Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
26/09/2026, 21:31
General
- Target 2026-09-26_66fdd7dfd96f6a987e19f056fa9d3b01_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
- Size 9.3MB
- Sample260926-1c1hcssake
- SHA256 70737a7f61344893e2503957ffe85377ad0a27d9bd18012a3e68028b2ea41e0c
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 2 IoCs
- Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 2 IoCs
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
- ASPack v2.12-2.42 1 IoCs
Detects executables packed with ASPack v2.12-2.42
- Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.
- 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.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_66fdd7dfd96f6a987e19f056fa9d3b01_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_66fdd7dfd96f6a987e19f056fa9d3b01_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
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\devDD7A.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_66fdd7dfd96f6a987e19f056fa9d3b01_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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_66FDD7DFD96F6A987E19F056FA9D3B01_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
MSWDM.EXE
devDD7A.tmp
memory/1960-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4856-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-47-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-46-0x000001ECEF050000-0x000001ECEF06E000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-23-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-39-0x000001ECEEF90000-0x000001ECEF006000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-40-0x000001ECEE720000-0x000001ECEE742000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-55-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-53-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-17-0x000001ECEE660000-0x000001ECEE712000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-48-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-49-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-16-0x000001ECEC660000-0x000001ECEC8DA000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-50-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5796-54-0x000001ECEE710000-0x000001ECEE720000-memory.dmp
memory/5804-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5804-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5956-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp