (likely to bypass EDR)
Found malware configuration
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
System process connects to network (likely due to code injection or exploit)
Tries to detect sandboxes and other dynamic analysis tools (process name or module or function)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Yara detected Metasploit Payload
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.Cobeacon
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-02-06 10:00:11 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
16 of 24 (66.67%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cobaltstrike metasploit
Similar samples:
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor trojan
Behaviour
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Cobaltstrike
Cobaltstrike family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://192.168.195.128:443/YAkX
Verdict:
Informative
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3c220b93f4fe03e48e788514be11404b20ef6587391e190ed615fdd11a29e340
MD5 hash:
3c66d5eb6f1f13e38f2245ff4a167e27
SHA1 hash:
d25e4ec517073b5c97ec701687124b62c12b15af
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Check_Debugger
Rule name:Check_OutputDebugStringA_iat
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__RemoteAPI
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

File information


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

  
Delivery method
Other

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
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIADVAPI32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CreateProcessA
ADVAPI32.dll::OpenProcessToken
KERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::GetSystemInfo
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account InformationADVAPI32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW

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