File name:

2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader

Full analysis: https://app.any.run/tasks/fc86414b-6a9f-4abc-9694-e252c9996ec5
Verdict: Malicious activity
Analysis date: April 19, 2025, 13:34:30
OS: Windows 10 Professional (build: 19044, 64 bit)
Indicators:
MIME: application/vnd.microsoft.portable-executable
File info: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, 3 sections
MD5:

8808ADC30D53D0EB34CB4BEEA90F0644

SHA1:

1B9E6D57453AA50627F0E1F2C8E9818E5AE0B597

SHA256:

D2889352D664B21DE1BE6F7949A80696C97461D2E283CA45CACAD20BBB6B7328

SSDEEP:

98304:iefUuZuKAuf5jTFPkOefUuZuKAuf5jTFziy9/W10abzzpQXPJP0jjiGHaGx/LOLq:JySbzzdr0ijelYq4

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  • MALICIOUS

    No malicious indicators.

  • SUSPICIOUS

    • Starts a Microsoft application from unusual location

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7656)

    • Process drops legitimate windows executable

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Starts CMD.EXE for commands execution

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Executable content was dropped or overwritten

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Starts itself from another location

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)

    • Executing commands from a ".bat" file

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Creates file in the systems drive root

      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

  • INFO

    • Checks supported languages

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)
      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe (PID: 7944)

    • The sample compiled with chinese language support

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Create files in a temporary directory

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe (PID: 7752)
      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Creates files in the program directory

      • UpdatAuto.exe (PID: 7876)

    • Reads the computer name

      • 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe (PID: 7944)
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No Malware configuration.

TRiD

.exe | Win32 Executable Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (28.5)
.exe | InstallShield setup (14.9)
.exe | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (10.8)
.dll | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (2.2)

EXIF

EXE

MachineType: Intel 386 or later, and compatibles
TimeStamp: 2007:03:12 04:30:52+00:00
ImageFileCharacteristics: No relocs, Executable, No line numbers, No symbols, 32-bit
PEType: PE32
LinkerVersion: 6
CodeSize: 102400
InitializedDataSize: 16384
UninitializedDataSize: -
EntryPoint: 0x27dc
OSVersion: 4
ImageVersion: 6.1
SubsystemVersion: 4
Subsystem: Windows GUI
FileVersionNumber: 6.1.0.0
ProductVersionNumber: 6.1.0.0
FileFlagsMask: 0x0000
FileFlags: (none)
FileOS: Win32
ObjectFileType: Executable application
FileSubtype: -
LanguageCode: Chinese (Simplified)
CharacterSet: Unicode
Comments: Windows Update Manager for NT
CompanyName: Microsoft Corporation
FileDescription: Windows Update Manager for NT
LegalCopyright: Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1981-1999
ProductName: Microsoft(R) Windows (R) 2000 Operating System
FileVersion: 6.01
ProductVersion: 6.01
InternalName: INCUBUS
OriginalFileName: INCUBUS.exe
No data.
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Total processes
130
Monitored processes
9
Malicious processes
2
Suspicious processes
0

Behavior graph

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start 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs updatauto.exe cmd.exe no specs conhost.exe no specs 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe no specs slui.exe no specs 2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe no specs

Process information

PID
CMD
Path
Indicators
Parent process
2852C:\WINDOWS\System32\slui.exe -EmbeddingC:\Windows\System32\slui.exe—svchost.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Activation Client
Version:
10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\system32\slui.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\system32\kernelbase.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
c:\windows\system32\user32.dll
7656"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe—explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
MEDIUM
Description:
Windows Update Manager for NT
Exit code:
3221226540
Version:
6.01
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
7752"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe" C:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
explorer.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Update Manager for NT
Version:
6.01
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\acgenral.dll
7772C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\Option.batC:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe—2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\acgenral.dll
7780\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
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
7876C:\WINDOWS\system32\UpdatAuto.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\UpdatAuto.exe
2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Update Manager for NT
Version:
6.01
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\updatauto.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\acgenral.dll
7892C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\Option.batC:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe—UpdatAuto.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
Windows Command Processor
Version:
10.0.19041.3636 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Modules
Images
c:\windows\syswow64\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\acgenral.dll
7900\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\conhost.exe 0xffffffff -ForceV1C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe—cmd.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Microsoft Corporation
Integrity Level:
HIGH
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
79442025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exeC:\Users\admin\Desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe—2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
User:
admin
Company:
Igor Pavlov
Integrity Level:
HIGH
Description:
7-Zip Uninstaller
Version:
23.01
Modules
Images
c:\users\admin\desktop\2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader~4.exe
c:\windows\system32\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\ntdll.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64win.dll
c:\windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\kernelbase.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\apphelp.dll
c:\windows\syswow64\acgenral.dll
Total events
216
Read events
216
Write events
0
Delete events
0

Modification events

No data
Executable files
12
Suspicious files
0
Text files
1
Unknown types
0

Dropped files

PID
Process
Filename
Type
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\CRLogTransport.exe —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\CRWindowsClientService.exe —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\Eula.exe —
MD5:—
SHA256:—
77522025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\Option.battext
MD5:1D04ABF39E9DF55EED1D04430CC21EB8
SHA256:0BC485263CF8A962E64DB0B88F156F2A9AF1B81ECFDB1CF9111D497E85DF70F3
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ADelRCP.exeexecutable
MD5:28F7916678294BCBAADEEFFBA43F5C1B
SHA256:75A80477E7B2E1977F37757C7AACB1DDA08C3D22B74B8FAD23455C4B3D8BDC8B
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\ADNotificationManager.exeexecutable
MD5:B09F270C0E2FE0B29E5CC883525E35A6
SHA256:218FB1310E205D4E939C3288AD7F5337A87CAA65E43F5BFE8708BF56A764C4EE
77522025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exeC:\ntldr~8executable
MD5:2603CDFE71AFE757B5E666C3DE1916F0
SHA256:C291A2388FE97A8AC1DAB9A7FCF3807B36B2BE7919DC9A7E855D31A46341C344
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroTextExtractor.exeexecutable
MD5:1B06D743E02583F6DC31367FC238A6C4
SHA256:340F6436529ACC8EA499B10204F6969E53FD25BDAD7DB5FC6310FB542B4946CA
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\acrobat_sl.exeexecutable
MD5:E19B7E5BDCA0AF8D913A2663D023786E
SHA256:97624C077DBEB6520450A6A3B44BD61D1331D6FA255020CB5BC6B1C5ED40899A
7876UpdatAuto.exeC:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC\Acrobat\AcroBroker.exeexecutable
MD5:AFB34DC1CD38452AC0439DCEFECC0231
SHA256:B7FD364D107DB8EF473A28F26472DC91CF668801BC7A99DE6B79FA2220C823D9
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HTTP(S) requests
17
TCP/UDP connections
31
DNS requests
13
Threats
0

HTTP requests

PID
Process
Method
HTTP Code
IP
URL
CN
Type
Size
Reputation
—
—
GET
304
4.175.87.197:443
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
304
4.175.87.197:443
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
—
—
—
8132
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.253.202:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.253.202:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20ECC%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.2.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
304
4.175.87.197:443
https://slscr.update.microsoft.com/SLS/%7BE7A50285-D08D-499D-9FF8-180FDC2332BC%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
—
—
—
8132
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut2011_2011_03_22.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
2.16.253.202:80
http://www.microsoft.com/pkiops/crl/Microsoft%20Update%20Signing%20CA%202.1.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicRooCerAut_2010-06-23.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
GET
200
23.48.23.143:80
http://crl.microsoft.com/pki/crl/products/MicTimStaPCA_2010-07-01.crl
unknown
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
GET
200
4.175.87.197:443
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
compressed
23.9 Kb
whitelisted
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Connections

PID
Process
IP
Domain
ASN
CN
Reputation
4
System
192.168.100.255:137
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
51.104.136.2:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
4
System
192.168.100.255:138
—
—
—
whitelisted
—
—
40.127.240.158:443
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
IE
whitelisted
3216
svchost.exe
172.211.123.248:443
client.wns.windows.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
FR
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
4.175.87.197:443
slscr.update.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
23.48.23.143:80
crl.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
DE
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
2.16.253.202:80
www.microsoft.com
Akamai International B.V.
NL
whitelisted
8132
SIHClient.exe
20.242.39.171:443
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted
7484
slui.exe
40.91.76.224:443
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK
US
whitelisted

DNS requests

Domain
IP
Reputation
settings-win.data.microsoft.com
  • 51.104.136.2
  • 40.127.240.158
whitelisted
google.com
  • 216.58.206.78
whitelisted
client.wns.windows.com
  • 172.211.123.248
whitelisted
slscr.update.microsoft.com
  • 4.175.87.197
whitelisted
crl.microsoft.com
  • 23.48.23.143
  • 23.48.23.156
whitelisted
www.microsoft.com
  • 2.16.253.202
whitelisted
fe3cr.delivery.mp.microsoft.com
  • 20.242.39.171
whitelisted
activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com
  • 40.91.76.224
whitelisted
nexusrules.officeapps.live.com
  • 52.111.229.43
whitelisted

Threats

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2025-04-19_8808adc30d53d0eb34cb4beea90f0644_akira_black-basta_elex_hijackloader_remcos_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader