Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    156s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 13:09

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_09f130219f3ee6b15bbce4a2a3d36d44_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
  • Size 46.6MB
  • Sample260804-qd5tcsfl6t
  • SHA256 28cdfbf5869f0f1527198c546c3a6824a1059ac5a8251ca9e1f29e39f7f1d9df
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies Control Panel 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_09f130219f3ee6b15bbce4a2a3d36d44_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_09f130219f3ee6b15bbce4a2a3d36d44_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:1132
  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_09f130219f3ee6b15bbce4a2a3d36d44_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-08-03_09f130219f3ee6b15bbce4a2a3d36d44_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Sets desktop wallpaper using registry
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Control Panel
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:728

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 46.9MB
        • SHA256 0c6abaa40a1c06ce20610bebf92e99987b6a632470eaeda08bf76ac5bec67ab0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 79.6MB
        • SHA256 663942095cd4d1f9826c07a255bb16b6472161d9e9dfdae6c9e454b5fbdeba85
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 73.2MB
        • SHA256 341cb6550c69d169ce510ef39837694682516ed3448d0f86b65a310f4dc48c60
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 48.7MB
        • SHA256 1cbee6442c769818f49fa32b5f9fe96b8fd163b6a3dfd83965a491aefc30923a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 896KB
        • SHA256 df736024c74bccf99f7936a1717cfab4b30603a45808e1350f496fde75af355b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 57.9MB
        • SHA256 2859f5b9b8d8ec90fe6868791dfbfff1de073b5f404694e60edaf10e54b4a41a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 56.2MB
        • SHA256 e6e0c4a9215eb56c5fe72736ba38ccb4b2129dfb0515b8e23e1249ac8545e1f1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 576KB
        • SHA256 f3bd2dab7382b72175192fb3e9f89598203ba5c57a724633b594102fdf17e510
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 50.3MB
        • SHA256 b6191f95555272994b24ae5f3d5d14caab9ef553b1fa004ced478b1d871fc3ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 48.6MB
        • SHA256 d6f573c746d43e1b045675b561ecff531f6818cba6a845d3543b660844d30702
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 47.2MB
        • SHA256 e4589eb1dd34a70054d755fcabcc2147eb39063a12f3cf745faad7f54e0682b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 45.1MB
        • SHA256 1c0c32df94b30fb4d24c43c49f124a037fa830add83e0c8d77595020e59d4954
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 44.8MB
        • SHA256 3cc7180a96481eaa9adf945ca3e3dbf52d36d859a7c367d29e937d3f57d86d82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 43.1MB
        • SHA256 df9cd382ffe5dd4f10fa30f76bdf4cef7832a12059634ad634ecfada412ece32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 40.8MB
        • SHA256 ebc5cfc829e4dacc3d14c140f40aa4edb89373c72673e7c704eeac21aad7bb46
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 43.6MB
        • SHA256 c675aaf628c3d9e502a4d78d67baa29cd373edb602d096b9987bd12edede61d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 41.8MB
        • SHA256 71874860c11e230485132b09fbf6bfc1932c8b0e391bc48f67a216a20868e4bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 38.8MB
        • SHA256 e67b6a0e62eb8a8d9464cbde844fd3482834a60a4f0aea6eaa712d120fef5185
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
        • Size 37.5MB
        • SHA256 ad84e0d344bd5af21f710d51c2f968902e92f9688464368e36f231a3a28b28a9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 38.6MB
        • SHA256 4a88527b087da78adac7f301c00bfb40efc821656dbc92a8e1372a4de4d56c67
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 36.2MB
        • SHA256 71ac12f5bf3eaedfb2915e74b20639f82f65557aa41444ec941de988851cb5cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 37.9MB
        • SHA256 6d58f26ea77f3016a46a6efc7a78c0d9e6dd3caf15a81500cc334fc6b4edfb6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 34.1MB
        • SHA256 8826dab1afa924d69f07a9b1b04d0afe1dbe4e9142cd68607e43088698ee1fd6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 33.2MB
        • SHA256 11bc1691d15f6184d0d410aa0e8484974359e6b3b7df8b1d602a07f68648ff2c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 35.2MB
        • SHA256 15d50b9478598793690d31817846fe1da620087804abd8767272b3c0a0e13c62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 31.6MB
        • SHA256 517c36f526e4d0efb0cdbbfd631b4c74d17848958445b3a95251c412fde04943
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 30.0MB
        • SHA256 1a89eb98a5d9896f448260510d0b589ca0dd15e71b766860d1de2f45f61b32d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 28.8MB
        • SHA256 57e41861c0b94b61ea4720c8bbdc855038d0616cc21960172bb52ab0071e21fe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 27.1MB
        • SHA256 753d3c630c8c7c1a57b61ef6dfecb06a186fa4bd52107e606a4e94dad13c8863
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 24.5MB
        • SHA256 efe4e6e7cc0bb49f47f8eb8941f31fa8c68ec58d36a60612ec8f58106e882934
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 23.7MB
        • SHA256 2790bc8ab1c1c095dc87ae18c9b7078691d60cec0c6b1a8c8a5e7f81b9f13f72
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 21.5MB
        • SHA256 02db514bb5acf81a30f67b6922f071481d90b5e7989863a5407ea3b71a1d7c92
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 21.2MB
        • SHA256 b4a18a0ddb82cf88271c51ce606d291bca61c4d24209592d2d8b87ad79c46c2f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 20.1MB
        • SHA256 184eaa6ddfe3cc9b9b9b0d9f2a99e58cfe72de49e2b8fcf5eb428a8e84c37f10
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 18.6MB
        • SHA256 c8384d4455a686673eb0e0a8770188bdeae7964d849f67448bdcaa2e175fee37
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 16.6MB
        • SHA256 7e80540ad68e8e439d33c3faa3f9ce2b7bfd40e4d673434dce6045089d4cf3b3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 17.1MB
        • SHA256 3941ceb2d42c96d880f1d6b161c2f51ffa9801a53b9e46d46fdaef594aceaa82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 16.4MB
        • SHA256 873f123449d267402cabb720e41c4a199066e129837055f9f4a72f8d2281f008
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 15.1MB
        • SHA256 9c8c8d01416088545cc36f41e0f465fef85cca768f600ae32c9f702d134c7290
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 13.5MB
        • SHA256 4053534dd263d083525578596115e399f62050baecfb2ec03d7cc893ee5886e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 14.6MB
        • SHA256 04727f9b63d5ec73563bf05790bc8a490cfa0ed2da7718ee685c2863d9126416
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 13.2MB
        • SHA256 188b63e7caf397b466d8310e29e81bf956b969f94e7b111547360021abb5d1c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 13.3MB
        • SHA256 32f5f14daf5934a09ec3549a1f0d3658783556a466699f5230041878945abaa0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 12.6MB
        • SHA256 01d21161aa7f369944ec9fc08013b480db169ddefa7c1258147cb91ccd9ad107
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 12.4MB
        • SHA256 1df7768f3b989749235c64e246b8996414c3db3bac965023b59b5d81c60aebf4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 d0732ccea3e4e7b559100cdbd7f708d2bc5a09c605dab78805620e35d0549b56
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 10.9MB
        • SHA256 1bf9d8477459682fbc04810c3cbb79d7c1500b1c5f1e4781f0fd0ede77fcda1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 10.2MB
        • SHA256 664e49c8f4936eecb665dd449f07acd58f20852c8251193587871e63d8f14175
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 9.3MB
        • SHA256 4c8a0297af2b3e2a5c6032772d0797bdc2e6df13e82b593d7cbad7d93c502823
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 10.3MB
        • SHA256 696366b287a74c00449ec21a27cf81f662d286e5f01eaa62c150dfcc19c83bcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 9.4MB
        • SHA256 0f7b227c6ec3fe5e161e588cf68a9f29a8b4a4c3880378b5f5d99350ed60edee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 10.1MB
        • SHA256 6fb1c65c225fe8f60876fba913ae82b0d55af49a79db07aaae5d04ed21bd7e54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 9.4MB
        • SHA256 14c84eb7ed4f118a7d20ea2be54a68650a1ed2984355a912180e885e576e34f5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 8.8MB
        • SHA256 4f3ecf5600a49841699e6fef10c9a8a506719e65fb57f30aafdf72a4c1f21f65
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 67.4MB
        • SHA256 85e75081b924fb798c715a3f6c47baafc20bdee959f7a794642c8c8a516a2c8c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 63.8MB
        • SHA256 aa3466d7fdf50f568a7b6000f28d28da394f53e4cdf03eee0fb4a0d3e2f7c01a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 63.6MB
        • SHA256 6acb21984f904906421f222579f24f7d09153b9bf5d02ec7c19dd06d705372d7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 58.3MB
        • SHA256 0d5b39c930ff40959310e46e2d17c9eea2adcb145388447a5fde7543067f042b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/728-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1132-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1132-1-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E4000-memory.dmp