Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    130s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    17/04/2026, 13:45

General

  • Target
    2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260417-q2rlmsaw4x
  • SHA256 6f4508485f58cb12c549291e59e82f135280669ef108e9b0cf846ed4673cfab2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • UPX packed file 64 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 6 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2344
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.sys
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.sys /zhj
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4288
    • C:\Windows\YZH.exe
      C:\Windows\YZH.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Adds Run key to start application
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3916
      • C:\Windows\YZH.sys
        C:\Windows\YZH.sys /zhj
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3596

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 1.8MB
        • SHA256 aa653a0e5f3b99a39c3b95064c1d99c6b9b6f135abdd44a63e7282cd987c5873
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zFM.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 161bb9c883ad289b8ebe3afe05dae8d2c528357422c023d9124ce57bdc785b73
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7zG.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 01b80632c53dda2333a3cf3019b3de91682a566d17b7869d4f1061a0500cd769
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 2a11af7b67a6e41062db263de493f3a4472b4365f597931cd4483bd34bff496b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AppVShNotify.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 88fc183450428ae3d9617a592051105d93d62734f28f4c5db41ff4cb92de9476
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 14596e74ba814430b7780f1d1e43eb78a2897671e749f72dee6df503cc0df42b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MavInject32.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe
        • Size 1.6MB
        • SHA256 b1299f7c660598cabd41d8720a8102dfbc5e75b0a2da2e232266dc742b92bcd0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        VSTOInstaller.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 8b31a08341faee8bdd53aea7a0648bba9cf1da7856ef268c4c9f5e0f13c109bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
        • Size 7.3MB
        • SHA256 b935220ca0a0fa787c6fc7562eb7f5bca92234633d2c237758c4fcc7bcb7b483
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        elevation_service.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
        • Size 3.5MB
        • SHA256 2fad0a49e4c13d8790ad8f281eab22f55cbcb5a495a0896344218712989fc8f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 6662e2835e7a2c61f51092be4e6115a7206304ac8edbb62c3b91f8a1d330d768
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        os_update_handler.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\os_update_handler.exe
        • Size 3.1MB
        • SHA256 09c7207ffe682f662ab0cb2a054b3891d4674dd05634a4c8ff944525d7801826
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
        • Size 4.3MB
        • SHA256 f1315d70222140e69eb558b326e5fc48972dff468a5c3ff73b45e24b9cf2ab32
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        chrome_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 9472c6f063c0f082450b2c53e8b5548be3924ad798607b52d8700ba410ce83f3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        appletviewer.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\appletviewer.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 9463020415dbdaeec109ca6d7bf91ab713c0d92a7a0d2cddc9679bf4cb9cd72e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        extcheck.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\extcheck.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 904f79ad3f695d2f3394d7b444601c331ba32adbc5fcda86196723820b2296a0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        idlj.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 d89f892cbd60206dac3bf5a4cbe6afabb4ae5b6e4b9855a9b5f2f36e5f5ec417
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jabswitch.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jabswitch.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 a3eaefd72d33965bdc3f7837d2246ae90a63d06537492ac85e42e6eea684f5e0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jar.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jar.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 5a074a8af823cec03a709f8ee3190b26407e4eb1695462f2ea09c024f1e0ee97
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jarsigner.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jarsigner.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 a60864475045a8d6802bf21f4fb749e320c24719ca0b1118c6aafb8cfc89a69b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 cdcf765af334325a125fadac85045e99699177c9c66674620ee998e5bffab2be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 2cdd4e681dc127079692bc4b5759d9551e7edd497dcf7c7713e55d652db667ca
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 1d90455cf2905ad659ce88963324931658e00919bee91f67b1c19b2ed6cb7d9f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javafxpackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javafxpackager.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 9dfc80f651e276174cab0733cf1e0cdf21bb7bb529156c62c340ed2050bfd44b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ca1eb4b887daca81c7e4fc8194c1e6c6aead6d49f9fd376bdb0c083edaa92a30
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 37125e92950fcf4c716d01c5f4af07f802adee503bccc55b652f2f4a3f30c8dd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javapackager.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javapackager.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 33727ba48884d621b1c29abfea0b352abf42bb9bcd519a72e26f8442a05c12d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 9b53ea72e31a11d9ed4b1db0cf71e991293b8d599b8381f7fc88819793983734
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 ace858d27fa04ed8fc6a79036ffbd11b1657311fcc5572b633eec628bc1c56d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 35ff6d4654037dc96027a286bc908915eba8cf2266a367166a95ffe3cff9a9d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ea983c318db44784d4b1ea8424dd664852529fde78b33649039073f7f5fbd9ee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ce035086ec21b612f022a86ca77341ee044faa4ba4e7df72e2c31e05f60c5972
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 c81aefee8084410385e59829672eb01d8c5ddf0e667896f3147c0c181a21840f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 b6cd206dbcc2e4939af33ff1073c1d4f15e8175c4182e42216aebf3669967005
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 5cbe65dc94cb66357ebb0665f10854d85a0e72859843520fc3278a257854c353
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 6c5fa398835628328682836447de239e1afb09f6eacec9e7ad63a4c8ce938fb3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 1ae6fe2af3ff117145cf21856e2e83bedd2b9cd93bd5b6285cb59799bfdb2017
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 50abb00deab215be1442e25e27231306f9aad55c4133f8ef3d924def0d843656
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 d51b650421ca9220856bd9a11da8625427b106b7e4ba3ca1a5b0b99742fd491a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 64710a6ecbcee75314577a7d24277b321d961005157488d4b77bfc0a3a13366d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 8da9c0e1d7fcd56511c977573f611db597720387f8410006b2393661036fb0fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 696dd0084e7c0c073a11113df09e886871dd0696bfd796886c36a8f4e7367177
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 03e20eeee93cbd92f8225b8592cf3bef952c02c50ec92bd7486cd925186ac052
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 e9d38244c9fc026c3ca3cd91545745923a909c7464a0e68c79d09053d9720401
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        dotnet.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 9c9ecf783e884abaadb4543b5ffe169bb744029f51bf56e983ebe5d501f30d16
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 b8e74f97cf83f5b177bd1d537dc467a21e708fab1ebc1b22a8d431fe3abd389d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 79b967d9162572de7053f62bcddfa882fc751c7c4a554eaf939d53a194e5c79c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        createdump.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 fbf9b594b11122054717bd56ca78fa7b5e331c4d5dcbe81166642e099847b002
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.sys

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-17_19b6f7575afcf7904d809cd8b9e4893f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.sys
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 78539cf66441f06f58b293dfcaf67ac3a7198716b68953a3d3003958692faa38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        YZH.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\YZH.exe
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 6f4508485f58cb12c549291e59e82f135280669ef108e9b0cf846ed4673cfab2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2344-1-0x000000000043E000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2344-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/2344-58-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-28-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-187-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3596-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-183-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-197-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-237-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-233-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-185-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-186-0x0000000002680000-0x0000000002753000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-189-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-193-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-229-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-201-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-205-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-209-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-213-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-217-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-221-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3916-225-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/4288-182-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp