Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/04/2026, 03:51

General

  • Target
    2026-04-20_864c0b936334f23a549ce76b229769ac_akira_cobalt-strike_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample260420-eej3hact2t
  • SHA256 cbd61c2ad8cf1a2b08ceb6228b4ead6ef25d7bc653503eedb6d3ba6b7fe89c18
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • 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 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3288
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_864c0b936334f23a549ce76b229769ac_akira_cobalt-strike_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-20_864c0b936334f23a549ce76b229769ac_akira_cobalt-strike_icedid_njrat_satacom_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3276
      • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2036
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3732
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2932
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3064
  • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3524
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4660
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4980
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1892

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        OfficeClickToRun.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\OfficeClickToRun.exe
        • Size 9.1MB
        • SHA256 ed44841728edfd5fc46282fd40fd3dbc4ed8854452e637e57cea6ca125713848
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 73f393ffbdb24758131fa51669790c37ed233802f1ed85f7bdfd058e0b5fb83f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PEStub.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\PEStub.dll
        • Size 59KB
        • SHA256 5aab76737f2d9f6e6d4d225b12e1123918306d86f1ba5e0f629f97fd3f9710d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Phosphoric.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Phosphoric.dll
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 bbbf9287cbac6a35d66cd0ac5744298a62b1934cbc8cf2292e3f1efd43ab22fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PsPInjector.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\PsPInjector.dll
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 dd93e8ae016728ffcfd0dde17e67768357f909d9b09e73919838b394960f1a8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Symbiote.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        • Size 781KB
        • SHA256 dd822836313f979e21c86489d4b2a95a68c258baccb3abdce736d298a2c7ad14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_mehca30z.ac3.ps1

        • Path C:\Windows\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mehca30z.ac3.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 e3274ce8296f2cd20e3189576fbadbfa0f1817cdf313487945c80e968589a495
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 0fd68598598d1dfa246506196e6e0b46ee2b3b26a91c229ff9bb290c7f63d7c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1892-200-0x0000015C93B70000-0x0000015C93B7C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-186-0x000001E5C1170000-0x000001E5C118A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-196-0x000001E5A8450000-0x000001E5A845C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-23-0x000001E5A8A10000-0x000001E5A8A32000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-68-0x000001E5C1150000-0x000001E5C116C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-51-0x000001E5C0BE0000-0x000001E5C0BEA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-44-0x000001E5C0F30000-0x000001E5C0FE5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-164-0x000001E5C0BF0000-0x000001E5C0BFA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-43-0x000001E5C0F10000-0x000001E5C0F2C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-187-0x000001E5C1130000-0x000001E5C1138000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-188-0x000001E5C1140000-0x000001E5C1146000-memory.dmp

        memory/3064-191-0x000001E5C1190000-0x000001E5C119A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3276-289-0x00007FF6B8AB0000-0x00007FF6B8EEC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3276-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/3276-13-0x00007FF6B8AB0000-0x00007FF6B8EEC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3276-278-0x0000000140000000-0x000000014019C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-302-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-317-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-344-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-34-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002761000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-290-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-291-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-292-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-293-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-294-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-295-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-296-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-297-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-299-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-301-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-300-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-298-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-17-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002841000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-303-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-304-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-305-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-306-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-307-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-308-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-309-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-310-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-311-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-312-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-313-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-315-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-342-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-316-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-314-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-318-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-319-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-320-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-321-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-322-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-323-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-324-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-327-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-325-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-326-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-328-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-329-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-330-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-331-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-332-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-333-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-334-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-335-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-336-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-337-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-338-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-339-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-340-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-343-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3288-341-0x0000000002730000-0x0000000002740000-memory.dmp

        memory/3732-49-0x000002327A4E0000-0x000002327A4EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4660-193-0x000001D358430000-0x000001D35843C000-memory.dmp