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Database Entry



Cobalt Strike


Vendor detections: 17


Intelligence 17 IOCs YARA 4 File information Comments

SHA256 hash: f0c2e045cbe2076d3c85f4637c9f404407239a109c4d493165a6b55067729d60
SHA3-384 hash: dcbe767239c0b3881216b251a43eafe9aac5365175d44ac3654587e9a4fb8816c0ee6cfaa71979b60c02480a57b4c19b
SHA1 hash: ba68ca4d2601d9c34bf3e897b434e1abc042e254
MD5 hash: 4bd25a55bcb6aec078ab1d909cfabe64
humanhash: steak-sixteen-april-solar
File name:file
Download: download sample
Signature Cobalt Strike
File size:328'704 bytes
First seen:2024-09-10 21:12:57 UTC
Last seen:Never
File type:Executable exe
MIME type:application/x-dosexec
imphash 147442e63270e287ed57d33257638324 (143 x CobaltStrike, 21 x Cobalt Strike)
ssdeep 6144:RrfLjOTpbBMUCE6Y0iwA5nImWyBYto+Azsl7hg/s+:1LjyplVCLS2o+wO
Threatray 572 similar samples on MalwareBazaar
TLSH T19564AED80BF2687FE25791FED8EA00703EE4B479D86A5010263479DC99CAF56B409C8F
TrID 41.1% (.EXE) Microsoft Visual C++ compiled executable (generic) (16529/12/5)
26.1% (.EXE) Win64 Executable (generic) (10523/12/4)
12.5% (.EXE) Win16 NE executable (generic) (5038/12/1)
5.1% (.ICL) Windows Icons Library (generic) (2059/9)
5.0% (.EXE) OS/2 Executable (generic) (2029/13)
Magika pebin
Reporter jstrosch
Tags:Cobalt Strike exe X64


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jstrosch
Found at hxxp://89.197.154[.]116/Utility2.exe by #subcrawl

Intelligence


File Origin
# of uploads :
1
# of downloads :
402
Origin country :
US US
Vendor Threat Intelligence
Malware family:
cobaltstrike
ID:
1
File name:
file
Verdict:
Malicious activity
Analysis date:
2024-09-10 21:17:19 UTC
Tags:
cobaltstrike

Note:
ANY.RUN is an interactive sandbox that analyzes all user actions rather than an uploaded sample
Verdict:
Malicious
Score:
99.9%
Tags:
Stealth
Verdict:
Malicious
Threat level:
  10/10
Confidence:
100%
Tags:
anti-debug cobalt config-extracted packed
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.evad
Score:
100 / 100
Signature
AI detected suspicious sample
Antivirus / Scanner detection for submitted sample
Antivirus detection for URL or domain
C2 URLs / IPs found in malware configuration
Contains functionality to detect sleep reduction / modifications
Found API chain indicative of debugger detection
Found malware configuration
Found potential dummy code loops (likely to delay analysis)
Machine Learning detection for sample
Malicious sample detected (through community Yara rule)
Multi AV Scanner detection for submitted file
Yara detected CobaltStrike
Yara detected Powershell download and execute
Behaviour
Behavior Graph:
Threat name:
Win64.Backdoor.CobaltStrike
Status:
Malicious
First seen:
2024-09-09 03:12:27 UTC
File Type:
PE+ (Exe)
AV detection:
33 of 38 (86.84%)
Threat level:
  5/5
Result
Malware family:
n/a
Score:
  3/10
Tags:
n/a
Unpacked files
SH256 hash:
f0c2e045cbe2076d3c85f4637c9f404407239a109c4d493165a6b55067729d60
MD5 hash:
4bd25a55bcb6aec078ab1d909cfabe64
SHA1 hash:
ba68ca4d2601d9c34bf3e897b434e1abc042e254
Malware family:
CobaltStrike
Verdict:
Malicious
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YARA Signatures


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Rule name:pe_detect_tls_callbacks
Rule name:Windows_Trojan_CobaltStrike_7f8da98a
Author:Elastic Security
Rule name:win_cobaltstrike_pipe_strings_nov_2023
Author:Matthew @ Embee_Research
Description:Detects default strings related to cobalt strike named pipes

File information


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

Web download

Cobalt Strike

Executable exe f0c2e045cbe2076d3c85f4637c9f404407239a109c4d493165a6b55067729d60

(this sample)

  
Delivery method
Distributed via web download

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
WIN32_PROCESS_APICan Create Process and ThreadsKERNEL32.dll::CloseHandle
KERNEL32.dll::CreateThread
WIN_BASE_APIUses Win Base APIKERNEL32.dll::TerminateProcess
KERNEL32.dll::GetStartupInfoA
WIN_BASE_IO_APICan Create FilesKERNEL32.dll::CreateFileA

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