Analysis
- max time kernel
18s - max time network
137s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 00:54
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe
- Size 5.7MB
- Sample260910-a9ph9avxhs
- SHA256 e2972e67871579166b330f4cabd2972c426465963e2ee5870951044d6e8509a7
- MD5 04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393
- SHA1 ef90d02eabb4eb944fc9d5919ea1741da0e6b793
- SHA512 2cc80a4c85f2f89f6338d279dd2eb46f5ccf0f339ded888d3630b12fd7dd8c810a5767f6e4a074010e888c44e324c2f3af017aa15f8ed35a9f904a6d5422b269
- SSDEEP 49152:MtFU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpW:MtFUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS0
- TLSH T19A56B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 10 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000d000000024420-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4948-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2448-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00080000000244ac-14.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3808-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2448-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2180-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2180-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4900-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 4900 MSWDM.EXE 2448 MSWDM.EXE 3808 MSWDM.EXE 2180 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\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" 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_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_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_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev8383.tmp 2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev8383.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 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 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 2448 MSWDM.EXE 2448 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4948 wrote to memory of 4900 4948 2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 85 PID 4948 wrote to memory of 2448 4948 2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe 86 PID 2448 wrote to memory of 3808 2448 MSWDM.EXE 87
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipamor_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_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:4948 -
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:4900
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev8383.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_04bafe34fc59dda8df121873347be393_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:2448 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev8383.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_04BAFE34FC59DDA8DF121873347BE393_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:3808
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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:2180
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-09_04BAFE34FC59DDA8DF121873347BE393_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_04BAFE34FC59DDA8DF121873347BE393_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAMOR_NJRA.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 b6ded581d524be48425bbf3c793182bf47fa3bb8a3184aaf37c46c0897280012
- MD5 b11d6d6f8967e50cf8c4a49d3ede733e
- SHA1 32f6940a1febd93d5481c3e96af1d7147b1df0d4
- SHA512 5a1e1a81590b31486d9fdf195f7491c66ec6d5b03f43348458cf15a94affd8008a95792ce1c4835f1186adf3673ff43aec680e9d53d0d6122a3d76f5e6dd9a98
- SSDEEP 49152:MtFU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpm:MtFUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS0
- TLSH T1B156B31125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 80KB
- SHA256 a3b2ba7b8cb631324cff477901f1598e748366bf4abab180eb440deb93f460fc
- MD5 7ee8c0f830c635e788c9e351a7e6bc76
- SHA1 1245c1af04847b8e018c73cfae009f672e2d6d5e
- SHA512 5a653c91143edc8909828b3987b716922be4314b1e29af5bb48615c890e64f273df01a7398015ae733ea906e7d2a5ac3e2245a709ffb8da97cc31849e97a79b3
- SSDEEP 768:ecvKJWKXRvRVLd1WOXCAsvgkQHGWHx2+E/ksdiPiB9koiR7xpzVJLVoEuaojCJai:7mpLeICAsvW2++ijLR9pzvRojCJa71+L
- TLSH T10F83E6137991CF3AD08F01B6C0621AF957A78E11CD119FD3E784BE597CB329AAE25183
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev8383.tmp
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 6260478891dea831723b8535316527bb08d2d631665389e25af6a8ad1c5ecb15
- MD5 51821613e30873a202029e56b6786fe1
- SHA1 0f9be60c3499e0f272535fab90c535d2a8baf10f
- SHA512 8413fd617dc10922879d6b875b7ddb651404650fcb34989cb377a5a029e6826f70ee0c372e8c0da09310bf33a5165c91b5375c8d0d3f64e002e95bd9c4c90b7f
- SSDEEP 49152:7U8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpu1X:7UgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSk
- TLSH T1EB56C41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06F3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH