| File name: | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/1248a5c0-9011-4bd3-8086-2218cf707082 |
| 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. |
| Analysis date: | April 29, 2025, 04:48:17 |
| OS: | Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable |
| File info: | PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows, 7 sections |
| MD5: | 433DEEDF1091C8EA24E0EBAABFB240FF |
| SHA1: | 1E0401756BE980519DC9BFCD2EBF1BD12680D5FD |
| SHA256: | 5DE1061457E759E022FBC9BB02E8726A49D3ED9663FC8A77D83462C69C96AEA8 |
| SSDEEP: | 24576:i4/HJQfGMrq1nkF2az/SWIGd0pS4ZvS7H6v:i4JQfTr2nkF2az/jIGd0pS4ZvS7H6v |
MALICIOUS
RANSOMWARE has been detected
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
AKIRA has been detected
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
Modifies files in the Chrome extension folder
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
AKIRA has been detected (YARA)
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
SUSPICIOUS
Creates file in the systems drive root
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
Executed via WMI
- powershell.exe (PID: 7564)
Write to the desktop.ini file (may be used to cloak folders)
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
INFO
Checks supported languages
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
- powershell.exe (PID: 7564)
Reads the computer name
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
Creates files or folders in the user directory
- 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe (PID: 7444)
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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: | 2025:03:19 17:53:17+00:00 |
| ImageFileCharacteristics: | Executable, Large address aware |
| PEType: | PE32+ |
| LinkerVersion: | 14.37 |
| CodeSize: | 837632 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 251392 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | - |
| EntryPoint: | 0x8dd38 |
| OSVersion: | 6 |
| ImageVersion: | - |
| SubsystemVersion: | 6 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
Total processes
126
Monitored processes
4
Malicious processes
1
Suspicious processes
0
Behavior graph
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Process information
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7444 | "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe" | C:\Users\admin\Desktop\5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Modules
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| 7564 | powershell.exe -Command "Get-WmiObject Win32_Shadowcopy | Remove-WmiObject" | C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe | — | WmiPrvSE.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows PowerShell Exit code: 1 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 7576 | \??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1 | C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe | — | powershell.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Console Window Host Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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| 8060 | C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -Embedding | C:\Windows\System32\slui.exe | svchost.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Microsoft Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Windows Activation Client Exit code: 0 Version: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Modules
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Total events
8 085
Read events
8 056
Write events
23
Delete events
6
Modification events
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Owner |
Value: 141D0000B5C2A8F2C1B8DB01 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SessionHash |
Value: D7DA6DC0A44BBCEA6A5F7D595CD2780400E361E1EE67DDB89438636171CE3CAA | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Sequence |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.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: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | RegFilesHash |
Value: BCC5CB96E8A4BDCF5536E974135EC99DBBAECEE77C755E8991FFD5109811BC04 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Owner |
Value: 141D0000B5C2A8F2C1B8DB01 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | SessionHash |
Value: 0A19623D31C19023B6B3CA4FABB78FA6C7475C6EE4D0A38F62B8DD50EC6D9D37 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Sequence |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.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 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (7444) 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | Key: | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | RegFilesHash |
Value: 755DB5CA432ED6DA00C4BC84148ABCA9989CB070ED45A8B46E65BC08E70138E1 | |||
Executable files
19
Suspicious files
4 388
Text files
1 135
Unknown types
0
Dropped files
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\3D Objects\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\.ms-ad\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7564 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_dt0im545.5co.psm1 | text | |
MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641 | SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\bootTel.dat | binary | |
MD5:1CAF3E2A3CC57A2D02376DC24CFB5F9E | SHA256:1EB81C69418B9956AB10D626403A25B5E663CC5DC5345A3D2AB0A4344E8137A7 | |||
| 7444 | 5de1061457e759e022fbc9bb02e8726a49d3ed9663fc8a77d83462c69c96aea8.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\akira_readme.txt | text | |
MD5:6482B5984CC2F0012B452E6BA5D92635 | SHA256:4E0E4FB4266250EBF7F646C6EEFF934491E25D2722CAA1D6FE099D3E50913A57 | |||
| 7564 | powershell.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive | binary | |
MD5:490B27F91424AF670316325DB4191CCB | SHA256:36125EF392178BC95335010D8789ECE4C6FF15A3DF5ED88858A098929A5F93E6 | |||
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HTTP(S) requests
29
TCP/UDP connections
50
DNS requests
14
Threats
0
HTTP requests
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | GET | 304 | 52.149.20.212:443 | https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL | unknown | — | — | — |
— | — | GET | 200 | 52.149.20.212:443 | https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7B522D76A4-93E1-47F8-B8CE-07C937AD1A1E%7D/x64/10.0.19045.4046/0?CH=686&L=en-US&P=&PT=0x30&WUA=10.0.19041.3996&MK=DELL&MD=DELL | unknown | — | — | — |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.28:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.28:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 23.216.77.28:80 | http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | GET | 200 | 20.3.187.198:443 | https://fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com/clientwebservice/ping | unknown | — | — | — |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | GET | 200 | 184.30.21.171:80 | http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl | unknown | — | — | whitelisted |
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Connections
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | — | 51.104.136.2:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:137 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
4 | System | 192.168.100.255:138 | — | — | — | whitelisted |
— | — | 20.190.159.130:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
— | — | 172.211.123.248:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | unknown |
6544 | svchost.exe | 20.190.159.130:443 | login.live.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | IE | unknown |
2112 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
3216 | svchost.exe | 172.211.123.248:443 | client.wns.windows.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | FR | unknown |
2104 | svchost.exe | 20.73.194.208:443 | settings-win.data.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | NL | whitelisted |
7908 | SIHClient.exe | 52.149.20.212:443 | slscr.update.microsoft.com | MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK | US | whitelisted |
DNS requests
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
settings-win.data.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
login.live.com |
| whitelisted |
client.wns.windows.com |
| whitelisted |
google.com |
| whitelisted |
slscr.update.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
crl.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
www.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com |
| whitelisted |
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com |
| whitelisted |