Analysis

  • max time kernel
    123s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    03/07/2026, 14:04

General

  • Target
    2026-07-03_8e765948576850caa0b0f217a8e42051_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_glassworm_hawkeye_hijacklo.exe
  • Size 1.3MB
  • Sample260703-rdc9saav9v
  • SHA256 82b1265c3c309e272df1cdfa283083d4f286a4c08b8e02410b5919e11c966849
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_8e765948576850caa0b0f217a8e42051_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_glassworm_hawkeye_hijacklo.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_8e765948576850caa0b0f217a8e42051_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_glassworm_hawkeye_hijacklo.exe"
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4928
    • C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java.exe" -Xmx256M "-Djavafx.home=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp" -classpath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\..\lib\ant-javafx.jar;" com.sun.javafx.tools.packager.Main
      2⤵
        PID:5352
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3940
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1364
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3432
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2388

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2388-183-0x000001870A000000-0x000001870A691000-memory.dmp

          memory/2388-193-0x000001870A000000-0x000001870A691000-memory.dmp

          memory/2388-186-0x000001870A000000-0x000001870A691000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-39-0x0000021683E90000-0x0000021683F90000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-38-0x0000021683A30000-0x0000021683A50000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-23-0x00000216801E0000-0x00000216802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-21-0x00000216801E0000-0x00000216802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-48-0x0000021683C90000-0x0000021683CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-22-0x00000216801E0000-0x00000216802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-72-0x00000216846D0000-0x00000216846F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5352-2-0x0000028698900000-0x0000028698B70000-memory.dmp

          memory/5352-12-0x0000028698900000-0x0000028698B70000-memory.dmp

          memory/5352-11-0x0000028697040000-0x0000028697041000-memory.dmp