Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
133s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
23/04/2026, 17:18
General
- Target 2026-04-23_4070245b427aec8d84d1b4312b2c0258_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.exe
- Size 655KB
- Sample260423-vvarrscv3x
- SHA256 ab9c15dc735cb259a5bbd8d35d39a2f98cb393542d9dbb46a873630bcd494b0d
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_4070245b427aec8d84d1b4312b2c0258_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_4070245b427aec8d84d1b4312b2c0258_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-ste.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"2⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"3⤵
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
RdrManifest2.msi
ArmUI.ini
Tmp770F.tmp
Tmp92D7.tmp
Tmp92E7.tmp
memory/2244-1-0x0000000003200000-0x0000000003287000-memory.dmp
memory/2484-119-0x00000000010F0000-0x0000000001177000-memory.dmp
memory/2484-120-0x0000000003790000-0x00000000037EE000-memory.dmp
memory/2484-269-0x00000000010F0000-0x0000000001177000-memory.dmp
memory/2484-270-0x0000000003790000-0x00000000037EE000-memory.dmp