File name:

ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/df26c7d6-093f-4749-9af0-7f7abca72342
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: August 01, 2025, 03:32:05
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Tags:
cobaltstrike
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:

3EC9655402026ED87A5B440F6CBF5439

SHA1:

1B790428886E0F912AD8EB2039BDD880E9C07179

SHA256:

CCD8BBE7E7753CBEC4DE55A9F1A949332FEDB4A08677F7A41D0AF77ECFD88485

SSDEEP:

3072:Bxd5JNE/zp9X3OFUYAjvWhfFJmC+qtm+oFYt7ysBkNT+agtBi9hmuIIIII33TTT/:bE/d9ESqTtyFYtFBkNT6Bi9hlR0RQjD

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  • MALICIOUS

    • COBALTSTRIKE has been detected (YARA)

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Reads security settings of Internet Explorer

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)

    • Connects to unusual port

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)

  • INFO

    • Reads the computer name

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)

    • Checks supported languages

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)

    • Checks proxy server information

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)
      • slui.exe (PID: 700)

    • Reads the machine GUID from the registry

      • ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe (PID: 2976)

    • Reads the software policy settings

      • slui.exe (PID: 700)
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CobalStrike

(PID) Process(2976) ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe
C2 (1)59.110.81.93/activity
BeaconTypeHTTP
Port12121
SleepTime60000
MaxGetSize1048576
Jitter0
PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCBkIuSPVnJvBF/opluas15MxvK Zg4DVSFhhJ089jIcKOB+FbiSexGZYT+nuRJJi6Hg8rrh8G9FTiYiG0GE0Ry8Fci8 Yykd5neAe1w7u9VAAAFcXCQBNoq3uD2nd5cN6XWzL61yDcl1W93PzgznYOnhuPvE AU+S//z/WrIiBqNidwIDAQAB -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
DNS_strategyround-robin
DNS_strategy_rotate_seconds-1
DNS_strategy_fail_x-1
DNS_strategy_fail_seconds-1
SpawnTod7a9ca15a07f82bfd3b63020da38aa16
Spawnto_x86%windir%\syswow64\rundll32.exe
Spawnto_x64%windir%\sysnative\rundll32.exe
CryptoScheme0
HttpGet_VerbGET
HttpPost_VerbPOST
HttpPostChunk0
Watermark391144938
bStageCleanupFalse
bCFGCautionFalse
UserAgentMozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; Trident/6.0; MAARJS)
HttpPostUri/submit.php
HttpGet_Metadata
SessionId (2)base64
header: Cookie
HttpPost_Metadata
ConstHeaders (1)Content-Type: application/octet-stream
SessionId (1)parameter: id
Output (1)print
bUsesCookies0001
Proxy_BehaviorUse IE settings
tcpFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
smbFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
KillDate0-0-0
bProcInject_StartRWXTrue
bProcInject_UseRWXTrue
bProcInject_MinAllocSize0
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x86000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x64000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_Stubb50b86d735412685eb6044ad8d01781c
ProcInject_AllocationMethodVirtualAllocEx
No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win64 Executable (generic) (64.6)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (15.3)
.exe | Win32 Executable (generic) (10.5)
.exe | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.6)
.exe | DOS Executable Generic (4.6)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 0000:00:00 00:00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit, No debug
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 2.34
CodeSize: 7168
InitializedDataSize: 290304
UninitializedDataSize: 1536
EntryPoint: 0x14a0
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
No data.
screenshot
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Total processes
135
Monitored processes
2
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start #COBALTSTRIKE ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe slui.exe

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
700C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\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
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
2976"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
CobalStrike
(PID) Process(2976) ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe
C2 (1)59.110.81.93/activity
BeaconTypeHTTP
Port12121
SleepTime60000
MaxGetSize1048576
Jitter0
PublicKey-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCBkIuSPVnJvBF/opluas15MxvK Zg4DVSFhhJ089jIcKOB+FbiSexGZYT+nuRJJi6Hg8rrh8G9FTiYiG0GE0Ry8Fci8 Yykd5neAe1w7u9VAAAFcXCQBNoq3uD2nd5cN6XWzL61yDcl1W93PzgznYOnhuPvE AU+S//z/WrIiBqNidwIDAQAB -----END PUBLIC KEY-----
DNS_strategyround-robin
DNS_strategy_rotate_seconds-1
DNS_strategy_fail_x-1
DNS_strategy_fail_seconds-1
SpawnTod7a9ca15a07f82bfd3b63020da38aa16
Spawnto_x86%windir%\syswow64\rundll32.exe
Spawnto_x64%windir%\sysnative\rundll32.exe
CryptoScheme0
HttpGet_VerbGET
HttpPost_VerbPOST
HttpPostChunk0
Watermark391144938
bStageCleanupFalse
bCFGCautionFalse
UserAgentMozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; Trident/6.0; MAARJS)
HttpPostUri/submit.php
HttpGet_Metadata
SessionId (2)base64
header: Cookie
HttpPost_Metadata
ConstHeaders (1)Content-Type: application/octet-stream
SessionId (1)parameter: id
Output (1)print
bUsesCookies0001
Proxy_BehaviorUse IE settings
tcpFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
smbFrameHeader0004000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
KillDate0-0-0
bProcInject_StartRWXTrue
bProcInject_UseRWXTrue
bProcInject_MinAllocSize0
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x86000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_PrependAppend_x64000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
ProcInject_Stubb50b86d735412685eb6044ad8d01781c
ProcInject_AllocationMethodVirtualAllocEx
Total events
3 935
Read events
3 935
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
32
TCP/UDP connections
50
DNS requests
19
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.12:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
2.16.241.12:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
3092
RUXIMICS.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
GET
200
23.52.120.96:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
40.126.32.138:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
xml
1.24 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
20.190.160.131:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
xml
11.1 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
20.190.160.4:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
xml
11.1 Kb
whitelisted
—
—
POST
200
20.190.160.65:443
https://login.live.com/RST2.srf
unknown
xml
10.3 Kb
whitelisted
4080
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.35.229.160:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
3092
RUXIMICS.exe
51.124.78.146:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
NL
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
2.16.241.12:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
2.16.241.12:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
1268
svchost.exe
23.52.120.96:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
5944
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe
23.52.120.96:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted
3092
RUXIMICS.exe
23.52.120.96:80
www.microsoft.com
AKAMAI-AS
DE
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.124.78.146
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 4.231.128.59
whitelisted
google.com
  • 172.217.23.110
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.241.12
  • 2.16.241.14
  • 23.216.77.6
  • 23.216.77.28
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 23.52.120.96
  • 23.35.229.160
whitelisted
login.live.com
  • 20.190.160.5
  • 40.126.32.136
  • 40.126.32.134
  • 40.126.32.68
  • 40.126.32.76
  • 20.190.160.17
  • 40.126.32.72
  • 40.126.32.74
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.249
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 20.109.210.53
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.242.39.171
whitelisted
self.events.data.microsoft.com
  • 13.89.179.11
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 20.83.72.98
whitelisted

Threats

No threats detected
No debug info
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ccd8bbe7e7753cbec4de55a9f1a949332fedb4a08677f7a41d0af77ecfd88485.exe