Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 04:15

General

  • Target
    2026-04-15_8520511618d7552680496d5f2c6e396a_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
  • Size 7.9MB
  • Sample260415-evcclahy4w
  • SHA256 4b9686ea149cabe64ababe2389d9cd209f49a84b3fd1b848c1fb5026ca61d6a4
  • 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_8520511618d7552680496d5f2c6e396a_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_8520511618d7552680496d5f2c6e396a_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_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:2032
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4460
    • 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:4048
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3364

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 8f735629f1d4c3561cc73493847f98f194d5dd742cab2fc95cefbc9c689db835
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 ba6a21ab22b0c02f38fc688de4c8d9f6adea8d42a9f1262160109de5585cec18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 8.6MB
        • SHA256 89980efe9c0671b47fcfe0aa1d287a13d002086ad81b0de2287d19c9a7f0b123
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 e0bd123209ae9ba7ac7052c065c1d7717d4e6c271311fafbff69a745ad81b37f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 13.9MB
        • SHA256 9f81f9359a25d99b1187762c2e767a580ac6ccd9727c087910985a8cf2f1dadb
        • 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 9.6MB
        • SHA256 b5894515ab7741ab617c38076af4915a363ee168a3387e4e74b46a9363352870
        • 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 11.3MB
        • SHA256 8c2d7148fa8dcb4a5c537383444f212ee78ea15a0911df1df2c0a3901ee5f497
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 10.1MB
        • SHA256 d71bb2fb78b8b0bc532f5b2ded3d12aac8bf86deef60b5306d949b8b262415e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 9.5MB
        • SHA256 b1417fa0b9bab2e24187d579531e26eb08e403abe80cf9f42230c6f896ab92a0
        • 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 9.7MB
        • SHA256 3f7bc3b1060addd236266a54531061eacb73c4b72b51af5ef4dc3cd9694de308
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 dce576286f687b358daf5e5f99e5779334debfc838c940002536429827ae5f0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 c964ca274dcea604ee8b514224d311eba0e57c056b4015a1f304f9599c9ce538
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 1119a10ce3620617db57328d8b2fd9008a4ad6c5b2776df5a29d520dde846ec8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 4975cc62765322e223cd597f4f52f68f9b1a41fe506f123b2c6fb0b77ff8620d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 1cb1e5dad6fc2ddb880f4e32b145c738cfa3f0d663c3113b50c4f48517fc34be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 fcbec3763d6463d5ee87a3fc63b7d33044d410b0b9c73064981bf52f31b71b3d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 4450c3ecd6be1bd5d4bf8c0699a7d0092a5982432643fa1a3ea424eda9a2f3c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 f3ee0f14229b3936c3a2db46a4b90d9993c9d641e43190bae2148464cb87420d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 8.0MB
        • SHA256 1bd3a03fd5a5eecc8b6e86683e1bc7fd302d6f138771cd470678fee5f688c8b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 c58506a23ec418100b48e0d40bc3d12dead11f424e9ee2c4433571b37b0fefad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 0bafcefb29b8132d2af19c43d6e4b58935dd401727e44d1863e2fee9d07b4f22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 46fd27d2a44494038c65bd010c75ff5d2f7080758112b27936e4b81ac97f9ba2
        • 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 7.9MB
        • SHA256 4b9686ea149cabe64ababe2389d9cd209f49a84b3fd1b848c1fb5026ca61d6a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 bf2238d3b4069d949a3bbd116f8876b2e2c6496c5df567ad9e9652c2153ee558
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 7bec53cf994f912cf2c46455b6d15259a76b38379bd0c0b1e47f5d33050aca7c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 4f69fd8b0691f7c680c114915368bf89cea730c07143a3f5d1b6b2039821b49f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 a4fececb49bf8bf761e1220a8ec53a72f063c47b2a79bda77724035963fe9b9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 b4ca86fc2ecc35eb7df8653f17810bf1e5fe8be0535a5365e7eb921b81870c62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 377090a6d30f02dc491659bbf645489143cfcd0fc81b4f61cfa6206e2d2c00c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 f34939aa5cda52e0121cf1d335fd29bb055d84c17a9c646bbc24af9c40d2551f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 196540f7e728099342f564b9c9fb0cecc507f66a1d46489d724ed2dcf2898dab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 7.9MB
        • SHA256 3db69105266753b56ceb5ca8e216ad989778420a2d2a79d0ae50bdc4557c3950
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2032-69-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000595000-memory.dmp

        memory/4048-77-0x0000000000530000-0x0000000000555000-memory.dmp