Analysis

  • max time kernel
    99s
  • max time network
    132s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    06/07/2026, 22:38

General

  • Target
    2026-07-06_127fb20e8dc6a31b1a4b06ba8cba940f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_lu.exe
  • Size 937KB
  • Sample260706-2kr2macz4z
  • SHA256 2f5c98d9ee5737b4352a5e94499db7abf53ad403610df6dc8bfbef962c4d135a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 47 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • 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
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • 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.

  • NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_127fb20e8dc6a31b1a4b06ba8cba940f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_lu.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_127fb20e8dc6a31b1a4b06ba8cba940f_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_lu.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:2828
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • 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:1780

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 937KB
        • SHA256 2f5c98d9ee5737b4352a5e94499db7abf53ad403610df6dc8bfbef962c4d135a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AcroRd32Info.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe
        • Size 966KB
        • SHA256 03a922df4bcd6501b38237e06061cbdfd4ff4f999a8825b177d7d2fdceff6d5a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        msedge_proxy.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_proxy.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 809de5d83c0dd89002b791a4fb8564be2ee1edaa360790dce8bcfecefbbea3c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        notification_helper.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe$
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 eb1587e06d3fe3f6c928132e921c571f182a9ab32d995cb92885ce17946372ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 81a3613e49e76526b3300607df66c7cd61b14c596dc24f574fa24aa86b92a9c7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 952KB
        • SHA256 65ac9dcf2d2570e230762a201205002008fa2b1e4e46253f87d5d95dc3312ba3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 ffde7632715d6d7711feba98661b9f3dcda06d276b95c7fee445ef1773024880
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javac.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javac.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 70e3700fedc724a5b0c51694bd9dc46bbded92e9bea41c84ce1f72683ce09e53
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javadoc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javadoc.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 62c0902768fc5f9e1982a6a9f19286df34e6908a734de4186280993b3022d81a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 89b906bfe15f2d865fe279bffa010ea0196c1483c114a11d9f1eaf0d09c2e5be
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 503ef09a02aa02a284397706128e6a5745e9127ad521f658a18cdb86f31b050f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 3847cb554e02cdb36a5a90792c481ccbaa3a05b44d365c83bd66df53fdda8511
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 ea6d2d1541a405023982c0f259bab184cca01f470131932fcdb7dd184bea1b39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 e6e62e692265ac88907cd245bee0e79725fde3910ddc0b29a660f279f408313e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 7bd9b16c6d1dc7f7bf629655e1b1e93b5e6701f8374260ef7a17a21921275f3f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 c81710c28e9e17a0653978ba4da9641e8f2e59fe94a90f610bce908e85296a6e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 5c955866f03c12b3c35bb592d840c96556824e7364dcabd6e617ac9a4a2ebb91
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 e59aa96bb40b312fc731a6853a048437ede84cceac362c879c30633551b2f7a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 6a3b6d943ef03798c82baf75018fccd24ab56348628b5a115305e5613546c2fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 0e0784733744fd9deab55e8fdc8aaf7b22b4eb240c9c9381a9ee37a92de9c367
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 4e49b4ca44ff62f3be7f7947dffd8410f0afb4af2cb20ba11fb013a22cdcf6c6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 a8200e78bbcb0e623929d902b73815aa4c8d3c772e8782cc157fecf231ecceaf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 4f0e1057d94331e5a938c06c975a8939afe93a406b5be8e13e1b0196aa46e55c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 d5e1506b53608d191edcd72ea7e031c8a6bf3eaa85f0e921133bdcb82f675831
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 c98fe4e3aeec2696aca027d29a0756943a2adec1dc711e2afded7f07ac28ac69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 e25433f0a8264f194d812b888cc183f4150b2059cea68203ce5c068f86412969
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 18a4b9a8010db40284559f49920282e83899e6618b0972f076e4e99f7ece93a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 b4b1ae2770c7c85450548019df05259d0508dddba7741ff191a5c289fe1ef252
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 6b1ae3149de0dfc77c3b23198a2cf61b93f76f67d068bee2b05d6cd9d3913161
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 bb1de8403bd24f29fb377b0ab6b84fe8ed837ef1aa195f28631c504e564a01e3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 427d69743aa6c743bdf464dc7a5251459e4aeb8696f9a73c620a38c8c9a0bf6f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 16820cce22bd6f2297287009df86ef5fe791f43f9a196ac17c3980af8242e38d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 5322a34168743c19ff5b008dfe8d2b8c42929af6c9b2a75e00f3c5e93692c490
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 ad3fd8c01039f7ec3b432126aee5f6994e34fbee6f8b40b4455ec32d433b4178
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 1a04d4b3396609a46bec95d0e419b555f5acb5ab05786557ac8bc57b6f5546a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 08d0cd078c5d321827f685097bc89dd9c2db42bf4752bdfab5deef61e6f6e0e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 e2c7fed54e3a172e69c615f71a1f1c7cbc430c269be3a1463c8689b669361291
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 a4944fd3cc226d8ab189e1a54c9efcab6e3c0a52033c5bcb06b769f14e0db3df
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 7556a086cc3877e4b52e4fc7e2a8992b02cda9c7a5b525a5b8d4a3b303d6e7c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 cb6b7c137823dcaf1dded0a2fd0626b12039e3124db05c02b959ff756b829d9c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 85cfd29b8dca3a726c2f3d729546f093b55fc6d6704c036d4bd2ccf8aabdc05e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 b57741de7c5f889cc9dcf702325ee2237bd2ff87443c6ec2767c020b6458208f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 12201bd77715f57d83421334fd0a1fe9ff3c358df812b323b29b99a9bb460082
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1780-1652-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/1780-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2828-1555-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/2828-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp