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Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
148s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
18/07/2026, 00:59

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General

Target
2026-07-18_70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Size 2.0MB
Sample260718-bckdpsbs2l
SHA256 fc3823dc0be67188ad7b8993c417e7678d5aabe2ba7389a02cd7d7f4bc1f9624
MD5 70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30
SHA1 4dd358553dbb7a591cc318a6a2ac970ad15da6c2
SHA512 be6e6d6c7ad83cefa348fd314a584e24fa30ee6477919d71ef080174fbc9587f02ca1212dcdf33fe41bf64d4bf276ec84140c03d736f18f10fc3a5f9fe7d1185
SSDEEP 24576:r1hUmVxeYshzAgVm/JlMInoMuWx06BP1CEmbNUyMTiUQVbD:rn8uVlBih/D
TLSH
T174A59897F734CD61F5B803BF9106156076670FC496F92222F6593FCBECA98D2848AAD0
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

defense_evasion discovery execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-540052884-2969440504-464782435-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2026-07-18_70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
4520	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-07-18_70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	timeout.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
832	timeout.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4440 wrote to memory of 4520	4440	2026-07-18_70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe	92
PID 4520 wrote to memory of 832	4520	cmd.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_70c937f7b564281f96e3b69cc04fca30_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4440
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd" "
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4520
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    TIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:832

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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del.cmd

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd
Size 194B
SHA256 eaa9ba081922627ebdbb3292528e6b885a3fb99d0c9b436cd0caaa30620e661d
MD5 63c8fef0094f39225097ec29cd8af2cc
SHA1 3327be7976ecb05f4cc6f0fe4b61fe39d339a167
SHA512 7d2766a1849d63cdd7373a80c83209bfc8cc14b8c90e434890ae703b078fe621e8e1d4deb0bf5591dc55b0bb7c2ffedf9d4a412f38de1a7d238e3d7c5c6c38bc
TLSH
T14DC0226081BEC6A80088B00342E696CEC05044CF3F9A2B002311E24E12C881EB5C3241
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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