Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
130s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/09/2026, 13:55
General
- Target 2026-09-30_1025e04ad0cac7cad7e8d90ff75ac8c3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe
- Size 8.6MB
- Sample260930-q73k4agg79
- SHA256 f019e4bbc3c1cdbb81ce8263f62a6b41569bef20551595a8b424fb28f058bda9
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 6 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\2026-09-30_1025e04ad0cac7cad7e8d90ff75ac8c3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_1025e04ad0cac7cad7e8d90ff75ac8c3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.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\dev5AD8.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-30_1025e04ad0cac7cad7e8d90ff75ac8c3_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_njrat_remcos_vidar.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\2026-09-30_1025E04AD0CAC7CAD7E8D90FF75AC8C3_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_NJRAT_REMCOS_VIDAR.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
dev5AD8.tmp
memory/1172-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2604-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4916-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4916-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-41-0x000002C50A7D0000-0x000002C50A7F2000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-52-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-17-0x000002C50C100000-0x000002C50C1B2000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-19-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-40-0x000002C524B30000-0x000002C524BA6000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-42-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-16-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-43-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-45-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-46-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-48-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-18-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-59-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-50-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-53-0x000002C524980000-0x000002C52499E000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-54-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-55-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-56-0x00007FFA195C0000-0x00007FFA19F64000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-15-0x000002C509FF0000-0x000002C50A26A000-memory.dmp
memory/5400-14-0x00007FFA1974F000-0x00007FFA19750000-memory.dmp
memory/5728-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp