f5708c62d7242aad4b1bf4c2791c535a7ae05429142eef032cf8b2538569e739

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
135s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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04/08/2026, 12:48

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General

Target
2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Size 21.8MB
Sample260804-p18cbsw1ex
SHA256 f5708c62d7242aad4b1bf4c2791c535a7ae05429142eef032cf8b2538569e739
MD5 21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400
SHA1 ec7cee7aaa39fe34705fdf00b543a87d62a0d172
SHA512 f6ea3d036395b65a44d21dd03be0cf56e9956c5a6a3194c0299baee1bf458af97e49c08441088be40b5706b817e6fcd1bc6f541fe5d8d3221563f2c48761fb3e
SSDEEP 196608:dhV7APhNNECwHrc8u3x3AEcq/fByuKlWH3CTouM:dhVahvQHrc8u3xXJ/f4uUWHB
TLSH
T1B537AF12B29584E2D46AD2BC89978333D779BC90073197DB1394B72A2F33BE05B7A351
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

9^/10

discovery execution persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c582-19.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Dotfuscator

Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c582-19.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SmartAssembly

Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c582-19.dat	INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Yano

UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c582-19.dat	UPX

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
3480	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
4752	svchost_CAABCBABBBCCBBBCBBBBCCBAACBBBCCCAACAAAABCBBACCCCCABCAAB.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_BCAABBCAABABBABBCCAABCCCBBCAACABCAABBABAABAABCAABCABBCCA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe"	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CABBABBBCABBCCCABABABBCCAAABAAAAAABCBBCCBCBACCBACCAACBAA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_CAABCBABBBCCBBBCBBBBCCBAACBBBCCCAACAAAABCBBACCCCCABCAAB.exe"	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe

Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

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

pid	Process
3976	sc.exe
1704	sc.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.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
5008	cmd.exe
2960	cmd.exe
5956	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost_CAABCBABBBCCBBBCBBBBCCBAACBBBCCCAACAAAABCBBACCCCCABCAAB.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
5820	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 5956	4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe	92
PID 5956 wrote to memory of 5820	5956	cmd.exe	94
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 5008	4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe	95
PID 5008 wrote to memory of 3976	5008	cmd.exe	97
PID 4144 wrote to memory of 2960	4144	2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe	98
PID 2960 wrote to memory of 1704	2960	cmd.exe	100
PID 5176 wrote to memory of 4568	5176	svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.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:4144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AABABAABBCCABACCACACACABACBACCAAACBAAACBCCBABACACABCAABCABCBCABACBBABBCCCACAACABBABBBABBACABCCCCCBACABB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.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:5956
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AABABAABBCCABACCACACACABACBACCAAACBAAACBCCBABACACABCAABCABCBCABACBBABBCCCACAACABBABBBABBACABCCCCCBACABB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:5820
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CAAABCABCABABACACABBCAABCACACBCCACABBBABBACBAABBBBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAAABCABCABABACACABBCAABCACACBCCACABBBABBACBAABBBBC"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5008
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    sc create "UserDataSvc_CAAABCABCABABACACABBCAABCACACBCCACABBBABBACBAABBBBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAAABCABCABABACACABBCAABCACACBCCACABBBABBACBAABBBBC"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3976
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CAAABCABCABABACACABBCAABCACACBCCACABBBABBACBAABBBBC"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2960
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    sc start "UserDataSvc_CAAABCABCABABACACABBCAABCACACBCCACABBBABBACBAABBBBC"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1704

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.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:5176
- C:\Windows\notepad.exe
  "notepad.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:4568

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3480

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAABCBABBBCCBBBCBBBBCCBAACBBBCCCAACAAAABCBBACCCCCABCAAB.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAABCBABBBCCBBBCBBBBCCBAACBBBCCCAACAAAABCBBACCCCCABCAAB.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4752

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 9e485a9052baa564002a48e8919679555dcdb4a4576c2a532962cfe076455dad
MD5 03df5cca828382555cde7d2d18d475e9
SHA1 76b50306e5a782fce3cf2e025afb4e34233adf83
SHA512 eded656579db07c31c5298d98ebf8f3d8db3f488f10815fd508cab5f1d7cc99fc48655f3cdde9b9500554e8ad4b151742a9deadac5f6178eac80e993b41dbe37
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 4bb6d10dd4ffe15fbee17512f9631cc518dde068f4d2eecd6a391734eb43dd26
MD5 b90d351e0f7c145ce96d2fc59591c255
SHA1 110c12f01ba162543f523c32f5bdc37d3585fafd
SHA512 1bb3f6ab4464a08b361fdfaa05b5f57a63f42720bbc25621b2115a9cc5e667dca4408e9a944aee123bef7dbaf583c5488759a46b22be09dbaa6d1b0163fd3134
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 1ca4579b6ecb8f211ad99ac2951d0b0d0fa9a40b715ffaf88776184b24513080
MD5 52b808523700b5e07fc479753dba33c2
SHA1 2c294ea866bd032313adf85182fbd904e942e9c8
SHA512 6a48d2e1f60867c222c132a76c23df1a30969d8e170fc82c6bbfc203664c7190137fb55ef38d8342b8488b31831c7b07c05d3a984164e2f1002d799e436c1381
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 dc365ee64aff763411a2ef7adc17e166692a7c389463593daaeedfe30041545a
MD5 2dda04994fc08d7067edc277aff671a0
SHA1 a7cc072c57f74363a47625e754841d2a60bc5120
SHA512 c1a931673c655e4772fd5e30de9de59005ef2841ae763bc2314b3491d0a63f079a5745c29241590f03cc5c2b98682c01ecfc0a6ca59370d378fdfd987a994931
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svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe

Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBCACBACBBBBACBBBAABACACABBBCBBCCBBABCCBABABBAABCBACBB.exe
Size 21.8MB
SHA256 f5708c62d7242aad4b1bf4c2791c535a7ae05429142eef032cf8b2538569e739
MD5 21cf139ce95ac51ce5d6e8b27077a400
SHA1 ec7cee7aaa39fe34705fdf00b543a87d62a0d172
SHA512 f6ea3d036395b65a44d21dd03be0cf56e9956c5a6a3194c0299baee1bf458af97e49c08441088be40b5706b817e6fcd1bc6f541fe5d8d3221563f2c48761fb3e
SSDEEP 196608:dhV7APhNNECwHrc8u3x3AEcq/fByuKlWH3CTouM:dhVahvQHrc8u3xXJ/f4uUWHB
TLSH
T1B537AF12B29584E2D46AD2BC89978333D779BC90073197DB1394B72A2F33BE05B7A351
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memory/3480-67-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4144-0-0x00000000006F0000-0x0000000000711000-memory.dmp

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memory/4144-7-0x00000000006F0000-0x0000000000711000-memory.dmp

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memory/5176-23-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

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memory/5176-36-0x0000000000280000-0x00000000002A1000-memory.dmp

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