Analysis
- max time kernel
17s - max time network
130s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 12:27
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
- Size 6.3MB
- Sample260910-pmta9ashma
- SHA256 9de802f461520b0c369c45372975bbc81609e152242b0458a360ba8ccffd68f7
- MD5 a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36
- SHA1 92b9c73162c999736c0e7569accf3f8d2e1206bd
- SHA512 2cc4b30c38ef47056faa5b22d254a10c2940f110291b1fc7734e0d1b61ba6a83286f63b0bbd364bcd7c3aa3a260d51c67a4eaaff3b8ce830f14ab356bd735276
- SSDEEP 49152:5EU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpus:5EUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSXE/Ry
- TLSH T1AD66C51161DA9FDCC05FE474CE0669A16A237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3324-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000500000001b896-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3324-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1560-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000016cf1-24.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1280-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4244-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1680-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000500000001b896-6.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0004000000016cf1-24.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 1680 MSWDM.EXE 1560 MSWDM.EXE 4244 MSWDM.EXE 4588 2026-09-10_A767BBEC778FCDFFBD46B57FC0A41B36_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE 1280 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" 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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" 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" 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev7BDD.tmp MSWDM.EXE File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev7BDD.tmp 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 2026-09-10_A767BBEC778FCDFFBD46B57FC0A41B36_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.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 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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 1560 MSWDM.EXE 1560 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3324 wrote to memory of 1680 3324 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe 90 PID 3324 wrote to memory of 1560 3324 2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe 91 PID 1560 wrote to memory of 4588 1560 MSWDM.EXE 93 PID 1560 wrote to memory of 1280 1560 MSWDM.EXE 94
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3324 -
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:1680
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev7BDD.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_a767bbec778fcdffbd46b57fc0a41b36_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1560 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_A767BBEC778FCDFFBD46B57FC0A41B36_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4588
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev7BDD.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_A767BBEC778FCDFFBD46B57FC0A41B36_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1280
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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:4244
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-10_A767BBEC778FCDFFBD46B57FC0A41B36_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_A767BBEC778FCDFFBD46B57FC0A41B36_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 d96c6a320f2f9db9693fda909ca51cf834a6a79306a2c5804334cd66f4595d72
- MD5 5b7d768339a028061c9a86c2e8fe0d02
- SHA1 4a35cefd10ec65fec70bce5161439a878ea0838f
- SHA512 076ce919597a66a57b7608a43d86df495873e5d760ea0845ea8ed3880b42cc01d48d6fc249c0691587b5ef17ff5ac0013f3df04672e8dc8e3b166485bd773d03
- SSDEEP 49152:5EU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpuP:5EUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSXE/RV
- TLSH T1AD66C51161DA9FDCC05FE474CE0669A16A237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 6.1MB
- SHA256 3586f2497f15a27f6d8dcf19340e6233eae496f76da51b659170f4ff30a9eeaf
- MD5 652d112a7c2140639a77c3adb248f06b
- SHA1 a99961350ec35aa96fc917c1c2ccec7114e7e4bf
- SHA512 fe896db268a75a525a3ed603c6b9a342761de76bcdd2e7040857c9370b779889b97bd7f1b2effe0d3f3fbb2b7206ef86b9398816d8b9ff3fe621269206be368d
- SSDEEP 49152:5EU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpuP:5EUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSXS
- TLSH T1B156C51161DA9FDCC05FE474CE0669A166237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E766B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev7BDD.tmp
- Size 229KB
- SHA256 eaffeb811b88f6e834ee5ba73f6658bed53920b6f4d01d3d8606e430d88b7957
- MD5 3c28796130c5fe1f2023df42570cdbfa
- SHA1 cb14a9af397558715c08c12d7df317f84d47b917
- SHA512 cf716fb0d32668169cc29f7b2c1aa637644f4fc36560540d04831e5e23d1d9caea8221c16c2d9f257480039efd9aa4fbd34badb9be09e124677cb221ca36f3ee
- SSDEEP 3072:fIA1wHsNjHF03wWvqX1SPKDGvMJ/nSqvexrAWJ6Xuoz4mXCq6mNAIvHSP7Mtf:L2MNLF0gRX1a0SqWxrAbX1yqNNAQHSY5
- TLSH T180347B313581C033D567163089FAC7798A3AF966476480CBA7E8DFBE3E743C15A3925A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH