Analysis
- max time kernel
22s - max time network
149s - 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, 02:22
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 5.7MB
- Sample260604-ctzemagy81
- SHA256 fdc0d0a82daf5ebbdfdb075e3c08031ed5a4d729220c4180cd616703a15d5597
- MD5 2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d
- SHA1 9cc3adc63470230d27e55f8996620403f436d219
- SHA512 1871d1be4fead2a60f5854a59a4b6afa72ff5123367618c5aac4de61e2074764d11df16ca70b0fd606ea8fa531311058ed3ad5f946e47740f0c7c40b5f61d05b
- SSDEEP 49152:MtpU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpO:MtpUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSM
- TLSH T12456B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 11 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3372-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001a00000002b4c0-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3272-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3372-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/892-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1048-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3272-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b4c2-20.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5116-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5116-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/892-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 892 MSWDM.EXE 3272 MSWDM.EXE 1048 MSWDM.EXE 5116 MSWDM.EXE - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev3227.tmp 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev3227.tmp MSWDM.EXE - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3272 MSWDM.EXE 3272 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3372 wrote to memory of 892 3372 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 80 PID 3372 wrote to memory of 3272 3372 2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 81 PID 3272 wrote to memory of 1048 3272 MSWDM.EXE 82
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_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
PID:3372 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:892
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev3227.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_2b50ac3956e5422ed6e10d17db93a13d_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
PID:3272 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev3227.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_2B50AC3956E5422ED6E10D17DB93A13D_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1048
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5116
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-06-04_2B50AC3956E5422ED6E10D17DB93A13D_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_2B50AC3956E5422ED6E10D17DB93A13D_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 abc856a71a796ca512a85e3aa35c89fcd4d4e039c2c39760f2137e7dd7376ac1
- MD5 8ebb6a5a7899bdf26668336831acd2c7
- SHA1 a88a8547adcadda09264897db5668dd7cee9a089
- SHA512 fa93519bd7cf308ba1ed01bd039fb300856b6e1fe1e0fd14af341446d9557881c0a3dfd98b7775d9f8c590ebebbdedd8054d20aae755fab80d9f36cf6c912dd1
- SSDEEP 49152:MtFU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpa:MtFUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSg
- TLSH T19E56B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 80KB
- SHA256 6e801995f391ec44d8cf44d162b0f53a2440fe026f16feea7ec03d67b2a8be5a
- MD5 99108aa7f003fd78507a751918506920
- SHA1 c9529c16f9ce9d03b2d74f5c6d832fb9cf3a9c92
- SHA512 f971c95d4fe4270649fcae10cdb78ab5dabec09c37d009611e25fc72b8f702483ff5a7674153ac9b141576e88ca2e385de0e02d90406e289d75d4f67765fa59d
- SSDEEP 768:ecvKJWKXRvRVLd1WOXCAsvgkQHGWHx2+E/ksdiPiB9koiR7xpzVJLVoEuaojCJam:7mpLeICAsvW2++ijLR9pzvRojCJa71+T
- TLSH T17683E6137991CF3AD08F01B6C0621AF957A78E11CD119FD3E784BE597CB329AAE25183
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev3227.tmp
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 6260478891dea831723b8535316527bb08d2d631665389e25af6a8ad1c5ecb15
- MD5 51821613e30873a202029e56b6786fe1
- SHA1 0f9be60c3499e0f272535fab90c535d2a8baf10f
- SHA512 8413fd617dc10922879d6b875b7ddb651404650fcb34989cb377a5a029e6826f70ee0c372e8c0da09310bf33a5165c91b5375c8d0d3f64e002e95bd9c4c90b7f
- SSDEEP 49152:7U8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpu1X:7UgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSk
- TLSH T1EB56C41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06F3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH