Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    22/05/2026, 03:44

General

  • Target
    2026-05-22_9a59c53d4c5d3f9f7f9ea3c34ff17428_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
  • Size 541KB
  • Sample260522-ea1jpagx4s
  • SHA256 9c7f600fb4337f4573da4fecbc34eb036fec4453759e9fa4dc6a5f3d0f7d61fb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_9a59c53d4c5d3f9f7f9ea3c34ff17428_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_9a59c53d4c5d3f9f7f9ea3c34ff17428_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3688
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3140
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
        TIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Delays execution with timeout.exe
        PID:2464

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        del.cmd

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd
        • Size 208B
        • SHA256 acaf46731db52c27aa73c99fc943c70cc0cb77ff528e2cb926d12a98342f937c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH