Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
147s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
10/09/2026, 20:38
General
- Target 2026-09-10_03f8cfaaf30e0bc4ed1505875e77b321_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
- Size 7.7MB
- Sample260910-ze8fbawbpf
- SHA256 a2d79717920943e59613ca71448b47f1ad8101e5342f3c6565138ec7c4cf4a93
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 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_03f8cfaaf30e0bc4ed1505875e77b321_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_03f8cfaaf30e0bc4ed1505875e77b321_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\dev408A.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_03f8cfaaf30e0bc4ed1505875e77b321_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_03F8CFAAF30E0BC4ED1505875E77B321_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\dev408A.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_03F8CFAAF30E0BC4ED1505875E77B321_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_03f8cfaaf30e0bc4ed1505875e77b321_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_ic.exe
ArmUI.ini
MSWDM.EXE
dev408A.tmp
memory/4636-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4636-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5004-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5008-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5104-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5704-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5704-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp