Analysis
- max time kernel
12s - max time network
143s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/10/2026, 09:57
General
- Target 2026-10-01_8673876a9a4b1c59610e3cddf7e85715_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_l.exe
- Size 8.4MB
- Sample261002-lywzqsysft
- SHA256 60ec328fbc5b7eb53fb7afb1bd7fb8500716d4446d0b0c68380c0f551dd78be4
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 7 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\2026-10-01_8673876a9a4b1c59610e3cddf7e85715_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_l.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_8673876a9a4b1c59610e3cddf7e85715_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_l.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\dev1B3F.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-01_8673876a9a4b1c59610e3cddf7e85715_akira_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_icedid_l.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\2026-10-01_8673876A9A4B1C59610E3CDDF7E85715_AKIRA_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_ICEDID_L.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
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Downloads
MSWDM.EXE
dev1B3F.tmp
memory/1120-43-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-56-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-14-0x00007FF863C6F000-0x00007FF863C70000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-17-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-16-0x00000211244F0000-0x00000211245A2000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-15-0x0000021109C90000-0x0000021109F0A000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-35-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-41-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-42-0x000002110A4A0000-0x000002110A4C2000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-44-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-59-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-40-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-39-0x0000021124C60000-0x0000021124CD6000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-47-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-45-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-48-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-49-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-55-0x00007FF863AE0000-0x00007FF864484000-memory.dmp
memory/1120-54-0x0000021127420000-0x000002112743E000-memory.dmp
memory/3480-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3480-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4468-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4968-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/4968-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/5960-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp