Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
22/05/2026, 03:50
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
5 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
- Size 595KB
- Sample260522-ed66msdx8k
- SHA256 c035776266593a2154a7bad8ac9c2fd75a0c7812b9c5878124fd73e784d8fc90
- MD5 c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49
- SHA1 00759b598b029af95319d29e82d89aa9ad11a8a2
- SHA512 c73288aa28a8d553de3bb87f8cf303378c08144a7e4dd63ab1d31cc14645faa1811f3561e261842fa36697507b564687fb29bd1142f50b7e7901a37cb30af40b
- SSDEEP 6144:dN2pkbnH7MuaW2q2qaghYenWS1uH9vd/he9Bm9lsqPm5C/vOTKsMiCKEU5uK1lts:2pkbi5qjhZ3CmW9lsq+eYwga
- TLSH T184D43A43B780C4A2F5F802B1D84745F41217AE98D6B12367B1927FDFB5B53C2582BACA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 2144 timeout.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3528 wrote to memory of 2636 3528 2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe 90 PID 2636 wrote to memory of 2144 2636 cmd.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_c594effee4f7157402ddab5d3915ac49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3528 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\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:2636 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exeTIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:2144
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd
- Size 208B
- SHA256 199ff4d234fd7460c8f168c490d007369942f5bcd3ec1225591bf303daea1f5e
- MD5 81e8679d19fddb619a8a8948e127eff9
- SHA1 e992ae9ad10419de2ea09c6371a3a88d9d13f789
- SHA512 fb072bcdabda98beab28f302c4437486630d35589d71835b71b288828d88268399d6bb1b9d0ab51b17bee87923c362562d684eb757ecd70df0c8935027449be8
- TLSH T193D02361C0FDD79500D5700343F65C9ED01434CB3F087B002380C51C11D581EB4C3AC2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH