Analysis
- max time kernel
16s - max time network
115s - 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, 16:43
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe
- Size 7.2MB
- Sample260913-t8fphazepd
- SHA256 012cc171ae8b0c357ba03522f32091c091a86578d85029bb8af418a483eb4709
- MD5 2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a
- SHA1 c04e5ff863a333958900caf4e9ed90882c73b97e
- SHA512 767b23b29cff3e42219bdd75bd29f6ddfcb604a55161bd73cc72201c3e8093adaf85e05d5ad3ec0cd459bbee408d7ea2b3edeeaf6af68f06ffc36bab29d32236
- SSDEEP 49152:5NU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpu1:5NUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS0iif7
- TLSH T19B76E51166D69FDCD09FA474CE4A65B56A237C818F20AFDB09807E293E756F06E3420F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/1248-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4c9-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1248-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3892-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4648-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/6096-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c4c9-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 3892 MSWDM.EXE 4648 MSWDM.EXE 4640 2026-09-13_2C2096FDA2A5B18AED9F70422A615E3A_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA.EXE 6096 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" 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\dev383D.tmp 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 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 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.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 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 4648 MSWDM.EXE 4648 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1248 wrote to memory of 3892 1248 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe 87 PID 1248 wrote to memory of 4648 1248 2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe 88 PID 4648 wrote to memory of 4640 4648 MSWDM.EXE 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1248 -
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:3892
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\dev383D.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_2c2096fda2a5b18aed9f70422a615e3a_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_luca.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4648 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-13_2C2096FDA2A5B18AED9F70422A615E3A_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_LUCA.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4640
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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:6096
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 d987d4ed7a614631ed516c63f30fc8fe685c579a7c5633fae55b47b1d43a7c61
- MD5 b7066eba9687154499af1d459732068c
- SHA1 5de6344033716c9971e68ac6f7459570218c8655
- SHA512 b69aa59c43c83cc1c2da826a59e16281e8d9eadd3c750d0bea3eb6163748ffb85a442b285e2a663881d195631b7de66767af97f98b89eb5e16c476bb54328f69
- SSDEEP 49152:5NU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpua:5NUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSf
- TLSH T13256B41125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669E16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\dev383D.tmp
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 18d0b07c1a53c8da669106ad1ddc69bfdc532d086f2677ee19256d38bfaf1169
- MD5 0b9b2a847f2a57a401caf53e1c7cd540
- SHA1 afb987847a95cf8e4d84e6752f03451eca5fe6c0
- SHA512 7bd06dd488cd9226679140eeaea3f8d4bb8f37a1fed241db820656c87d16baad1ef7a5ef4dbdf6954f90b57a0bc76f31ec7b21f24716b72f5736fc433eca74dc
- SSDEEP 12288:gGuD5lIem37FGWaCZfNUX108siizuu3lVPxoFLHah9uSWidgpm6hXrpXesu4llLB:gGEWem1gXq5L9uSWidgpm6hbpOSRKQ
- TLSH T1C2652A11B7914128FDF316FA8AFE30AC993DB9E0072890C751C82AED5A65BF17D32647
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH