Analysis
- max time kernel
19s - max time network
153s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
15/04/2026, 17:16
General
- Target 2026-04-15_c7600b0a51240afcf6de290a976e7857_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 5.7MB
- Sample260415-vth2rahv4v
- SHA256 a3ef2da8081f027dd12a4df3e2d85385398f6c5b0d46f068cc211c53a0bc90f0
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 12 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
- 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.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_c7600b0a51240afcf6de290a976e7857_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_c7600b0a51240afcf6de290a976e7857_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
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\devD97.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_c7600b0a51240afcf6de290a976e7857_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
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devD97.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_C7600B0A51240AFCF6DE290A976E7857_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-04-15_C7600B0A51240AFCF6DE290A976E7857_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
MSWDM.EXE
devD97.tmp
memory/1480-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1480-10-0x0000000000740000-0x000000000081C000-memory.dmp
memory/1480-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1988-27-0x00000000007C0000-0x000000000089C000-memory.dmp
memory/1988-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1988-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5040-20-0x0000000000790000-0x000000000086C000-memory.dmp
memory/5040-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5040-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-23-0x00000000007E0000-0x00000000008BC000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5088-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5184-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5184-29-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000008CC000-memory.dmp
memory/5184-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp