Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
117s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 11:27
General
- Target 2026-09-10_b9ab5d18bb583620cf75410f4a29da06_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijac.exe
- Size 9.0MB
- Sample260910-nkmv1ssdle
- SHA256 733e7167a098609db578156ab20693a42de0400886a5118169bbac4528ef3778
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 2 IoCs
- Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 2 IoCs
- ASPack v2.12-2.42 2 IoCs
Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_b9ab5d18bb583620cf75410f4a29da06_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijac.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_b9ab5d18bb583620cf75410f4a29da06_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijac.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev8B8D.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_b9ab5d18bb583620cf75410f4a29da06_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijac.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_B9AB5D18BB583620CF75410F4A29DA06_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJAC.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev8B8D.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_B9AB5D18BB583620CF75410F4A29DA06_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJAC.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-10_B9AB5D18BB583620CF75410F4A29DA06_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJAC.EXE
AdobeARM.log
ArmUI.ini
MSWDM.EXE
dev8B8D.tmp
memory/3496-108-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4380-111-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4620-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4892-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp