Analysis
- max time kernel
16s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 13:35
General
- Target 2026-09-10_921afb93d734b285676b639a7a43523e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.exe
- Size 6.2MB
- Sample260910-qvyflsthlf
- SHA256 2a1ae176a0c44060483e5c82cc46f7ce61e3a859826611b41066e557ba80668c
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 6 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_921afb93d734b285676b639a7a43523e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_921afb93d734b285676b639a7a43523e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.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\dev1DB4.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_921afb93d734b285676b639a7a43523e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.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_921AFB93D734B285676B639A7A43523E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA-STEALE.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev1DB4.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_921AFB93D734B285676B639A7A43523E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA-STEALE.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_921AFB93D734B285676B639A7A43523E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA-STEALE.EXE
2026-09-10_921afb93d734b285676b639a7a43523e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.exe
MSWDM.EXE
dev1DB4.tmp
memory/64-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/64-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1080-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1080-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1820-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4124-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4124-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-36-0x00000000005A0000-0x00000000005A6000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp