Analysis
- max time kernel
16s - max time network
126s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
12/09/2026, 17:16
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
- Size 6.0MB
- Sample260912-vtmpyatvdt
- SHA256 1383472e51bef020752d7cebc9cb0d67f1b51bccbccf8033e789fdeb9920ed82
- MD5 cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6
- SHA1 0e46101aa0131d330473b38d2ed4127729dd02fd
- SHA512 cb9add80eb91f1cd574de8cec80453b62a0b47626d6059790a05527131cfb3df4286ddc2e937467dcb7b826ca5423a39050ff2ab6bf5be9ce98020267a6d73c2
- SSDEEP 98304:muUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSMrOO53D:mxgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufwD53D
- TLSH T17D56D51126DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C468F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 12 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4856-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c528-4.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2924-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4856-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3352-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5556-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5556-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1992-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c52a-33.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1992-32-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2924-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3352-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c528-4.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c52a-33.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 3352 MSWDM.EXE 2924 MSWDM.EXE 4144 2026-09-12_CF96E08C771080B91828A04436540EC6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE 5556 MSWDM.EXE 1992 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" 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" 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev1AE1.tmp MSWDM.EXE File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev1AE1.tmp 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.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 MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_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 2026-09-12_CF96E08C771080B91828A04436540EC6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 2924 MSWDM.EXE 2924 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4856 wrote to memory of 3352 4856 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe 86 PID 4856 wrote to memory of 2924 4856 2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe 87 PID 2924 wrote to memory of 4144 2924 MSWDM.EXE 88 PID 2924 wrote to memory of 1992 2924 MSWDM.EXE 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_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:4856 -
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:3352
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev1AE1.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_cf96e08c771080b91828a04436540ec6_akira_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:2924 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_CF96E08C771080B91828A04436540EC6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4144
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev1AE1.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_CF96E08C771080B91828A04436540EC6_AKIRA_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:1992
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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:5556
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-12_CF96E08C771080B91828A04436540EC6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_CF96E08C771080B91828A04436540EC6_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.EXE
- Size 6.0MB
- SHA256 558ba3a356159e754005ae1aa8b8ef7098a9618619e3606a7bec45c99105149c
- MD5 fbeb4bbc4c460fe4dc67fbaf095ebb2d
- SHA1 6265d5d7d57a35984041cd395ee6c5ba6f1e341e
- SHA512 4b4c9fbaf6fe94f9756a4883c422588dfd00f6eaea1051117f0f72469352de87385dc4957e4aa566127522884cec87b50460381db5e7162af0d8ff0107561ac9
- SSDEEP 98304:muUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSMrOO53a:mxgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufwD53a
- TLSH T18E56D51126DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C468F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 792efeecfdcb2ea66b3a1ff7785648ffa3ba157962184cdbb7f59798195555ca
- MD5 a3ad9a9a909cc8f83c5839e7754a409e
- SHA1 0a7f251a10dace7e4e37b4aa74659aad4ab82244
- SHA512 0a2e28917afcfdf35beb7ee498bff99c9f284aac21c2a5807a17c62b0337d4c6c7913de6a197b587925ac4cbe329dbbcbc78d63413abe4662944c9a0f82143df
- SSDEEP 49152:muU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpu8:muUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSJ
- TLSH T18D56B41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev1AE1.tmp
- Size 326KB
- SHA256 7a2be844d6c626ece443d59fe3045c3ac776ea116bae56a1eba4aa28f2266c7c
- MD5 5b48f7ea6b9f7abf0e1461adc83d0e49
- SHA1 3565a8f1b3ce3fc732362345cc7cd6996061aab2
- SHA512 1c441da0f1fab94f2bc39f818fa1500bdc04bd9626333f051bd25128ea991f616132f23ed0d38df464c7119b48016033cb362a52d985b959a482df3222f2aa54
- SSDEEP 6144:VEJ5rX6GgcmDsL0vrxFsoAhnOkyiz53aJWTBP0tFwMYPgLESjIxvO1DoG:ePrXOcmFFgOkyU532WTh0tFhfa3G
- TLSH T1F4649D02BB96C173C96302725996632DD6B9B5710F3183D7B3E86B0DDE702E19932B87
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH