Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    138s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260706-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/07/2026, 17:47

General

  • Target
    2026-07-08_666e43edc0be3c39c7221bddfec5c4d4_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe
  • Size 13.0MB
  • Sample260708-wc83aady2m
  • SHA256 b3864a6e2cd31a2dfbec95123f0b05ec9a3069cf612b0146829a9292ba0ef3d5
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
4/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 46 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_666e43edc0be3c39c7221bddfec5c4d4_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_666e43edc0be3c39c7221bddfec5c4d4_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5960
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3187\6F39A481-18D1-4ECF-9188-F771301E3DB1\PDFSuite20.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3187\6F39A481-18D1-4ECF-9188-F771301E3DB1\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=start /welcome /from-version=20.0.10.3187
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3652
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\30EF8008-6CD9-4F37-9277-3BAD589DF1BC\PDFSuite20.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\30EF8008-6CD9-4F37-9277-3BAD589DF1BC\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=finish /welcome /from-version=20.0.10.3187
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5212
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /RegServer
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          PID:5028
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /welcome /from-version=20.0.10.3187 /no-check-updates
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:5648
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /CleanupTempFolder /ParentProcessId=5212
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2960
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5620

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          updates-info.json

          • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\updates-info.json
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 c6e0f315beead292464a35ae24f458c061c09a59326c71d5817fccc0f610a1bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          15338A24093AA8AB1EDD9095B1DDCFE3

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\15338A24093AA8AB1EDD9095B1DDCFE3
          • Size 821B
          • SHA256 1c0f57861e55a788c19e436204ee36b941939553ecedbef3d5cdb8bbbe0990db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 63b14543360f5e89942ea8d5113526e64fbc71c1207328f0136b3a495d921dd0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d55f5c929e391f5d46be77df2f4e778bc84a8ba98a1aaf7f71525241e59b366d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA
          • Size 765B
          • SHA256 6e1bba9abff0a0fb32dfac5755ed5b546e3a8481809b28a219a55c46707b92f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
          • Size 528B
          • SHA256 d2bb091268ade68ad8121d2184d0fbce128070156304bd4de312e6fbd267409c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7
          • Size 419B
          • SHA256 99b515ab9c6d142e5ac6f9503e11e84d29b03418893d4638e774798fffda1db9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          15338A24093AA8AB1EDD9095B1DDCFE3

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\15338A24093AA8AB1EDD9095B1DDCFE3
          • Size 268B
          • SHA256 a15c41925f7bf03e94eb5c16bc6e6255884d875ba428a3855ed67dee91d45402
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
          • Size 174B
          • SHA256 ecc8d62c826279fb68c63c7e1d050a045ceb3a4ec1655524c4ab464022e82e26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D
          • Size 480B
          • SHA256 c2a1c8af86c04cc3cdd0d224b21b3c5303d72dc24b484ea49b46948c8ea3f223
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA
          • Size 500B
          • SHA256 1b4088e81aab3c5dea308de50a7395ac4a5f5ab1b08aef183acac8c77259ab88
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
          • Size 170B
          • SHA256 e2113f46de28f77f91dec03d41f23920717d8aded4f83aec6a078700b3bead4d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7
          • Size 192B
          • SHA256 c613ec3800f02cc249df6dedde938abe8b639bd234754e0b4c257e341be67105
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          PDFSuite20.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.10.3187\6F39A481-18D1-4ECF-9188-F771301E3DB1\PDFSuite20.exe
          • Size 13.0MB
          • SHA256 b3864a6e2cd31a2dfbec95123f0b05ec9a3069cf612b0146829a9292ba0ef3d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PDFSuite20.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\30EF8008-6CD9-4F37-9277-3BAD589DF1BC\PDFSuite20.exe
          • Size 12.4MB
          • SHA256 1fe48ed611690ccee1dade9c9ff9b52fe2c817b54a913ecc79b59acc9bfe6d74
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH