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Database Entry

CobaltStrike

Vendor detections: 17

Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 52 File information Comments

SHA256 hash:	eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196
SHA3-384 hash:	5450116e52d3ae47df845f77242099a58f371a83d736284640e6ca48a176a6d2b0c3a75e2cb7355ec83580e5c5ec56cf
SHA1 hash:	14d88218a4fa70101d23fd9c6af621ba8b33e2ad
MD5 hash:	6e7af16257a06860900e69272299d0ec
humanhash:	utah-whiskey-tennessee-oranges
File name:	file
Download:	download sample
Signature	CobaltStrike Create hunting rule
File size:	204'288 bytes
First seen:	2025-06-04 17:13:48 UTC
Last seen:	Never
File type:	exe
MIME type:	application/x-dosexec
imphash	9aebf3da4677af9275c461261e5abde3 (25 x YTStealer, 12 x CobaltStrike, 11 x Hive)
ssdeep	3072:0Ai0nl5F4UuqUZQ1uE5/+tcI2sc713wYPMsv4v/hcxhb7mjN6sxbZtcIqwZw:5iC8Uuq3h+t/d81gYP7vQpcxybx1+j
Threatray	827 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH	T1661422EEC4EAE0AECF241C71E494AD68264CE0E0416153B5E514D16E2CFDEF8C64D8AF
TrID	55.2% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win64 Executable (70117/5/12) 21.3% (.EXE) UPX compressed Win32 Executable (27066/9/6) 13.0% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5) 3.9% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1) 1.6% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
Magika	pebin
Reporter	jstrosch
Tags:	CobaltStrike exe X64

jstrosch

Found at hxxp://89.197.154[.]116/Utility.exe by #subcrawl

Intelligence

File Origin

# of uploads :

# of downloads :

400

Origin country :

Vendor Threat Intelligence

Malware family:

cobaltstrike

ID:

File name:

file

Verdict:

Malicious activity

Analysis date:

2025-06-04 17:17:15 UTC

Tags:

upx cobaltstrike

Link:

https://app.any.run/tasks/197b4ba8-1185-458c-b286-83e3884ef70e

Note:

ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample

Detection:

CobaltStrikeBeacon

Link:

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/7345/

Verdict:

Malicious

Score:

99.9%

Link:

https://cyber-fortress.com/docs/result/index.php?id=6840800407b5e8c1cfe4b6ea

Tags:

cobaltstrike emotet cobalt

Result

Verdict:

Malware

Maliciousness:

Behaviour

Connection attempt

Verdict:

Malicious

Threat level:

10/10

Confidence:

100%

Tags:

anti-debug cobalt cobaltstrike config-extracted krypt packed packed packed packer_detected upx xpack

Link:

https://www.filescan.io/uploads/68407efc58764b44c6799d37/reports/e335bae8-4631-4cae-b9b3-f8f97de971b7/overview

Verdict:

Malicious

Labled as:

Dump:Generic.Beacon.Marte.B

Link:

https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196

Malware family:

Cobalt Strike

Verdict:

Malicious

Link:

https://analyze.intezer.com/analyses/f2f8f7ef-800f-469c-8f3c-2aab57da20d9

Result

Threat name:

CobaltStrike

Detection:

malicious

Classification:

troj.evad

Score:

100 / 100

Link:

https://www.joesandbox.com/analysis/1706299

Signature

Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample

C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration

Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications

Found malware configuration

Found potential dummy code loops (likely to delay analysis)

Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)

Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file

Yara detected CobaltStrike

Behaviour

Behavior Graph:

Download SVG

Score:

99%

Verdict:

Malware

File Type:

Link:

https://malprob.io/report/eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196

Detection:

n/a

Link:

https://mwdb.cert.pl/sample/eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196/

Threat name:

Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike

Status:

Malicious

First seen:

2025-04-28 18:26:29 UTC

File Type:

PE+ (Exe)

Extracted files:

AV detection:

30 of 38 (78.95%)

Threat level:

5/5

Detection(s):

Malicious file

Link:

https://check.spamhaus.org/check/?searchterm=5os6tnwged36tpob5wvgsuqd6cr5kunwasoavwffe523vgyh4gla._file

Verdict:

malicious

Label(s):

cobaltstrike

CobaltStrike

1d2f14c8497b8cd9d78498827fac151d00d2359320607c5cd748df0ef50e4c73

CobaltStrike

361eac6d7a1d710d57261b1c46a8c4f52690277ffd02dfd0ba53e585a5d1af5a

CobaltStrike

879a5b13745db634a276624a5c476ede618ba844da42d3ec614aafc45051d474

CobaltStrike

97a7c4579443d2c5908195427cc5cd4b5347fd5deb768f8a1532bb7a8bea5bda

CobaltStrike

+ 817 additional samples on MalwareBazaar

Result

Malware family:

n/a

Score:

5/10

Tags:

upx

Link:

https://tria.ge/reports/250604-vr6p2asxet/

Behaviour

UPX packed file

Verdict:

Malicious

Tags:

n/a

YARA:

n/a

Link:

https://app.threat.zone/submission/4931de0d-473d-4ff6-81ae-e0fa6f2e5c45

Unpacked files

SH256 hash:

8cca4da43f582c3259bf4863a528bc3bf93e903f90cac33a1bdb890481727a11

MD5 hash:

54c574f1d59c3657c0c0c750aeb92e1a

SHA1 hash:

2ed5c057d433ee17ea5bd84cb9f9c143d55c2915

Detections:

win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/c4d39928-4353-452d-85da-d8d89a5040b1/

SH256 hash:

eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196

MD5 hash:

6e7af16257a06860900e69272299d0ec

SHA1 hash:

14d88218a4fa70101d23fd9c6af621ba8b33e2ad

Link:

https://www.unpac.me/results/c4d39928-4353-452d-85da-d8d89a5040b1/

Please note that we are no longer able to provide a coverage score for Virus Total.

Threat name:

CobaltStrike

Score:

1.00

Link:

https://yomi.yoroi.company/submissions/eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196

YARA Signatures

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Rule name:	Beacon_K5om Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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:	Cobaltbaltstrike_Beacon_x64 Create hunting rule
Author:	Avast Threat Intel Team
Description:	Detects CobaltStrike payloads
Reference:	https://github.com/avast/ioc

Rule name:	Cobaltstrike1 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ahmet Payaslioglu \| Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:	Cobalt Strike Detection

Rule name:	Cobaltstrike2 Create hunting rule
Author:	Ahmet Payaslioglu \| Binalyze DFIR LAB
Description:	Cobalt Strike Detection

Rule name:	CobaltStrikeBeacon Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekshen, enzo & Elastic
Description:	Cobalt Strike Beacon Payload

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_C2_Encoded_XOR_Config_Indicator Create hunting rule
Author:	yara@s3c.za.net
Description:	Detects CobaltStrike C2 encoded profile configuration

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_MZ_Launcher Create hunting rule
Author:	yara@s3c.za.net
Description:	Detects CobaltStrike MZ header ReflectiveLoader launcher

Rule name:	CobaltStrike_ReflectiveLoader_RID3297 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	gssincla@google.com

Rule name:	cobalt_strike_beacon_decrypted Create hunting rule
Author:	0x0d4y
Description:	This rule detects cobalt strike decrypted beacons.

Rule name:	cobalt_strike_beacon_detected Create hunting rule
Author:	0x0d4y
Description:	This rule detects cobalt strike beacons.

Rule name:	crime_win32_csbeacon_1 Create hunting rule
Author:	@VK_Intel
Description:	Detects Cobalt Strike loader
Reference:	https://twitter.com/VK_Intel/status/1239632822358474753

Rule name:	DebuggerCheck__API Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	detect_powershell Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects suspicious PowerShell activity related to malware execution

Rule name:	Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation Create hunting rule
Author:	daniyyell
Description:	Detects obfuscated PowerShell commands commonly used in malicious scripts.

Rule name:	elysium Create hunting rule
Author:	Michelle Khalil
Description:	This rule detects unpacked elysium stealer malware samples.

Rule name:	golang_bin_JCorn_CSC846 Create hunting rule
Author:	Justin Cornwell
Description:	CSC-846 Golang detection ruleset

Rule name:	HKTL_CobaltStrike_Beacon_Strings Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts

Rule name:	Leviathan_CobaltStrike_Sample_1 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects Cobalt Strike sample from Leviathan report
Reference:	https://goo.gl/MZ7dRg

Rule name:	malware_CobaltStrike_v3v4 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth (Nextron Systems)
Description:	VT Research QA uploaded malware - file vqgk.dll
Reference:	VT Research QA

Rule name:	MALWARE_Win_CobaltStrike Create hunting rule
Author:	ditekSHen
Description:	CobaltStrike payload

Rule name:	MALW_cobaltrike Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Willi Ballenthin

Rule name:	pe_detect_tls_callbacks Create hunting rule

Rule name:	PowerShell_Susp_Parameter_Combo_RID336F Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects PowerShell invocation with suspicious parameters
Reference:	https://goo.gl/uAic1X

Rule name:	ReflectiveLoader Create hunting rule
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:	SUSP_XORed_Mozilla_Oct19 Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Florian Roth
Description:	Detects suspicious XORed keyword - Mozilla/5.0
Reference:	Internal Research

Rule name:	Sus_CMD_Powershell_Usage Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	XiAnzheng
Description:	Check for Overlay, Obfuscating, Encrypting, Spoofing, Hiding, or Entropy Technique(can create FP)

Rule name:	ThreadControl__Context Create hunting rule
Reference:	https://github.com/naxonez/yaraRules/blob/master/AntiDebugging.yara

Rule name:	troj_win_cobaltstrike_memoryinject Create hunting rule
Author:	Jeff White (karttoon@gmail.com) @noottrak
Description:	Detects Cobalt Strike payload typically loaded into memory via PowerShell.

Rule name:	upx_largefile Create hunting rule
Author:	k3nr9

Rule name:	WiltedTulip_ReflectiveLoader Create hunting rule
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 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security
Description:	CS shellcode variants

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_3dc22d14 Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_663fc95d Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security
Description:	Identifies CobaltStrike via unidentified function code

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a Create hunting rule
Author:	Elastic Security

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_ee756db7 Create hunting rule
Description:	Attempts to detect Cobalt Strike based on strings found in BEACON

Rule name:	Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_f0b627fc Create hunting rule
Description:	Rule for beacon reflective loader

Rule name:	win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023 Create hunting rule
Author:	Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:	Detects default strings related to cobalt strike named pipes

Rule name:	win_cobalt_strike_auto Create hunting rule
Author:	Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com
Description:	Detects win.cobalt_strike.

File information

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

Web download

CobaltStrike

exe eba5e9b6c620f7e9bdc1edaa695203f0a3d551b6049c0ad8a52775ba9b07e196

(this sample)

Delivery method

Distributed via web download

URLhaus

https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/url/3088362/

Cape

https://www.capesandbox.com/analysis/7345/

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

ID	Title	Severity
CHECK_AUTHENTICODE	Missing Authenticode	high
CHECK_NX	Missing Non-Executable Memory Protection	critical
CHECK_PIE	Missing Position-Independent Executable (PIE) Protection	high

Reviews

ID	Capabilities	Evidence
WIN_BASE_API	Uses Win Base API	KERNEL32.DLL::LoadLibraryA

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