Analysis
- max time kernel
115s - 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
25/05/2026, 12:19
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
windows11-21h2-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
- Size 5.3MB
- Sample260525-phfvcsfv9n
- SHA256 09e324a01d943709a16d466724adf79bbaefee0738a856d9152d776e96106775
- MD5 25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9
- SHA1 b8fbfd3c50fbe6fd27ad79e96ecfe2ea651b40c3
- SHA512 e417eacdcc860da0c37dbd17ea0acbbb8050a0542d7fb2988c22f69814d96f08c5f3576b92b2b21b9d201e5876e26d726a693ff1a957484f620285db5b61b332
- SSDEEP 49152:BWvBjLfUHIgjdsk9WnOjbtL2tLM2RAR5FeA6wcqJtb2IerGH56rptqJtb2IRpYq:egjOk9WOXV2VMG9r306
- TLSH T14046E712AD6C4661D07FBC758991D7A9E5323C414F21ABCB1EC1BE5DAE726C0B83D322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Custom signatureDetects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/5104-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001f00000002b5eb-6.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4448-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000002a322-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0004000000029d46-1252.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5104-1357-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/4448-1358-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x001500000000f65f-1467.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0013000000000673-2054.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4448 patcher.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe$ 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WORDICON.EXE 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe$ 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\FLTLDR.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmid.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE$ 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoasb.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.6.10571.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\TerminalAzBridge.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe$ 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelperBgt.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\XLICONS.EXE$ 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.ShowHelp.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wabmig.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\132.0.2957.140\Installer\setup.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\policytool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\helper.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\cookie_exporter.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.143.57\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\7.0.16\createdump.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\keytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\Smart Tag\SmartTagInstall.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay_1.17.29001.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\SpeechToTextOverlay64-Retail.exe 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe$ 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 5104 2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4448 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-25_25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5104
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4448
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 5.3MB
- SHA256 09e324a01d943709a16d466724adf79bbaefee0738a856d9152d776e96106775
- MD5 25eaf54fac6cc8d1afde5656ab709da9
- SHA1 b8fbfd3c50fbe6fd27ad79e96ecfe2ea651b40c3
- SHA512 e417eacdcc860da0c37dbd17ea0acbbb8050a0542d7fb2988c22f69814d96f08c5f3576b92b2b21b9d201e5876e26d726a693ff1a957484f620285db5b61b332
- SSDEEP 49152:BWvBjLfUHIgjdsk9WnOjbtL2tLM2RAR5FeA6wcqJtb2IerGH56rptqJtb2IRpYq:egjOk9WOXV2VMG9r306
- TLSH T14046E712AD6C4661D07FBC758991D7A9E5323C414F21ABCB1EC1BE5DAE726C0B83D322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe$
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 12ef273c588d8f87275272fb9139945e77c26cb788b4f58fec5ec0c5abb38611
- MD5 0d363e29b3b987fb379824de9fa34852
- SHA1 0389ce9d4309d5c1ee191946c4389c494664e4f2
- SHA512 f4fab10f92c0ff7f2f1464541801c088a2e991b8935dc4388a262759a30f39e1b6dbcb46ac0c0485691d1c0b9cc0d64e55b69618c98add867164d751aa1e2417
- SSDEEP 49152:BWvBjLfUHIgjdsk9WnOjbtL2tLM2RAR5FeA6wcqJtb2IerGH56rptqJtb2IRpYqC:egjOk9WOXV2VMG9r306cW
- TLSH T12846F712AD6C4661D07FBC758991D7A9E5323C414F21ABCB1EC1BE5DAE726C0B83D322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 5.9MB
- SHA256 c20d0666179d9e5610e327c1c923d2af9f984648a005966d662487739c6e2cd2
- MD5 6b9268c9e662292b49ed2774c8721b76
- SHA1 b5c41d7d53d9771ba3862e4abd42b629d3a49748
- SHA512 ebc7484d6fc7bece9764a3d45ab2ad5f4f45b4a6266caa8c201dde63473e5243914cd96cb47f58474f8a4467b2f0f0103056d69a5e36b2938fb42786b29ab664
- SSDEEP 49152:BWvBjLfUHIgjdsk9WnOjbtL2tLM2RAR5FeA6wcqJtb2IerGH56rptqJtb2IRpYqK:egjOk9WOXV2VMG9r306Gjo
- TLSH T1F156F712AD6C4661D07FBC748991D7A9E9323C414F31AAC70EC1BE5DAE726C1B93D322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-006E-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$
- Size 5.4MB
- SHA256 df9cb3b62e3e6f085a0a00a8ee7a7c18826a428e147672819f8b0f25909e5afd
- MD5 8bcd49c4025edf97d891566d974827ea
- SHA1 698e19b30f001e0efaf81bdb7b63c715c911052a
- SHA512 a420cd3e10c65843432e4159e2154b42c0d6590938abe6a2a52962259b2a07e6db8b55ee86a2d1cf2af4dc6268732cdf36342e357a37d63898079c57472908a5
- SSDEEP 49152:BWvBjLfUHIgjdsk9WnOjbtL2tLM2RAR5FeA6wcqJtb2IerGH56rptqJtb2IRpYqt:egjOk9WOXV2VMG9r306Y
- TLSH T15046E712AD6C4661D07FBC748D91D7A9A5323C414F21ABCB1EC1BE5DAE726C0B93D322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe$
- Size 5.6MB
- SHA256 166da00a378ecfc762ee13d44abc3f0ab4a7fa8e54ab8e2220914b2cfce58666
- MD5 fb8ba82f7817a6bad2f5fbb13a1d8a87
- SHA1 8d7118a726473daa6bbe710a8f76acc6d70fafd6
- SHA512 d3ae0717199d09399b64a98af3fdbe2f522bd70fe9c2d3b3df871a22a4b58d662d6ca4e159e21becba8a78d693c47ebf35556e25588ab99a3537ac9a8d3d0677
- SSDEEP 49152:BWvBjLfUHIgjdsk9WnOjbtL2tLM2RAR5FeA6wcqJtb2IerGH56rptqJtb2IRpYqY:egjOk9WOXV2VMG9r306CuX
- TLSH T19846F712AD6C4671D07FBC758991D7A9A5323C414F21ABCB1EC1BE5DAE726C0B83D322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH