Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
05/06/2026, 13:03
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 5.7MB
- Sample260605-qagmcsf16v
- SHA256 2cc24adb028a753c491c3328d6579222d4f73dcc0acc3ef6b028cc067c2f1029
- MD5 644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087
- SHA1 77907e6e932f9d23f94c2449d71826a6babc1f12
- SHA512 34344f1b37b6ed3937d37078c971397f22f30372cc61210d102260482a4c952b7f89384b6f0f374761962caf3d5867f453d1c630a8f28579e75aecc5adb638db
- SSDEEP 49152:MtFU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybp0:MtFUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSG
- TLSH T16956B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 10 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3036-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001e00000002b318-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3036-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4636-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001900000002b475-14.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2892-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4636-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3028-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3028-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5052-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 5052 MSWDM.EXE 4636 MSWDM.EXE 2892 MSWDM.EXE 3028 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" 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_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 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" 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev4793.tmp MSWDM.EXE File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev4793.tmp 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.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 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_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 4636 MSWDM.EXE 4636 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3036 wrote to memory of 5052 3036 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 81 PID 3036 wrote to memory of 4636 3036 2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 82 PID 4636 wrote to memory of 2892 4636 MSWDM.EXE 83
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_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:3036 -
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:5052
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev4793.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-05_644ab846b656ffb69d10befea4c2f087_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:4636 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev4793.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-05_644AB846B656FFB69D10BEFEA4C2F087_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:2892
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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:3028
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-06-05_644AB846B656FFB69D10BEFEA4C2F087_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-05_644AB846B656FFB69D10BEFEA4C2F087_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 b5bdc001b91e34e10cde25c8df6b6a0196999051a9823c14c3c64761daa59451
- MD5 5d2f718aa855bc1e873ce3258f331cd9
- SHA1 3daf2e8939f57ec61612d0a9412bc6a8a2b1ec30
- SHA512 73d8aff66f271b89aeb1f234f2a3b415f5ef0cd104276eec596082f80b1ed15ebf6a091640ec945acc15d4f234124a995faba3fd2e2f5bb3ac1a8afc108d6027
- SSDEEP 49152:MtFU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpB:MtFUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS3
- TLSH T10E56B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 80KB
- SHA256 a3b2ba7b8cb631324cff477901f1598e748366bf4abab180eb440deb93f460fc
- MD5 7ee8c0f830c635e788c9e351a7e6bc76
- SHA1 1245c1af04847b8e018c73cfae009f672e2d6d5e
- SHA512 5a653c91143edc8909828b3987b716922be4314b1e29af5bb48615c890e64f273df01a7398015ae733ea906e7d2a5ac3e2245a709ffb8da97cc31849e97a79b3
- SSDEEP 768:ecvKJWKXRvRVLd1WOXCAsvgkQHGWHx2+E/ksdiPiB9koiR7xpzVJLVoEuaojCJai:7mpLeICAsvW2++ijLR9pzvRojCJa71+L
- TLSH T10F83E6137991CF3AD08F01B6C0621AF957A78E11CD119FD3E784BE597CB329AAE25183
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev4793.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