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General

Target
2026-07-04_af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_stealc_vidar
Size 2.6MB
Sample260705-apla4afv8z
SHA256 799ca87d2d265e95114b6aa4da95192e07eec2da71d5d133704b6cfc541446ec
MD5 af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9
SHA1 60d669e903a818fd2d5d94e2e3f2648c2a064455
SHA512 8c7e12c006c504d78cc8d8ae458d7fd7959b714bc671014275c13c2654238b65ba872312a7ad9c681a47c7ed6ecb0eafb327fd687e3914a1bad480205c9b27f7
SSDEEP 49152:PbE2itY4be4yHQp0+6N/zdzQiHbTTOtjDvdpiryXkp8oL+bzxGMzvO:uVa/rytjpu
TLSH
T17CC54A5E529D00E8D1AAD17C8A468A0AE271F806C732A7CF1664475B1F7B7E35FBE310
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

loader mustang_panda earth_preta pubload

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: PUBLOAD, ClaimLoader, NoFive
PUBLOAD is a shellcode loader used by Mustang Panda APT.
loader pubload

Detects ClaimLoader loader 1 IoCs

loader mustang_panda earth_preta

resource	yara_rule
sample	family_claimloader

Unsigned PE 1 IoCs

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

resource
2026-07-04_af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_stealc_vidar

File Explorer

2026-07-04_af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_stealc_vidar

.exe 2.6MB

2026-07-04_af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_stealc_vidar

IMPHASH a9472ad0f880f222155e7183fe058236
SHA256 799ca87d2d265e95114b6aa4da95192e07eec2da71d5d133704b6cfc541446ec
MD5 af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9
SHA1 60d669e903a818fd2d5d94e2e3f2648c2a064455
SHA512 8c7e12c006c504d78cc8d8ae458d7fd7959b714bc671014275c13c2654238b65ba872312a7ad9c681a47c7ed6ecb0eafb327fd687e3914a1bad480205c9b27f7
SSDEEP 49152:PbE2itY4be4yHQp0+6N/zdzQiHbTTOtjDvdpiryXkp8oL+bzxGMzvO:uVa/rytjpu
TLSH
T17CC54A5E529D00E8D1AAD17C8A468A0AE271F806C732A7CF1664475B1F7B7E35FBE310
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

windows:4 windows x86 arch:x86

Detects ClaimLoader loader

loader mustang_panda earth_preta
Unsigned PE

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

Minor OS version

Major OS version

Entry point

5136

Magic Number

267

Subsystem

IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI

DLL Characteristics

IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT

File Characteristics

IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE

PDB paths

kernel32

BaseGetNamedObjectDirectory CopyFileA CreateThread DeleteCriticalSection EncodePointer EnterCriticalSection ExitThread FindClose FindFirstFileA FindNextFileA FormatMessageW FreeLibrary GetCurrentProcess GetCurrentProcessId GetFileAttributesA GetFullPathNameA GetLastError GetModuleFileNameW GetModuleHandleA GetModuleHandleExW GetProcAddress GetProcessHeap GetStartupInfoA GetSystemInfo GetThreadPriority HeapAlloc HeapFree HeapReAlloc HeapSize InitializeCriticalSection LeaveCriticalSection LoadLibraryA QueryPerformanceFrequency QueryUnbiasedInterruptTime RaiseFailFastException SetConsoleCtrlHandler SetFileAttributesA SetLastError SetThreadPriority SetUnhandledExceptionFilter Sleep SwitchToThread TerminateProcess TlsAlloc TlsGetValue TlsSetValue VirtualProtect VirtualQuery

api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0

mbrtowc wcrtomb

api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0

__p__environ

api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0

_lock_file _unlock_file

api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0

_set_new_mode calloc free malloc

api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0

_configthreadlocale localeconv

api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0

__setusermatherr

api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0

_ismbblead

api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0

memcpy strchr strrchr strstr

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0

__p___argc __p___argv __p__acmdln _cexit _configure_narrow_argv _errno _exit _initialize_narrow_environment _initterm _initterm_e _set_app_type _set_invalid_parameter_handler abort signal strerror system

api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0

__acrt_iob_func __p__commode __p__fmode __stdio_common_vfprintf fclose fflush fopen fputc fread fseek ftell fwrite rewind

api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0

_stricmp strcpy strlen strncmp strnlen tolower wcslen wcsnlen

api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0

_localtime64 _time64 strftime

api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0

rand srand

ntdll

NtClose NtCreateSection NtDelayExecution NtDuplicateObject NtMapViewOfSection NtRaiseHardError NtReleaseKeyedEvent NtUnmapViewOfSection NtWaitForKeyedEvent NtWaitForSingleObject RtlDllShutdownInProgress RtlNtStatusToDosError

shell32

SHCreateDirectoryExA SHGetFolderPathA

user32

MessageBoxA

Name

.text

Size

53KB

Virtual Size

53KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.data

Size

1024B

Virtual Size

544B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.rdata

Size

5KB

Virtual Size

4KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

Size

10KB

Virtual Size

9KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.bss

Size

Virtual Size

3KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.idata

Size

4KB

Virtual Size

4KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.tls

Size

512B

Virtual Size

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.reloc

Size

2KB

Virtual Size

2KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/14

Size

512B

Virtual Size

56B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/29

Size

4KB

Virtual Size

4KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/41

Size

512B

Virtual Size

181B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/55

Size

512B

Virtual Size

160B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/67

Size

512B

Virtual Size

56B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/80

Size

512B

Virtual Size

159B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

/91

Size

512B

Virtual Size

492B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

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Malware Config

Signatures

File Explorer

2026-07-04_af16937cee5ccf41f0913c101d2111b9_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_stealc_vidar

kernel32

api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0

api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0

ntdll

shell32

user32

generic