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Database Entry


CobaltStrike


Vendor detections: 13


Intelligence 13 IOCs YARA 11 File information Comments
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SHA256 hash: af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb
SHA3-384 hash: 9fe549fb0e902f6c7641b5e7ce1cc4f2858d1686ea8cd8760f42c70b25d935e7a2c50922f6eeff4cd9a9e5bcd65e6b1f
SHA1 hash: 4091de8e94bce08d7032bd0d2b3d9e59528e31c4
MD5 hash: c429167e36eb2afffa7b7edd58a42c90
humanhash: asparagus-skylark-happy-ack
File name:IObitLiveUpdate.exe
Download: download sample
Signature CobaltStrike
Create hunting rule
File size:3'429'888 bytes
First seen:2024-12-12 18:28:03 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash fe2969aa99d4f5a9048f11a7ea1fec0b (1 x CobaltStrike)
ssdeep 49152:PGFxsB/QHUvjYPkDvtH92LwMDn9fr2ioNTHZYxauRloY2wO:PGYB/QHAjSkDB92LwMDn9KioI8uMr
Threatray 37 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T1AEF54D1D6E934432F3631A7F4C3AD68C68257D201E64D84A3EA77A0C1EF9B4168E5F93
TrID 63.4% (.CPL) Windows Control Panel Item (generic) (57583/11/19)
11.5% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10522/11/4)
11.0% (.EXE) DOS Borland compiled Executable (generic) (10000/1/2)
4.9% (.EXE) Win32 Executable (generic) (4504/4/1)
2.2% (.EXE) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (2072/23)
Magika pebin
File icon (PE):PE icon
dhash icon ccb63159656392cc (1 x CobaltStrike)
Reporter smica83
Tags:CobaltStrike exe

Intelligence

File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
505
Origin country :
HU HU
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
Create hunting rule
ID:
1
File name:
IObitLiveUpdate.exe
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-12-12 18:38:14 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Link:
https://app.any.run/tasks/73749a85-2c11-402c-a697-be26542934f1

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Link:
https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=675b2f1ce19061cac7f10bf2
Tags:
cobaltstrike emotet cobalt
Result
Verdict:
Clean
Maliciousness:

Behaviour
Searching for the window
DNS request
Connection attempt
Verdict:
Likely Malicious
Threat level:
  7.5/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
adaptive-context anti-vm embarcadero_delphi evasive explorer fingerprint keylogger lolbin remote
Link:
https://www.filescan.io/uploads/675b2bb7a15013cbca02c2d0/reports/a84f26bc-bcf0-4abe-adcf-1ba37dbffcfc/overview
Verdict:
Malicious
Labled as:
PWS_Win32_Fareit_ml
Link:
https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb
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.
Verdict:
Suspicious
Link:
https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/53570c81-ba91-41df-bcbe-2dfb83afd253
Result
Threat name:
CobaltStrike
Create hunting rule
Detection:
malicious
Classification:
troj.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Link:
https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1573985
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Found malware configuration
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Download SVG
Score:
22%
Verdict:
Benign
File Type:
PE
Link:
https://malprob.io/report/af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb
Detection:
cobaltstrike
Create hunting rule
Link:
https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb/
Threat name:
Win32.Backdoor.Cobeacon
Create hunting rule
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-12-11 09:48:31 UTC
File Type:
PE (Exe)
Extracted files:
81
AV detection:
5 of 38 (13.16%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Detection(s):
Suspicious file
Link:
https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=v6lf52hi65wppoezg2lnt5bkjrjbh342bjtybabsp3u4xcdimxvq._file
Verdict:
malicious
Label(s):
cobaltstrike
Create hunting rule
metasploit
Create hunting rule
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af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb
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b8a74e94521386eedc2fb9bbdeb7295a8fc0c7336e7ddc28b54c3af821981e8f
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CobaltStrike
error
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Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
discovery
Link:
https://tria.ge/reports/241212-w4bwvsvldr/
Behaviour
System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Verdict:
Suspicious
Tags:
n/a
YARA:
n/a
Link:
https://app.threat.zone/submission/83e638c2-1695-4b8a-b9aa-7f29b1ee7bf2
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb
MD5 hash:
c429167e36eb2afffa7b7edd58a42c90
SHA1 hash:
4091de8e94bce08d7032bd0d2b3d9e59528e31c4
Link:
https://www.unpac.me/results/54d7d7f9-2566-46bc-bb49-279237be29b6/
Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.
Threat name:
Malicious File
Score:
1.00
Link:
https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/af965ee8e8f76cf7b8993696d9f42a4c5213ef9a0a678080327ee9cb886865eb

YARA Signatures

MalwareBazaar uses YARA rules from several public and non-public repositories, such as YARAhub and Malpedia. Those are being matched against malware samples uploaded to MalwareBazaar as well as against any suspicious process dumps they may create. Please note that only results from TLP:CLEAR rules are being displayed.

Rule name:BLOWFISH_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for Blowfish constants
Rule name:Borland
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:DebuggerCheck__API
Create hunting rule
Reference:https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara
Rule name:MD5_Constants
Create hunting rule
Author:phoul (@phoul)
Description:Look for MD5 constants
Rule name:NET
Create hunting rule
Author:malware-lu
Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Create hunting rule
Rule name:RansomPyShield_Antiransomware
Create hunting rule
Author:XiAnzheng
Description:Check for Suspicious String and Import combination that Ransomware mostly abuse(can create FP)
Rule name:shellcode
Create hunting rule
Author:nex
Description:Matched shellcode byte patterns
Rule name:with_urls
Create hunting rule
Author:Antonio Sanchez <asanchez@hispasec.com>
Description:Rule to detect the presence of an or several urls
Reference:http://laboratorio.blogs.hispasec.com/

File information

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

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_NXMissing Non-Executable Memory Protectioncritical
CHECK_PIEMissing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protectionhigh
Reviews
IDCapabilitiesEvidence
AUTH_APIManipulates User Authorizationadvapi32.dll::AllocateAndInitializeSid
advapi32.dll::FreeSid
advapi32.dll::GetSidSubAuthorityCount
advapi32.dll::GetSidSubAuthority
advapi32.dll::InitializeSecurityDescriptor
COM_BASE_APICan Download & Execute componentsole32.dll::CoCreateInstance
MULTIMEDIA_APICan Play Multimediagdi32.dll::StretchDIBits
SECURITY_BASE_APIUses Security Base APIadvapi32.dll::AdjustTokenPrivileges
advapi32.dll::DuplicateTokenEx
advapi32.dll::GetTokenInformation
advapi32.dll::SetSecurityDescriptorDacl
SHELL_APIManipulates System Shellshell32.dll::ShellExecuteExA
shell32.dll::ShellExecuteA
shell32.dll::ShellExecuteW
shell32.dll::SHFileOperationW
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and Threadsadvapi32.dll::CreateProcessAsUserW
kernel32.dll::CreateProcessA
kernel32.dll::CreateProcessW
kernel32.dll::OpenProcess
advapi32.dll::OpenProcessToken
kernel32.dll::VirtualAllocExNuma
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIkernel32.dll::TerminateProcess
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryExW
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryExA
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryA
kernel32.dll::LoadLibraryW
kernel32.dll::GetSystemInfo
WIN_BASE_EXEC_APICan Execute other programskernel32.dll::WinExec
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create Fileskernel32.dll::CopyFileA
kernel32.dll::CopyFileW
kernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryA
kernel32.dll::CreateDirectoryW
kernel32.dll::CreateFileW
kernel32.dll::CreateFileMappingA
kernel32.dll::CreateFileMappingW
kernel32.dll::CreateFileA
WIN_BASE_USER_APIRetrieves Account Informationkernel32.dll::GetComputerNameA
kernel32.dll::GetComputerNameW
advapi32.dll::GetUserNameW
advapi32.dll::GetUserNameA
advapi32.dll::LookupAccountSidW
advapi32.dll::LookupPrivilegeValueW
WIN_REG_APICan Manipulate Windows Registryadvapi32.dll::RegCreateKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegCreateKeyExW
advapi32.dll::RegDeleteKeyW
advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExW
advapi32.dll::RegOpenKeyExA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryInfoKeyA
advapi32.dll::RegQueryInfoKeyW
WIN_SVC_APICan Manipulate Windows Servicesadvapi32.dll::ChangeServiceConfigW
advapi32.dll::CreateServiceW
advapi32.dll::OpenSCManagerW
advapi32.dll::OpenServiceW
advapi32.dll::QueryServiceConfigW
advapi32.dll::RegisterServiceCtrlHandlerW
WIN_USER_APIPerforms GUI Actionsuser32.dll::ActivateKeyboardLayout
user32.dll::CreateMenu
user32.dll::EmptyClipboard
user32.dll::FindWindowExW
user32.dll::FindWindowA
user32.dll::FindWindowW

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