Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/05/2026, 11:29

General

  • Target
    2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260506-nltd7act9k
  • SHA256 ac9865442ac80f229f0f410d4ba25a31df79868b8dd4daba640220f9227a9ed1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Shodi

    Shodi is a Windows worm written in C++.

  • Detects Shodi worm 3 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3300
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.usa
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.usa
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4268
      • 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⤵
          PID:4928
        • C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27379\AdobeARMHelper.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27379\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27379" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3160
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27379" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:1304
            • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.usa
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.usa"
              5⤵
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • Checks whether UAC is enabled
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
              PID:3816

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          AcroRd32.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 abcd47b9c88ad30d7af4efe9a01645fa4a532f88e9cf829d3cfe44145d9b7945
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARM.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
          • Size 1.7MB
          • SHA256 dcee62be7fe12679426be80452847a7ef17bf2aa6263d0491e99045609e02bd4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARM.usa

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.usa
          • Size 1.1MB
          • SHA256 03b39c1e40731161ff527db03926e07485c051bb4c0694ab4bf16fcc212cc124
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ArmReport.ini

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 82B
          • SHA256 5a1e0a0216dd3893a738efdfc9c1bc5445e68d3939840578341f6cd08b14d815
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ArmReport.ini

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 782B
          • SHA256 8395f93b0e0240f5c79ce70bc2257f9cb0d92227b15f7724ba65b1c5c0b19625
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          AdobeARM.msi

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27379\AdobeARM.msi
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 f3f339de3a391d7f8baf37009ec52a6948d769977e2f407faf46f7064a524638
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARMHelper.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27379\AdobeARMHelper.exe
          • Size 413KB
          • SHA256 fd115ae8ebd2f37cf1ef72f75242206cf1331c7cb258305011302e981137ee5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RdrManifest2.msi

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 94c65f9b8f0e88599ea536a72ff3315bef01077bb1eb79e1ca413b7e1cfeb13f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44D

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44D
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 2203d5ef705b4fd8e612f2f4f01a01edf0454e746c33e189c241a6ec49b90c5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 100e2860fa24e8205e75532071f4677753d9ed3eea61e5b199e9c7d6aaa92968
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 391f900229ee782fd0c3ff89e96a3d6aaa7c9f306dcbdd15df6b083340296de3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 727B
          • SHA256 d1ab61d90abc7e7295c2ff0571b046f5b2fb3414203890690b5b59ff84a08833
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_FBEAFB4EE7383EC8E0A3A2C1EC7FCEAC

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_FBEAFB4EE7383EC8E0A3A2C1EC7FCEAC
          • Size 471B
          • SHA256 107cae3b5a6ea35191c6f9f8b82e1002dacd3bc34a5837fe8528cb5b5b5e93da
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
          • Size 400B
          • SHA256 1511ea2f579c8e706996b8a887f0c513ab94cd890ad52dd8ce2ebe0142b613f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44D

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8890A77645B73478F5B1DED18ACBF795_C090A8C88B266C6FF99A97210E92B44D
          • Size 396B
          • SHA256 2852057416fbc7fc5e7dc86136e2065fc77f53c96c04bbc20cf6476366f1de84
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 410b670616f573de9e2dd0a08b8f0a5de92a7fbc50063b9b7a0934949cdef5e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
          • Size 404B
          • SHA256 a8e3f8b398ad52411745c9dc781eac434ddc3739d9d79aeefb640a1249119a92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
          • Size 412B
          • SHA256 233a57ce55944439e313a54f99a891af32a248c988f25461b8d0764efca21c5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_FBEAFB4EE7383EC8E0A3A2C1EC7FCEAC

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\DA3B6E45325D5FFF28CF6BAD6065C907_FBEAFB4EE7383EC8E0A3A2C1EC7FCEAC
          • Size 408B
          • SHA256 ad453c3ca88514e8b14056a684c6e288e991a7a85ff40fca3820150dc8425f58
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.usa

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_6d2b3e42d6c11dd7100caf0d1655987b_amadey_cloudeye_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_ic.usa
          • Size 1.5MB
          • SHA256 27c962221dbb07220215e3c65f0ce0e42430e456db84e99ecf0eee449c4167f7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARM.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
          • Size 328B
          • SHA256 76e831ed81b55f4b424e41f6a83fe33e4799117dd38e62c30a96552b6473fbcf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ArmUI.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
          • Size 251KB
          • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Tmp4820.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4820.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 aaaced351a90b2029c44c6ebb68084a331f296a0ace8115d9889f549d596564b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Tmp605D.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp605D.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 27ead591d4c7f8fadd0d9e5d32eb6c9bf8830f83fddf83ddd47e6b3b413f5b75
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Tmp610A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp610A.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Tmp7946.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp7946.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 e6bcbcb70401d63ff0746fcbcc63230269058736f7644151393edfdcec8b8765
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          TmpE1F.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpE1F.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          TmpF87A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpF87A.tmp
          • Size 5KB
          • SHA256 a86ac1b119a6653e0c3fc24c2c40e44a7bfdc435fd81c4442af9d5526ef64e85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          UsaShohdi.asu

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UsaShohdi.asu
          • Size 2.0MB
          • SHA256 ac9865442ac80f229f0f410d4ba25a31df79868b8dd4daba640220f9227a9ed1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ArmReport.ini

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c53c048db876ebe22bad12002304f302595c37ba530c66bccb04a236e630eadd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ArmReport.ini

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 916B
          • SHA256 3909779f313abf11024a66ff1867f2c07d980b11a33455467bbc728649ee9c56
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ArmUI.ini

          • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmUI.ini
          • Size 233KB
          • SHA256 76362509a8ca3e4a9fdc854c56674083ef77ca2c53628ce0acf4bb4c42d73894
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RdrServicesUpdater2_x86.exe

          • Path \??\c:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrServicesUpdater2_x86.exe
          • Size 846KB
          • SHA256 6a142c879a0676aef5c825d6fd6336800846167fab422d0f912096d286aa0070
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/3160-1788-0x0000000000AC0000-0x0000000000ACB000-memory.dmp

          memory/3160-1787-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000DD2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3160-1789-0x0000000000AF0000-0x0000000000AF7000-memory.dmp

          memory/3300-300-0x0000000002500000-0x00000000025C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3300-8136-0x0000000002500000-0x00000000025C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3300-3306-0x0000000002500000-0x00000000025C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-2160-0x0000000003280000-0x0000000003287000-memory.dmp

          memory/3816-2159-0x0000000000BB0000-0x0000000000C72000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-1003-0x0000000003D80000-0x0000000003DA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-1773-0x0000000003D40000-0x0000000003D47000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-1736-0x00000000017E0000-0x00000000018A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-1772-0x00000000017E0000-0x00000000018A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-301-0x00000000017E0000-0x00000000018A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-620-0x00000000017E0000-0x00000000018A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-1774-0x0000000003D80000-0x0000000003DA9000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-1001-0x00000000017E0000-0x00000000018A2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4268-621-0x0000000003D40000-0x0000000003D47000-memory.dmp