Analysis

  • max time kernel
    97s
  • max time network
    147s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/08/2026, 14:15

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_237e280ed458be8935a258bfb0fb3a3d_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_lu.exe
  • Size 937KB
  • Sample260801-rkr2hsbf93
  • SHA256 a3ded2327430f9b46dc8e275c67855f23942eaf4298de2c4623d80d5e2991104
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 42 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 24 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_237e280ed458be8935a258bfb0fb3a3d_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_lu.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_237e280ed458be8935a258bfb0fb3a3d_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_lu.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4088
  • C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4572

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        patcher.exe

        • Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
        • Size 937KB
        • SHA256 a3ded2327430f9b46dc8e275c67855f23942eaf4298de2c4623d80d5e2991104
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe$

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 aa484f92bf325068d9feca236e35448778df0c03d083f528373ecf223bdc1bda
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Uninstall.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe
        • Size 952KB
        • SHA256 7867ef5fa814702fc1a16834281cc87731fb9b56e06e0548cbf1f0e1f92e85eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        java-rmi.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 10bdfe6b0717ade9140aed39a4753bc826143dcc22dbcf182661b43c04ff5f76
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javah.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javah.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 84541850e926b20eba62a6153817c8b6e7f1524eb88ebbfa564bb701bb38d02f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        javap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 25669c5f5623c5d0673ee07174ce597c28452f61a55d051d80bec98e63766e15
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jcmd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jcmd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 bbe23f6f94c6866d37fafe0450645cf211605864e402b5f34042cba3970ce886
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jconsole.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 2d8399523b15d06faae198d91e93e1afd5351ed0615b1fdf2f35c69fe76b4123
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdb.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdb.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 908c1c30ee5e8cdd0e4f8a8adb2c8bdc8f2d9c17b14d28f940b1985989e28bfa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jdeps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 05f680e7729d1b95b91bb589ed0f3f2464c252b83eee7ccd33eb9842525c222c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jhat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 8a2f935097bec3d8c6123a96640d683fd5f45e3a8c945e647ef2bd2b330677b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jinfo.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 277b586579ef007054b97c63a48e52d41c21ad5d9432c07590d5b439ea029ccf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jjs.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jjs.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 c0c46aedf9d94d9f544b369d3a85f81d93d963de897d3a8cec28dd63fb9ddab1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jmap.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jmap.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 da25f3212c2d3e379cf1205841829497532f649119f289257bea296b91afab07
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jps.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jps.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 e5ef3ed1e15e50f44a1089f3602ab1a095a562316f2bde3391cf8b7759c8a5cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jrunscript.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 f41eb19b45ba0b0684a0cf1266cb423911aca3ca33aca5a3ad1ced03925e69ec
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jsadebugd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jsadebugd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 1f41f5fbc6c59e424dbb1a52f7d25e84a7fee3e5edab7a2699d6d3058b09dd94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstack.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstack.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 2b4adb9c5ac5e51718949b9e262b8d79567c3b45f6fcaa4cb57143cea7378a8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstat.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 8268f9385c8bbf23757ba5076ffa09164650cacef6860be096f5ad150e09dc31
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        jstatd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 b11ccd700666fcbef3c4fe73bcdd573b24d1bd0be92849602998ddf258eb066b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        keytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 927c59c7708b29ca1fd318669c0bf199c8b64325b36b95783e20608091fe8a05
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        kinit.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 3481270ec7c9cad125c5d0134805a89aca53d167dd3e5d520dfa642d27a8a118
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        klist.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\klist.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 55ddc8f32796d129bfdede383495bd848b296c20fc1744a2299dc01fc3cf2a61
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ktab.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\ktab.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 bc1f38942fd4acc8578ab84a7e6bb0f0c7b7ec4daeaa5f7ac3b405565fd5df0a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        native2ascii.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 0d93105ce9e815446544f07f00f31883deb5d82f29b879d7f9b2eaf5b11646fd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        orbd.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\orbd.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 a85d858985b63ec329db6263156184b700a51a026465c0c257498adf9a8883e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pack200.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\pack200.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 1812958fbcc3579426782779b51f9b59a4433b0e51baa6cbe3e9d6eefceeb6bf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        policytool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\policytool.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 c7c97ac0e5c3813c41e9fb2135861c2441ab548e87de9f3576ede431f0d4879d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmic.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmic.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 58212362d360761c9607519d172dc99a7b90004a135c1eb2be30b6aa96a1b775
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmid.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 97f9faea0702ae7deb399ee3e4a7628f9a97586005b2a450c3ac40b39b924d19
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rmiregistry.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 b58c9e24385e6fbc7dcebf5ba4768a470e454fac5858ae3a9c28d931633d17a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        schemagen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\schemagen.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 25fc25b3b980827c97236b5541f9eb4f52bc5e66f2c98b8cae00f7cee4368c9f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        serialver.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 611a3785689d30670876c8325ddf95f2b0e2eeb29ef098844230b195bf4dfacd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        servertool.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 bc6aa84275f3d6f2aaeaf2e9377f1397a851cda3da5e15eb2fd7d922087263e8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tnameserv.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\tnameserv.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 6237a1ecf3bfe1c0966c5691474d299dd31711ac3643c7b13b946c121a3f0c36
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsgen.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsgen.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 c9d86c53d7be2fef3d16609aaa43a951c8d2501b031044db235980af93bd396c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        wsimport.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\wsimport.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 361c16a2567e580bd2568692b1a7a3db74f2a9546bdb29513371258e515fa7a3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        xjc.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe
        • Size 961KB
        • SHA256 4bc66a5d87227e1d6d69cb810a64cf91d3a9218d10c56e43efe29c6eafee279f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        MSBuild.exe$

        • Path C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$
        • Size 1022KB
        • SHA256 65801e6d4493452d8ce36cba883015a05d815439f0fabcbdcef3e6c91f022726
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4088-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4088-1983-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp

        memory/4572-1984-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp