Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    129s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/08/2026, 03:51

General

  • Target
    2026-08-22_9e421c31a2e72cb502c77710f9648f13_akira_cobalt-strike_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe
  • Size 8.0MB
  • Sample260823-ees1eahc38
  • SHA256 1bcfc56af985336a47255929e38151e3c35705643791cc593911f45dc1e8816c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 3 IoCs
  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 60 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 26 IoCs
  • 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

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3240
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_9e421c31a2e72cb502c77710f9648f13_akira_cobalt-strike_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-22_9e421c31a2e72cb502c77710f9648f13_akira_cobalt-strike_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_satacom_stealc_vidar.exe"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4124
      • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3792
        • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:8
        • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3912
          • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
            powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
            5⤵
            • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
            • Drops file in System32 directory
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
            • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
            PID:3528
  • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2680
    • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4120
    • C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1756
      • C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell.exe -c Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe"
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • Drops file in System32 directory
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:3832

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 84739c608a73509419748e4e20e6cc4e1846056c3fe1929a8300d5a1a488202f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 944B
        • SHA256 53c83b1ce3c2769f42b262235c766cdd07271385b0af9c295eee349418fa8834
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_puzsorto.1s4.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_puzsorto.1s4.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PEStub.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\PEStub.dll
        • Size 59KB
        • SHA256 5aab76737f2d9f6e6d4d225b12e1123918306d86f1ba5e0f629f97fd3f9710d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Phosphoric.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Phosphoric.dll
        • Size 868KB
        • SHA256 bbbf9287cbac6a35d66cd0ac5744298a62b1934cbc8cf2292e3f1efd43ab22fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PsPInjector.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\PsPInjector.dll
        • Size 21KB
        • SHA256 dd93e8ae016728ffcfd0dde17e67768357f909d9b09e73919838b394960f1a8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Symbiote.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Symbiote.exe
        • Size 781KB
        • SHA256 dd822836313f979e21c86489d4b2a95a68c258baccb3abdce736d298a2c7ad14
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 4KB
        • SHA256 e3274ce8296f2cd20e3189576fbadbfa0f1817cdf313487945c80e968589a495
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 0fd68598598d1dfa246506196e6e0b46ee2b3b26a91c229ff9bb290c7f63d7c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/8-17-0x000002567C140000-0x000002567C150000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-24-0x000002567BFB0000-0x000002567BFD2000-memory.dmp

        memory/8-16-0x000002567C140000-0x000002567C150000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-313-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-299-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-333-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-335-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-336-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-334-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-36-0x0000000003430000-0x0000000003431000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-332-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-331-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-330-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-329-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-27-0x0000000003610000-0x0000000003611000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-328-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-327-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-326-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-277-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-278-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-279-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-280-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-281-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-282-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-283-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-284-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-288-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-287-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-286-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-285-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-289-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-290-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-291-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-292-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-293-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-294-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-295-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-297-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-296-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-298-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-325-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-302-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-301-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-304-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-300-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-303-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-305-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-306-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-307-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-308-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-309-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-310-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-311-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-314-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-324-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-312-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-315-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-316-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-318-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-317-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-319-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-320-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-321-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-322-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3240-323-0x0000000003400000-0x0000000003410000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-49-0x0000025846600000-0x000002584661C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-65-0x0000025846620000-0x000002584662A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-123-0x0000025846680000-0x000002584668A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-115-0x0000025846670000-0x0000025846676000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-107-0x0000025846640000-0x0000025846648000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-94-0x0000025846690000-0x00000258466AA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-86-0x0000025846630000-0x000002584663A000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-69-0x0000025846650000-0x000002584666C000-memory.dmp

        memory/3528-50-0x00000258468C0000-0x0000025846975000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-276-0x00007FF6DAA50000-0x00007FF6DB24C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-268-0x0000000140000000-0x0000000140388000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-0-0x0000000180000000-0x00000001800DD000-memory.dmp

        memory/4124-8-0x00007FF6DAA50000-0x00007FF6DB24C000-memory.dmp