Analysis

  • max time kernel
    164s
  • max time network
    141s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/07/2026, 15:56

General

  • Target
    2026-07-23_2474b43b31a54a86c05bccbbb0a7902e_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe
  • Size 12.2MB
  • Sample260723-tdcdlasdna
  • SHA256 a8510d04c4814f0940918ede6e77085d9efe58ac95905b3559fa71a9a11a8a6c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
6/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • 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 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_2474b43b31a54a86c05bccbbb0a7902e_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_2474b43b31a54a86c05bccbbb0a7902e_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_helldown_hijackloader_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4900
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.17.3284\228F9FDE-B218-48DD-9679-0620CA4BD454\PDFSuite20.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.17.3284\228F9FDE-B218-48DD-9679-0620CA4BD454\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=start /welcome /from-version=20.0.17.3284
      2⤵
      • Downloads MZ/PE file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4512
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\61BF0600-974C-4296-ACC8-FCAC6B2D9923\PDFSuite20.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\61BF0600-974C-4296-ACC8-FCAC6B2D9923\PDFSuite20.exe" /update=finish /welcome /from-version=20.0.17.3284
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3192
        • 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:5588
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /welcome /from-version=20.0.17.3284 /no-check-updates
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:4060
        • C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\PDFSuite20.exe" /CleanupTempFolder /ParentProcessId=3192
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1920

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        app-config.json

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\app-config.json
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 2e595989b0793802debd6220797ccd290e4eff2e7864de3338d4ed210ea5efbe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        updates-info.json

        • Path C:\ProgramData\PDF Suite 20\Installation\updates-info.json
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 1e1f76b13431a53401b5197db51cc18b437f4f24c47776a1e015a8f0aba1dd18
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 be2aff85fa54d3dc6f0c4f788e2a3583b8eb520bf6fcb64090e2d152b369873a
        • 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 f4b7d4fee8711c1f4f2fa6c990485a45cd7f5478c6661e9d5dbb88c096e5bdbf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA
        • Size 765B
        • SHA256 71cfd79990eabb80def069aa84091f834940c2a03ba397b99fc95232aad0cd37
        • 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 526B
        • SHA256 aef1a0d5be287b726cf24319e452ca8d823f7f7bc0ad5921a584d18fa2c5081e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\026A86A161D256DBB33076EDF20C0E5E_86AB612B21DEDF3B8CD155ED2E4114FF
        • Size 492B
        • SHA256 c64242d1236a7188820a4e9bbe1453f2a56adcc98710e50b95513825b36ad96d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8B2B9A00839EED1DFDCCC3BFC2F5DF12
        • Size 174B
        • SHA256 45893b7b724ac097d8c570b740aab0c6d3a53293159ed9f6916b5b6a9bd0688e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\A37B8BA80004D3266CB4D93B2052DC10_EBDB5A7037F08CDFB408DBFC0D44B43D
        • Size 480B
        • SHA256 af9f27c809410e5522e9d8acc3425c726a3d8bccf064d9965a2f88ad5baa6389
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\AF360AACB1570042DEFBC833317997D0_0DAD8BE669D7E4609569EDD1B01F8BAA
        • Size 500B
        • SHA256 695597d8b0d2c6f10b39817373ed8b19ef149e23335d0c3d8e46e1185b76b991
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\B46811C17859FFB409CF0E904A4AA8F8
        • Size 170B
        • SHA256 19c124f5745a7f648e9c263cb9c03bb82a5430bee4fe7544115840536e483690
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\EAD3A783B1286FF481A991FED81C6FE7
        • Size 192B
        • SHA256 7656cf449104abdd1694d0a9fefd33286fa4951b1d0035add1ab149de9c69a95
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        PDFSuite20.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.17.3284\228F9FDE-B218-48DD-9679-0620CA4BD454\PDFSuite20.exe
        • Size 12.2MB
        • SHA256 a8510d04c4814f0940918ede6e77085d9efe58ac95905b3559fa71a9a11a8a6c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        PDFSuite20.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PDFSuite20\20.0.52.3306\61BF0600-974C-4296-ACC8-FCAC6B2D9923\PDFSuite20.exe
        • Size 12.4MB
        • SHA256 1fe48ed611690ccee1dade9c9ff9b52fe2c817b54a913ecc79b59acc9bfe6d74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH