Analysis
- max time kernel
17s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
09/09/2026, 10:46
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 6.3MB
- Sample260909-mvdjnavzfz
- SHA256 448658c6b6871ed87f89c75a549c990fe9751c49a899fce0898ac6202c420f5e
- MD5 dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3
- SHA1 dc81d859c0307eeb29e414a600a9ebbdca35e55c
- SHA512 f3e9e93cd1ffe3dc97720d64f4dd4beceb3cd1bf8a28bdaa13dee70b483a9a047546f80acf19528d8c69aa72005793e1a33f36c6b7a298c56057793c857fcd71
- SSDEEP 49152:MtBUYcBPv94AEsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWs4:Mta5NKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSZ
- TLSH T1A266B41126DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C468F61AFDF0980BE253E756F46E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 12 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/3860-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000800000002458c-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1560-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4932-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3860-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4932-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002458e-20.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/556-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/556-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4636-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4636-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1560-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 1560 MSWDM.EXE 4932 MSWDM.EXE 740 2026-09-09_DD89C107E28AAB8CE29B490C67B14AD3_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE 556 MSWDM.EXE 4636 MSWDM.EXE - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev37F3.tmp 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev37F3.tmp MSWDM.EXE - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 4932 MSWDM.EXE 4932 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3860 wrote to memory of 1560 3860 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 84 PID 3860 wrote to memory of 4932 3860 2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 85 PID 4932 wrote to memory of 556 4932 MSWDM.EXE 87
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3860 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1560
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev37F3.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_dd89c107e28aab8ce29b490c67b14ad3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4932 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_DD89C107E28AAB8CE29B490C67B14AD3_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:740
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev37F3.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_DD89C107E28AAB8CE29B490C67B14AD3_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:556
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4636
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-09_DD89C107E28AAB8CE29B490C67B14AD3_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_DD89C107E28AAB8CE29B490C67B14AD3_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 046303a930576b074274d85027dc26882c0d5f7ba7cd566a404aba994f2ccaa9
- MD5 d358eac0cbde6b3172dfee264d162931
- SHA1 7e54ce7ffc57bdba73c1cad4a2be49c78dc62f3c
- SHA512 37918766db9d8525b44068f6ce223cdcd1853da659f7b0f3f7ccb02256afa790c3c75378285a3c502b4fa05e746f1c14ffbcf801a9a93f262353c3bcc4f91d07
- SSDEEP 49152:MtBUYcBPv94AEsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsv:Mta5NKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSC
- TLSH T19966B41126DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C468F61AFDF0980BE253E756F46E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 621KB
- SHA256 29ba6dafb1374b302e3aff1baa765db3a208d1e5fece3e3c670d210b9a00836e
- MD5 3b16ffbd79de30539582c56addee8c0d
- SHA1 118db6c1f2bb416fbedf54bf57f1d1f148d7e051
- SHA512 cff82c6c163749701e82e6b176977fdc7e1026c42eff0cd69c7aa7520cd76c566f1a3a20fec4c658e412ff8498cec5669baff1248b98148b3ef8249369263874
- SSDEEP 6144:M51+EkToAKjnsj8olritKpGmgXIaik9gvrmQGfMcIZnpYAHIe+c/:M51xBOEKGLXIJkwrmrrIZpYAHn/
- TLSH T1B2D4070133C4CF36E4AF0ABAC67646F55767BE04CF1087CB52A4BD5A3AB26C49934297
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev37F3.tmp
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 f5ee36de8edf9be2ac2752b219cfdcb7ca1677071b8e116cb876306e9f1b6628
- MD5 ba18e99b3e17adb5b029eaebc457dd89
- SHA1 ec0458f3c00d35b323f08d4e1cc2e72899429c38
- SHA512 1f41929e6f5b555b60c411c7810cbf14e3af26100df5ac4533ec3739a278c1b925687284660efb4868e3741305098e2737836229efc9fe46c97a6057c10e677c
- SSDEEP 49152:BPv94AEsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBJ:NKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSk
- TLSH T1D356B31165DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C868F61AFDF0980BE253E756B06F3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH