Analysis
- max time kernel
17s - max time network
143s - 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, 17:36
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
- Size 5.9MB
- Sample260910-v62pmaea38
- SHA256 ab3174e8c52576099d2040beffd9e9355a60b73396ec7b113c8ca79d9999bd6b
- MD5 42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e
- SHA1 d6bdd643031149e881ad92bbe5bf3d804f485c10
- SHA512 2d5f6fee2b9606a3375e6c9a5a9601f238e53c5a947fc4454cd91a8ce1cf1649a38be9e44269091284b4841f0624ecea2cbadc1c530808b62ba5edc64f187068
- SSDEEP 49152:5RU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpuD:5RUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSUjmNC
- TLSH T10556C41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4696-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000800000002441b-2.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5044-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4696-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3268-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1956-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1956-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5044-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002441d-30.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/3268-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1904-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000800000002441b-2.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000700000002441d-30.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 5044 MSWDM.EXE 3268 MSWDM.EXE 1808 2026-09-10_42DC5A7F733452A7F3CF8A5BA6726D0E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE 1956 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" 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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 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 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev3F94.tmp 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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_42DC5A7F733452A7F3CF8A5BA6726D0E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3268 MSWDM.EXE 3268 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4696 wrote to memory of 5044 4696 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe 85 PID 4696 wrote to memory of 3268 4696 2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe 86 PID 3268 wrote to memory of 1808 3268 MSWDM.EXE 87
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4696 -
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:5044
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev3F94.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_42dc5a7f733452a7f3cf8a5ba6726d0e_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3268 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_42DC5A7F733452A7F3CF8A5BA6726D0E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1808
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev3F94.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_42DC5A7F733452A7F3CF8A5BA6726D0E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE!3⤵PID:1904
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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:1956
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-10_42DC5A7F733452A7F3CF8A5BA6726D0E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_42DC5A7F733452A7F3CF8A5BA6726D0E_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE
- Size 5.9MB
- SHA256 ef2997272efb5f8d7c869b508dd4d1d6db868c089887d6999bd1194df4bf1150
- MD5 e07329d9b546788f1963c096aec3071e
- SHA1 82628a4efcbe69b4f500e564e60b18efc74390f5
- SHA512 6cbafc53a43196ad6aa9114b8e31a56a7c3ee2c5a6451bbeef9bda18bc0e8f61d5a7b89782b1ef467e2b529aa54fb97ea083dee43bec45d4f342b610c6cac13c
- SSDEEP 49152:5RU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpuc:5RUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSUjmNp
- TLSH T11C56C41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 e381a26400572565aee19b88d9c281c5c6ca2e693fe358c8b2fc3d930b5c747f
- MD5 ef08ed84479abf774b93d92c7c541e7d
- SHA1 bd56e58c21e0094aacebd3685232c0a1113030c2
- SHA512 10924e0342c3727ed26c398b1c80f41532b0f4acb712a2e14b853b408c47cbbce830c4ec50e4cc90f9bbac9b093963bb8c549e9b6b2f2cde9b1351c94ce0ba55
- SSDEEP 49152:5RU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpuu:5RUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSh
- TLSH T14856B41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669E16A237C468F61AFDF1980BE293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev3F94.tmp
- Size 242KB
- SHA256 7fa8a5f008cc2ba5cc6c6908286e3b555b7dc0d41d119ee7e7785596391d0f32
- MD5 0d0e2d55e442273ed08c54a64a47cec7
- SHA1 bb6e8432775c4f1e32d2c7475cd7b3b57671990d
- SHA512 217a050c22bf60d1186df27a853f87ab8478eaf9236a974e41352f1df972d1a11005eddcf4ee31b51aa3a554f706eda52334035191b664fd1da42889b8027834
- SSDEEP 6144:gVzJ0J7guO92P2jsIVi5CnYav1882nSYy:izj4UsIVi5CnYjQYy
- TLSH T149347C307650C033D56716348AFAC7BA893EF8765B6140C7A7E8DFBD7E242C14A3924A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH