Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    119s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 22:19

General

  • Target
    2026-04-15_caf23b67ef8462eb3bb3ffd15f407998_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
  • Size 8.8MB
  • Sample260415-18mldaa12p
  • SHA256 72fac74e90d586a6c89405f9da00e54c51fdee1a03d0583e0819da732ff2fb51
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_caf23b67ef8462eb3bb3ffd15f407998_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_caf23b67ef8462eb3bb3ffd15f407998_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1888
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:328
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4960

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 da170ced76dcb33363ce0b9c7f992a512ad03658d1a6058c03173e94a8ee2d4f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 9.7MB
        • SHA256 439d3726ab1f030148a0449ca9205fa5338cfe4f4f463b90f82b341198aa6712
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 e868b0ff50a49d1cab619b2f59ab73b361841ffced3f3702c89dba1be91bed31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 ffa438dc36e58361063a196953fd5547845c4f314cf20f7fd3685a3c4faad45b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 14.9MB
        • SHA256 c11cbe2caf6b3bf8332b330757a0e41febd0097b2f49ead40b6dd55c5c508511
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 10.5MB
        • SHA256 3d4e65fbd9bd260721c9d8acf961daf9a9665d3687df7e76ef24811f3e3066a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 12.3MB
        • SHA256 3922d71157b8f5853d9bd529083368081b8fa08ff8cba9c727fbd8a8125c4cbf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 11.1MB
        • SHA256 0262ce003ab18803333bd7465b1df05e05c56682274c7d2e7a979b2faa13665a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 10.4MB
        • SHA256 d70c64b2eb87cf1e0e52d38698032350a6a10403d216dcc4a9d8b18b1ffe81e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 10.7MB
        • SHA256 d29b94768e90b78ce6f74887c8639f2fe219018361026a3faae992d946f37fb8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 11.9MB
        • SHA256 305d0ad62e80a5636d00903863a6416165c56acf802dc8a7b0675658245aff98
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 d5244d15fc2e1282a78b5bcfca650f104330ff937dea13125e1fdcfbf23ba710
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 df158e05b67a3612cab187c77f97442f0fd858e5d18b8fdfbca68a9d926d1b7a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 f3077d823c426f50591cc3d1111a0e6abbad423ed8df6437452237070c1c25f2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 d264c18a0d7724f3cbd8b9207c5474577eeb8d06e91829f0553f2c7eacc37f6f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 c531927abb9b42d3b8fcd2787d83a5363c62dde7972a1f21a595086027ac03bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 3c103f2e0c3be449dc852c821174191e84581b8e487b67dacf3ae25cdc5e6cf1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 0783578cee74068e4861d06c2ff4441d4540156f6b2f55300950b2ce13313050
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 72260baf4ab006e95565bf33f2dc81e26a267db860cd516149da331e5ff336ea
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 f5dbf6faf3412fcd143f34471d3ca1a221163a6429fd08bcf8b6f798c3149297
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 392231383333b79233ebe7fb20629884873791cee6ea473461ed21007740db33
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 8.9MB
        • SHA256 d531e45a9a09613070042a711a0369f264a36f0cfda6418b7f5e87634aa11b11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 72fac74e90d586a6c89405f9da00e54c51fdee1a03d0583e0819da732ff2fb51
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 fe8622b2f54ef37fbe155cb2250ef07c487a86655a6466c513f2c4179b3afb8a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 16c253722067ddae51d196d43430c7e50bf6be4db604ef8c65ad348aa39251a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 2a4085fce8d8a6ce45fa015939d772c52cb63ca9d91eedf79b81e9bcb428a0fc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 ac9db92bd807e7e2e32c1a80d461322470cbe386b9cb9959a07df7e149192eb1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 f0aaa81cea2544e1882de0be865e88a4d5d6c8908eb74015aad6c640ece96288
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 b008d40a097c774cc296f4aeb3fb391a14b45d1a563de6e8d925a8e5677f604a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/328-80-0x0000000000840000-0x00000000008BB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4692-65-0x00000000009A0000-0x0000000000A1B000-memory.dmp