Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    143s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/11/2026, 15:25

General

  • Target
    2026-11-01_8b737cbc37e9417ac48b5cf2d2ce483d_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
  • Size 24.7MB
  • Sample261102-stvpfafe37
  • SHA256 38f83e40473b2692a434dc00d40b9d41f30f17cea737a33aaef7451ad6a51cd9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables containing URLs to raw contents of a Github gist 29 IoCs
  • Detects executables embedding registry key / value combination indicative of disabling Windows Defen 29 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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 use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-01_8b737cbc37e9417ac48b5cf2d2ce483d_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-01_8b737cbc37e9417ac48b5cf2d2ce483d_akira_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_i.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4504
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:432
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\UpdatAuto.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Windows\system32\Option.bat
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2876

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 25.3MB
        • SHA256 846467bd72ff963365d834d6663123cbcbceec664f987acac54c0b63bec14f7d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 25.7MB
        • SHA256 3dd56041e4889c5211b897e04a3eccf4ad034d21962c44b7a6acfd75c6e60ead
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 25.4MB
        • SHA256 3ee2619dca4f69dd8589fe39d25d424c5e9c10b99c884919a205b70cf2f19cd3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 0c792aaeaa4ddcfcfb58fa8872efa2e2c7f24b3c1b7b43bbcb8b0994200ca971
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrmstp.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe
        • Size 30.8MB
        • SHA256 24236a5e837afbb4ecbed364eb54aab7dd18472fe3ab5e26206584597eba819c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 30.8MB
        • SHA256 95aac85fd20b5c8a765a798142f6568fe758fec9bb016be31d095dd1d0f44b0f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 26.5MB
        • SHA256 848f04e7e53e161dedb59acda7766a4d478e638f58edb13e90681b12b8820e76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevated_tracing_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevated_tracing_service.exe
        • Size 28.2MB
        • SHA256 0b9190ef9ea8597a0acb1910f59f686e3a82b764e11ff273cc7c43158e893679
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 27.0MB
        • SHA256 0b95e5c21c7c641647845c861efae4080715e5b580e565edf39eaab3afa82ede
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 26.4MB
        • SHA256 fb9edc39780dbb4fcbeb768d5a28e30bcfb9b82eda7e55067d6bdcb8ddbf0f73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 26.6MB
        • SHA256 7b02c28b202c51cacf5260da95e8d2370fbed2e4eab4315a5fba74f8859a2787
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 27.8MB
        • SHA256 b2c29f88ad4379e77d15792db9b5a11d2437179e6d5598d71fee8f8cd53bf9d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 26.2MB
        • SHA256 2566b8fe9cbf51aa9be5a8c38b864f67ceeeb2a69b717e1a42db20ea215b9fdd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 12fa230ddddc1d6b80d610960e0b03aa3f0ab49657b3054e379096fb49ca13a2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 179d8dd27b1b750fdec86ce3fb6859ef13492f987114690ad2d8c7b936fcc033
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 347836330847f73b5812010b91a909d4764e6b2ee22060cf37236c04c782972a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 24.9MB
        • SHA256 106c3f552ff0cadb320543a94c01fa2cf904be4824be72b7849f10b2d7442fcc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 7f1934cf4b8111859989dc3da5928d2526b6a270efa8e3bf3276fa774fbcfc61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 950ce9345f16c84f690942898b35e2d84606d79463d4d389ef50a07acc9d9a9b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 24.8MB
        • SHA256 a0ad9ce9dd870f72f6c414d3f1f08562805388dc2b16c8596eba86a573c8bfab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Option.bat

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.bat
        • Size 53B
        • SHA256 0bc485263cf8a962e64db0b88f156f2a9af1b81ecfdb1cf9111d497e85df70f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ntldr~8

        • Path C:\ntldr~8
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 38f83e40473b2692a434dc00d40b9d41f30f17cea737a33aaef7451ad6a51cd9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 d94890e527accffcdd6b4896487b9aa5205fe8c27e7458a2ccd1927af1f2b276
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 5c72194cad1dbef5fede31db8421acac458f96708e898b83f9a70911ceb9e3d9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 0b638452744b08a716ae0035f4e634ad13a4e869551fb0148722991d4a877d1a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 317KB
        • SHA256 1d7b0914e942f1c3853c4baeabe9496ff08e0be59585e9c598220bcb79272323
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 6a8279a451776ec694087d9586d69a3609d777eed578b00c12d69b6154129cd1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 ed904cb94b5e46ef3675e059c3dc562828c78a219012b8450bccdc379ee8a551
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 3355e91b4994e7e6b02297f09760c7d7fedbe31bed0ce1f43ab339cf01e3c27b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 f9f8b95bb72b0c1dd23a82342bc7440efbfaf2a75412d1857dff6e8813cacfaf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ntldr~6

        • Path \??\c:\ntldr~6
        • Size 24.7MB
        • SHA256 3e5d595101fe528a11e0a58acdc42a46dbeb4403d3c46c85a0a0b36a91f2bb49
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH