Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    157s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/08/2026, 10:32

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_9e8c1f3e65ed4701cc54bd1b6e8e4a74_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hawkeye_hijackloader_remc.exe
  • Size 77.4MB
  • Sample260804-mlfyeshf24
  • SHA256 2afcfdbbc03af45a2af11ac29c8f6cf78955aba82c4dfe53544185518e10100e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 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
  • Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 4 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 10 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_9e8c1f3e65ed4701cc54bd1b6e8e4a74_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hawkeye_hijackloader_remc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_9e8c1f3e65ed4701cc54bd1b6e8e4a74_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_hawkeye_hijackloader_remc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5812
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABCAACCCBABACBABCCABACCACBAAABCCBBCCBCBBBCCABCAAACBACBCBBAACABCCCBABCBACACACCBBCABCABBBCCAAAAACBABCCCCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1648
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABCAACCCBABACBABCCABACCACBAAABCCBBCCBCBBBCCABCAAACBACBCBBAACABCCCBABCBACACACCBBCABCABBBCCAAAAACBABCCCCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5404
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBBABBCAAACBAAACCABBBCABCCABCCBAAACBCABBBACCCBCBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBBABBCAAACBAAACCABBBCABCCABCCBAAACBCABBBACCCBCBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3548
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBBABBCAAACBAAACCABBBCABCCABCCBAAACBCABBBACCCBCBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBBABBCAAACBAAACCABBBCABCCABCCBAAACBCABBBACCCBCBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3856
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBBABBCAAACBAAACCABBBCABCCABCCBAAACBCABBBACCCBCBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4936
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBBABBCAAACBAAACCABBBCABCCABCCBAAACBCABBBACCCBCBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2924
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Adds Run key to start application
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5936
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5060
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABABABBAAAACAAACBBCBBBABACBABCAABCCACACBBABBBBCBABCBCAACBCBCABABABACBAABCBBCCBABACBBBBABBCBACBABCACCACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAAACCABBABBCCACCCCBCBBCACCCCCAAABBABBCBCCBAACBBCACA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        2⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4232
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABABABBAAAACAAACBBCBBBABACBABCAABCCACACBBABBBBCBABCBCAACBCBCABABABACBAABCBBCCBABACBBBBABBCBACBABCACCACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAAACCABBABBCCACCCCBCBBCACCCCCAAABBABBCBCCBAACBBCACA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3900
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAAACCABBABBCCACCCCBCBBCACCCCCAAABBABBCBCCBAACBBCACA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAAACCABBABBCCACCCCBCBBCACCCCCAAABBABBCBCCBAACBBCACA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1456
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCCCBCABCCBBCCAAAAABACBBBACACBACABAABAACCBBAACBAACABCC.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4144

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b37630e98b5b5503d6127831c56056e34eb4456da8fc4532287910e977579341
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 16a73ec1699dcad6494ba20a4ceda7a59d911c60f5b88760d4c25c7c052fc975
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4C903F19-B4C3-4D0C-8CC9-D444C511AF1C}v64.60.31149\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5ee313a9701531a17301b75994facd40d530b3f3c2d2bd1643d7fb1c42f42154
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4d8dcf8c-a72a-43e1-9833-c12724db736e}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7234da0e7d42dc165e0693cad2ea4990795cd56431ef1825f8121ec1f371e6e6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f81e9c45e56a3f236ef87814070f837dfc42f1e24371040cd8a37d004cf05ac6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{BD95A8CD-1D9F-35AD-981A-3E7925026EBB}v11.0.61030\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2ae3a28aabde0229efda509cb0c37340b8bb0165b5c0cf5c2eaea1351b3a51b5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{ef5af41f-d68c-48f7-bfb0-5055718601fc}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7d32f38ccbb8d912301d77d73d7c6ee04c4e7c9f24eddc56e0d8ed4fd8f7e475
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 085bdc5b9495a7d1d61104087d105f579c7f4ad7d5479fdacb519193a937ecc7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi\1.107.1_0\_locales\ar\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a959a006f2f58d002db9b4361f5189617e716e5e02d102626fc78fbed17a5ab4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\platforms\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e8f2772a76eedc0d8b47c19c96c0edab0c012f22360a8a65e55d72c71d376761
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\fiyrtffj.default-release\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5f601613bf510cd65c59f57bc053441557da159adaae4aded4b4843eee93f399
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 217f735e58bce3c0dfaa24b78142363e60007fa586e45ae6b79c5f998ac74fd8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 dd471cf34d4c1e3f7840bf7cb9ba742e498b88d2e3abfa45ec02e61ed69513fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0ed51ed406432248cb9db0135fd028b5184f3970e20f4e7a9262bb44881f1a1d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4de16f463656e0d0ddfff299d5158d889f076a02a23111798375586b79078347
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ed6fad90d5ea1f4a77e61d27c25bcc053a6eb1f3bf9060ac576a9004cac2cde5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 323c803eaf88f684098654035f878e4820672d03b573be26af2a38770c97478c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e1f7d7eea6753407421228d94fa6733dee8b2d1eec9808d8dd54c41773657845
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 108695dd08d114cdfcd84a02fe869da4b1551040ae7b9dd6066817ec0c035ab3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c5d993bfe80e824b7d874b6db3f6459e1360239a98099b9060f0371a46c9ca08
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b8b6757cfca9578beb7641f804902bc8c6c3f3be71c5f910ecc8de3e7f82e2ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/1456-1548-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000F01000-memory.dmp

          memory/1456-69-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000F01000-memory.dmp

          memory/4144-631-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000ED1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4144-1998-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000ED1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5812-6-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5936-22-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000ED1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5936-32-0x0000000000EB0000-0x0000000000ED1000-memory.dmp