Analysis
- max time kernel
18s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
13/09/2026, 20:30
General
- Target 2026-09-12_e18be8fedbd0cd90d6e30b6aa8138735_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
- Size 6.0MB
- Sample260913-zagf2adn6v
- SHA256 2ca314ad0666bbccbf004328ee7e941c2bd12f3cea5b0ce88115436ac38264dc
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 11 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_e18be8fedbd0cd90d6e30b6aa8138735_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_e18be8fedbd0cd90d6e30b6aa8138735_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
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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\dev5A9E.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_e18be8fedbd0cd90d6e30b6aa8138735_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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_E18BE8FEDBD0CD90D6E30B6AA8138735_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\dev5A9E.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-12_E18BE8FEDBD0CD90D6E30B6AA8138735_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRA.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_e18be8fedbd0cd90d6e30b6aa8138735_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njra.exe
MSWDM.EXE
dev5A9E.tmp
memory/452-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/452-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/956-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/956-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2644-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4396-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4396-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4888-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp