Analysis
- max time kernel
19s - max time network
138s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
13/09/2026, 19:33
General
- Target 2026-09-12_f27b73df9977fb6e7000525562334150_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe
- Size 7.7MB
- Sample260913-x9m2rasfjf
- SHA256 7399ab615e182cd06a2996005cfb56f5cc9fdad83c98ab2b14b6dcdc2e0e63c3
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 10 IoCs
- 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 SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_f27b73df9977fb6e7000525562334150_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_f27b73df9977fb6e7000525562334150_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.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\devEE05.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_f27b73df9977fb6e7000525562334150_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hijac.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_F27B73DF9977FB6E7000525562334150_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_COINMINER_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJAC.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devEE05.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_F27B73DF9977FB6E7000525562334150_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_COINMINER_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJAC.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_F27B73DF9977FB6E7000525562334150_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_COINMINER_DARKGATE_ELEX_HIJAC.EXE
ArmUI.ini
MSWDM.EXE
devEE05.tmp
memory/1676-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1676-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3212-85-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4092-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4092-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4140-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4140-76-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5056-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp