Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    97s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 12:31

General

  • Target
    2026-05-02_80b0a69cc009e4a3788b97da22e6c5b8_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe
  • Size 6.7MB
  • Sample260502-pp2emsbt5n
  • SHA256 8abbaf1e66b735f44b4f9c7aeb13af737fcfbeb44c180109056f729f2c7af1f0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Stihat

    Stihat is a worm written in Delphi.

  • Detects Stihat payload 5 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 7 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 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 7 IoCs
  • 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 3 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 21 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_80b0a69cc009e4a3788b97da22e6c5b8_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_80b0a69cc009e4a3788b97da22e6c5b8_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_icedid_njrat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops startup file
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2316
    • 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
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4936
  • 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
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    PID:1912
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
      PID:5624
    • 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:1892

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-650218026-1419908266-2856590055-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 6.7MB
          • SHA256 201fff0735af1aaabc29945f456a4bcb09777fd26e9110585293aeea928d10cb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          iexplore.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.exe
          • Size 6.7MB
          • SHA256 7472b61ea52482330b03d39f913c30f14d8996643572c28bb522e433674128d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e28e60dc5a0eee424ab1588b26a7d3683352e27b89d9d006dfd0df0c439c9eb5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 689f908bee4360794337acfeaefe164bc28cd62aa1c06eed24e8b2c8034553be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 bc2d6c133a7322c1645e8020c72175e6488fbb42103e238254d78c22a2a35d39
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 3c7ed9906ce36f14e288a34e52f8a0c4663f449ed14861161c3e985ea247d326
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9a11fb379755b0f052027c37dadcb271e79a68afde665745dcc9dd0f595c759e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 49dd4c4287d7ead252035aa7de6affea501980b801a1105cc7b6edd86fb185a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 10982990b5b18093c8d6ccb1e0e598c9b7065ad50b6206a5d52cbf169578bda0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 6bb7878b731381d58b5bd3698c0451a6685865ca39d26116a347c9d8cc202deb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 c4997992f55088936203fd7161ea117c123b339be5cf56c2118aa6b9bba72fa8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 b739c8b7f30e2141123f29f91d6ffe84e020eba8708e62988f80b1cf158a4195
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ae738132da651f59da3204335a7f81fcb638b187b08a15b3bd5ea66163714f0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 e29a2a3e4b95c77f8a36cab780cb706b0889ac58f45a65b5ee51e7c02a7ca130
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 ba87791f0225cfd3bbb27c130391ad38c79517b10b82987a6632104f2a9ea2d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 db70fa3fdf4bb972184035be719f1ebda3477f6f7f73b641be226e86a23d20a5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 4560fb48683d146e6b47c758956945d91ded11d384dae957cd9b94db9b244a32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 1917d6dd842e3079365331f97303e8cea02ef90927dfef5385f0d819d91be691
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 af4e1091e24f4e4adcea6773926d3fd472da3df0b89debc984edebb29d70e395
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 3e7f93144864a8d57aabc91e5f450b1dbe11dfb1e02e056366c76039b791c002
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7e07f533e908ef9837f3982375b4fa6562b9e99506c00fdfc0d6b98dd7500d64
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 5b62df4e9bed64297a428c5d294b635098ea83eed31e3a4b24a5c34a2206c8be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c68d3a43f3a1f43f15936c2a35ad637f4559a2b9dc59444f2bf76b437e021993
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 056100572155072ff93895a67a997b48fd52c9755d210e4ffe0274574f196304
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9d80880507ec72aaeb6e33f04af1e14a5a99aa7c0eac4ef22b0c810ce42e7b26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 0a80fcf01fdd5553f63ae1c4ea1b8cfa8a6fc7ba2aa53cbe0499967c84d152cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 b0a79791cc1bca9d302cb00797f3592472f1a54c118aecde0a7f1dca64513454
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f7edc3650aa0471939cfa9a4b95a903a33c1a2287ce034756547abb626b5d505
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b7f7a8c64a4917fc9037ef240a7ac1cfd2cf56f3ed0fc5a124b61372b0ba4079
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 64e1a2ee5a31ff6b8c73281cde5790dfcdcedb99f84f9b5255333964922c09e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c8f7f48597333c7f08b4bd36af2fc960c3e701205020298d5bb8aa7f00d637c4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 2c7115e1b59b6bb29268a7a79fe38e852cac9f3707286ac5abeb301467144643
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 789d4db5dd97cf8129c6428485ed8d2175b9a92e4ae2cd62c00ceaa9e15a4e76
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 6acff2291e4d12c3aa19261b3483ab8ab1aed9a1268276dde6d97381a6037557
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a5962e063f863308df0741a095fc8b4a5fd828a0c62d58596299751964680a23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 58d88c7669bed5fd2192870783d7e5967ac8f548d77d3ea24b8d30f7509ea38f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 37d8d496f951385c984ec556382edaecc2506b3019bf2afb65612b2081bcc0a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f43020e97b34d72c75ae331567e418e14d1cefb8cf0303228e1db15b1ce8d301
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 4c1d21bcf2e5426d083f1cb473936954af66521d1cbe508d6c9a73466f210829
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 dce7f03ea8d3c55583805fce52af00f46145a695203ae25905f86df107fa2e9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 d512d04b61de71ec8c2d37d03247364e6487b547746eefa6efdd0780a82cdf8d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 a94925025f8ecf506054ab5dbb40b92a927a666f0d99d850442dd4426b7f1b13
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b237e133287abdadc8132950b037d62319f40ef5f9192a5f2b858cb13bc6c091
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 087040eec5a42671cf7cc6ef84b0809c6859d0f0db1b8a4643806b2d18b7b68b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 a42de91d51950f17370dafb60d7524cce4b02d40c673e83e646755847ea718dc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 161cbb7aec7e724be8581e4409dfcec339cc4c9572e63c08b3fe82d87fc6f5d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 ff4e1c70db195b08001b0beb91efcbe9088e77e007ea33a227cdb7753de58bb3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 d5023ab5ae271352b8e28e3fba916b544565e8689017f54b563e0d1766bdda58
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 5.9MB
          • SHA256 aa351fc41678d68c0439b3d8e6d71d4483ec20881939ccaf3729f81b0dee1707
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          notepad.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe.exe
          • Size 6.2MB
          • SHA256 8b19e72119a403c156d384ec2c5d8758d15ed15b0cc6a7e904afbf8c4e8f30fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

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

          AutoRun.exe

          • Path F:\AutoRun.exe
          • Size 6.7MB
          • SHA256 8abbaf1e66b735f44b4f9c7aeb13af737fcfbeb44c180109056f729f2c7af1f0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1912-118-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000F52000-memory.dmp

          memory/1912-244-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000F52000-memory.dmp

          memory/1912-71-0x0000000000E90000-0x0000000000F52000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-60-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000001052000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-1-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-56-0x0000000002820000-0x0000000002821000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-91-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000001052000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-239-0x0000000000F90000-0x0000000001052000-memory.dmp

          memory/2316-0-0x0000000002820000-0x0000000002821000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-61-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-62-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009F9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-108-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000009F9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4936-240-0x0000000000FE0000-0x00000000010A2000-memory.dmp