Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/04/2026, 10:15
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
windows10-2004-x64
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe
- Size 6.6MB
- Sample260419-mac3dsf13j
- SHA256 88031649960e838441e918c05f9606e5ab98154226ceba02c44cc3915016344f
- MD5 1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea
- SHA1 aaa078b518dca9e14a493574bd77034f357854ef
- SHA512 f81b50c8804ae7ee913a0a63ce353ae14d83b3fbea6bc048ef01b58a47a2e086ff102b6105a8cd782c0e6a4dd19cc608538244edbbc156b794f681b74c584660
- SSDEEP 98304:EcLapI9bXsPN5kiQaZ57bXsPN5kiQaZ5s:tcIO5VPQ5VPs
- TLSH T1C466072176D4CFE1D46F40B0DD69B6F6902BBD248F654FCB6A807E1A35309D26A31A0F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects Shodi worm 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x001b00000002b34b-7.dat family_shodi - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1852 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.usa - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\DATABASECOMPARE.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\cookie_exporter.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX40.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\elevation_service.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\msedge_pwa_launcher.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedgewebview2.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\cookie_exporter.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.usa 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.usa - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1292 wrote to memory of 1852 1292 2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe 79
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1292 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.usaC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.usa2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1852
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.usa
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.usa
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 f130b3789962d5c8b59aa250d6f26ad5945928f3905b32bf65aa7bd30348a794
- MD5 fb083acd60fe5c3156dc25442be815e3
- SHA1 61df59b8f3ebd8b3d29ca3aedc4995e23cacf6d8
- SHA512 7147337d2c1006bb15cfa967c9eea6826b63c8d343f866e7454d7368d25019f39e52cf179500810834244c3ca9644d6c0df0b2c3128a9051e9ee6b428fa926f6
- SSDEEP 49152:0bXsPNIULkmp1/j6AeXZG7wmpvGF1IP9z5WuHC4O8b8ITDnl27PLhp:0bXsPN5kiQaZ56
- TLSH T14BE5802126D4CFE1D46F20B0DD66BAF6512BAD24CF564FCB6D803E1A35305D2AA31A1F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu
- Size 6.6MB
- SHA256 88031649960e838441e918c05f9606e5ab98154226ceba02c44cc3915016344f
- MD5 1cba504779565d20f70c4c64c10422ea
- SHA1 aaa078b518dca9e14a493574bd77034f357854ef
- SHA512 f81b50c8804ae7ee913a0a63ce353ae14d83b3fbea6bc048ef01b58a47a2e086ff102b6105a8cd782c0e6a4dd19cc608538244edbbc156b794f681b74c584660
- SSDEEP 98304:EcLapI9bXsPN5kiQaZ57bXsPN5kiQaZ5s:tcIO5VPQ5VPs
- TLSH T1C466072176D4CFE1D46F40B0DD69B6F6902BBD248F654FCB6A807E1A35309D26A31A0F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH