Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/08/2026, 12:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_73b32f2854b3a6c22b65d471600ec109_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat.exe
  • Size 857KB
  • Sample260820-pnpdpack9w
  • SHA256 2cbf053c4e0d0a03c3724a95ff07432e67a96a32a07c64be58a1fb028796fc56
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_73b32f2854b3a6c22b65d471600ec109_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_73b32f2854b3a6c22b65d471600ec109_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5324
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe" C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gp.py --quiet --disable-pip-version-check
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      PID:5492

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Matrix

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        Downloads

        gp.py

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\gp.py
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 fb24e693bab954209a063d90953621412ccad4a500905a726286e038f508ddf6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-unpack-b9fb37y5\pip-26.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 3a561005822841f2c45f442f6c7a7505172c8c376c9fe274d876c8ac912968cb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pip.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\Scripts\pip.exe
        • Size 105KB
        • SHA256 7f9eefb9406398b452c9d428968467b37c4dcfe5f90ad14dcbb54dbb9f399c79
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\VCRUNTIME140.dll
        • Size 116KB
        • SHA256 4d292623516f65c80482081e62d5dadb759dc16e851de5db24c3cbb57b87db83
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VCRUNTIME140_1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\VCRUNTIME140_1.dll
        • Size 48KB
        • SHA256 a113f192195f245f17389e6ecbed8005990bcb2476ddad33f7c4c6c86327afe5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _bz2.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_bz2.pyd
        • Size 83KB
        • SHA256 3ed0e5058d370fb14aa5469d81f96c5685559c054917c7280dd4125f21d25f62
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ctypes.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_ctypes.pyd
        • Size 122KB
        • SHA256 74e0e8384f6c2503215f4cf64c92efe7257f1aec44f72d67ad37dc8ba2530bc1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _decimal.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_decimal.pyd
        • Size 251KB
        • SHA256 b8221d1c9e2c892dd6227a6042d1e49200cd5cb82adbd998e4a77f4ee0e9abf1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _hashlib.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_hashlib.pyd
        • Size 64KB
        • SHA256 fd77a5756a17ec0788989f73222b0e7334dd4494b8c8647b43fe554cf3cfb354
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _lzma.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_lzma.pyd
        • Size 156KB
        • SHA256 7bf9ff61babebd90c499a8ed9b62141f947f90d87e0bbd41a12e99d20e06954a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _queue.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_queue.pyd
        • Size 31KB
        • SHA256 dbdabb5fe0ccbc8b951a2c6ec033551836b072cab756aaa56b6f22730080d173
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _socket.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_socket.pyd
        • Size 81KB
        • SHA256 b102522c23dac2332511eb3502466caf842d6bcd092fbc276b7b55e9cc01b085
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _ssl.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_ssl.pyd
        • Size 174KB
        • SHA256 a5d361707f7a2a2d726b20770e8a6fc25d753be30bcbcbbb683ffee7959557c2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _uuid.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_uuid.pyd
        • Size 25KB
        • SHA256 acbf831004fb8b8d5340fe5debd9814c49bd282dd765c78faeb6bb5116288c78
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _wmi.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\_wmi.pyd
        • Size 36KB
        • SHA256 752fb80edb51f45d3cc1c046f3b007802432b91aef400c985640d6b276a67c12
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcrypto-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\libcrypto-3.dll
        • Size 5.0MB
        • SHA256 05fe080eab7fc535c51e10c1bd76a2f3e6217f9c91a25034774588881c3f99de
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libffi-8.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\libffi-8.dll
        • Size 38KB
        • SHA256 eff52743773eb550fcc6ce3efc37c85724502233b6b002a35496d828bd7b280a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libssl-3.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\libssl-3.dll
        • Size 768KB
        • SHA256 2e9fbcd8f7fdc13a5179533239811456554f2b3aa2fb10e1b17be0df81c79006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pyexpat.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\pyexpat.pyd
        • Size 197KB
        • SHA256 efd6099b1a6efdadd988d08dce0d8a34bd838106238250bccd201dc7dcd9387f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python.exe
        • Size 101KB
        • SHA256 fd5c46d73d29ba21b04c844bbaf9096066136526911230645a2a040d23fb612b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python3.DLL

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python3.DLL
        • Size 66KB
        • SHA256 5146005c36455e7ede4b8ecc0dc6f6fa8ea6b4a99fedbabc1994ae27dfab9d1b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python312._pth

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python312._pth
        • Size 79B
        • SHA256 9fe5713a8c85777f99d941d14409946124df1f322e987485ed30600f4f0afde1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        python312.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python312.dll
        • Size 6.6MB
        • SHA256 21700f0bad5769a1b61ea408dc0a140ffd0a356a774c6eb0cc70e574b929d2e2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        python312.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\python312.zip
        • Size 3.7MB
        • SHA256 2331635c9f558b4ee3f87118c89e2f96aa68137e288645137a39dce9d13a9e64
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        select.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\select.pyd
        • Size 30KB
        • SHA256 411d6f538bdbaf60f1a1798fa8aa7ed3a4e8fcc99c9f9f10d21270d2f3742019
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        unicodedata.pyd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\python_embed\unicodedata.pyd
        • Size 1.1MB
        • SHA256 bc2cf23b7b7491edcf03103b78dbaf42afd84a60ea71e764af9a1ddd0fe84268
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        cacert.pem

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpz1hik_i2\cacert.pem
        • Size 228KB
        • SHA256 bbc7e9c01d7551bb8a159b5dedd989b8ee3ce105aff522b68eb1b01bf854cab0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pip.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpz1hik_i2\pip.zip
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 f366a37ec5340337af123d2aabf80659fc69cab14f8784ad1cd7ab1e2e83bd27
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/5324-0-0x00007FF789960000-0x00007FF7899F9000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-51-0x00007FF789960000-0x00007FF7899F9000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-2456-0x00007FF789960000-0x00007FF7899F9000-memory.dmp

        memory/5324-2458-0x00007FF789960000-0x00007FF7899F9000-memory.dmp