Malware Analysis Report

2025-08-11 03:50

Sample ID 240409-ncmv2sde96
Target Akira (NEWEST).exe
SHA256 53285fb142e48bd1a568509c8997067370ac4578b3c92d8c3bc75ecdebc2915f
Tags
evasion themida trojan
score
9/10

Table of Contents

Analysis Overview

MITRE ATT&CK

Enterprise Matrix V15

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Signatures

Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Command Line

Signatures

Processes

Network

Files

Analysis Overview

score
9/10

SHA256

53285fb142e48bd1a568509c8997067370ac4578b3c92d8c3bc75ecdebc2915f

Threat Level: Likely malicious

The file Akira (NEWEST).exe was found to be: Likely malicious.

Malicious Activity Summary

evasion themida trojan

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

Themida packer

Checks BIOS information in registry

Checks whether UAC is enabled

Unsigned PE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

MITRE ATT&CK

Analysis: static1

Detonation Overview

Reported

2024-04-09 11:15

Signatures

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Unsigned PE

Description Indicator Process Target
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Analysis: behavioral1

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-04-09 11:15

Reported

2024-04-09 11:18

Platform

win7-20240221-en

Max time kernel

141s

Max time network

123s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe"

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
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Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2104 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2104 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2104 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2144 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2968 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2916 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2916 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 2104 wrote to memory of 2916 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2728 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2728 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2728 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"

C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe

certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe" MD5

C:\Windows\system32\find.exe

find /i /v "md5"

C:\Windows\system32\find.exe

find /i /v "certutil"

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 2300 -s 432

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.akiraghost.com udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:49211 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:49213 tcp

Files

memory/2300-0-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-1-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-2-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-3-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-4-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-5-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-6-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-7-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-8-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

memory/2300-9-0x000000013F460000-0x0000000140005000-memory.dmp

Analysis: behavioral2

Detonation Overview

Submitted

2024-04-09 11:15

Reported

2024-04-09 11:15

Platform

win10v2004-20240226-en

Max time kernel

7s

Max time network

25s

Command Line

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe"

Signatures

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)

evasion
Description Indicator Process Target
Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__ C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A

Checks BIOS information in registry

Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A

Themida packer

themida
Description Indicator Process Target
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Checks whether UAC is enabled

evasion trojan
Description Indicator Process Target
Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe N/A

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory

Description Indicator Process Target
PID 4960 wrote to memory of 4660 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 4960 wrote to memory of 4660 N/A C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
PID 4660 wrote to memory of 3732 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
PID 4660 wrote to memory of 3732 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe
PID 4660 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 4660 wrote to memory of 2304 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 4660 wrote to memory of 2096 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe
PID 4660 wrote to memory of 2096 N/A C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\system32\find.exe

Processes

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe

"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe"

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe

C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe" MD5 | find /i /v "md5" | find /i /v "certutil"

C:\Windows\system32\certutil.exe

certutil -hashfile "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira (NEWEST).exe" MD5

C:\Windows\system32\find.exe

find /i /v "md5"

C:\Windows\system32\find.exe

find /i /v "certutil"

Network

Country Destination Domain Proto
US 8.8.8.8:53 104.219.191.52.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 240.197.17.2.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 api.akiraghost.com udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 0.159.190.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 95.221.229.192.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 241.150.49.20.in-addr.arpa udp
US 8.8.8.8:53 203.33.253.131.in-addr.arpa udp
N/A 127.0.0.1:49828 tcp
N/A 127.0.0.1:49830 tcp

Files

memory/4960-0-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-1-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-2-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-3-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-4-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-5-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-6-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-7-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-8-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp

memory/4960-9-0x00007FF7CB5F0000-0x00007FF7CC195000-memory.dmp