Analysis
- max time kernel
13s - max time network
135s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 13:13
General
- Target 2026-09-10_993d672c5c138f75d66b84b89788b065_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
- Size 7.3MB
- Sample260910-qf259acp4y
- SHA256 74c568d8e2a11f4db1889da79c72c4f67ce681bf6564a144fbfd137ff6f2b641
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 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_993d672c5c138f75d66b84b89788b065_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_993d672c5c138f75d66b84b89788b065_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.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\dev5A0D.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_993d672c5c138f75d66b84b89788b065_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.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_993D672C5C138F75D66B84B89788B065_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.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\dev5A0D.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_993D672C5C138F75D66B84B89788B065_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.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_993d672c5c138f75d66b84b89788b065_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
AdobeARM.log
ArmUI.ini
MSWDM.EXE
dev5A0D.tmp
memory/2736-108-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3124-105-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4532-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4532-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4988-110-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5316-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5316-109-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp