Analysis
- max time kernel
19s - max time network
134s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 13:26
General
- Target 2026-09-10_9562a8726c76017da1a247f3660c083e_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
- Size 9.1MB
- Sample260910-qpnn8axyas
- SHA256 dac65c4f6fb2a2d619f51866455aaf29e44fe80b9e60dc81e28c1d3f864145cc
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 12 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
- 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.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_9562a8726c76017da1a247f3660c083e_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_9562a8726c76017da1a247f3660c083e_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.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\dev179A.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_9562a8726c76017da1a247f3660c083e_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.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_9562A8726C76017DA1A247F3660C083E_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev179A.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_9562A8726C76017DA1A247F3660C083E_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA.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_9562A8726C76017DA1A247F3660C083E_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA.EXE
MSWDM.EXE
dev179A.tmp
memory/408-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/408-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1728-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1728-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1840-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1840-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2524-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2524-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4724-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4724-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp