| File name: | c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932 |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/77bac606-5069-4f72-9ecf-9cf01e21527c |
| 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. |
| Analysis date: | May 18, 2025, 08:05:20 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 5 sections |
| MD5: | 283CE6F16A54EDD9066301B5063EE9B6 |
| SHA1: | 337817219A63814A2A0B1223BB51AE841636CA24 |
| SHA256: | C68513B9D1C655BDBA60A30CAEDEA4A2DBCBCE8A9767934B503E6A57C6B18932 |
| SSDEEP: | 3072:a3wbyqmMgwLYAh3W2KYRlWGAlmLckiZ3YAfzXVRVropvjGi+Z:QwbyqmMgKW2FPAlmLcJBYAf+prh+Z |
MALICIOUS
COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
SUSPICIOUS
There is functionality for taking screenshot (YARA)
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
Reads security settings of Internet Explorer
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
Connects to unusual port
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
INFO
Reads the computer name
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
Checks supported languages
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
Checks proxy server information
- c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe (PID: 7300)
- slui.exe (PID: 7632)
Reads the software policy settings
- slui.exe (PID: 7632)
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CobalStrike
(PID) Process(7300) c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe
C2192.168.48.1:4445/d3db
HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0) LBBROWSER
TRiD
| .exe | | | Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3) |
|---|---|---|
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (6.3) |
EXIF
EXE
| MachineType: | AMD AMD64 |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2025:05:14 14:51:20+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.42 |
| CodeSize: | 60416 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 53760 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x12ec |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows command line |
Total processes
121
Monitored processes
3
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7300 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
CobalStrike(PID) Process(7300) c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe C2192.168.48.1:4445/d3db HeadersUser-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0) LBBROWSER | |||||||||||||||
| 7308 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7632 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
3 733
Read events
3 733
Write events
0
Delete events
0
Modification events
Executable files
0
Suspicious files
0
Text files
0
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
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HTTP(S) requests
0
TCP/UDP connections
28
DNS requests
5
Threats
0
HTTP requests
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 40.127.240.158:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
7300 | c68513b9d1c655bdba60a30caedea4a2dbcbce8a9767934b503e6a57c6b18932.exe | 192.168.48.1:4445 | — | — | — | unknown |
496 | slui.exe | 40.91.76.224:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
7632 | slui.exe | 40.91.76.224:443 | activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
dns.msftncsi.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |