Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    111s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 01:53

General

  • Target
    2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe
  • Size 165KB
  • Sample260720-ca8h7aew5w
  • SHA256 6676c14d4f01f86bf3b900e6b00d43aabea17896549c9d86d97d58d20fba96a0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5396
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a696E.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4260
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2976
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4132
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3292
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1588

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 124KB
        • SHA256 17c6b7f8d454093bf13ca3ef927d473611fbd11233eb74dea22d6328f4291ec2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 481KB
        • SHA256 d5fbaf5c0d8e313d4dad23b28cac4256c5dbed6ab3b0d797e2971f30c5e095ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$a696E.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a696E.bat
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 4020809e27293dca914fc46594d612d506455f5230fb396f13cc44f66f95b5da
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_0c04c7d4646eef8078f6b0990aa34655_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat.exe.exe
        • Size 138KB
        • SHA256 2eb7b08ba1f8f727c65cbb341ef836021c96cd566e39fe0341e9b815fb432768
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 108dde277f951f3faaf076bf5f64514985ee414102ddcc097efa28deb80e4a25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 dffb19d438b8f053062d389b53daa5ea9c6c49729e68e68ba6a531dc153ab428
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/4132-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-22-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-35-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-111-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-1246-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-5043-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4132-5516-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/5396-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp