Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    159s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 01:11

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_b9d2448ab861c12efd2e4231f8b4df5d_akira_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_icedi.exe
  • Size 76.4MB
  • Sample260815-bkbrjadb26
  • SHA256 8f1ee7f2b4c3bc46daac10615c19b8e377d6199929cda9f69b8a16c40044e488
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Windows directory 11 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 33 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_b9d2448ab861c12efd2e4231f8b4df5d_akira_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_icedi.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_b9d2448ab861c12efd2e4231f8b4df5d_akira_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_icedi.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4340
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Msiexec.exe
      Msiexec /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Cloud Agent_C64.msi" /q REBOOT="ReallySuppress"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1944
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1996
    • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
      1⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2584
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A078B62927DA2E1F4DF3CDBCAA4D3542
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2372
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exe
          taskkill /IM FWAInstallMonitor.exe /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Kills process with taskkill
          PID:1836
        • C:\ProgramData\FWAInstallMonitor.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\FWAInstallMonitor.exe" /StartMonitor /CreateStartUpMonitorTask /MsiPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Cloud Agent_C64.msi" /Pid 2372
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4732
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_b9d2448ab861c12efd2e4231f8b4df5d_akira_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_icedi.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_b9d2448ab861c12efd2e4231f8b4df5d_akira_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_icedi.exe" -r
      1⤵
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5944
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Msiexec.exe
        Msiexec /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Cloud Agent_C64.msi" /q REBOOT="ReallySuppress"
        2⤵
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:3360

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          CloudAgentCleanupHelper.LOG

          • Path C:\ProgramData\CloudAgentCleanupHelper.LOG
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 6324f5743fd0b71934dc28966bdf161fdbf768656cedfada5c372770abcfc8f6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          FWAInstallMonitor.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\FWAInstallMonitor.exe
          • Size 611KB
          • SHA256 ac9df71193bb7ba777584f417b9f5297d6c746b59058c1ccea6ea73ce3649776
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIa227d.LOG

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIa227d.LOG
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a08a228f17deb152b21adf1e483e92a2dcf8baab754b07cd680d23bd23aa18cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIa3b55.LOG

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIa3b55.LOG
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 9ccf80df9d8e307e7f4d59c06113baa90f45324a0d09e06407da5108a6d04df5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Cloud Agent_C64.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Cloud Agent_C64.msi
          • Size 9.5MB
          • SHA256 ee4eadeb2c116f8dfb65a9cd59a2a7215429cc81b155ee80b6e048ccd5c2b719
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Imaging Client_C64.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Imaging Client_C64.msi
          • Size 3.3MB
          • SHA256 cc77f24811c4a501cb6e3aa2ef8a25eaf436606afab9eda58e868e1d3853e565
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Software Updater_C64.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Software Updater_C64.msi
          • Size 8.6MB
          • SHA256 9e18cec0e2c1bdbcd17ac7330c47b752cdc200740ceeed874d45051eb9a878d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Usage Stats_C64.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ProductInstaller\Usage Stats_C64.msi
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 2d126e58d66a8efe0ae1dc83453a4716a169228c47bf178faab30849d5970955
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI2963.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI2963.tmp
          • Size 57KB
          • SHA256 e1076225eafe4cca82c39a4a7db820e0fd44dd293c9847564346e4bb047214b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIA1B1.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA1B1.tmp
          • Size 138KB
          • SHA256 69bdcb8dbad5145459bc64ee749e84d9e92171aeff5eea37f2145319c99bdf3e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIA21F.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA21F.tmp
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 948ac599af61926ae025dd17e12ce7aaf402949b9987faf2cfadd87f591c11c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Products.ini

          • Path C:\Windows\Products.ini
          • Size 380B
          • SHA256 63c971a11b6aff3bceaed294eea37bd521c2c39fc9a00ad2c918ffc57bd1fb62
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH