Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/04/2026, 01:41

General

  • Target
    2026-04-23_20dd02554be5e34617f664e331832873_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_surtr_vidar.exe
  • Size 5.0MB
  • Sample260423-b4f6csfx8v
  • SHA256 323eac7052a539c9887d2b2111165e4bea8666ec0292a305ceb40dd0da864751
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Stihat

    Stihat is a worm written in Delphi.

  • Detects Stihat payload 14 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 14 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_20dd02554be5e34617f664e331832873_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_surtr_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_20dd02554be5e34617f664e331832873_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_surtr_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4300
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4336
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MZ
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\MZ
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2280
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops startup file
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:2000
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
      PID:4100
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1696

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1609746302-1884177235-1125644204-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 df7dc486e19367243c22687cde4938b27d6ce96be1dc6968bc712811356b64bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MZ

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MZ
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 323eac7052a539c9887d2b2111165e4bea8666ec0292a305ceb40dd0da864751
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3efcbc430175cc5d8ec5736e76d4b78f52f598de0c6cbdc1beffc41cbd47f769
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 0f30837065f4194b586eccb31880a17b154acbd94c541713d2b102e62ea594d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 72996a9011ef8cb4ac45dc087d45b27eef1daa0b3573b3a01c588a7b1e3c4789
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 74ed39a62e03e543bbd26fd64a61516ae191aebd72a96d968c096816cf921145
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 5e0a6c79712489133128185a86cadce1c83a7637c667254e132664007c68da7f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3ca58907e270ee3de28489be7795accbaa25cb7b733647e53bd8db24a29faba1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 13e60d9678bc93c68ab833d39c2f987e7bf4767e526d956799e9561f30bd783f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 70ac6fe2ff97dc0918f69b795c7cccb2f295c02a011e3a1493fd1fa73410f95d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 84d02000003f40deb5f455f22618cc5efe73d89cd5ad8ffc7973f9bca317eacb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a57fe37694cc1de4ecc77e71340b3a548d394d7e0ed6bc942f0f4aaa53c77e59
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 abb9c7f3014380d3f3d8edc91464e9f08d4624e27b923c63ab25f9418924ab60
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c685b81a55ef7365770a29e2ab8d77f9c4d1d491ffad72f09d145685a255e26e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 5c40cc6602a73ad6ee6ada528179e370c5bbdc165ed1359c0cb11d0a08e3559f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 0d6b62f3a40199fc6d4cf9c00c6fc3b02e11ade9ce36fcd001e34e1d85a563f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6ba9bf098dec51983b4c807c4a11948f8c91805906ba773e0b5beb2955258ed9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9a218b14088f9d41aa5c68b75765c04895c6a52a6569a55b09fef1d539f987ad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 526c9cde9fbc04e204795e8232ade545a1fe4bac0b94f5b5bd8fd6f138d92ce1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 25380dcd6d5ad99eef1b1f91273a49d029915cfcfe1b95516c27bfae51ad2fd8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 e93a09c87c8d7c461ab3cc7148172fd48184c80f34875d7dbb8a7f5640d3f57a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 266596be94b62864ac50dd03e57cb7c53d6a88b565670a8ec2331d0c47afad8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 67086c106f917e9200a6d709c7c2673f7f0a940c2803aa015ecfd76e7680a7a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ff4a4184fc4a430703aca20301ca96c1cc07062383c6fe021b1eb8e3296f3c7f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d8dc5e4871e8dc3ee047faf609e9308c22b02ab3dcde46239f415d1830eef7db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9e98218e902f68138713c9aa20306c12ac19b480ad78f9196f469ebbb4c0d423
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9e870409f574c878902d3f662cca16df50bfabc8782d998ad12757755ae9ad34
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 d101ef91da56acdb4033491b9d8176d73d6719980cee725ff07a86a692526d3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 98fa0f6b40e93b4a3cb42380980caf609babacbc64b4c6695d79b98646873ec7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 5f5d13c3b1d2af21e883add318fce3f31596c4ba06730f52dfcfaa0dd29fa896
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b955a88448ecd8436135a3043c5727a8ba17023f64b020a187fb1175fb450bac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3e63461dbbeeab3a7d9b658e23d089ba0965ce1c75d7de31ffb44ef3cbe6a34b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6efc38f4912799a2d9117b1f537494ef97c38dd9af142e71762cc5cc7bb81218
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cb45721dbaf3c6b9eabb65f681570e581399c6ba0c87311f4750cc5b41ce2fec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 82a873d97d711b0a6ded01cc8b984f20c1c2bf694738d01f82c801c282b45b1a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 bab2224a108f63fd833f40c3e7ceb89b407802ddc4e393b22c96461d09ba342d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 04862cf3866faa038cfedf503ef70d507fa3f5058fab1445df4fd3d1b7bc12a6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 db971d5fe026d9f4c87aa1e6e9b757c35be080cce03135034b1a474f28d0f85e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 6264dc8b3ef3f2ec6f68f73b9d44aa9ad9466e16bee51b6ee8f475fa30aa9996
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 911d876e635ab47f2302cb5334261329b63249da7fd5ea7d3f2518b666a8ed26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f999745ec2c7319af80aedbb8f851d5246ab52c3e518a2e0e9656ea2e90bd307
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a5fb588c105674a0bcc0d3e5719ed89facbcd7d00cc88d72e488aec5235485b7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a67bb73837df7b6e046cf9bc97809fef514abb0b2d0d419eda715c5684de28eb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c161b055e4a574ab41c3c92e43a70dddca27177787d8cff1164650c48ef58510
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 aae078a0271eb450e946757d0d9277efb8a72e1c54fa145b565d4b54ff5649ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 686aa829f7b3536b809c6f34d85418ca09ab9af24b6cc7de4a441d6404924654
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b8358d8981c8158970db4a7bbb6ba5dc38d25171719a3244e42c97ac11c3693c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 7bf0166bfb691c7f66955f518671647a82479012f03b5de61715d4b312ea1fb1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          notepad.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe.exe
          • Size 5.1MB
          • SHA256 a3a57ade60c57bed158074cf9f612cb516ace26faadc30b59273353bd407a084
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2000-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/2000-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/2280-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/2280-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/2280-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/2280-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-2-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4300-1-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4336-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4336-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp