Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    92s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 03:44

General

  • Target
    2026-05-02_0ba833900b0a4757bcd2b415fd44f264_akira_cobalt-strike_rusty-stealer_satacom.exe
  • Size 355KB
  • Sample260502-eaf52sgy8x
  • SHA256 e8018b158949828efaed8800ece94d5536386b5df342ffa69212e56cffb4968e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
  • Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_0ba833900b0a4757bcd2b415fd44f264_akira_cobalt-strike_rusty-stealer_satacom.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_0ba833900b0a4757bcd2b415fd44f264_akira_cobalt-strike_rusty-stealer_satacom.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3672
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "attrib" +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS\SxSUpdate.exe
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:376
    • C:\Windows\system32\attrib.exe
      "attrib" +h C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS
      2⤵
      • Views/modifies file attributes
      PID:1860
    • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
      "reg" add SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run /v SxSUpdate /t REG_SZ /d \"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS\SxSUpdate.exe\" /f
      2⤵
        PID:3636
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        "explorer.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS\SxSUpdate.exe
        2⤵
          PID:3620
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
        1⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1692
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS\SxSUpdate.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS\SxSUpdate.exe"
          2⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          PID:1060

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            SxSUpdate.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\WinSxS\SxSUpdate.exe
            • Size 355KB
            • SHA256 e8018b158949828efaed8800ece94d5536386b5df342ffa69212e56cffb4968e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/1692-5-0x0000000003000000-0x00000000030AF000-memory.dmp

            memory/1692-10-0x0000000003000000-0x00000000030AF000-memory.dmp

            memory/3620-4-0x0000000003000000-0x00000000030AF000-memory.dmp

            memory/3672-1-0x0000014296040000-0x00000142960DE000-memory.dmp