Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/08/2026, 19:05

General

  • Target
    2026-08-02_3221e5d8c73df186d639410d74a39d21_akira_cobalt-strike.exe
  • Size 623KB
  • Sample260802-xrzb3aep8x
  • SHA256 d3d98c72c161f8955d1e56e787bccdc73c225cc24bdbe7376c755a4706a1b273
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Run Powershell and hide display window.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Reads WinSCP keys stored on the system 2 TTPs

    Tries to access WinSCP stored sessions.

  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

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

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_3221e5d8c73df186d639410d74a39d21_akira_cobalt-strike.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_3221e5d8c73df186d639410d74a39d21_akira_cobalt-strike.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4972
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gp.py --quiet --disable-pip-version-check
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:3056
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe" -c "import sys;exec(sys.stdin.read())"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1240
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'powershell.exe','python.exe','pythonw.exe' -ExclusionPath \"$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Temp\",\"$env:APPDATA\Microsoft\" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5428
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe -m pip install -q --target C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pylib_2132 --no-warn-script-location pycryptodome requests psutil mss
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        PID:1696
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe" "-B" "-I" "-c" "from multiprocessing.spawn import spawn_main; spawn_main(parent_pid=1240, pipe_handle=676)" "--multiprocessing-fork"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:5464
      • C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\taskkill.exe
        taskkill /F /IM Telegram.exe
        3⤵
        • Kills process with taskkill
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:1272
      • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:5396
    • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
      1⤵
        PID:3564
      • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
        1⤵
          PID:1264

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              gp.py

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gp.py
              • Size 2.1MB
              • SHA256 25b5c39ade96bab5eabe6404ce83cab6da2deb5fe3c07d9881f43803edb6f9c8
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              LICENSE

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-target-puj6nnl9\lib\python\requests-2.34.2.dist-info\licenses\LICENSE
              • Size 9KB
              • SHA256 09e8a9bcec8067104652c168685ab0931e7868f9c8284b66f5ae6edae5f1130b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              INSTALLERuvj60085.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-target-puj6nnl9\lib\python\urllib3-2.7.0.dist-info\INSTALLERuvj60085.tmp
              • Size 4B
              • SHA256 ceebae7b8927a3227e5303cf5e0f1f7b34bb542ad7250ac03fbcde36ec2f1508
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

              urllib3-2.7.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-47s3sg9s\urllib3-2.7.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
              • Size 6KB
              • SHA256 66147856d30bbb6bed01c6ce3326d0f48d84ed5f286ac177633a1486b82eace5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              mss-10.2.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-c2yuxhan\mss-10.2.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
              • Size 7KB
              • SHA256 570451fb9a2941d374ebb47d7e79f0c1f13d9a0ba87121379ac27d2b37e49805
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              requests-2.34.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-d_fgc1wq\requests-2.34.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
              • Size 4KB
              • SHA256 8c384ba3e979480faae2859d3c5e6c1276dd2c3616e322e124d52c8cfc556f27
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              psutil-7.2.2-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-g55ww31_\psutil-7.2.2-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata
              • Size 22KB
              • SHA256 a263a40220d921d9cb963fc636d34f817aa2eb72c2696e3e3465d088cdb1976b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              charset_normalizer-3.4.9-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-l2grr84x\charset_normalizer-3.4.9-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata
              • Size 41KB
              • SHA256 83a2993c753cc6098985f8a75286025a01e96453403284ce25e3fef7665472e1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              certifi-2026.7.22-py3-none-any.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\certifi-2026.7.22-py3-none-any.whl
              • Size 133KB
              • SHA256 62f22742b58a1a33014a2b6b706588a8d7e2a88ae7bd1a6ebe8c992928483775
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              charset_normalizer-3.4.9-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\charset_normalizer-3.4.9-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl
              • Size 158KB
              • SHA256 4b3dac63058cc36820b0dd072f89898604e2d39686fe05321729d00d8ac185a0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              idna-3.18-py3-none-any.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\idna-3.18-py3-none-any.whl
              • Size 63KB
              • SHA256 7f952cbe720b688055e3f87de14f5c3e5fdaa8bc3928985c4077ca689de849a2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              mss-10.2.0-py3-none-any.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\mss-10.2.0-py3-none-any.whl
              • Size 65KB
              • SHA256 e79f428899280e7e64e38365b5bfed683851ebea807eeaeadaf06eb8e0d67197
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              psutil-7.2.2-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\psutil-7.2.2-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl
              • Size 134KB
              • SHA256 eb7e81434c8d223ec4a219b5fc1c47d0417b12be7ea866e24fb5ad6e84b3d988
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pycryptodome-3.23.0-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\pycryptodome-3.23.0-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl
              • Size 1.7MB
              • SHA256 c75b52aacc6c0c260f204cbdd834f76edc9fb0d8e0da9fbf8352ef58202564e2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              requests-2.34.2-py3-none-any.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\requests-2.34.2-py3-none-any.whl
              • Size 71KB
              • SHA256 2a0d60c172f83ac6ab31e4554906c0f3b3588d37b5cb939b1c061f4907e278e0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              urllib3-2.7.0-py3-none-any.whl

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-mf7125pu\urllib3-2.7.0-py3-none-any.whl
              • Size 128KB
              • SHA256 9fb4c81ebbb1ce9531cce37674bbc6f1360472bc18ca9a553ede278ef7276897
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pycryptodome-3.23.0-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-r0n4kp8t\pycryptodome-3.23.0-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 3054c7b6ca96dfa8c968571921d169f91ac8ffa63686629d512dd50aa380bff1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              pip-26.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-reyjrxd0\pip-26.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
              • Size 4KB
              • SHA256 c0a71348ae15df8d4520f843dc33b7e9ebc193fa8e341810f03e8927549a99f9
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              certifi-2026.7.22-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-v7dbfk9p\certifi-2026.7.22-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
              • Size 2KB
              • SHA256 ef5af1638fbb23676ac3c5777dfcfc2cd9c348fe4172ed5ba3d277655b248090
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              idna-3.18-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-vzbnc2tw\idna-3.18-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
              • Size 5KB
              • SHA256 46dfe6e5ac462d0f680ecd9abcf66e829b6a2334824b4d9e3979b31135caf281
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pip.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\Scripts\pip.exe
              • Size 105KB
              • SHA256 a89514ae821262f8854f8012b0e447a70a8a0f96a42da117c03529bc02b5f844
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\VCRUNTIME140.dll
              • Size 116KB
              • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
              • Size 48KB
              • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _bz2.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_bz2.pyd
              • Size 83KB
              • SHA256 3ed0e5058d370fb14aa5469d81f96c5685559c054917c7280dd4125f21d25f62
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ctypes.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_ctypes.pyd
              • Size 122KB
              • SHA256 74e0e8384f6c2503215f4cf64c92efe7257f1aec44f72d67ad37dc8ba2530bc1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _decimal.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_decimal.pyd
              • Size 251KB
              • SHA256 b8221d1c9e2c892dd6227a6042d1e49200cd5cb82adbd998e4a77f4ee0e9abf1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _hashlib.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_hashlib.pyd
              • Size 64KB
              • SHA256 fd77a5756a17ec0788989f73222b0e7334dd4494b8c8647b43fe554cf3cfb354
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _lzma.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_lzma.pyd
              • Size 156KB
              • SHA256 7bf9ff61babebd90c499a8ed9b62141f947f90d87e0bbd41a12e99d20e06954a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _queue.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_queue.pyd
              • Size 31KB
              • SHA256 dbdabb5fe0ccbc8b951a2c6ec033551836b072cab756aaa56b6f22730080d173
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _socket.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_socket.pyd
              • Size 81KB
              • SHA256 b102522c23dac2332511eb3502466caf842d6bcd092fbc276b7b55e9cc01b085
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _sqlite3.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_sqlite3.pyd
              • Size 122KB
              • SHA256 ee0e9b0a0af6a98d5e8ad5b9878688d2089f35978756196222b9d45f49168a9d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _ssl.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_ssl.pyd
              • Size 174KB
              • SHA256 a5d361707f7a2a2d726b20770e8a6fc25d753be30bcbcbbb683ffee7959557c2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _uuid.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_uuid.pyd
              • Size 25KB
              • SHA256 acbf831004fb8b8d5340fe5debd9814c49bd282dd765c78faeb6bb5116288c78
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              _wmi.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_wmi.pyd
              • Size 36KB
              • SHA256 752fb80edb51f45d3cc1c046f3b007802432b91aef400c985640d6b276a67c12
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libcrypto-3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\libcrypto-3.dll
              • Size 5.0MB
              • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libffi-8.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\libffi-8.dll
              • Size 38KB
              • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              libssl-3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\libssl-3.dll
              • Size 768KB
              • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pyexpat.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\pyexpat.pyd
              • Size 197KB
              • SHA256 efd6099b1a6efdadd988d08dce0d8a34bd838106238250bccd201dc7dcd9387f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
              • Size 101KB
              • SHA256 fd5c46d73d29ba21b04c844bbaf9096066136526911230645a2a040d23fb612b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python3.DLL

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python3.DLL
              • Size 66KB
              • SHA256 5146005c36455e7ede4b8ecc0dc6f6fa8ea6b4a99fedbabc1994ae27dfab9d1b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python312._pth

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python312._pth
              • Size 79B
              • SHA256 9fe5713a8c85777f99d941d14409946124df1f322e987485ed30600f4f0afde1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              python312.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python312.dll
              • Size 6.6MB
              • SHA256 21700f0bad5769a1b61ea408dc0a140ffd0a356a774c6eb0cc70e574b929d2e2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              python312.zip

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python312.zip
              • Size 3.7MB
              • SHA256 2331635c9f558b4ee3f87118c89e2f96aa68137e288645137a39dce9d13a9e64
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              select.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\select.pyd
              • Size 30KB
              • SHA256 411d6f538bdbaf60f1a1798fa8aa7ed3a4e8fcc99c9f9f10d21270d2f3742019
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              sqlite3.dll

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\sqlite3.dll
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 7ef475d27f9634f6a75e88959e003318d7eb214333d25bdf9be1270fa0308c82
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              unicodedata.pyd

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\unicodedata.pyd
              • Size 1.1MB
              • SHA256 bc2cf23b7b7491edcf03103b78dbaf42afd84a60ea71e764af9a1ddd0fe84268
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              cacert.pem

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpu_6wjygm\cacert.pem
              • Size 228KB
              • SHA256 bbc7e9c01d7551bb8a159b5dedd989b8ee3ce105aff522b68eb1b01bf854cab0
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              pip.zip

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpu_6wjygm\pip.zip
              • Size 1.7MB
              • SHA256 7c50bc7c5286238f2883d3edac1ba7f7ca364ef61bc205f6ac5b8fdc68bd8e40
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/4972-2484-0x00007FF74A730000-0x00007FF74A7C6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4972-0-0x00007FF74A730000-0x00007FF74A7C6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4972-42-0x00007FF74A730000-0x00007FF74A7C6000-memory.dmp

              memory/4972-4280-0x00007FF74A730000-0x00007FF74A7C6000-memory.dmp

              memory/5428-2482-0x00000272EE160000-0x00000272EE16A000-memory.dmp

              memory/5428-2481-0x00000272EE0A0000-0x00000272EE152000-memory.dmp

              memory/5428-2480-0x00000272EE080000-0x00000272EE09E000-memory.dmp

              memory/5428-2475-0x00000272EDFE0000-0x00000272EE002000-memory.dmp