Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/08/2026, 16:54
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
- Size 5.7MB
- Sample260802-vennpacr21
- SHA256 9383174dbd3527396bcdd709a30b386a27bb2ad86d1004983fd2dc2d8f038df9
- MD5 c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1
- SHA1 1737f77efbf4d842a174807d94973992887fa2e7
- SHA512 db178e009ceb9837587226830b743e4c6efbda73cef1c7b51aa1ea1e87cfc2490ad03dffbdefc84442cbd7c6280071c16c2831eceff3f60ba865f8dbf0de4263
- SSDEEP 49152:xWsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybJ:xzKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSx
- TLSH T1F656B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3384-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00080000000245e1-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1168-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3384-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2072-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245e3-16.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2072-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2032-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2032-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3764-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1168-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00080000000245e1-3.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00070000000245e3-16.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 1168 MSWDM.EXE 2072 MSWDM.EXE 2032 MSWDM.EXE 3764 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\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.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 - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev27D6.tmp 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev27D6.tmp MSWDM.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 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.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 2072 MSWDM.EXE 2072 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3384 wrote to memory of 1168 3384 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe 85 PID 3384 wrote to memory of 2072 3384 2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe 86 PID 2072 wrote to memory of 2032 2072 MSWDM.EXE 87
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3384 -
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:1168
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev27D6.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_c55cc99dfcf88e4fb54beedfacde5fa1_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2072 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev27D6.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_C55CC99DFCF88E4FB54BEEDFACDE5FA1_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2032
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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:3764
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-08-02_C55CC99DFCF88E4FB54BEEDFACDE5FA1_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_C55CC99DFCF88E4FB54BEEDFACDE5FA1_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 845c9a62ad4a8ca1b4828192aee479e66cdfa245d847cafe2c425cf0093fb5ea
- MD5 4beb528d9dd56b51b6d437c21380c935
- SHA1 f280a95e33fe951eedd9fc5df9f1324469a04e02
- SHA512 a03748ae1a2fa2d3dd4caf777e8f074fd56121558e434a54ca97b25ac6c2ef4bdea9c1a1054c5b64a62acaeeb54e65192257a96d745a36b9bf596760992bebd2
- SSDEEP 49152:x2sKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uyb3:xTKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS/
- TLSH T14156B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 80KB
- SHA256 170cfd65ccb20682fdb7a93854bbf33b32c85150de2812d74834584372c42ec8
- MD5 a29bc34bbc9deab062999a44c2da85c2
- SHA1 102616a290ac95810d2e4ba92605e721ad35858d
- SHA512 cdfe93cb225a0bc2aa221deaa4453cca4cd533cfc95b5225a2d43e29adf87bce340ef53b2b9bd0b13635dbc1ab83c951128eccbdcd74f8b69f735a1deedc6356
- SSDEEP 768:JdSTj3dALMNyGtT4bE9XJuFbvvJ70TxLdeVRpdH:3STjtALMd6bE9XJuFrvJ70z+PH
- TLSH T19E83E7163782CF75E04F11B2C56766F80317AE01CD518FE7B598BE25B8F329A3AA5483
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev27D6.tmp
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 087e7bb4bb378c4efcc7e00a594a82309a5c71cfc2520497390a25e4177c4493
- MD5 fc5bc50a4daa8fcc364ee448105f5bbe
- SHA1 0794d24ff8c5460c0d26dc6dcd812ac4e2b62cf9
- SHA512 6faf52242585ddd9dcfc3ccb5c962c0d72100b35c5e11bfa284cea5cd06155b8df09dba50f3fac3bf8c215e617af1548226bbce9bddbd5ed6790cd4c9a8e9248
- SSDEEP 49152:KsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpG:vKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSk
- TLSH T16C56C41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06F3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH