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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 17 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 5bcef00c270c39cbe34fab65226ca6e442e99dc4e0d42e6a5c1039c105ffa95f
SHA3-384 hash: b0b42c69faa33a5b54044857d10868ac0b2fdce1b5c5806dd131ef9f2ac0b2ec54abf25324185ce015739848ac8edfab
SHA1 hash: c67b61b2b092ec26503f3b4869e2ccf9f2f6fa94
MD5 hash: a07d7d0d82743d75afbe69c2dacfd61d
humanhash: pizza-jupiter-mango-red
File name:tufaqixiang2.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:12'800 bytes
First seen:2025-11-30 19:27:37 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 2fc884c7d3280fcd62bbb718bdb13a18 (2 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 192:KaDnx6sviRuBj0WcSSanjkmSnBCfhovWywiBi3Q5tfL3Ijc:N7x/veuBjiajqnBCwBi3OWc
Threatray 15 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1B3423941FA8A0DE6E73443F280370A25F5F6BF25136246DF0B3872162EB52D265726CE
TrID 44.4% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
21.3% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
8.7% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
8.5% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
8.4% (.EXE) Generic Win/DOS Executable (2002/3)
Magika pebin
Reporter GDHJDSYDH1
Tags:backdoor CobaltStrike exe

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
152
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
No detections
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
tufaqixiang2.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2025-11-30 19:23:17 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
97.4%
Tags:
cobaltstrike cobalt
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Connection attempt
Sending an HTTP GET request
DNS request
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
exe x64
First seen:
2025-11-30T14:02:00Z UTC
Last seen:
2025-12-02T03:10:00Z UTC
Hits:
~100
Detections:
Trojan.Win32.Shelma.a Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.lzq Trojan.CobaltStrike.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Cobalt.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Shlem.sb Trojan.Win32.Shelm.a Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.sb UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic Trojan.Agent.HTTP.C&C Trojan.Win64.Shelm.sb Trojan.Win64.Cobalt.sb Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike.mz HEUR:Trojan.Script.CobaltStrike.gen
Verdict:
inconclusive
YARA:
4 match(es)
Tags:
Executable PDB Path PE (Portable Executable) PE File Layout Win 64 Exe x64
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat:
Trojan.Win32.CobaltStrike
Threat name:
Win64.Trojan.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2025-11-30 19:23:18 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
Extracted files:
1
AV detection:
17 of 24 (70.83%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
n/a
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
Cobalt_Strike
YARA:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
5bcef00c270c39cbe34fab65226ca6e442e99dc4e0d42e6a5c1039c105ffa95f
MD5 hash:
a07d7d0d82743d75afbe69c2dacfd61d
SHA1 hash:
c67b61b2b092ec26503f3b4869e2ccf9f2f6fa94
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
Verdict:
Malicious
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Cobaltbaltstrike_Beacon_x64
Author:Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:https://github.com/avast/ioc
Rule name:CobaltStrikeBeacon
Author:ditekshen, enzo & Elastic
Description:Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload
Rule name:CobaltStrike_C2_Encoded_XOR_Config_Indicator
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike C2 encoded profile configuration
Rule name:CobaltStrike_MZ_Launcher
Author:yara@s3c.za.net
Description:Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher
Rule name:CobaltStrike_Sleeve_BeaconLoader_VA_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
Author:gssincla@google.com
Description:Cobalt Strike's sleeve/BeaconLoader.VA.x64.o (VirtualAlloc) 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__Sleeve_BeaconLoader_VA_x64_o_v4_3_v4_4_v4_5_and_v4_6
Author:gssincla@google.com
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:golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846
Author:Justin Cornwell
Description:CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset
Rule name:HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_Strings
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_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: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:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19
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
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
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_f0b627fc
Description:Rule for beacon reflective loader

File information


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Web download

CobaltStrike

Executable exe 5bcef00c270c39cbe34fab65226ca6e442e99dc4e0d42e6a5c1039c105ffa95f

(this sample)

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