Analysis
- max time kernel
20s - max time network
149s - 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, 18:00
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
- Size 7.6MB
- Sample260910-wlcqfatcpb
- SHA256 f1376b8098bfc221fdf8720baa2f509bff610f409120c212f6a39220b5417dd7
- MD5 3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca
- SHA1 5ce6ff238880d887bb207837dd69cc173959642c
- SHA512 8c0a8f8eb0763802290a788d03ded58be774ea86f5a37de0fecef91d0351a0b2daeaba8d7b9b14ca8147639112fc887f625d5643de9aecba35cc00f1b7063e0d
- SSDEEP 98304:5eKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSsH6os+wE9XD8VBQ:5egTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufsH6oV9z84
- TLSH T17086F71162D99FECC05FD474CE4665A5AA237C458F209FDF0980BE293E766B06E3821F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4224-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002464e-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5084-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4224-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1696-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/976-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000700000002464c-25.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1696-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4660-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4660-31-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5084-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002464e-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000700000002464c-25.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 5084 MSWDM.EXE 976 MSWDM.EXE 2980 2026-09-10_3B04C4F162F5C4EDC44B472F5996DCCA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE 1696 MSWDM.EXE 4660 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_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.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 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev7B94.tmp 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev7B94.tmp MSWDM.EXE - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.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_3B04C4F162F5C4EDC44B472F5996DCCA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 976 MSWDM.EXE 976 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4224 wrote to memory of 5084 4224 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe 86 PID 4224 wrote to memory of 976 4224 2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe 87 PID 976 wrote to memory of 2980 976 MSWDM.EXE 88 PID 976 wrote to memory of 1696 976 MSWDM.EXE 89
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4224 -
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:5084
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev7B94.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:976 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3B04C4F162F5C4EDC44B472F5996DCCA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2980
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev7B94.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3B04C4F162F5C4EDC44B472F5996DCCA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1696
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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:4660
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-10_3B04C4F162F5C4EDC44B472F5996DCCA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3B04C4F162F5C4EDC44B472F5996DCCA_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE
- Size 7.6MB
- SHA256 b312245df385cbe69d38e6dff522c2f4ee2c494e5aed03e335a1f040e3e947b4
- MD5 094c028a3be96993dd88a3f1389c928c
- SHA1 2a50bb4f3e6fe03dcf6f90b32161b6e4ea6d0608
- SHA512 43298f6e1f18099ab2e19f30886d6bffcd1283c084b27f3e92875188374da659ba1c29f71ec42b1e4d95346b6adb65bb9d2dec8c922526136d7c4a77b5e3a0e1
- SSDEEP 98304:5eKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSsH6os+wE9XD8VBg:5egTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufsH6oV9z84
- TLSH T13686F71162D99FECC05FD474CE4665A5AA237C458F209FDF0980BE293E766B06E3821F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_3b04c4f162f5c4edc44b472f5996dcca_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
- Size 7.6MB
- SHA256 1791bb4fb05df057edac11a418c7c398b225c17ccb00782176aafc33ef1c03af
- MD5 7e3fa571a5acf6313163ea28cd2c42f3
- SHA1 c42d3f8a81cb214346e7065016bd6057811d56d9
- SHA512 3e21bb8fdf90fd4a4e80ce088c09111258a54c8b4172c009e41695207a7427e6f5955cf960ef6ee1b1424a5a3035a070f01910ccfce58982ca696fe493993b6d
- SSDEEP 98304:4s+wAgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSsH6os+wE9XD8VBg:4FgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufsH6oV9z84
- TLSH T1AB86F71162D99FECC05FD474CE4665A1AA237C458F219FDB0980BE293E766F06E3821F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 6.8MB
- SHA256 59524d5eca681f4ad5ca1b9a25005787c754416b163e06f002aecc457d15091d
- MD5 3b80951d2d9e29eec56e5fc6d6db9354
- SHA1 b46fa31a978ec7e868c12b08affda9b0903893c7
- SHA512 456700ba3cf0cc12c38c706830ffbd8840ff826102c540b04d16f677b0092e52a008c38012247777ffe42f294124b32865cc35c249d75836a59c95e5e351156d
- SSDEEP 49152:5lsKU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybv:5eKUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSsH6X
- TLSH T1D266E61161D99FDCC05FD474CE4669A5AA237C468F20AFDF0980BE293E766B06E3421F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev7B94.tmp
- Size 794KB
- SHA256 2435e1e50c097608e6157efb1036946cfdd02d86728e8e00a02b207bee36e60d
- MD5 c6d0721e9156eb2a40a04bb38be0b2a5
- SHA1 d0a3fcb3ad9f227a02d30abb767883b42fecc3a7
- SHA512 e254db10a7cffc4fe8c2d126dc4eb5029a84b2a931a67ad9ebfd04a8f3417e42a7dfb2e76d8911b2540bcf9eff9cbf92708b158dd8f53dbcbe7be51682ac3ad4
- SSDEEP 24576:F3LutmkEz+PAVV/OOInO4Xs2ztR4iegxLHgZpJE4VDd+:FbutmkO+wAOInO4XrztygxLHkJE4VB
- TLSH T1A505D022F3D0A536D7631331993A7231BBBE66301A128B136B541F957FA61E16F2C363
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH