Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
123s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
07/07/2026, 17:47
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
- Size 3.3MB
- Sample260707-wc8fraa141
- SHA256 a66a2ad0c2360681f0f965de598546272c21aeda2e463395a4e1578188d564d4
- MD5 b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c
- SHA1 9d53a001c78b73ca6b1a2dc9c389a7f1ed4f5e8a
- SHA512 bfb5598e00c5bc9d0286c4cbf527a0d27ecce55e58b779430d14f9b09123bb92241ffdf44816125a89ff1709ee4ab854452a09dd9cc5815d153f79ae2db631cb
- SSDEEP 49152:peK51rgXteFIVMf/lLo51rBmmWOZO9SEmBCp2BDseKECCJPpDrbqcjo/xcawYl0X:gK59seFIa/h4tZNh7XExcawF
- TLSH T198F5AFA07698C862E512247E65743A94413CE8F6D7B108CFBF803DA476369D3F93A367
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5516 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.sho - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Shohdi.hdi 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Shohdi.hdi 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\misc.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CNFNOT32.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\private_browsing.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javaws.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\protocolhandler.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\notification_helper.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaws.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ssvagent.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\MSOHTMED.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javacpl.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugin-container.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msotd.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\SPREADSHEETCOMPARE.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\msedgewebview2.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\msedge.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File created \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaw.sho 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.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 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.sho - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1884 wrote to memory of 5516 1884 2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1884 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.shoC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.sho2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5516
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.sho
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-07_b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.sho
- Size 2.6MB
- SHA256 f726c67da807dacf692ce225f037c9d1121cda6ed0ecacb108b91724f0ac752e
- MD5 38495de49db5e31ff87bac497fff74e5
- SHA1 5d27ff7628cce7f33a9917f677144d3888eb8581
- SHA512 fb8c89583d87fc4fde703cae46145ffe6accdee61ead9d1db6db7818b0447ac6139b85a07c66c45f92add5e4801610a6226aa82e3b745b4f6d1b236a5f464e86
- SSDEEP 49152:MMf/lLo51rBmmWOZO9SEmBCp2BDseKECCJPpDrbqcjo/xcawYl0UMRlB:x/h4tZNh7XExcawf
- TLSH T113D58EB07658C856E516247E65B43A84402CE8E6E7B108CFBFC03DA476369D3F93A367
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Shohdi.hdi
- Size 3.3MB
- SHA256 a66a2ad0c2360681f0f965de598546272c21aeda2e463395a4e1578188d564d4
- MD5 b651f85490b7baaca741f4f19436cd6c
- SHA1 9d53a001c78b73ca6b1a2dc9c389a7f1ed4f5e8a
- SHA512 bfb5598e00c5bc9d0286c4cbf527a0d27ecce55e58b779430d14f9b09123bb92241ffdf44816125a89ff1709ee4ab854452a09dd9cc5815d153f79ae2db631cb
- SSDEEP 49152:peK51rgXteFIVMf/lLo51rBmmWOZO9SEmBCp2BDseKECCJPpDrbqcjo/xcawYl0X:gK59seFIa/h4tZNh7XExcawF
- TLSH T198F5AFA07698C862E512247E65743A94413CE8F6D7B108CFBF803DA476369D3F93A367
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH