Analysis
- max time kernel
13s - max time network
137s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 14:51
General
- Target 2026-09-10_7dac142aeb56ab727122adcf479a2ee2_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
- Size 6.6MB
- Sample260910-r8hsradp2t
- SHA256 e908fb9b042b32ec23c15c79ba25b99dd38073f7bbf872325acba26a550eb246
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 3 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7dac142aeb56ab727122adcf479a2ee2_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7dac142aeb56ab727122adcf479a2ee2_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\devC0CA.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7dac142aeb56ab727122adcf479a2ee2_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7DAC142AEB56AB727122ADCF479A2EE2_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.EXE3⤵
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devC0CA.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7DAC142AEB56AB727122ADCF479A2EE2_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.EXE!3⤵
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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_7DAC142AEB56AB727122ADCF479A2EE2_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.EXE
ArmUI.ini
MSWDM.EXE
devC0CA.tmp
memory/4148-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4148-95-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4308-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4308-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/5832-100-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/5976-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/5976-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp