Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/07/2026, 03:59

General

  • Target
    2026-07-14_4f76a1d44df545effd1206ecb81ea6e5_akira_cobalt-strike.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260714-ej3qeady5p
  • SHA256 ffbbd02d9b9ae7cc46c5bbb4f3e93fadc19b9ece56cca86f43103f0b18af61a7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note) 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_4f76a1d44df545effd1206ecb81ea6e5_akira_cobalt-strike.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_4f76a1d44df545effd1206ecb81ea6e5_akira_cobalt-strike.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3080
    • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
      "cmd" /C start hello.txt
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3912
      • C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE
        "C:\Windows\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hello.txt
        3⤵
        • Opens file in notepad (likely ransom note)
        PID:3552

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        hello.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hello.txt
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 c89efd449e52b36553972029ad54e1f29eb00818ca21f2c0d54ce0d7bea66942
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/3080-1-0x00007FF714260000-0x00007FF714424000-memory.dmp