Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
23/07/2026, 12:13
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
15 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
16 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
- Size 3.9MB
- Sample260723-pd9a4swvbx
- SHA256 f2b3fb1da8609fb6d1a47372921cf67e544659c2abb03459d02919c7ee88abea
- MD5 3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446
- SHA1 ad0b067532dab2e17a3aee4d9e636a8c1bfe1051
- SHA512 e133fc371e4e91a5a0318ed71a250b7be359c1ac868c3009299c7ba9e71cbd6739ee36b5aed2a5a0981caca7c9ce714ca7249ca025aa64879632100471dd23fe
- SSDEEP 49152:dOawyL6C268yilHOysMya2/eVDzxE0kGaDWfd+gQRHtaeaN/En+7O7JFpnAkFQXP:YCL6DWilHOysMya/EpJ0kFQXUyd37y1
- TLSH T103169D12BD944577CA330731492AFA3931AFFD742F34968B53483B2D6F322E2162956B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Downloads MZ/PE file 2 IoCs
flow pid Process 9 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe 81 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 2308 msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 3724 M365Copilot.exe - Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
pid Process 2308 msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 3724 M365Copilot.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 89 api.ipify.org 90 api.ipify.org - Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
pid Process 4628 tasklist.exe - Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 1900 cmd.exe 3680 cmd.exe 1920 cmd.exe - Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 2884 3724 WerFault.exe 110 - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 12 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language ComputerDefaults.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language tasklist.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language find.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language M365Copilot.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language taskkill.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language M365Copilot.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 1040 timeout.exe - Kills process with taskkill 1 IoCs
pid Process 3784 taskkill.exe - Modifies registry class 10 IoCs
description ioc Process Key deleted \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell\open\command msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell\open\command\DelegateExecute msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key deleted \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell\open\command msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key deleted \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell\open msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell\open msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell\open\command\ = "../../ProgramData/{7A1B2794-5AC6-429B-9D0D-61FA74057DFC}v51.71.44546/packages/M365Copilot.exe" msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe Key deleted \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000_Classes\ms-settings\Shell msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 42 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3784 taskkill.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4628 tasklist.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeCreateTokenPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeLockMemoryPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeMachineAccountPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeSecurityPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeCreatePermanentPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeBackupPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeRestorePrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeShutdownPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeAuditPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeChangeNotifyPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeUndockPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeSyncAgentPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeEnableDelegationPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeImpersonatePrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: SeCreateGlobalPrivilege 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: 31 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: 32 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: 33 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: 34 2688 M365Copilot.exe Token: 35 2688 M365Copilot.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
pid Process 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe 2308 msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 2688 M365Copilot.exe 3724 M365Copilot.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4340 wrote to memory of 2308 4340 2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe 96 PID 2308 wrote to memory of 1900 2308 msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe 97 PID 1900 wrote to memory of 4520 1900 cmd.exe 99 PID 4520 wrote to memory of 2688 4520 ComputerDefaults.exe 100 PID 2688 wrote to memory of 3784 2688 M365Copilot.exe 101 PID 2688 wrote to memory of 3680 2688 M365Copilot.exe 103 PID 3680 wrote to memory of 1920 3680 cmd.exe 105 PID 1920 wrote to memory of 4628 1920 cmd.exe 106 PID 1920 wrote to memory of 4532 1920 cmd.exe 107 PID 1920 wrote to memory of 1040 1920 cmd.exe 108
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_3d7795642a47e90074e603414de0b446_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe"1⤵
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4340 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\150.0.2368.18\msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\150.0.2368.18\msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2308 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe/c C:\Windows\System32\ComputerDefaults.exe3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1900 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ComputerDefaults.exeC:\Windows\System32\ComputerDefaults.exe4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4520 -
C:\ProgramData\{7A1B2794-5AC6-429B-9D0D-61FA74057DFC}v51.71.44546\packages\M365Copilot.exe"M365Copilot.exe"5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2688 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\taskkill.exetaskkill /f /im cmd.exe6⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Kills process with taskkill
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3784
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /c start "" /B cmd /C C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BF0DA42BE61C5A096FF.BAT6⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3680 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd /C C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BF0DA42BE61C5A096FF.BAT7⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1920 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exetasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq M365Copilot.exe"8⤵
- Enumerates processes with tasklist
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4628
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\find.exefind /I "M365Copilot.exe"8⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4532
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exetimeout /t 30 /nobreak8⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:1040
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C:\ProgramData\{7A1B2794-5AC6-429B-9D0D-61FA74057DFC}v51.71.44546\packages\M365Copilot.exeC:\ProgramData\{7A1B2794-5AC6-429B-9D0D-61FA74057DFC}v51.71.44546\packages\M365Copilot.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3724 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3724 -s 6882⤵
- Program crash
PID:2884
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 3724 -ip 37241⤵PID:1548
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\150.0.2368.18\PDFCore8.dll
- Size 3.5MB
- SHA256 3e42412700130b62c7265be6122c064280a56e519d6074c677f7ba3c541bc960
- MD5 1f3ea36c7cc9f502fb0f53bd7f27f0de
- SHA1 fb54bf916c8f51018ce729b9df23960fff0d8405
- SHA512 e8fd981f78b83614678c0076dcfc99307047d24ddb3a13cda6b98fc5c1b60b22bd84e2b5e49835fcbc7c2226e787fc9ba33bfa105426e8ae12998b412defc6ac
- SSDEEP 98304:sSIgCa4nLYNSaFCGt4AKmlszpaoMX+F1yHTn:sSGnLnQMAKmlkcobFE
- TLSH T19A06E01235814077D29F86B04919B3ABF6FCB57027F641D737B4DA8C2D72482463AABB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\150.0.2368.18\msedgeupdateres_zh-CN.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- SHA256 88e32dfea6c94b16a89e9c3b66a01f5bc1c99b4abddb48060cbe5c06b77907d3
- MD5 b3fb19b6aed79b6ee2000090d6d9d258
- SHA1 80e6b37cef32e41e689fd1f8a85d43e872e39f89
- SHA512 860717b403094c6b9f991eb5a495a6fbc8e5b5cac5707942f6c2a8acc4998c183d70ebab5aa95885d48a6c5237c137d70dd5144b3b552931f61cac858162df8e
- SSDEEP 49152:IeNB2g8nh04anNzgo73S+D0Q6QdlCoFodTYgd8ZGtceT2t8EiZrnBzrBxq:I+25h04a1gsS+D0Q6QdltFTgd8qceT2t
- TLSH T110C57C326B4290A6DAAD3D3192DD533D92B5CFF6BA3DEC775650383C6674482AC2012F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\BF0DA42BE61C5A096FF.BAT
- Size 860B
- SHA256 dca1f73ea560c696637704b3a3dc143ffaa55ac3244ae699a4f032c9d434fe77
- MD5 2eb4b0a522faa051273efad1137e1089
- SHA1 d3097824f387ca32e862cd5e1377dfd3a924ff01
- SHA512 aa6ea126d069f996909aef9bac42dd8c67a101df181a9e2b739cae58c989e6d8ca32abacbf030d93bf083bb52c12e087212128e54640b0643399e7f793065f1c
- TLSH T1D611248F524B689C07F482B378558E060B99C183F73BA1987004DB046BAA84F95D536C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH