Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
132s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
11/10/2026, 06:52
General
- Target 2026-10-10_a1c964f8cee97a64d8591f8ba3d90905_akira_elex.exe
- Size 21.6MB
- Sample261011-hm325ade57
- SHA256 a70319d0571912874abae4ff176ffe799be6b7bb590e23e5df3f5d20adb87f87
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detect binaries embedding considerable number of MFA browser extension IDs. 1 IoCs
- Detect binaries embedding considerable number of cryptocurrency wallet browser extension IDs. 1 IoCs
- Detects binaries (Windows and macOS) referencing many web browsers. Observed in information stealers 1 IoCs
- Detects executables containing bas64 encoded gzip files 1 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Using powershell.exe command.
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
- 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 6 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 3 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-10_a1c964f8cee97a64d8591f8ba3d90905_akira_elex.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-10_a1c964f8cee97a64d8591f8ba3d90905_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\SystemData\30d4fdf211293635\launch.hta"1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\ProgramData\SystemData\30d4fdf211293635\iq.exe"C:\ProgramData\SystemData\30d4fdf211293635\iq.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "Unregister-ScheduledTask -TaskName "iq" -Force"3⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xRUhBKVJKxGu.bat" "3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.comchcp 650014⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout /t 54⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
2PowerShell
1Windows Command Shell
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
iq.exe
launch.hta
TmpB02C.tmp
__PSScriptPolicyTest_ycbpi3ye.fik.psm1
xRUhBKVJKxGu.bat
memory/3168-1265-0x0000000004760000-0x00000000047B4000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1266-0x0000000002F70000-0x0000000002F88000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1267-0x0000000006940000-0x000000000698C000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1278-0x0000000006A60000-0x0000000006AC6000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1279-0x0000000007090000-0x0000000007122000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1280-0x00000000076F0000-0x0000000007CAA000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1281-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E86000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1282-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1301-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1299-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1307-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1325-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1333-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1331-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1339-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1347-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1395-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1402-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1399-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1397-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1409-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1405-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1403-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1393-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1391-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1390-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1387-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1385-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1383-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1381-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1379-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1363-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1378-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1376-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1373-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1371-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1366-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1361-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1360-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1369-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1367-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1355-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1352-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1349-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1337-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1346-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1357-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1353-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1344-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1342-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1335-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1329-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1327-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1322-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1319-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1316-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1311-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1313-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1309-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1323-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1317-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1305-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1304-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1297-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1284-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1295-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1291-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1287-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1285-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1293-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-1290-0x0000000007DB0000-0x0000000007E81000-memory.dmp
memory/3168-7578-0x0000000007E90000-0x0000000007F60000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10640-0x00000000026C0000-0x00000000026F6000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10641-0x0000000004EC0000-0x000000000550A000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10648-0x0000000005510000-0x0000000005532000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10649-0x00000000055B0000-0x0000000005616000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10652-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000059EB000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10654-0x0000000005B90000-0x0000000005BAE000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10655-0x0000000005BC0000-0x0000000005C0C000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10656-0x0000000006D40000-0x0000000006D76000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10657-0x000000006F5A0000-0x000000006F5EC000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10660-0x0000000006170000-0x0000000006190000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10661-0x0000000006DB0000-0x0000000006E53000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10662-0x0000000007530000-0x0000000007BAC000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10663-0x0000000006EF0000-0x0000000006F0A000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10664-0x0000000006F60000-0x0000000006F6A000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10665-0x0000000007160000-0x00000000071F6000-memory.dmp
memory/5264-10666-0x00000000070E0000-0x00000000070F1000-memory.dmp