Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
142s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
30/09/2026, 06:40
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
General
- Target 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe
- Size 8.1MB
- Sample260930-hfdtnavgkc
- SHA256 bb21e7ff6f8e2b6a42422849ed49215147e4d8820d05deb38fd1f3a70a668190
- MD5 f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01
- SHA1 81f63e7cb473bd49df70100ba78bb9a432114447
- SHA512 4645c91ba3931ac54a908c2a621b6dd54bf76d6f5e7a96d477228e4d6fc3090cd87b275b7dc830e51572fcfaea535f1f6a7ac9dfe379a725c388001c408bc580
- SSDEEP 98304:ktRUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSyTIOSAQ:/gTH2qBpu1QfLIqsufyTfs
- TLSH T18786381222D98FDDD05FA438CD1629B566237C5A8F229FDF2880BD293E757A05E3520F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c337-11.dat INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RawGitHub_URL behavioral2/memory/3564-14-0x000001A7EE2D0000-0x000001A7EE54A000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RawGitHub_URL - Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 2 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c337-11.dat INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender behavioral2/memory/3564-14-0x000001A7EE2D0000-0x000001A7EE54A000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_RegKeyComb_DisableWinDefender - Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3784-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c332-7.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3784-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5856-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/804-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3396-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 804 MSWDM.EXE 3396 MSWDM.EXE 3564 2026-09-30_F50F668F32DD65C35166C0B90D13EA01_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_I.EXE 5856 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\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 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" 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE" 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
ioc Process \??\F:\ MSWDM.EXE \??\F:\ MSWDM.EXE - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\devDE16.tmp 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname MSWDM.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain MSWDM.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname MSWDM.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain MSWDM.EXE - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.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 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 3396 MSWDM.EXE 3396 MSWDM.EXE - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3784 wrote to memory of 804 3784 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe 89 PID 3784 wrote to memory of 3396 3784 2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe 90 PID 3396 wrote to memory of 3564 3396 MSWDM.EXE 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3784 -
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
PID:804
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C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE-r!C:\Windows\devDE16.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_f50f668f32dd65c35166c0b90d13ea01_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_i.exe! !2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3396 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_F50F668F32DD65C35166C0B90D13EA01_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_I.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3564
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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
PID:5856
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
- Size 5.7MB
- SHA256 2a960ed5f5102709321b669927cf86b66f672105b5e707fdb5d2e02b4f714c0b
- MD5 072deb3d78a8c780817938874b4dc11f
- SHA1 de73f1aa222672844bca3c2b29f8005c1b395466
- SHA512 40c46a69db3a63650c714c4a4c61afee04c199ae6a5cadf85660ef263f9bc6620f0ffae665279ebd5ce13f92566356e212870d518cc00fec73db7952fba9ea47
- SSDEEP 49152:ktRU8ggw1g+1CART5eBiyKS3EI3wybn20DCYIHvc8ixuZm9+fWsw6dTPBq/Uybp1:ktRUgTH2M2m9UMpu1QfLczqssnKSP
- TLSH T1C156C51125DA9FDCC05FA474CE0669A16A237C868F61AFDF19807E293E756B06F3810F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\devDE16.tmp
- Size 2.4MB
- SHA256 8b29c9349e7a814e30cce1cfb788f5a21740c798268b0a45ab805195faad9105
- MD5 d998782cbfcffe2b57945e303f02f176
- SHA1 bba0fefa7823b0951f33b79708b23a47ab4f2315
- SHA512 4562723ca09057817ce66eb5596de858ec3a674e3b3b6a644b52d6ab1e5d4f8650423356853ed68a375e328c4a97b5f33b8639b31b32d8d58075fae7fa37734c
- SSDEEP 24576:6bH3S9tsgX8zOXJvwEC8UJhHxHuZBjk38WuBcAbwoA/BkjSHXP36RMG:6T3S9tsgX8zEC8ULgCSA/Bkj0
- TLSH T172C5291733E84927F1AE673F9071093D53A9AA3FDA7BC74E7814B89E84A57028507723
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH