File name:

artifact_x64.exe

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Verdict: Malicious activity
Threats:

Cobalt Strike is a legitimate penetration software toolkit developed by Forta. But its cracked versions are widely adopted by bad actors, who use it as a C2 system of choice for targeted attacks.

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Analysis date: March 25, 2025, 00:06:49
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 9 sections
MD5:

3F094E6C9F107B7C63176A6B6064F393

SHA1:

F0C07BF52258E6DEB1904F78A11CCA3AAFA6C8D0

SHA256:

486B176E6C9841FB34D738D5A48293BAC22BEB89A4443E8B17748A758E6DFD16

SSDEEP:

192:BauHqWj7G4m1ajJAQa7LC+QWLfFCAZlYYqniilVnLCptL7GbUaYnCrUR1p7gJTD:MWXGaNp+QWAClYR15LCn7GbUanrUPYD

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • artifact_x64.exe (PID: 2136)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • artifact_x64.exe (PID: 2136)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • artifact_x64.exe (PID: 2136)

    • Reads the computer name

      • artifact_x64.exe (PID: 2136)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • artifact_x64.exe (PID: 2136)
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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(2136) artifact_x64.exe
C2192.168.0.8:80/rSd4
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BOIE9;ENUS)
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.2)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: AMD AMD64
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, Large address aware, No debug
PEType: PE32+
LinkerVersion: 2.34
CodeSize: 8704
InitializedDataSize: 18432
UninitializedDataSize: 2560
EntryPoint: 0x14c0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: -
SubsystemVersion: 5.2
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
136
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE artifact_x64.exe sppextcomobj.exe no specs slui.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2136"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\artifact_x64.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\artifact_x64.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\artifact_x64.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\wininet.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
CobalStrike
(PID) Process(2136) artifact_x64.exe
C2192.168.0.8:80/rSd4
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/5.0; BOIE9;ENUS)
5936C:\WINDOWS\system32\SppExtComObj.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\SppExtComObj.Exe—svchost.exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
KMS Connection Broker
Version:
10.0.19041.3996 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\sppextcomobj.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
6640"C:\WINDOWS\System32\SLUI.exe" RuleId=3482d82e-ca2c-4e1f-8864-da0267b484b2;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=4de7cb65-cdf1-4de9-8ae8-e3cce27b9f2c;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=TimerEventC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe—SppExtComObj.Exe
User:
NETWORK SERVICE
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
SYSTEM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
Total events
463
Read events
463
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

No data
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HTTP(S) requests
6
TCP/UDP connections
28
DNS requests
17
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.23.77.188:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1180
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1180
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
184.30.21.171:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1616
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
23.50.108.3:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1568
backgroundTaskHost.exe
GET
200
23.50.108.3:80
http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAUZZSZEml49Gjh0j13P68w%3D
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
2104
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
5496
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.48.23.143:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
—
—
192.168.100.203:49742
—
—
—
unknown
6544
svchost.exe
20.190.160.3:443
login.live.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
6544
svchost.exe
2.23.77.188:80
ocsp.digicert.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
20.198.162.76:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
SG
whitelisted
2112
svchost.exe
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.206.78
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.143
  • 23.48.23.156
  • 23.48.23.166
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.3
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 20.190.160.67
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 20.190.160.132
  • 40.126.32.138
  • 20.190.160.22
  • 40.126.32.74
whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com
  • 2.23.77.188
  • 23.50.108.3
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 20.198.162.76
whitelisted
arc.msn.com
  • 20.223.36.55
  • 20.223.35.26
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.245.163.56
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 184.30.21.171
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 13.85.23.206
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
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