Analysis
- max time kernel
18s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 16:24
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe
- Size 7.1MB
- Sample260910-twmbhssdld
- SHA256 40d06c78da1d6d0400aef65cc70e8503d546dcf9d99e8ed668dd7b9ef91cdd56
- MD5 5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1
- SHA1 a3d1c786d0e409d51cfefe761c7df89d8ea12c44
- SHA512 21591634f2a8be65bf83abd338cbe03ae95f3d21b2cf6a69f7b9fb233d22dc95d48419c5b3c71acfb58824c6bd9398585215bd52b5f8e1ca930a6ba4865ece58
- SSDEEP 98304:ktLUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS66OfkZcJrtr:9gTH2qBpu1QfLIqsuf6pPFR
- TLSH T17176E71161E98FDDC05FD474CE4669A5AA237C468F209FDF0980BE293E766B05E3821F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 10 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/5052-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00080000000244af-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4588-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5052-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000244b1-15.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3240-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4588-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2096-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2096-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1640-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 1640 MSWDM.EXE 4588 MSWDM.EXE 4872 2026-09-10_5E4A3D936C4C6DEBAC011C77520367A1_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAM.EXE 3240 MSWDM.EXE 2096 MSWDM.EXE - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev4755.tmp 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev4755.tmp MSWDM.EXE File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 4588 MSWDM.EXE 4588 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5052 wrote to memory of 1640 5052 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe 88 PID 5052 wrote to memory of 4588 5052 2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe 89 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4872 4588 MSWDM.EXE 90 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 3240 4588 MSWDM.EXE 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5052 -
C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1640
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev4755.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_5e4a3d936c4c6debac011c77520367a1_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_ipam.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4588 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_5E4A3D936C4C6DEBAC011C77520367A1_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAM.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4872
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev4755.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_5E4A3D936C4C6DEBAC011C77520367A1_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAM.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3240
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2096
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-10_5E4A3D936C4C6DEBAC011C77520367A1_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAM.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_5E4A3D936C4C6DEBAC011C77520367A1_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_IPAM.EXE
- Size 7.1MB
- SHA256 beefa56da6e7d80b6d24e4cbf6f4c7c2700a948c8be4dd5437740f6900a07f70
- MD5 70cab8ccc8f43ea7fdd9ca2571e074ec
- SHA1 7aa0259b275414025444301d0153d0ff65a0de1b
- SHA512 edfc1c9b16fa8af3bfd4072b17fbfb03614e61f325ac7c53d2c375316f50e2123f948aa2793dc7fa786b8dd3e5ea11b403742c08d63b7da1cdead92b8f795da2
- SSDEEP 98304:ktLUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS66OfkZcJrt3:9gTH2qBpu1QfLIqsuf6pPFF
- TLSH T15176E71161E98FDDC05FD474CE4669A5AA237C468F209FDF0980BE293E766B05E3821F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 6.9MB
- SHA256 0d719959cda6c7ebba6e060ea8555cf1805aa25f8d927b0f14dac2a71c41edcc
- MD5 33a69b0f44ad075e83a39dff9373bd10
- SHA1 07398dc9bb7e4523a042334b5ab3f24fab508174
- SHA512 ab4ed6ec02b39f049bc78a1ed45c80aa8a11da66e20b28031564cab90d99fc5e871e543358c1b0159d312616956b8f147e457fd9960bc3c6ca520cc47f088085
- SSDEEP 98304:ktLUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS66OfkZcD:9gTH2qBpu1QfLIqsuf6pPD
- TLSH T14476E71165E98FDCC05FD474CE4669A5AA237C468F209FDF0980BE293E766B06E3421F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev4755.tmp
- Size 248KB
- SHA256 471c556cf9405bbb380a8cefe945c126b954b7c94f79cc72441b51f80141fc5e
- MD5 5b6e8e09be6401a7e022f52fdfcb2ff8
- SHA1 f41e2888787f764d48c7eeef09f3f047a9f3c352
- SHA512 b1e2e2c9205ebd7b907e30b2452bfcaf4922d4df16aefcdc54bce856c1dbd552057ac1eeb014b70efc5c60bc2b3fd3785a08bc0cac4f6ebfc066629fde5ff138
- SSDEEP 6144:/p9Fhh2oXaqARzuE7ko1rWpU3rqjgEFj1F0xEtF:/Nhh9Xaqsyyko1rWaqjDKqtF
- TLSH T1C9449E2276A0C433D26310748EB5C7B25FBEFD721972A447A7D40E6EAE742D1DA38316
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH