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Target
2026-08-20_2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat
Size 675KB
Sample260821-dr1eksfn7x
SHA256 f6b55881e2287e018e0362ff24677b8054169097d395bb17e9cfc67e544b0959
MD5 2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662
SHA1 1ab34840d6547fe109fb8a741fbd4c1fb33491cd
SHA512 d0af8fa02e6f10ad97f5ecbc9d399060840d54d96a7af8e6934b4336b251c681c436708443114f59ffb237210bc48e530cc4fc0b633ad00ac6c272e30ffed725
SSDEEP 12288:zQ3lTM9HZhBHaumANJW6NMz1XsckJAZf6/qlMRs7tBdphGrST:zQ1o91vdWv1XMK6tRs7tBrhGWT
TLSH
T1F7E48E93B5E659BCE212C03D8257A233BA3A75851133BFB70AE4DA302F52EC12F59715
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Unsigned PE 1 IoCs

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

resource
2026-08-20_2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat

File Explorer

2026-08-20_2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat

.exe 675KB

2026-08-20_2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat

IMPHASH 01126ae04e8907c9efef434d1df04707
SHA256 f6b55881e2287e018e0362ff24677b8054169097d395bb17e9cfc67e544b0959
MD5 2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662
SHA1 1ab34840d6547fe109fb8a741fbd4c1fb33491cd
SHA512 d0af8fa02e6f10ad97f5ecbc9d399060840d54d96a7af8e6934b4336b251c681c436708443114f59ffb237210bc48e530cc4fc0b633ad00ac6c272e30ffed725
SSDEEP 12288:zQ3lTM9HZhBHaumANJW6NMz1XsckJAZf6/qlMRs7tBdphGrST:zQ1o91vdWv1XMK6tRs7tBrhGWT
TLSH
T1F7E48E93B5E659BCE212C03D8257A233BA3A75851133BFB70AE4DA302F52EC12F59715
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

windows:4 windows x64 arch:x64

Unsigned PE

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

Minor OS version

Major OS version

Entry point

5328

Magic Number

523

Subsystem

IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI

DLL Characteristics

IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_HIGH_ENTROPY_VA IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT

File Characteristics

IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED

PDB paths

api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0

WaitOnAddress WakeByAddressAll WakeByAddressSingle

bcryptprimitives

ProcessPrng

crypt32

CertAddCertificateContextToStore CertCloseStore CertDuplicateCertificateChain CertDuplicateCertificateContext CertDuplicateStore CertEnumCertificatesInStore CertFreeCertificateChain CertFreeCertificateContext CertGetCertificateChain CertOpenStore CertVerifyCertificateChainPolicy

kernel32

CloseHandle CreateFileMappingA DuplicateHandle GetLastError GetModuleFileNameW GetModuleHandleA GetModuleHandleW GetProcAddress GetProcessHeap GetSystemDirectoryW GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime GetWindowsDirectoryW HeapAlloc HeapFree HeapReAlloc MapViewOfFile SetHandleInformation SetLastError UnmapViewOfFile AddVectoredExceptionHandler CompareStringOrdinal CreateDirectoryW CreateFileW CreateProcessW CreateThread CreateToolhelp32Snapshot CreateWaitableTimerExW DeleteCriticalSection DeleteFileW EnterCriticalSection FindClose FindFirstFileExW FormatMessageW FreeEnvironmentStringsW GetConsoleMode GetConsoleOutputCP GetCurrentDirectoryW GetCurrentProcess GetCurrentThread GetCurrentThreadId GetEnvironmentStringsW GetEnvironmentVariableW GetExitCodeProcess GetFileAttributesW GetFileInformationByHandle GetFileInformationByHandleEx GetFullPathNameW GetStartupInfoA GetStdHandle GetTempPathW InitOnceBeginInitialize InitOnceComplete InitializeCriticalSection LeaveCriticalSection Module32FirstW Module32NextW MultiByteToWideChar QueryPerformanceCounter QueryPerformanceFrequency RaiseException ReadFileEx RtlCaptureContext RtlLookupFunctionEntry RtlUnwindEx RtlVirtualUnwind SetFileInformationByHandle SetFilePointerEx SetFileTime SetThreadStackGuarantee SetUnhandledExceptionFilter SetWaitableTimer Sleep SleepEx SwitchToThread TlsAlloc TlsFree TlsGetValue TlsSetValue VirtualProtect VirtualQuery WaitForSingleObject WriteConsoleW WriteFileEx __C_specific_handler

ntdll

RtlNtStatusToDosError NtCreateNamedPipeFile NtOpenFile NtReadFile NtWriteFile

secur32

AcceptSecurityContext AcquireCredentialsHandleA DecryptMessage DeleteSecurityContext EncryptMessage FreeContextBuffer FreeCredentialsHandle InitializeSecurityContextW QueryContextAttributesW

msvcrt

__getmainargs __initenv __iob_func __lconv_init __set_app_type __setusermatherr _acmdln _amsg_exit _cexit _commode _fmode _fpreset _initterm _onexit abort calloc exit fprintf free fwrite malloc memcmp memcpy memmove memset signal strlen strncmp vfprintf

user32

MessageBoxW

ws2_32

WSACleanup WSAGetLastError WSASocketW WSAStartup closesocket connect freeaddrinfo getaddrinfo getpeername getsockname getsockopt ioctlsocket recv select send setsockopt

Name

.text

Size

404KB

Virtual Size

403KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.data

Size

3KB

Virtual Size

2KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.rdata

Size

46KB

Virtual Size

46KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.pdata

Size

8KB

Virtual Size

7KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.xdata

Size

17KB

Virtual Size

16KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Name

.bss

Size

Virtual Size

544B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.idata

Size

7KB

Virtual Size

6KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.CRT

Size

512B

Virtual Size

112B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.tls

Size

512B

Virtual Size

16B

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE

Name

.reloc

Size

1KB

Virtual Size

1KB

Characteristics

IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

File Explorer

2026-08-20_2350aa4c832eded3682abc463afd6662_akira_cobalt-strike_quasar-rat

api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0

bcryptprimitives

crypt32

kernel32

ntdll

secur32

msvcrt

user32

ws2_32

generic