Analysis

  • max time kernel
    17s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/09/2026, 10:38

General

  • Target
    2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
  • Size 13.1MB
  • Sample260913-mpppqsab86
  • SHA256 2a020615c7c3d11d534e2713c0637657cc4ad8d248328ecb0bd87ab348ca9c39
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 13 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
  • Detects Pyinstaller 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5164
    • 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:5404
    • C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
      -r!C:\Windows\dev773.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe! !
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3232
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_C3109DF38684BE02CDF1497519D7FC84_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4916
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_C3109DF38684BE02CDF1497519D7FC84_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:1168
      • C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
        -e!C:\Windows\dev773.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_C3109DF38684BE02CDF1497519D7FC84_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE!
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4928
  • C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
    MSWDM.EXE
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4872
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:1500

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          2026-09-13_C3109DF38684BE02CDF1497519D7FC84_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_C3109DF38684BE02CDF1497519D7FC84_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE
          • Size 13.1MB
          • SHA256 3c68304a9226e4202297f4c1bb1a4dd336d7cd2c558484c9ee7920e989685a2a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
          • Size 13.1MB
          • SHA256 7fe48e18c6531a61e606ad1f9b2d8e917754306cb091539128c8e6da5357ca5b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_c3109df38684be02cdf1497519d7fc84_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
          • Size 13.1MB
          • SHA256 8ec8e29254f50d8b485975ee7718c73a82dcc3d1eae7a59f3d26256d4930f1ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VCRUNTIME140.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\VCRUNTIME140.dll
          • Size 84KB
          • SHA256 1b372f064eacb455a0351863706e6326ca31b08e779a70de5de986b5be8069a1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _bz2.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\_bz2.pyd
          • Size 71KB
          • SHA256 f4503ad48183c20be7c91530d080e3a2d506c5bbe30d132ca6c65ba6473a797c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _hashlib.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\_hashlib.pyd
          • Size 31KB
          • SHA256 ff43e4cefa172333870caaff51ac8bb1cac56a05f069f07a0fc9518680288e21
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _lzma.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\_lzma.pyd
          • Size 181KB
          • SHA256 cefdb2f1665c33384d9794d1f2589a317d5399519d1d26d5aa6bc13040fab0b5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _queue.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\_queue.pyd
          • Size 23KB
          • SHA256 5cb0259ef8a7bf709faf669d2bbb1690ff95dee792cadc7b0132a2d1749dbd30
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _socket.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\_socket.pyd
          • Size 65KB
          • SHA256 49afcfbce5357de724cc7e205dbf1cf3bf3c35de472eec14cd643dce4231e849
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _ssl.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\_ssl.pyd
          • Size 102KB
          • SHA256 30bfd1db8632bcf119b329f64a3f3f9c50bfb181ee34cacd4ac14dd241ff0d36
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          base_library.zip

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\base_library.zip
          • Size 764KB
          • SHA256 add9eda452d7cc6ea9650aecde4d9b139309966c338e6aedb6841347b3fe64b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          downloader.exe.manifest

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\downloader.exe.manifest
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 96468bcc7529b61ef0af443a073f9ba6a57cd0dcffcec0f1ef7463dd51c49af4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          libcrypto-1_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\libcrypto-1_1.dll
          • Size 2.1MB
          • SHA256 541adbc9654d967491d11359a0e4ad4972d2bd25f260476dd7576c576478698a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          libssl-1_1.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\libssl-1_1.dll
          • Size 524KB
          • SHA256 db16853dbc64f045ae2a972f7605a6f192d09b79cae86fd93b8434fa7d9e031f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          python37.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\python37.dll
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 ff6f30872f09494bfdf0f79e94a0e52a2d7a8a9aecb348b1e5c44c5921ace76e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          select.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\select.pyd
          • Size 22KB
          • SHA256 5a06776fd6a0a5c3bc68a8ae83fac7c3b233d6f2652fed0cd7b0877532662ace
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ucrtbase.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\ucrtbase.dll
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 0bb8c77de80acf9c43de59a8fd75e611cc3eb8200c69f11e94389e8af2ceb7a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          unicodedata.pyd

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI49162\unicodedata.pyd
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 f5fb6b8e16dc019bcaf7f05422df040211e7e329d2fa36d51dc470baf6c56198
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSWDM.EXE

          • Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
          • Size 6.9MB
          • SHA256 84e57affc35a295c59f868dbcc385d62a02a2c3edc1b06909766e2f6fe665e9f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          dev773.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\dev773.tmp
          • Size 6.2MB
          • SHA256 33c527ba9e68e705b0e1c8b803b585ab2d9155d7a874df9653d357a17f53be20
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3232-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/4872-79-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/4928-104-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/5164-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp

          memory/5404-108-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp