Analysis
- max time kernel
17s - max time network
145s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 15:19
General
- Target 2026-09-10_73429622782e5b22c597bb0de7aab484_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.exe
- Size 6.6MB
- Sample260910-sqlbla1gja
- SHA256 7077c9d758c9d212db117eeefd5efd80b9830690e2bae6841e15bef9c410eb83
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 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_73429622782e5b22c597bb0de7aab484_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_73429622782e5b22c597bb0de7aab484_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\dev7D88.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_73429622782e5b22c597bb0de7aab484_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_73429622782E5B22C597BB0DE7AAB484_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\dev7D88.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_73429622782E5B22C597BB0DE7AAB484_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_73429622782e5b22c597bb0de7aab484_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca-steale.exe
MSWDM.EXE
dev7D88.tmp
memory/448-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1536-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1536-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2076-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2076-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3216-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3216-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4304-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4304-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp