Malware analysis Akira.exe Malicious activity | ANY.RUN

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File name:	Akira.exe
Full analysis:	https://app.any.run/tasks/72f98a58-4554-425b-a0e7-93af31fa1a53
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 24, 2024, 06:50:11
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:	68729B85AA01CD8C9F4CCD137DDDE137
SHA1:	960B01AB967E96FD6D875EB157667E8EF7FF1C4A
SHA256:	D0510E1D89640C9650782E882FE3B9AFBA00303B126EC38FDC5F1C1484341959
SSDEEP:	12288:KR4bbb4DT8Rx92j5PeMJcyWEOrYlohFVdnpi:KR4X0fcx94teMJcyWERlY3i

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Launch configuration

Task duration:: 60 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.exe (PID: 4556)
SUSPICIOUS
- Executed via WMI
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5008)
- Creates file in the systems drive root
  - Akira.exe (PID: 4556)
INFO
- Reads the computer name
  - Akira.exe (PID: 4556)
- Checks supported languages
  - Akira.exe (PID: 4556)
- Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)
  - powershell.exe (PID: 5008)
- Reads the machine GUID from the registry
  - Akira.exe (PID: 4556)

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No Malware configuration.

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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:	2023:05:31 11:16:27+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics:	Executable, Large address aware
PEType:	PE32+
LinkerVersion:	14.35
CodeSize:	425984
InitializedDataSize:	169472
UninitializedDataSize:	-
EntryPoint:	0x35710
OSVersion:	6
ImageVersion:	-
SubsystemVersion:	6
Subsystem:	Windows command line

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Total processes

127

Monitored processes

Malicious processes

Suspicious processes

Behavior graph

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Process information

PID

CMD

Path

Indicators

Parent process

4556

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

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

explorer.exe

User:

admin

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Modules

Images
c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\akira.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

5000

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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Akira.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

5008

powershell.exe -Command "Get-WmiObject Win32_Shadowcopy | Remove-WmiObject"

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

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WmiPrvSE.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Windows PowerShell

Exit code:

Version:

10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Modules

Images
c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcrt.dll
c:\windows\system32\oleaut32.dll
c:\windows\system32\msvcp_win.dll
c:\windows\system32\ucrtbase.dll
c:\windows\system32\combase.dll
c:\windows\system32\rpcrt4.dll

5560

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

C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe

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powershell.exe

User:

admin

Company:

Microsoft Corporation

Integrity Level:

MEDIUM

Description:

Console Window Host

Exit code:

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

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Total events

4 761

Read events

4 732

Write events

Delete events

Modification events


(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 2
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Owner
Value: CC11000048F1EA1D3D3EDB01
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionHash
Value: A8B6680AF5CFD8D5D97FC8A3ED761087DD0531F9070D1ED84CE284419E0376C5
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.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:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0001
Operation:	write	Name:	RegFilesHash
Value: 22C64696419CC435DAFE5CDCC769F27B72873BD4F16AC541EFD23D4B4E2A0554
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	Owner
Value: CC11000048F1EA1D3D3EDB01
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	SessionHash
Value: 50472348ACF3AA180F8BA8ACCC30356513AEEAAB4755C1A60AFE7516E56E2BA6
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.exe	Key:	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RestartManager\Session0002
Operation:	write	Name:	Sequence
Value: 1
(PID) Process:	(4556) Akira.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

1 710

Text files

813

Unknown types

Dropped files

PID	Process	Filename		Type
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\omni.ja		—
		MD5:—	SHA256:—
5008	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive		binary
		MD5:5DB8BD38515569285B39989833A95C28	SHA256:859FCEDF66F39D25610B748BEC43B79568187AC6FD7023CC73604B9E5EE2409B
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\i640.hash		binary
		MD5:5456BDEFDE0367FF36802C711D8CF45B	SHA256:FA3010BAE0B1DF43FCF102B6234E454AABF55E2A62D83569B39D299D0642C2C9
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\FrequentOfficeUpdateSchedule.xml		binary
		MD5:1EA6100D5253CE8A2456FFC03FFF277D	SHA256:093A06A314CE9229E21843AAB7C45B080516783A9A71BBAB9C0AB78F6C83C783
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\i640.cab.cat		binary
		MD5:B432B3219FD681BFD0ADC227F9081EF7	SHA256:FC55AB0C97FA8A58C46CBF89A0477C6F7EB2FFF6459F49C45DDC75A57F1E8A67
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\ClientEventLogMessages.man		binary
		MD5:99C4214E3087FE47A3926D2FD4210680	SHA256:C07FE58B8A6542A7C8D1FDB03CFBF53F122BC2F0CCDEEBD743CE949FA8106100
4556	Akira.exe	C:\bootTel.dat		binary
		MD5:344EFF403E5473ECA8C8544139C4CE71	SHA256:199B1057928A634D99F42E88ACCE208DF0EBA3CB1BB9CDA26CFE377016BAB25E
5008	powershell.exe	C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_mw4srykd.5ln.psm1		text
		MD5:D17FE0A3F47BE24A6453E9EF58C94641	SHA256:96AD1146EB96877EAB5942AE0736B82D8B5E2039A80D3D6932665C1A4C87DCF7
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\SharedPerformance.man		binary
		MD5:1691CE7B086043A78899DBA76F374694	SHA256:CAE22E3274FDDFF104C337D23195707CAE0CB6901BD6F8C19EB9DA86BA1F982C
4556	Akira.exe	C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\SubsystemController.man		binary
		MD5:97CD2ED268CC1FB3D106A821C7FBA49F	SHA256:7E35F664E831C63E64D4F2CFE9D92DB94B6A553EC26E9A253E9D67A71F314E81

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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
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	23.48.23.143:80	http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	GET	200	2.19.217.218:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/MicSecSerCA2011_2011-10-18.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBSAUQYBMq2awn1Rh6Doh%2FsBYgFV7gQUA95QNVbRTLtm8KPiGxvDl7I90VUCEAJ0LqoXyo4hxxe7H%2Fz9DKA%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBTrjrydRyt%2BApF3GSPypfHBxR5XtQQUs9tIpPmhxdiuNkHMEWNpYim8S8YCEAI5PUjXAkJafLQcAAsO18o%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
3040	backgroundTaskHost.exe	GET	200	192.229.221.95:80	http://ocsp.digicert.com/MFEwTzBNMEswSTAJBgUrDgMCGgUABBQ50otx%2Fh0Ztl%2Bz8SiPI7wEWVxDlQQUTiJUIBiV5uNu5g%2F6%2BrkS7QYXjzkCEAn5bsKVVV8kdJ6vHl3O1J0%3D	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6412	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Secure%20Server%20CA%202.1.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted
6412	SIHClient.exe	GET	200	95.101.149.131:80	http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Product%20Root%20Certificate%20Authority%202018.crl	unknown	—	—	whitelisted

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Connections

PID	Process	IP	Domain	ASN	CN	Reputation
6076	svchost.exe	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:137	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	40.127.240.158:443	settings-win.data.microsoft.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	IE	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	23.48.23.143:80	crl.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	DE	whitelisted
4712	MoUsoCoreWorker.exe	2.19.217.218:80	www.microsoft.com	Akamai International B.V.	NL	whitelisted
5064	SearchApp.exe	23.212.110.177:443	www.bing.com	Akamai International B.V.	CZ	whitelisted
4	System	192.168.100.255:138	—	—	—	whitelisted
—	—	192.229.221.95:80	ocsp.digicert.com	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	40.126.32.68:443	login.live.com	MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK	NL	whitelisted
1176	svchost.exe	192.229.221.95:80	ocsp.digicert.com	EDGECAST	US	whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain	IP	Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com	40.127.240.158 4.231.128.59 51.104.136.2	whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com	23.48.23.143 23.48.23.156	whitelisted
www.microsoft.com	2.19.217.218 95.101.149.131	whitelisted
google.com	142.250.185.78	whitelisted
www.bing.com	23.212.110.177 23.212.110.184 23.212.110.168 23.212.110.152 23.212.110.162 23.212.110.169 23.212.110.170 23.212.110.144 23.212.110.147	whitelisted
ocsp.digicert.com	192.229.221.95	whitelisted
login.live.com	40.126.32.68 40.126.32.72 40.126.32.136 40.126.32.74 40.126.32.134 40.126.32.133 20.190.160.22 20.190.160.17	whitelisted
go.microsoft.com	23.35.238.131	whitelisted
arc.msn.com	20.105.99.58	whitelisted
fd.api.iris.microsoft.com	20.199.58.43	whitelisted

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General Info

Akira.exe

68729B85AA01CD8C9F4CCD137DDDE137

960B01AB967E96FD6D875EB157667E8EF7FF1C4A

D0510E1D89640C9650782E882FE3B9AFBA00303B126EC38FDC5F1C1484341959

12288:KR4bbb4DT8Rx92j5PeMJcyWEOrYlohFVdnpi:KR4X0fcx94teMJcyWERlY3i

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MALICIOUS

AKIRA has been detected (YARA)

SUSPICIOUS

Executed via WMI

Creates file in the systems drive root

INFO

Reads the computer name

Checks supported languages

Script raised an exception (POWERSHELL)

Reads the machine GUID from the registry

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