Malware analysis Akira Ransomware Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Akira Ransomware
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/07af3f86-c7ac-47d4-959b-e9c9b3820546
Verdict:	Malicious activity
Threats:	Akira Ransomware emerged in March 2023 and compromised over 250 organizations by January 2024 with approximately $42 million in ransom payments. It employs double extortion tactics exfiltrating data before encryption and threatening to publish it on a dedicated website. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that locks users out of their system or data using different methods to force them to pay a ransom. Most often, such programs encrypt files on an infected machine and demand a fee to be paid in exchange for the decryption key. Additionally, such programs can be used to steal sensitive information from the compromised computer and even conduct DDoS attacks against affected organizations to pressure them into paying. Malware Trends Tracker >>>
Analysis date:	November 05, 2024, 12:30:22
OS:	Windows 10 Professional (build: 19045, 64 bit)
Tags:	akira ransomware
Indicators:
MIME:	application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info:	PE32+ executable (console) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections
MD5:	BFF3FDBFF0A5D4AA1C03F7982C968E54
SHA1:	651C70F9D995C52FA48493B2E60904D15CAD8821
SHA256:	2E2AD6392E75D5A5155498C2A76CB373D17CA3AD4BA57C6D33C623FCA5E29342
SSDEEP:	24576:mh2dD4Fk3bIz794che70h8lhddv6r970sPP8:Ok3bIz794che70h8lhddv6r970sPP8

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 120 seconds
Heavy Evasion option:
Network geolocation:: off
Additional time used:: none
MITM proxy:: off
Privacy:: Public submission
Fakenet option:: off
Route via Tor:: off
Autoconfirmation of UAC:: on
Network:: on

Software preset

Internet Explorer 11.3636.19041.0
Adobe Acrobat (64-bit) (23.001.20093)
Adobe Flash Player 32 NPAPI (32.0.0.465)
Adobe Flash Player 32 PPAPI (32.0.0.465)
CCleaner (6.20)
FileZilla 3.65.0 (3.65.0)
Google Chrome (122.0.6261.70)
Google Update Helper (1.3.36.51)
Java 8 Update 271 (64-bit) (8.0.2710.9)
Java Auto Updater (2.8.271.9)
Microsoft Edge (122.0.2365.59)
Microsoft Edge Update (1.3.185.17)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - de-de (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - es-es (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - it-it (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ja-jp (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - ko-kr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - pt-br (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professional 2019 - tr-tr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office Professionnel 2019 - fr-fr (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Office профессиональный 2019 - ru-ru (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft OneNote - en-us (16.0.16026.20146)
Microsoft Update Health Tools (3.74.0.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x64) - 12.0.30501 (12.0.30501.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Additional Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x64 Minimum Runtime - 12.0.21005 (12.0.21005)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x86) - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532.0)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.36.32532 (14.36.32532)
Mozilla Firefox (x64 en-US) (123.0)
Mozilla Maintenance Service (123.0)
Notepad++ (64-bit x64) (7.9.1)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component (16.0.16026.20146)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15726.20202)
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component (16.0.15928.20198)
PowerShell 7-x64 (7.3.5.0)
Skype version 8.104 (8.104)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.59.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4023057) (2.63.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB4480730) (2.55.0.0)
Update for Windows 10 for x64-based Systems (KB5001716) (8.93.0.0)
VLC media player (3.0.11)
WinRAR 5.91 (64-bit) (5.91.0)
Windows PC Health Check (3.6.2204.08001)

Hotfixes

Client LanguagePack Package
DotNetRollup
DotNetRollup 481
FodMetadata Package
Foundation Package
Hello Face Package
InternetExplorer Optional Package
KB5003791
KB5011048
KB5015684
KB5033052
LanguageFeatures Basic en us Package
LanguageFeatures Handwriting en us Package
LanguageFeatures OCR en us Package
LanguageFeatures Speech en us Package
LanguageFeatures TextToSpeech en us Package
MSPaint FoD Package
MediaPlayer Package
Microsoft OneCore ApplicationModel Sync Desktop FOD Package
Microsoft OneCore DirectX Database FOD Package
NetFx3 OnDemand Package
Notepad FoD Package
OpenSSH Client Package
PowerShell ISE FOD Package
Printing PMCPPC FoD Package
Printing WFS FoD Package
ProfessionalEdition
QuickAssist Package
RollupFix
ServicingStack
ServicingStack 3989
StepsRecorder Package
TabletPCMath Package
UserExperience Desktop Package
WordPad FoD Package

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MALICIOUS
- AKIRA has been detected (YARA)
  - Akira Ransomware.exe (PID: 4224)
SUSPICIOUS
- Creates file in the systems drive root
  - Akira Ransomware.exe (PID: 4224)
INFO
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - Akira Ransomware.exe (PID: 4224)
- Checks supported languages
  - Akira Ransomware.exe (PID: 4224)

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TRiD

.exe	\|	Win64 Executable (generic) (87.3)
.exe	\|	Generic Win/DOS Executable (6.3)
.exe	\|	DOS Executable Generic (6.3)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType:	AMD AMD64
TimeStamp:	2023:07:02 08:58:41+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.35
CodeSize:	423424
InitializedDataSize:	169472
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x35290
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows command line

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Total processes

134

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

4208

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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Akira Ransomware.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\shcore.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

4224

"C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira Ransomware.exe"

C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Akira Ransomware.exe

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\akira ransomware.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\system32\advapi32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\sechost.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll
c:\windows\system32\bcrypt.dll

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Total events

360

Read events

331

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Owner
Value: 801000002116197F7E2FDB01
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionHash
Value: B7307EDD2BC4324F9600D51AB64BD86047BF22817661986D46056E5EFADACF6F
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFiles0000
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform\L.admin\ActivitiesCache.db-shm
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFilesHash
Value: CBC3B0F5BDD7680C56D7AB160D77D065EBEEBEE1BA33A3BB146F67FE54A7AEE4
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	Owner
Value: 801000002116197F7E2FDB01
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionHash
Value: E619184030959E01F915284630D3D78D36EFA474365FB3B74E9F709049F4E629
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(4224) Akira Ransomware.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFiles0000
Value: C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\ConnectedDevicesPlatform\L.admin\ActivitiesCache.db-wal

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Executable files

Suspicious files

3 134

Text files

1 645

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\C2RHeartbeatConfig.xml		binary
		MD5:370F66E521F36A68E5A2B6379A722FB9	SHA256:BCBB387FA0D33F3475CB619963980AEB2A8F3569F69AF4F242448EE09F6BDE32
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\bootTel.dat		binary
		MD5:0FC8765F12FCA1802345386509F639D8	SHA256:920F322F7D8EF2E2D66BC1D46D521D8F6E8A6C757E5F4B620CDF5757ADC64195
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\i640.cab.cat		binary
		MD5:7635724CF155AEFA8AE132B79489AC9D	SHA256:3223B226E23AC5D80FBFF9677BF8EA235A957F508F8762439175DB75178F9FBE
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ClientCapabilities.json		binary
		MD5:0F1219A961D66322C2146E693D7036B4	SHA256:988675C9F441CAA919BC149364333305676E9936374419E7572424B5C3ACC063
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\i640.hash		binary
		MD5:24DA43B837C173EB14C3E8598245BB72	SHA256:CCA6E485E32E0299D71E20930208FB0F99E9BC7570B0BC3A3E0A17D57897EE11
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ClientEventLogMessages.man		binary
		MD5:D618563954E33044D7AF0D21580A7BFA	SHA256:A9422BA82A993824E0267272558A11BE029404744DECF4196D838103DF6B99EF
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\FrequentOfficeUpdateSchedule.xml		binary
		MD5:7B98E5824D10CE9BBDF79881812DA12C	SHA256:DCDA8ECA38F40A61BD8C0EE03FE62AC5C234BE71A19E01C2CE25D44E2BBE1CDA
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ServiceWatcherSchedule.xml		binary
		MD5:3506C258D67377C5CC7BBF40565CB004	SHA256:8AAC48FF46DCE8BAD73E9537074A1E389E3FAD678DC40967225CAA37F02C74AC
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVClientIsv.man		binary
		MD5:065C695278FD2A3DEB7D7D7FF05FC85C	SHA256:AA0731017154085819DBD8BE18D84CD7E367B278DB5A212C27E4B09932900251
4224	Akira Ransomware.exe	C:\Users\admin\.ms-ad\akira_readme.txt		text
		MD5:E33084005D56FF8FC2442E3096F60CA8	SHA256:FA8C0D1B8E02D6879D6AC66006DE3AD6AB365E1275958E1DA62553E67EB65C3E

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HTTP(S) requests

TCP/UDP connections

DNS requests

Threats

HTTP requests

PID	Process	Method	HTTP Code	IP	URL	CN	Type	Size	Reputation
6944	svchost.exe	GET	200	2.16.164.49:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	NL	binary	1.01 Kb	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	GET	200	23.32.185.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	BR	binary	973 b	whitelisted
4360	SearchApp.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	US	binary	314 b	whitelisted
6692	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.32.185.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	BR	binary	418 b	whitelisted
2076	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	US	binary	471 b	whitelisted
6692	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	23.32.185.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	BR	binary	408 b	whitelisted
4308	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	US	binary	471 b	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
6944	svchost.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
2464	RUXIMICS.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	20.73.194.208:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	51.124.78.146:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	2.16.164.49:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
6944	svchost.exe	23.32.185.131:80	www.microsoft.com	AKAMAI-AS	BR	whitelisted
5488	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	51.104.136.2:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4360	SearchApp.exe	2.23.209.186:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	GB	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	20.73.194.208 51.124.78.146 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.186.142	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	2.16.164.49 2.16.164.9	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	23.32.185.131	whitelisted
www.bing.com	2.23.209.186 2.23.209.185 2.23.209.183 2.23.209.173 2.23.209.179 2.23.209.182 2.23.209.189 2.23.209.181 2.23.209.177	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.140 40.126.32.138 20.190.160.22 40.126.32.134 40.126.32.133 40.126.32.72 20.190.160.17 20.190.160.14	whitelisted
th.bing.com	2.23.209.186 2.23.209.183 2.23.209.176 2.23.209.180 2.23.209.178 2.23.209.187 2.23.209.179 2.23.209.182 2.23.209.175	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	184.28.89.167	whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com	20.12.23.50	whitelisted

Threats

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General Info

Akira Ransomware

BFF3FDBFF0A5D4AA1C03F7982C968E54

651C70F9D995C52FA48493B2E60904D15CAD8821

2E2AD6392E75D5A5155498C2A76CB373D17CA3AD4BA57C6D33C623FCA5E29342

24576:mh2dD4Fk3bIz794che70h8lhddv6r970sPP8:Ok3bIz794che70h8lhddv6r970sPP8

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Behavior activities

MALICIOUS

AKIRA has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Creates file in the systems drive root

INFO

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

Checks supported languages

Malware configuration

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TRiD

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EXE

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