shodi | be19e2a737c81b05ff0f7447e40ecc84bfec007562768355a42dc9f044177e5d

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
138s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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04/08/2026, 19:38

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General

Target
2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
Size 4.4MB
Sample260804-ychansfg95
SHA256 be19e2a737c81b05ff0f7447e40ecc84bfec007562768355a42dc9f044177e5d
MD5 79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849
SHA1 6a1da45976bbb1660c985d57288eacf7988c2991
SHA512 cffad4a0d2efa154c1070172083f918951646eb6c12364ba27cc6e248b994705239b2db96a70aee062b6bf1770c4374fe9cd412c0c08ab443aab9db1c2d65dd3
SSDEEP 49152:PxgGhqFITGbXsPNIULkmp1/j6AeXZG7wmpvGF1IP9z5WuHC4O8b8ITDnlY/7t0i6:O6GbXsPN5kiQaZ5cnUm8Uk
TLSH
T16D266D2277848FB5E06F81B09A658AB69137BC240F6657CB12807F1E3E35AD16F35B13
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery shodi worm

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Shodi
Shodi is a Windows worm written in C++.
worm shodi

Detects Shodi worm 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c4b0-8.dat	family_shodi

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4312	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.usa

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\pwahelper.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_click_helper.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PPTICO.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SCANPST.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\pwahelper.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.EXE	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\crashreporter.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_proxy.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\elevation_service.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\notification_helper.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\pwahelper.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\OLicenseHeartbeat.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOSYNC.EXE	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File created	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
File opened for modification	\??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.usa	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4792 wrote to memory of 4312	4792	2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe"
1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4792
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.usa
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.usa
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  PID:4312

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.usa

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_79bed20eb18576735851ae0182b11849_akira_amadey_cloudeye_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_ic.usa
Size 1.2MB
SHA256 9f7f04ce2bae3e76e41ddc706f9c1cc35405a1d21c488fe4f81eb89fdff51907
MD5 044cafeb287abc6a500c821b547d32f0
SHA1 595fb18d1e5c64f60737cbc1061285cc2374dc88
SHA512 683475098a9dc2b072427ce3a240ebf45c1201ca0ebbc8933bfcd74a5875716b82f201c1b0751c559313d00ca4990c323fa22974ddd7528654290ff36814b84f
SSDEEP 12288:4NXb/7t0iUk2E+UiOS/osQbCP+V/7h0L6unnOPl4jK7en3mawkfd8PzH4qLiaveZ:c/7t0ib+UiF7ACE/UmafSLi4euLHa
TLSH
T1F4458D17B79941E8D02ED178C7458236EA72BC520B74BADF0690B3592E37AE46F3E710
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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UsaShohdi.asu

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu
Size 4.4MB
SHA256 eddff78e4cbd81fa33b46022bac0beb822931068a363b238e35f123b9bdb9697
MD5 33473f1418860404721e3f7bfaffdecf
SHA1 514700396ef68bd1b13f575e0c578c4c75e0a6c8
SHA512 f3c0b58cac72821bc815ca7f9724d60c302e25e2b62fa93875fbc9987f18174389e81e9ad7a0c0d85f246a51c1754e0b66fc8dd4761ae9f5a8e2574584cc094d
SSDEEP 49152:xxgGhqFITGbXsPNIULkmp1/j6AeXZG7wmpvGF1IP9z5WuHC4O8b8ITDnlY/7t0i6:E6GbXsPN5kiQaZ5cnUm8Uk
TLSH
T12D266C2277848FB5E06F81B09A658AB69137BC240F6657CB12807F1E3E35AD16F35B13
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH