Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    98s
  • 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, 03:59

General

  • Target
    2026-06-04_65f7337fcc78340ebbd4e2a424bff878_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
  • Size 6.6MB
  • Sample260604-eka2sahx4x
  • SHA256 5949ba723769f3202d45ebf00c91c89df5d09f067ebc600c242452b55ee9262a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_65f7337fcc78340ebbd4e2a424bff878_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-04_65f7337fcc78340ebbd4e2a424bff878_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4016
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2528
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2392

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 7.1MB
        • SHA256 a47547ac99bc48ee506261406fe0acbe7b0203f44625181a96a44409855700d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 7.5MB
        • SHA256 118fb767f9d249dd8c76ba4c81f71bcaa5cda59cf1d6115cfc7273fbdca4f55e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 d5e7a9d625d549b0aa621aef626554adfbba3cdece627d635b2cea7a8088ece9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 ac5253c44be9016b0c20a7dda9f5c8b6c3087e62efe806fb9d53f699422d819f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 b8441dfe5478e0d8df99b2dadd4f032447e0d96439a0023351405f5fe1a69bbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 8.3MB
        • SHA256 9d6b1593673fa5098ac70b03670ac4524612779fceaaf60e04f8cae1e05c4195
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 10.0MB
        • SHA256 ed664c989d4e9656d21cfc616dd732da588801bcdb8dbf745534e843250ace1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 34d21dd1f1d6aeabfd34ce19b36f4a4b469cf0b204bd1af5eaf682f5183e1a0c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 8.2MB
        • SHA256 c9a1975528fa6a9fa00a4d2c276a5622eb4017629b18b7ebfada50fbd9f6d9b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 8.4MB
        • SHA256 785e12ac520a00a9a279fb03da67ba84e3bc4b28e093aa90a1d3d30f6d120ceb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 9.6MB
        • SHA256 d7f7e223fdc096ced99f4c7f725f9441b8b431a12ec2dded27a0625c08bde116
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 8.0MB
        • SHA256 dc289033a8d72f33b2a86b35fcd5aac1373139f4f8f831c75acecd3a47d31578
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 671a0b1f85527ed830ea7c7324fb7bea0de81562e50455481d2635144634f858
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 6ac657b8205f4259050e2645f90810fff346f2e3e6af2ef8d1a1029b11a2ee0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 48ab112c31916cab10c0f083c28a91c58ff98f843ba033e9414da148998797c0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 3571b381d9daa2ea8fcbf6f006212c25178819ec878586f9a70d55f6e86de993
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 a807feb9f05a931774e1ed42b1e89da1beec62d7dfc47423e82a8d1159542a46
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 1cdf4e30d4680461e11a3307acee2bf47af12897af6c1f2ac8a4d08c4b800ffe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 6.7MB
        • SHA256 63a9d787b620119af60ea6abe1bc6262faec4572831e26efb39e02a7d4cd8d11
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 6651ec54df963edb5a01637af2822f74456ce5409c19fc74d6169039a47aec0b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 c0bf7247df6c4a55ef0ad671710f17c60d73194e57321c782abab88b18e239c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 9fe4906e0088e5b014b9c022aac73b03e18b7b36952da3727743d75ecd338696
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        UpdatAuto.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 5949ba723769f3202d45ebf00c91c89df5d09f067ebc600c242452b55ee9262a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 cff02d623f3d26730e91b680bb7ddeb7155db953ab11d29e147deccbe2540da3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 24f0394ad06a0a1d62666a41090c65c26df02d892bec71b8b8a5397e53a5ca23
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 63KB
        • SHA256 97767064207a247cc44283a59465780591750006994c1b65c2d8037a74d04beb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 6a9a3408c7ad97515ee4858a5ca21eed26da7935744636f390166c5682ba448a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 1cc37133a5abca0cf8814b952a3183a371c32fde542878f26528c2e465038c37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 427fc64e2b4e211599978ee212e00f4286feafdb319df6bf2ed928d55fdf91c3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 f5e8f7284e712d837b4fc7888c15ba8e499d70a12f97c3d65d008713f4df0c2d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 4bb762011e1694ea8c55777dc6ca52e6ff3ae4840eca4e8c63a9cdce1a1cc174
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 d2583de7e8080fdb833ba00e17dcde5fdc28e4c25410c08dd26ff6d806218dce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH