Analysis
- max time kernel
15s - max time network
114s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
16/09/2026, 12:11
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe
- Size 6.3MB
- Sample260916-pcwnmaxyfs
- SHA256 db2057280701ff81bd368c952734f7c3ab208f621e8fce7bb9e99941380e71e8
- MD5 61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426
- SHA1 004ffbcb1ecd4ae2454b8ce477cbf223aada1dfe
- SHA512 2e785f54f6b2b0d2e29475d24f88d1994d57943d71ee86ca3261a6c2a779a42a9367fedbf18edf1b1dc137cdab569c6971a4e844289dc4599a6216712a54e5e1
- SSDEEP 98304:5QUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS8dM/RW:5XgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsuf8dMY
- TLSH T1AD66D61161DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C468F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3820F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2796-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c65d-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2796-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5772-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4024-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c65c-26.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/1084-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4132-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c65d-7.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c65c-26.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 4132 MSWDM.EXE 1084 MSWDM.EXE 3248 2026-09-16_61F332D016B55F5C85A055C560147426_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE 4024 MSWDM.EXE 5772 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\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" MSWDM.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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" MSWDM.EXE - Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devE507.tmp 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devE507.tmp MSWDM.EXE - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.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 2026-09-16_61F332D016B55F5C85A055C560147426_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 1084 MSWDM.EXE 1084 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2796 wrote to memory of 4132 2796 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe 86 PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1084 2796 2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe 87 PID 1084 wrote to memory of 3248 1084 MSWDM.EXE 89 PID 1084 wrote to memory of 5772 1084 MSWDM.EXE 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2796 -
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:4132
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\devE507.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_61f332d016b55f5c85a055c560147426_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remco.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1084 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_61F332D016B55F5C85A055C560147426_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3248
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-e!C:\Windows\devE507.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_61F332D016B55F5C85A055C560147426_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE!3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5772
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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:4024
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-09-16_61F332D016B55F5C85A055C560147426_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-16_61F332D016B55F5C85A055C560147426_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCO.EXE
- Size 6.3MB
- SHA256 6045ab5dcbbc64f80250b96ec2c62936064630287a25a2a59607d394c6ff422f
- MD5 ee87fa401583ba1b33c5d108eb06eec8
- SHA1 d4125d239ba1f6507673bd50ed51ca2944f938ff
- SHA512 77f8ff3d92544f6c0c4d2299edeaeb4e6aebd95baa2084fd35d54980c8e6344f899c18046b375a6b0241a5e58885835f77a296e35283dc75735a30ab16e7582a
- SSDEEP 98304:5QUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS8dM/Rg:5XgTH2qBpu1QfLIqsuf8dMe
- TLSH T1E266D61161DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669B16A237C468F61AFDF19807E293E756B06E3820F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 6.1MB
- SHA256 ff705129fd94b0b213e8f51259b2d03cb236f7796a6efd997b84da1f892a486b
- MD5 06cf07e49ff15694756c3a8fdac45e79
- SHA1 726bfcbb3fb07162f80c540e8195d9c5fd8158cc
- SHA512 c60b55004756631b5ac2d1b0c33374cb948268d672cee375da0ef38512e2a845fdb7ada050be57284617e7b2853214a6990b9db333a211715fc4fd958ad7df4d
- SSDEEP 49152:5QU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybpug:5QUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKS8dK
- TLSH T16856D61165DA9FDCC05FE474CE0669A16A237C468F61AFDF09807E293E756B06E3820F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\devE507.tmp
- Size 229KB
- SHA256 eaffeb811b88f6e834ee5ba73f6658bed53920b6f4d01d3d8606e430d88b7957
- MD5 3c28796130c5fe1f2023df42570cdbfa
- SHA1 cb14a9af397558715c08c12d7df317f84d47b917
- SHA512 cf716fb0d32668169cc29f7b2c1aa637644f4fc36560540d04831e5e23d1d9caea8221c16c2d9f257480039efd9aa4fbd34badb9be09e124677cb221ca36f3ee
- SSDEEP 3072:fIA1wHsNjHF03wWvqX1SPKDGvMJ/nSqvexrAWJ6Xuoz4mXCq6mNAIvHSP7Mtf:L2MNLF0gRX1a0SqWxrAbX1yqNNAQHSY5
- TLSH T180347B313581C033D567163089FAC7798A3AF966476480CBA7E8DFBE3E743C15A3925A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH