Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
29/09/2026, 12:21
General
- Target 2026-09-28_0588dbbeb25148a7a53cadcc1875d422_akira_elex.exe
- Size 4.6MB
- Sample260929-pjlr1azbrd
- SHA256 ea99fa00d7b1743a22c20dee78814edb167fb423f80f4a428179fc13fa0bf638
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 6 IoCs
- Modifies RDP port number used by Windows 1 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 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 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_0588dbbeb25148a7a53cadcc1875d422_akira_elex.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-28_0588dbbeb25148a7a53cadcc1875d422_akira_elex.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exeC:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe "C:\ProgramData\Recovery\3ff024c1f6f4891f\launch.hta"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\ProgramData\Recovery\3ff024c1f6f4891f\rtc.exe"C:\ProgramData\Recovery\3ff024c1f6f4891f\rtc.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Enumerates connected drives
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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GROUP
INSTALL_TIME
index.dat
REMARK
launch.hta
rtc.exe
memory/2900-1532-0x0000000000A60000-0x0000000000A64000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-1556-0x00000000011E0000-0x0000000001259000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-1557-0x00000000011E0000-0x0000000001259000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-1561-0x00000000011E0000-0x0000000001259000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-1562-0x00000000011E0000-0x0000000001259000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-1563-0x00000000011E0000-0x0000000001259000-memory.dmp
memory/2900-1576-0x00000000011E0000-0x0000000001259000-memory.dmp