Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20251211-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251211-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system - submitted
16/12/2025, 03:08
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20251016-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe
- Size 3.2MB
- Sample251216-dm1jsaev6g
- SHA256 4dae3d454d038fc6b8f2893ec7003d86e935ba8a8d1d43f7ff36314c97b79434
- MD5 d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980
- SHA1 966da5eec7ed5ff163678ce1c173a528991dc67e
- SHA512 3a4bdf0787ff7cb3a94657004d11ac48e3abf86b0efe9754c95cfb0c1aa755dfeae1e2e58e2f6acfa01640a3ce256319fa1e11d8cf8e9a458312a94b42963d23
- SSDEEP 98304:AhDniBqKwUxH8TkPjbeZK/3tF7LofR50jbcD7DOUw2vMP8ji5:AWqKwgPjd3j7gluUw2vML
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP
Malware Config
Signatures
- Parallax family
- ParallaxRat payload 17 IoCs
Detects payload of Parallax Rat, a small portable Rat usually digitally signed with a Sectigo certificate.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5736-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat behavioral2/memory/5736-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp parallax_rat -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5736-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-26-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-24-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-23-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-16-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/5736-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000429000-memory.dmp upx - Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Security\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe xcopy.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Security\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe xcopy.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Security xcopy.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language xcopy.exe - Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Identifier xcopy.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4192 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe - Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection 1 IoCs
pid Process 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4588 wrote to memory of 4548 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe 77 PID 4548 wrote to memory of 3984 4548 cmd.exe 79 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 5960 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe 80 PID 5960 wrote to memory of 4192 5960 cmd.exe 82 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 5736 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe 83 PID 4588 wrote to memory of 5736 4588 2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe 83
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious behavior: MapViewOfSection
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4588 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c xcopy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe" "%ProgramFiles%\Security\" /y /i /c /q2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4548 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xcopy.exexcopy "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Security\" /y /i /c /q3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Enumerates system info in registry
PID:3984
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /c schtasks /create /sc ONLOGON /tn "Security" /tr "%ProgramFiles%\Security\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe" /it /f2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5960 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /sc ONLOGON /tn "Security" /tr "C:\Program Files (x86)\Security\2025-12-16_d86d22ba6eedbfb05f788137efd1f980_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe" /it /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4192
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xwizard.exeC:\Windows\System32\xwizard.exe2⤵PID:5736
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