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Database Entry
CobaltStrike
Vendor detections: 19
| SHA256 hash: | 3cc5353c3b60c0f0e8389c14bdf693f95ea56eced0616642b758b3bbc45d3cc5 |
|---|---|
| SHA3-384 hash: | b791b29f482d5fa1f1bbf8fde318b41ab079978e1005ab2b7c828d8d68290680bf1bd0a32dca472829482a0a540edbbb |
| SHA1 hash: | 1a7cb758ab8ad232f027849e2b5d457bb1f50c24 |
| MD5 hash: | 0f1a90d4f63bf96b1d8631391a3df79c |
| humanhash: | nine-lima-solar-may |
| File name: | 3cc5353c3b60c0f0e8389c14bdf693f95ea56eced0616.exe |
| Download: | download sample |
| Signature | CobaltStrike |
| File size: | 1'742'848 bytes |
| First seen: | 2025-09-13 07:10:12 UTC |
| Last seen: | Never |
| File type: |  exe |
| MIME type: | application/x-dosexec |
| imphash | 6ed4f5f04d62b18d96b26d6db7c18840 (265 x SalatStealer, 78 x BitRAT, 42 x RedLineStealer) |
| ssdeep | 24576:g1rxqMhr9oJcvcs6Rj4+tZrvEaL4cgmt6FYrTdvr+OMHYtJ+gpNCJeXmbmIEHwoL:ghxJhhoJvseZrv7601OOmbUsm |
| Threatray | 61 similar samples on MalwareBazaar |
| TLSH | T1E28523E2BC51E95FD623163FC12291B14022EEEEF16742BEE138E72A6576103479CF19 |
| TrID | 52.7% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 12.8% (.DLL) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6578/25/2) 9.8% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 8.7% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1) 4.0% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9) |
| Magika | pebin |
| Reporter |  abuse_ch |
| Tags: | CobaltStrike exe |
Indicators Of Compromise (IOCs)
Below is a list of indicators of compromise (IOCs) associated with this malware samples.
| IOC | ThreatFox Reference |
|---|---|
| 108.186.255.114:8696 | https://threatfox.abuse.ch/ioc/1589085/ |
Intelligence
File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
117
Origin country :
NLVendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
ID:
1
File name:
3cc5353c3b60c0f0e8389c14bdf693f95ea56eced0616642b758b3bbc45d3cc5.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2025-09-13 06:52:31 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike netreactor
Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
CobaltStrikeStager
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.1%
Tags:
cobalt shell blic sage
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:
Behaviour
Creating a file
Running batch commands
Creating a process with a hidden window
Creating a process from a recently created file
Connection attempt
Creating a window
Sending an HTTP GET request
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Moving of the original file
Unauthorized injection to a recently created process
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
obfuscated packed packed packed packer_detected threat upx
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
Trojan.JP.Generic
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x32
First seen:
2025-09-13T03:54:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-09-13T03:54:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win64.Shlem.sb Trojan.Win64.Shelm.sb Trojan.Win64.Cobalt.sb Backdoor.Cobalt.HTTP.C&C Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Inject.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelm.a Trojan.Win32.Cometer.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.mz Trojan.Win32.Cobalt.sb HackTool.Cobalt.HTTP.C&C Backdoor.Win32.Cobalt.gka Trojan.Win32.Shelma.a
Verdict:
Unknown
Result
Threat name:
n/a
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
evad
Score:
72 / 100
Signature
.NET source code contains method to dynamically call methods (often used by packers)
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Drops PE files to the user root directory
Joe Sandbox ML detected suspicious sample
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Sigma detected: Execution from Suspicious Folder
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Score:
99%
Verdict:
Malware
File Type:
PE
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 32 Exe x86
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Family.COBALTSTRIKE
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Cobeacon
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-09-13 06:52:32 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
5
AV detection:
29 of 38 (76.32%)
Threat level:
5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
fantomcrypt
Similar samples:
+ 51 additional samples on MalwareBazaar
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor discovery trojan upx
Behaviour
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
UPX packed file
Executes dropped EXE
Cobaltstrike
Cobaltstrike family
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://108.186.255.114:8696/RZy8
Verdict:
Malicious
Tags:
trojan Cobalt_Strike c2
YARA:
SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
3cc5353c3b60c0f0e8389c14bdf693f95ea56eced0616642b758b3bbc45d3cc5
MD5 hash:
0f1a90d4f63bf96b1d8631391a3df79c
SHA1 hash:
1a7cb758ab8ad232f027849e2b5d457bb1f50c24
SH256 hash:
7b9086fe8159c1cb6f1f2188652b0cadefa2fed39412dff8e11b83394e66a41d
MD5 hash:
49fb4567a08425c87e19c559c85aa6e4
SHA1 hash:
39387e82fe50778042d9d3862ad55cce0814da21
Malware family:
Metasploit
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
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 |
|---|---|
| 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: | botnet_plaintext_c2 |
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| Author: | cip |
| Description: | Attempts to match at least some of the strings used in some botnet variants which use plaintext communication protocols. |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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: | CP_AllMal_Detector |
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| Author: | DiegoAnalytics |
| Description: | CrossPlatform All Malwares Detector: Detect PE, ELF, Mach-O, scripts, archives; overlay, obfuscation, encryption, spoofing, hiding, high entropy, network communication |
| Rule name: | CP_Script_Inject_Detector |
|---|---|
| Author: | DiegoAnalytics |
| Description: | Detects attempts to inject code into another process across PE, ELF, Mach-O binaries |
| Rule name: | crime_win32_csbeacon_1 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | daniyyell |
| Description: | Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution |
| Rule name: | Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation |
|---|---|
| Author: | daniyyell |
| Description: | Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts. |
| Rule name: | FreddyBearDropper |
|---|---|
| Author: | Dwarozh Hoshiar |
| Description: | Freddy Bear Dropper is dropping a malware through base63 encoded powershell scrip. |
| Rule name: | GoBinTest |
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| Rule name: | golang_binary_string |
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| Description: | Golang strings present |
| Rule name: | golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts |
| Rule name: | Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth |
| Description: | Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report |
| Reference: | https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg |
| Rule name: | malware_CobaltStrike_v3v4 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) |
| Description: | VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll |
| Reference: | VT Research QA |
| Rule name: | MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike |
|---|---|
| Author: | ditekSHen |
| Description: | CobaltStrike payload |
| Rule name: | MALW_cobaltrike |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Willi Ballenthin |
| Rule name: | PowerShell_Susp_Parameter_Combo_RID336F |
|---|---|
| Author: | Florian Roth |
| Description: | Detects PowerShell invocation with suspicious parameters |
| Reference: | https://goo.gl/uAic1X |
| Rule name: | ReflectiveLoader |
|---|---|
| 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: | SHA512_Constants |
|---|---|
| Author: | phoul (@phoul) |
| Description: | Look for SHA384/SHA512 constants |
| Rule name: | SUSP_Imphash_Mar23_3 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Arnim Rupp (https://github.com/ruppde) |
| Description: | Detects imphash often found in malware samples (Maximum 0,25% hits with search for 'imphash:x p:0' on Virustotal) = 99,75% hits |
| Reference: | Internal Research |
| Rule name: | Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage |
|---|---|
| Author: | XiAnzheng |
| Description: | May Contain(Obfuscated or no) Powershell or CMD Command that can be abused by threat actor(can create FP) |
| Rule name: | Sus_Obf_Enc_Spoof_Hide_PE |
|---|---|
| Author: | XiAnzheng |
| Description: | Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP) |
| Rule name: | ThreadControl__Context |
|---|---|
| Reference: | https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara |
| Rule name: | Trojan_Raw_Generic_4 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak |
| Description: | Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell. |
| Rule name: | UPX290LZMAMarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser |
|---|---|
| Author: | malware-lu |
| Rule name: | UPXV200V290MarkusOberhumerLaszloMolnarJohnReiser |
|---|---|
| Author: | malware-lu |
| Rule name: | upx_largefile |
|---|---|
| Author: | k3nr9 |
| Rule name: | WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Description: | CS shellcode variants |
| Rule name: | Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Rule name: | Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d |
|---|---|
| Author: | Elastic Security |
| Description: | Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code |
| Rule name: | Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON |
| Rule name: | Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc |
|---|---|
| Description: | Rule for beacon reflective loader |
| Rule name: | win_cobalt_strike_auto |
|---|---|
| Author: | Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com |
| Description: | Detects win.cobalt_strike. |
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