Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 16:06

General

  • Target
    2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
  • Size 5.7MB
  • Sample260804-tj19xadd28
  • SHA256 daac9d7f324f2337a2809480089993a68815e00be81275ae970ac241fd25e326
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 34 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 20 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4104
    • C:\Windows\svghost.exe
      "C:\Windows\svghost.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5476
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:6420

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 eb30c390bc16ef9584cef4e6df4e64a55f10b3654001fea8c18a67078b2004b1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 692KB
        • SHA256 0163ec83208b4902a2846de998a915de1b9e72aba33d98d5c8a14a8fbf0f6101
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 95KB
        • SHA256 60bfee02e0dae8f1f439807667afc84cc30302ed23f0818522eb2a5e14a530bc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 95KB
        • SHA256 39aaa86712b5ce2f0418d89579272d0535fa6b414a0f5fce979253001ff7a8e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 362KB
        • SHA256 c536e97c4b08a3a96d064fe57806fb1e6a0a6525ae905446c3d3968ab2e2b310
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 130KB
        • SHA256 5d6b0fefd20999430da9409e99bfce3168aa3f78078ea2977f2573758f93d01d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 6974945ec6b703b9ed69d7e0749cfcfa31d6a4d9f25762035f0f0c18472c93d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        IntegratedOffice.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe
        • Size 4.2MB
        • SHA256 c48b72a2aab652155216686000d4c81b3a6ab8d8537abb36e9174b973bc10060
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 440KB
        • SHA256 76963b7bd4c28e3218bb472299157c77e5968e0e5f9e8e99eb92df967d6f8b8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 23.5MB
        • SHA256 d1352d36f08e1d90cfc220ba9213e0539900a9a8a6abd7d5fb745018d39d0aa5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OfficeC2RClient.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe
        • Size 23.5MB
        • SHA256 50a42bbcc08444d3548463740b5d336f0c94542c4951aefd896c7e6350ca7c3a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 694be9bbf46f337e2e537ce822337b9b4d8d8976b74bd6b93a7466da735d25cd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appvcleaner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 085fc9a5731fac938a26e7dcf6e266d9c8186648438a7751b81718c384ec7aef
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        LICLUA.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE
        • Size 660KB
        • SHA256 6220f5fe454d227ff88e8ed11a5eb6b6d71ccff7678ae9483bc197aa19858c23
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OSE.EXE

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
        • Size 338KB
        • SHA256 8ec28c83416dfdc5cf1a6a7cc2d12f337b2691d9d29b2ea698f094ab4e85c358
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 177KB
        • SHA256 5b1cbf847177dd0b36faeacec2f18dcc020bf091e2360b313f30edb7dab9ce53
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 224KB
        • SHA256 e8823553c18d32714a242d65311f8157ff495be6bec15eb94dbf9be58d84563f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 224KB
        • SHA256 842d31ba10495a3c09e24179a6c3d44287c38b55fde48242b9d0684f092eb99f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 137KB
        • SHA256 f1d5b9d731c4e6cd51801217763ab1986574b2deb60ae683f2e34ee84bb0ef4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 145KB
        • SHA256 f6e4e7f2a089e6881fa91b04930f4ed0285f6b636eb77b6666b771b2ea1b6199
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 141KB
        • SHA256 93b98fc9327bb6f8b0c84f2a01629b404aa9554950d56378a932b966ddb453ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_3e36ee994909b1c154f4392d7c1ff717_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
        • Size 5.7MB
        • SHA256 f5ee36de8edf9be2ac2752b219cfdcb7ca1677071b8e116cb876306e9f1b6628
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        aieig

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aieig
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 9246c24b939c3aff800b14303e845d3f5b4757b07894e3b039fb2d5b1021e3c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jijvv

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jijvv
        • Size 630KB
        • SHA256 6b38f83e49397e92f36592eaa9ab966f10a63a240f32aa3d913f4de4401e0a1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        svghost.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\svghost.exe
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 d71f7a98f19740884ebd74a8115b1fbed2ec17b98387fcb5dbc6966b6e481a43
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4104-2-0x0000000000427000-0x000000000043A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4104-1-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4104-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4104-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5476-45-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043C000-memory.dmp