Analysis
- max time kernel
16s - max time network
116s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
13/09/2026, 02:52
General
- Target 2026-09-12_428bdd1e4461b7ceb20df511bc0a410f_akira_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader.exe
- Size 6.1MB
- Sample260913-dcs2yseb78
- SHA256 5844426756f745ccd715cb9fd23d13877c304be3265edf84e8fb255636e0ac71
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 12 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 WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_428bdd1e4461b7ceb20df511bc0a410f_akira_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_428bdd1e4461b7ceb20df511bc0a410f_akira_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader.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\devAB69.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_428bdd1e4461b7ceb20df511bc0a410f_akira_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader.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\2026-09-12_428BDD1E4461B7CEB20DF511BC0A410F_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devAB69.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_428BDD1E4461B7CEB20DF511BC0A410F_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER.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
2026-09-12_428BDD1E4461B7CEB20DF511BC0A410F_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_DARKGATE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER.EXE
MSWDM.EXE
devAB69.tmp
memory/124-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/124-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/688-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/688-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/1656-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/1656-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4448-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4448-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp
memory/4580-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000417000-memory.dmp