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Database Entry



CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 14


Intelligence 14 IOCs YARA 10 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: aa71d1f8581296304caf7f0a046273e1db94101509319733dc973500dd03fdec
SHA3-384 hash: e5b8ed7b4f0d8eb40bff44578fc47669138e73663dc6946d2ecd58574bef6eb79537a6b7af383dae78b58a1d85d4f6d9
SHA1 hash: 6d9ce310dc1102dd1cdbbd898a983fa099939808
MD5 hash: 8e6f98c28b27346dbc0c4077e6a4e3d9
humanhash: california-illinois-summer-pluto
File name:cs.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
File size:228'864 bytes
First seen:2022-03-11 17:12:15 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 829da329ce140d873b4a8bde2cbfaa7e (259 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 6144:b443XR4S38C4BeBxi66thkbAzLks1YarGR8ej4rC5B/:3MZMBIz+YLks1YarGR8Pu/
Threatray 173 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T10E24CFB0B41DBDA5F08B46B60D4EF0B2AD50EED7A99EA61B70F4A40597CA573340F603
Reporter drb_ra
Tags:CobaltStrike

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
174
Origin country :
n/a
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
n/a
ID:
1
File name:
cobaltstrike_shellcode.exe
Verdict:
No threats detected
Analysis date:
2022-03-11 17:12:14 UTC
Tags:
n/a

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Detection:
CobaltStrikeBeacon
Result
Verdict:
Malware
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
Searching for synchronization primitives
Launching the default Windows debugger (dwwin.exe)
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  5/10
Tags:
n/a
Behaviour
MalwareBazaar
Verdict:
Suspicious
Threat level:
  5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug obfuscated
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
Verdict:
Malicious
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj
Score:
88 / 100
Signature
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Found malware configuration
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win32.Trojan.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2022-03-11 17:13:10 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
AV detection:
25 of 27 (92.59%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Score:
  10/10
Tags:
family:cobaltstrike botnet:505417884
Behaviour
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
Program crash
Malware Config
C2 Extraction:
http://www.menshealth.co.uk:443/safebrowsing/fp/jxPkCmu1ULjh5eFFY72OuY
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
aa71d1f8581296304caf7f0a046273e1db94101509319733dc973500dd03fdec
MD5 hash:
8e6f98c28b27346dbc0c4077e6a4e3d9
SHA1 hash:
6d9ce310dc1102dd1cdbbd898a983fa099939808
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:Cobaltbaltstrike_strike_Payload_XORed
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: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_Unlicensed_CobaltStrike_EICAR_Jul18_5
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects strings found in CobaltStrike shellcode
Reference:https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/07/unit42-new-threat-actor-group-darkhydrus-targets-middle-east-government/
Rule name:HKTL_Unlicensed_CobaltStrike_EICAR_Jul18_5_RID361D
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects strings found in malware samples in APT report in DarkHydrus
Reference:https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/07/unit42-new-threat-actor-group-darkhydrus-targets-middle-east-government/
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:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_RID2DB4
Author:Florian Roth
Description:Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:Internal Research
Rule name:XOREngine_Misc_XOR_Func
Author:smiller cc @florian @wesley idea on implementation with yara's built in XOR function
Description:Use with care, https://twitter.com/cyb3rops/status/1237042104406355968

File information


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