Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-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:5316
    • 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:5036
    • 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:5012
      • 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:3516

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

        Replay Monitor

        Loading Replay Monitor...

        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

        InspectorOfficeGadget.exe

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

        chrome_pwa_launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
        • Size 3.0MB
        • SHA256 c0ca706d033de0fe3791418404285b61777643eb7c5bb7658390d413e1cdcde3
        • 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

        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

        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

        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

        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

        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

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 49b8db3629eee6ca6c5e21054abc62aa3f53af353b303bcca4cae97e8aa0b323
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 332d90299e5e0569fc2f5b4177b8dd4bd38199a8e078187b944289d51db1ea18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ce0710d1e787572bfbf1efaaa9d5b1a45c9b4d2d73db6e8c89f3d6139f908958
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 9f2b82d4b0007688055ba691d00e016f539ec9bad1f6f66c63ee3dc1f377fdbd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 d66c44a04f128eab8e32d999dceac5b783bb7d35a276ee4b397eba3e4e0c954a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 e7e2c31fed7f5ee50ab58ab3d6dc2ba581cd5919ff0ba629bf2851f9832d7b90
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 ff88d1a7489a3a94418a4f4a2ec7479f9e245c0449d1614e9c0eb7b8ce49f2d8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 3ea66cbbab8dd259eb972be8dd94df7432fc6c12de557d6fb99c737fda4c1565
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 b8c2f9ba2afab03f7738fe1915496bbb49bd8a20ee5d553258a61742de437542
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 a9a56010d01410051fbc924f5998177e89697bd71f4ad642756c7bc5b5214d03
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jp2launcher.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 6e408c1f18220bbe12a951fa804f8685073ad06cf1330dbaf9fe60214a950105
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 9aac35c38309857a4b83c2a94fa0b5f51a8a721f7235f1d252dc792d2974d1c1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 6c1646afce1e70a6f04434eefd808bc3252df1c3464715a2addc5181db27ede2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 0cfbe8d3d1018e48a4b58db5225d1a2fe787a26acb453bb8c281727f23f069ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 809ecadf3d77f58b981915189b20e6ee1ea1e9b6c2cdfaf54a3f163699b65c47
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaw.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 42960771662b8e59746439a9a0af46477798649cdb1fd2b9c27ca3106c116182
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javaws.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe
        • Size 1.7MB
        • SHA256 b26a67d4f0241799eb8c6d1809c4f9f45722af9ab8e58c49c1cd3267ce777df6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 f137f9220631ce2d6c77e56d80153f876d37a3266fcd28b9dd82730ea74836d6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 6f6cc7ae29bfb9118f540574391981607ca65263b923206e1a6ea031a0de9708
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 1.3MB
        • SHA256 a0ace086b2dafbc3a4d9d0164fc4f1cf458b1de33df69c18fafae75a95308198
        • 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/3516-31-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3516-182-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-196-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-202-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-223-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-220-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-217-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-214-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-211-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-180-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-181-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-184-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-187-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-190-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-193-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-208-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-199-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5012-205-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5036-179-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5036-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5036-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5316-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5316-1-0x000000000043E000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5316-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp