Analysis
- max time kernel
20s - max time network
97s - 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, 04:35
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win11-20260130-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 7.1MB
- Sample260415-e7y25ah19y
- SHA256 6967dec94a54e742be208ec26747cde8f371c5faae9e5d0c38019fda8a23c591
- MD5 de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6
- SHA1 2e10def8d318e47e9d2a114d0f54c3021f8303f6
- SHA512 6f55a8c44059cdf03a2b84534701bd1d847e15296e0369097f59c16ca7f781dce857331a6f354f46fa715c6a7dd5aef7c888a61fb2cd16bc67664cc457fb447c
- SSDEEP 98304:AtZS4ne42QZDKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSH:4rne42QZRgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufH
- TLSH T18F76E61225DA9FECC05F9474CE0A65A166237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756F06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2008-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x002400000002b0d2-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2008-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2872-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b3d8-13.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2872-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2864-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2864-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2116-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2116-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/104-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 104 MSWDM.EXE 2872 MSWDM.EXE 2148 2026-04-15_DE193043C3E6A0596EE41756F374F4A6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE 2864 MSWDM.EXE 2116 MSWDM.EXE - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devD774.tmp 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devD774.tmp MSWDM.EXE - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 2872 MSWDM.EXE 2872 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2008 wrote to memory of 104 2008 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 80 PID 2008 wrote to memory of 2872 2008 2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 81 PID 2872 wrote to memory of 2864 2872 MSWDM.EXE 83
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2008 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:104
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\devD774.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2872 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_DE193043C3E6A0596EE41756F374F4A6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2148
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devD774.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_DE193043C3E6A0596EE41756F374F4A6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2864
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2116
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_de193043c3e6a0596ee41756f374f4a6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 7.1MB
- SHA256 0670f17772529309522ad405817b720dbea3d52dbc2b85e3e244c612b446204a
- MD5 ebb336949dd60e4f6cb9766c45302a0c
- SHA1 10bba8269c20d881c61ca6f912eb01797d583dff
- SHA512 bc02c2147a546545099542d9ea04e7974476a33a9531eeb95ee9a539ff61b82163320e573ecd18e3e5a749c119270991c6d322293a96333bb9ec7ac4f6827e25
- SSDEEP 98304:AtZS4ne42QZDKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSs:4rne42QZRgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufs
- TLSH T19076E61225DA9FECC05F9474CE0A65A166237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756F06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 e083f942acca927a1226f456712a42c5005c7d4e443c416a4de0e3afae097811
- MD5 d2be7afd61c82815a9042791996d65c3
- SHA1 d6422deaa57e27c2bf1f37cf70b46b1a71078942
- SHA512 53a760e080674ae9747d1b4b4c95344df879a95b3cc4d8e25f8c22df571784d12e49465e5d6aa3d9efbdb0a45c2113b11575a70dd34352918685bf4a5f81bdc6
- SSDEEP 12288:A51xIcS9XynvI6XsR+rEhAPJ2F8kmjI4eVYaH892LgZgjp4602zmgWYFaE8DqYSO:A51xIcS9in6bxkDU9I1pOmge2QZVGA1
- TLSH T1F46549027680DF36E06F0172D91943F48267AD71CF6183C76386BF2C3AB45D2997AA67
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\devD774.tmp
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 f5ee36de8edf9be2ac2752b219cfdcb7ca1677071b8e116cb876306e9f1b6628
- MD5 ba18e99b3e17adb5b029eaebc457dd89
- SHA1 ec0458f3c00d35b323f08d4e1cc2e72899429c38
- SHA512 1f41929e6f5b555b60c411c7810cbf14e3af26100df5ac4533ec3739a278c1b925687284660efb4868e3741305098e2737836229efc9fe46c97a6057c10e677c
- SSDEEP 49152:BPv94AEsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBJ:NKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSk
- TLSH T1D356B31165DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C868F61AFDF0980BE253E756B06F3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH