Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
16/05/2026, 01:58
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260516-cd4dmshz8v
- SHA256 4fadbca179130c1890f655442f2b67a76728ce8fd7e7b0d4c6e808991b1397e5
- MD5 35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6
- SHA1 e07f1b5fa9f28a748da1a01c5c3181d71ae4f939
- SHA512 0e82d986a0376bac07f3ca68f080d202c70e573df63a00c001f4c7a40202dc84cbd169270c7c3dcf6e307122a898389560b1af4066b2813bbdebd75c35f8b548
- SSDEEP 49152:GDkpzzy53w24gQu3TPZ2psFkiSqwozciB:GDkpzzyFQgZqsFki+ozciB
- TLSH T17F85011175E18A31E1BF153049F58AB55A7BBC300F716BCB1390BE2D3E31982DA297A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4008 microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe 716 eventviewer.exe - Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
pid Process 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe 2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe 2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\psmachine.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\psuser.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_el.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_gu.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_lt.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_th.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_lo.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_et.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_is.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_lv.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_sr.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_uk.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ur.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_tt.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_en-GB.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_hi.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_iw.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ms.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ca-Es-VALENCIA.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ne.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_pt-BR.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\psuser_arm64.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\EdgeUpdate.dat microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ar.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ca.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_hr.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_id.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_bg.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_it.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ml.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ru.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_sl.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ga.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_gl.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ka.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_am.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_fi.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_fr.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_hu.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_sk.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_as.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_fr-CA.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_gd.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_pl.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\psmachine_64.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\psmachine_arm64.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_da.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ko.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_km.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_kok.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdate.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\psuser_64.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\NOTICE.TXT microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_tr.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_vi.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_kk.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_nn.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_quz.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_ta.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_eu.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Temp\EU10E3.tmp\msedgeupdateres_mk.dll microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language eventviewer.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs
pid Process 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe 716 eventviewer.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4284 wrote to memory of 4008 4284 2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe 80 PID 4284 wrote to memory of 716 4284 2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe 81
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4284 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe"microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe "2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4008
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe"C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:716
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-16_35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hellokitty_icedid_luca-steal.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 4fadbca179130c1890f655442f2b67a76728ce8fd7e7b0d4c6e808991b1397e5
- MD5 35d66bd2242d5609b0b4ed9e4c18aeb6
- SHA1 e07f1b5fa9f28a748da1a01c5c3181d71ae4f939
- SHA512 0e82d986a0376bac07f3ca68f080d202c70e573df63a00c001f4c7a40202dc84cbd169270c7c3dcf6e307122a898389560b1af4066b2813bbdebd75c35f8b548
- SSDEEP 49152:GDkpzzy53w24gQu3TPZ2psFkiSqwozciB:GDkpzzyFQgZqsFki+ozciB
- TLSH T17F85011175E18A31E1BF153049F58AB55A7BBC300F716BCB1390BE2D3E31982DA297A7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 a86d9f7c545953074b8b9c18474e953db73a9ba8e9ca50cbb3e5d97a7347fe4d
- MD5 71b072f0a3d4b9e580a8bcd523403d43
- SHA1 06bac910ad59cfa7ef323096d2c6728496b5e995
- SHA512 8e668cb63d2b2092c81c8ef8e5eeacc01a34cc8b1eb7959bdd6104337a9a491650e41412dedbc5dca620320223694902d99d4213c95fed90799b262799a6a554
- SSDEEP 24576:dwy53G70SeiN9YqxCCg83udcWXDYajPF2410wuRpGfFki94qSe/wsNfzUT:Cy53w24gQu3TPZ2psFkiSqwozi
- TLSH T1F275121175E18031F6B72A3058F5CAB12E3EBC710BB169DB23825D2D4A719D2D738BA7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\microsoftedgeupdatesetup32.exe
- Size 236KB
- SHA256 768500078ec5b1728e7e6e6887fa69222bef0cead187b1c9f73470e454b5d6f4
- MD5 7aff175d30fe04760efeb76ac7d5ed49
- SHA1 897d2c350cfc1d82e83db9a38db8fdf69a6b70c9
- SHA512 b2bb55a77928a44291808b6eb7a651b7638da742e5c992e8a21a2e4476e9ca5aed2ece5004c33c3f0e80b77c1127b73e4c71295df122195a0f73142dff7e1d87
- SSDEEP 3072:Gl5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1ja6H5nj+CB5XIYnQbiYV0OZNjrc1F+QUQoRlRzd:GjuDOhVLS5nj+CPXIYAiuW1FXEt
- TLSH T17D347B1236D08FB5E1AF40314DA25B7987BBFC305E2197CB67A0BE5D3D319808A2A757
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp9A8B.tmp
- Size 152KB
- SHA256 c8b8db63ea0d66c3212318e02ed65315212a565821b41e648b62125ce491a54b
- MD5 dd5645a32ccec6b1fd23a936699bc3d4
- SHA1 6007f779d59b92781fd44d97196ca742004f3cd7
- SHA512 22b48bb29f63a4b3aa2e44a2b88919e35a5ebf8a5e6c92d22f25f55e3bb08bc27420d2b33af15fc165989f2281d37c824b23cc574fc432c6aff05622af3157fd
- SSDEEP 3072:ul5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1jaAMH5nj+CB5XIYNQp:ujuDOhVLAo5nj+CPXIYw
- TLSH T146E3481136D1CFB5E1AF44318DA25AA44BBBFC319D7297CB53903E0D3E359418A2A7A3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
- Size 88KB
- SHA256 3baf58e8eb6f1dee7da7df83cb38925e69ffe130a02f667380cbee69aea17b15
- MD5 188a727732ea436cedbfa4f016e7bbdf
- SHA1 bf0ba32262cc4abb23e5c61ad6c750188558c8d1
- SHA512 7139f3967289b66bb27bbd2b669ebe53197d3a825a21b8614e5352d426f3a74ba88d8618b869bb19d6c8a51780e636042c9a379f8d797d552cb316be1570e26b
- SSDEEP 768:6hKzpWe7ofYFf0vX2Y9MMcz/pK3mriMYH/K0o+0pdE+7c/vm9Oacl1iB90/Va0DN:j1W9YV0OZMIljwiJ7c/EOaclRkQUQoR
- TLSH T11193AF2A39E044B2D688407151F56F39D33FE5741B11A6C3EB78EF682D21AA0D53B78B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\syslog.exe
- Size 148KB
- SHA256 0276c20790d9fa6b0607b29f632c72e8bb4a07e9495c9858730f8a0930f9237d
- MD5 c77a7e16f85637827514b13d5b586f76
- SHA1 05775016364462afafccc226268373de15956815
- SHA512 2d4732d8e49e8a7cec26d870973f331d8cdbc404349af37f730cd402a8e07123535e90e5d71484f86343d9662397b7488635ac159bc1611641222a08b1bed7a2
- SSDEEP 3072:Gl5DVnMvbOU6VAYD6eS91So1ja6H5nj+CB5XIYnQB:GjuDOhVLS5nj+CPXIYy
- TLSH T1B7E3481232D0CFB9E1AF45318DA29AB546B7FC319D3297CB63907E0D3E359418A26763
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH