General

  • Target
    2026-07-08_b902d7b193457e9c65212bfe2bb3fc54_akira_rusty-stealer
  • Size 6.8MB
  • Sample260708-crl2hsat2l
  • SHA256 a818cb1105fe6787705e1169f79dfbf471ec4dc77fcc56656b2ce508150f2e6e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      2026-07-08_b902d7b193457e9c65212bfe2bb3fc54_akira_rusty-stealer
    • Size 6.8MB
    • SHA256 a818cb1105fe6787705e1169f79dfbf471ec4dc77fcc56656b2ce508150f2e6e
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Contains code to disable Windows Defender

      A .NET executable tasked with disabling Windows Defender capabilities such as realtime monitoring, blocking at first seen, etc.

    • Detects executables containing anti-forensic artifacts of deleting USN change journal. Observed in r

    • Detects executables containing artifacts associated with disabling Widnows Defender

    • Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen

    • Detects executables referencing combination of virtualization drivers

    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup

      Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

    • Looks for VMWare Tools registry key

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks