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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 13 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: 63791a89341405f3c2bfa9454358dc970156cd21a8c69a58cff48b97e991e07c
SHA3-384 hash: f3162c19c158727ea2ab093b891829731888c8c27e089390fb91b9160dc34da62ddf7e30bfc8ad27991ff940ff1d9cfe
SHA1 hash: bc5820411b679e4a8e66624e71a06ff5ce73599f
MD5 hash: 717717c3411af47ec2511e1dbc77ef9f
humanhash: hotel-september-blossom-seventeen
File name:Iakovos_Peleties_CV.doc
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:3'315'200 bytes
First seen:2022-07-18 08:43:43 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Word file doc
MIME type:application/msword
ssdeep 12288:nbdxyQOkZ9o1TkYVVRW8Am7qoWAkWmpS04OQYPCdXJJmMQ/bR569mJCRYD5UdQZO:nw71N17JabR5emlBkk/CqolLt7
TLSH T15DE5BAB838C35208DBF3E1B7365453895AD9FC398674626A8DD3AEEF2B28014E47DD41
TrID 36.3% (.XLS) Microsoft Excel sheet (32500/1/3)
33.5% (.DOC) Microsoft Word document (30000/1/2)
21.2% (.DOC) Microsoft Word document (old ver.) (19000/1/2)
8.9% (.) Generic OLE2 / Multistream Compound (8000/1)
Reporter JAMESWT_WT
Tags:CobaltStrike doc healthydiet4all-com

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
752
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
Iakovos_Peleties_CV.doc
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2022-07-18 08:44:34 UTC
Tags:
macros macros-on-open generated-doc stealer

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
File type:
application/msword
Has a screenshot:
False
Contains macros:
False
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Creating a window
Сreating synchronization primitives
DNS request
Sending a custom TCP request
Searching for synchronization primitives
Unauthorized injection to a system process
Result
Verdict:
Malicious
File Type:
Legacy Word File with Macro
Verdict:
No Threat
Threat level:
  2/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
macros
Label:
Benign
Suspicious Score:
4.9/10
Score Malicious:
5%
Score Benign:
5%
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.expl.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Creates a thread in another existing process (thread injection)
Document contains an embedded VBA macro with suspicious strings
Document contains an embedded VBA with many string operations indicating source code obfuscation
Document contains VBA stomped code (only p-code) potentially bypassing AV detection
Injects code into the Windows Explorer (explorer.exe)
Machine Learning detection for 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)
Writes to foreign memory regions
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.Alien
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-07-15 21:52:50 UTC
File Type:
Document
Extracted files:
31
AV detection:
17 of 41 (41.46%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike backdoor macro macro_on_action trojan
Behaviour
Modifies Internet Explorer settings
Modifies registry class
Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present
Drops file in Windows directory
Cobaltstrike
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:BitcoinAddress
Author:Didier Stevens (@DidierStevens)
Description:Contains a valid Bitcoin address
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: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:informational_win_ole_protected
Author:Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:Identify OLE Project protection within documents.
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_shellcode_hash
Author:JPCERT/CC Incident Response Group
Description:detect shellcode api hash value
Rule name:meth_get_eip
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:meth_stackstrings
Author:Willi Ballenthin
Rule name:pdb_YARAify
Author:@wowabiy314
Description:PDB
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla
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

File information


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