Analysis
- max time kernel
17s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 15:52
General
- Target 2026-09-10_67ffb5739d7b63fcf56032fc958d96da_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
- Size 7.7MB
- Sample260910-tbfm8sdp2y
- SHA256 a0010f4acd2e2f6e362d459268adea4ae22f317c1aed554482c687156bf6cac7
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 SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_67ffb5739d7b63fcf56032fc958d96da_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_67ffb5739d7b63fcf56032fc958d96da_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\dev4F25.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_67ffb5739d7b63fcf56032fc958d96da_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_67FFB5739D7B63FCF56032FC958D96DA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev4F25.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_67FFB5739D7B63FCF56032FC958D96DA_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_67FFB5739D7B63FCF56032FC958D96DA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.EXE
2026-09-10_67FFB5739D7B63FCF56032FC958D96DA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_IC.EXE
2026-09-10_67ffb5739d7b63fcf56032fc958d96da_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
ArmUI.ini
MSWDM.EXE
dev4F25.tmp
memory/768-88-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/768-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2396-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2396-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3832-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3832-91-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4464-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4464-83-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5024-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5024-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp