Analysis
- max time kernel
20s - max time network
2s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
13/09/2026, 03:35
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
- Size 6.0MB
- Sample260913-d5cwfa1cpe
- SHA256 b9e435ec74b33827a4fbc041ba006f90bc800eae8db56fa598eb4d77ac5bc33e
- MD5 370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058
- SHA1 375e2cb792ca0e5af2ff04cd206159e77f4d0ef3
- SHA512 25d5d96a9bd445e4df65c6fc1abf36e581133ff74011a7977a4897c9d383fbbd98ed87dcaf5405fe3d2da31cfc11315df1818867b132c09f3b6edb4fe07d4889
- SSDEEP 49152:5CU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpuD:5CUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSwP0eN
- TLSH T1E556C51162DA9FDCC05FA474CE0665B16A237C468F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3820F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2636-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024447-3.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2636-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024449-17.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/2756-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/464-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1532-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1532-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/1128-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024447-3.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024449-17.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 1128 MSWDM.EXE 2756 MSWDM.EXE 4900 2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE 464 MSWDM.EXE 1532 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" 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.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 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devCE67.tmp 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devCE67.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 2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.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_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 2756 MSWDM.EXE 2756 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 4900 2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE 4900 2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE 4900 2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2636 wrote to memory of 1128 2636 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe 82 PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2756 2636 2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe 83 PID 2756 wrote to memory of 4900 2756 MSWDM.EXE 84 PID 2756 wrote to memory of 464 2756 MSWDM.EXE 86
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2636 -
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:1128
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\devCE67.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2756 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4900
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devCE67.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_370770EA8343B578BF02A9BA49863058_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:464
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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:1532
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_370770ea8343b578bf02a9ba49863058_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
- Size 6.0MB
- SHA256 f4bcd61edc667c6db357d13c7d850ca168ecae305f1571a1c9b5ba6b9515ca6c
- MD5 c106d4f8b9b604cff4b1bd129eee94f9
- SHA1 e5c57ccf0cab34de628177af4cb7184ae86a60cd
- SHA512 0f11ebce77b5e8cb9591e52f2bb01f89cab08adcd3dd568691db97c0d22c208c05aac68a101a12ca0c06497fb3d67533f8d174ec6990dba325e878113990db7f
- SSDEEP 49152:5CU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpus:5CUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSwP0eu
- TLSH T1B056C51162DA9FDCC05FA474CE0665B16A237C468F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3820F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 ec71ae63408b67775bf681361250cd2d5daf4948b8791336240954e883b6ad0c
- MD5 6a877536f7befc505e77ba96c513cf19
- SHA1 aef574acf09be08f290ca901376eceb4c91bce2a
- SHA512 3a7b91fe5582000a826dee5d029e3026d29b02b8c73c9098f7f9d73f06a3e7d0908fd56ca140041b08af0f7e11462885970365d697d0fe93939b1dd1b79d23ee
- SSDEEP 49152:5CU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/UybpuM:5CUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS9
- TLSH T1A656B41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669E16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\devCE67.tmp
- Size 355KB
- SHA256 c22b54d7f91795b06d8f1e8f712befcd37c45e5bfd47e7224093c6b34dd760da
- MD5 0b04bce32b624d32fa3e8db79ce316e1
- SHA1 d6f8fff4f35baaed22107767e9e01cb133079dca
- SHA512 7d6396aaf4b03d36415f5639c7441e2e99b41b3c5ff8d99e559185046a92772002aed6d0b871da584e4c015396514f30f3895bf3e3c124375806d9656d84f6e1
- SSDEEP 6144:7d1+vsZ/c2++hdP6E/FY4TQAEXXLgRHe0r7e4F2rneqB3E4t:Z1+b2NFYAEXX4e0ne4F2rnXt
- TLSH T19074191277F58435F6F32B31AD7582714A7BBC61AD38C20E2390262D9EB1A90DA74737
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH