Analysis
- max time kernel
14s - max time network
140s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
- submitted
14/10/2026, 15:36
General
- Target 2026-10-14_a04333440b69e8c1be9b9a5e2b0aad1b_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
- Size 9.2MB
- Sample261014-s13cvsxtew
- SHA256 586dec50be79bb08bd61d66b3e26918222d196e0e9e25e309a3ac311e9663499
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 8 IoCs
- Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- 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\2026-10-14_a04333440b69e8c1be9b9a5e2b0aad1b_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-14_a04333440b69e8c1be9b9a5e2b0aad1b_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.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
- 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\devD193.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-14_a04333440b69e8c1be9b9a5e2b0aad1b_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.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\2026-10-14_A04333440B69E8C1BE9B9A5E2B0AAD1B_AKIRA_AMADEY_COBALT-STRIKE_ELEX_GLASSWORM_HIJACKLOADER_I.EXE3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
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C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXEMSWDM.EXE1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
MSWDM.EXE
devD193.tmp
memory/548-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/548-44-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/1184-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-40-0x0000022EF6950000-0x0000022EF6972000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-51-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-17-0x0000022EF6890000-0x0000022EF6942000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-27-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-39-0x0000022EF7AC0000-0x0000022EF7B36000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-52-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-42-0x0000022EF7D50000-0x0000022EF7D6E000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-50-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-16-0x0000022EF41E0000-0x0000022EF445A000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-47-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-46-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-48-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2360-49-0x0000022EF6940000-0x0000022EF6950000-memory.dmp
memory/2568-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/2568-53-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3240-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp
memory/3240-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000414000-memory.dmp