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akira.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    181s
  • max time network
    204s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20250207-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250207-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    11-02-2025 20:29

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General

  • Target

    akira.exe

  • Size

    1.0MB

  • MD5

    1a4a4eb6dfc583c02c70bf83fc0e3cd1

  • SHA1

    627f5b93531373e44889553f39e62323edd7db6f

  • SHA256

    db9060c4be0fb23d59a7059512c08dd11182e0c47c0d429b2d91af763ca4d28a

  • SHA512

    d13d4645b2259028ce6ad723f9fea54c25cf4b4453f279333e9335b3900da55b5c84e7a3b9356f9f0f789afaf9a3add459d8dcff87adec5d7d77ce03e26da7c0

  • SSDEEP

    12288:RU/gkiCJVmaeyY1/29UDdxcKw9RKlRm5NulkMekVqjx8FqbzXuv+vS+hX4Ffq7YE:RU/NjjmT2SDdXk8FqbzX9S+2FfdFy

Score
10/10
akiradiscoveryexecutionransomwareransowmwarespywarestealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Path

C:\Program Files (x86)\akira_readme.txt

Family

akira

Ransom Note
Hi friends, Whatever who you are and what your title is if you're reading this it means the internal infrastructure of your company is fully or partially dead, all your backups - virtual, physical - everything that we managed to reach - are completely removed. Moreover, we have taken a great amount of your corporate data prior to encryption. Well, for now let's keep all the tears and resentment to ourselves and try to build a constructive dialogue. We're fully aware of what damage we caused by locking your internal sources. At the moment, you have to know: 1. Dealing with us you will save A LOT due to we are not interested in ruining your financially. We will study in depth your finance, bank & income statements, your savings, investments etc. and present our reasonable demand to you. If you have an active cyber insurance, let us know and we will guide you how to properly use it. Also, dragging out the negotiation process will lead to failing of a deal. 2. Paying us you save your TIME, MONEY, EFFORTS and be back on track within 24 hours approximately. Our decryptor works properly on any files or systems, so you will be able to check it by requesting a test decryption service from the beginning of our conversation. If you decide to recover on your own, keep in mind that you can permanently lose access to some files or accidently corrupt them - in this case we won't be able to help. 3. The security report or the exclusive first-hand information that you will receive upon reaching an agreement is of a great value, since NO full audit of your network will show you the vulnerabilities that we've managed to detect and used in order to get into, identify backup solutions and upload your data. 4. As for your data, if we fail to agree, we will try to sell personal information/trade secrets/databases/source codes - generally speaking, everything that has a value on the darkmarket - to multiple threat actors at ones. Then all of this will be published in our blog - https://akiral2iz6a7qgd3ayp3l6yub7xx2uep76idk3u2kollpj5z3z636bad.onion. 5. We're more than negotiable and will definitely find the way to settle this quickly and reach an agreement which will satisfy both of us. If you're indeed interested in our assistance and the services we provide you can reach out to us following simple instructions: 1. Install TOR Browser to get access to our chat room - https://www.torproject.org/download/. 2. Paste this link - https://akiralkzxzq2dsrzsrvbr2xgbbu2wgsmxryd4csgfameg52n7efvr2id.onion/d/3361927117-BWSQJ 3. Use this code - 8236-BK-AUZB-CNGL - to log into our chat. Keep in mind that the faster you will get in touch, the less damage we cause.
URLs

https://akiral2iz6a7qgd3ayp3l6yub7xx2uep76idk3u2kollpj5z3z636bad.onion

https://akiralkzxzq2dsrzsrvbr2xgbbu2wgsmxryd4csgfameg52n7efvr2id.onion/d/3361927117-BWSQJ

Signatures

  • Akira

    Akira is a ransomware first seen in March 2023 and targets several industries, including education, finance, real estate, manufacturing, and consulting.

    ransomwareakira
  • Akira family
    akira
  • Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

    This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

  • Renames multiple (8823) files with added filename extension

    This suggests ransomware activity of encrypting all the files on the system.

    ransomware
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell command to delete shadowcopy.

    executionransowmware
  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

    spywarestealer
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 31 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

    discovery
  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

    discovery
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

    ransomware

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\akira.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\akira.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops startup file
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:3428
  • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    powershell.exe -Command "Get-WmiObject Win32_Shadowcopy | Remove-WmiObject"
    1⤵
    • Process spawned unexpected child process
    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2616
  • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4716
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSI0IiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU5MjEiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODE5ODA3NzAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI0OTMzNzM0NTc5Ii8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
    PID:3848

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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Downloads

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\akira_readme.txt
    Filesize

    2KB

    MD5

    37b571efa365f8a033318074a3049d0e

    SHA1

    407e0b151062a04dd509145ec6951272720515f1

    SHA256

    2eb4b6a9aaab909d22d80a7328b7d69f915eb2b2c242ecf645814539d32d2318

    SHA512

    8ebf0a2b29957cc6bc0694d26f7e6ed0bbcffe5dca9e7d79afcf3467a07413c5664c0f7e987262f7b5b471ed48d98ca6297734ff634bb17229638bfd9276961e

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  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
    Filesize

    3KB

    MD5

    b67f67cc08fea6ab7aba2fa4df5974b2

    SHA1

    0e0cdc47a87a03ea4908ab2989b3ef0b3f5f1dea

    SHA256

    210f631f057b68a5bd6d87a45372c84d588ef53d4ee9db8de81652aaf9c000ec

    SHA512

    739e899caf655a4c30b9295dfd9bb68d722bcaf23db60579f1ea8e5b281056be8d8335e5d83617dcce51fc72ea2591432bee2eed837da8ee2e7731c728bac223

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  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_0sger2xa.22q.ps1
    Filesize

    60B

    MD5

    d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

    SHA1

    6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

    SHA256

    96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

    SHA512

    5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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  • memory/2616-0-0x00007FFC9DE43000-0x00007FFC9DE45000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    8KB

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  • memory/2616-1-0x000002E153DA0000-0x000002E153DC2000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    136KB

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  • memory/2616-11-0x00007FFC9DE40000-0x00007FFC9E901000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

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  • memory/2616-12-0x00007FFC9DE40000-0x00007FFC9E901000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

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  • memory/2616-15-0x00007FFC9DE40000-0x00007FFC9E901000-memory.dmp

    Filesize

    10.8MB

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