Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
04/08/2026, 18:33
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
12 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe
- Size 4.5MB
- Sample260804-w7behaxelf
- SHA256 ce5d16b752c67a6656d9a9af830a6cd042467f31681178dfec2df843fd168ff9
- MD5 bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3
- SHA1 4825ac2aed89c4df1c5082346a8dbbcbfc142bc8
- SHA512 e509104c569c5f465f348cdc83cea9faf2f4430eca6002b7992ab59c83ffba1b5a4fb5dc554d36e8b80eab5cc4ac04be4ef528c778c8a59a83c9b8a14e732838
- SSDEEP 49152:iYREXSVMDi3hbXsPNIULkmp1/j6AeXZG7wmpvGF1IP9z5WuHC4O8b8ITDnl27PLn:H2SVMD8hbXsPN5kiQaZ56
- TLSH T1EA26C22126D4CFE1D46F1070DC66BAF6912BAE20CF554FCB6E847E1A39305D2AA3161F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Gh0st RAT payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0008000000024553-5.dat family_gh0strat - Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\svchcst\Parameters\ServiceDll = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\240654421.bat" look2.exe - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 4788 look2.exe 4716 HD_2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe 1432 svchcst.exe - Loads dropped DLL 3 IoCs
pid Process 4788 look2.exe 3036 svchost.exe 1432 svchcst.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 4 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240654421.bat look2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ini.ini look2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe svchost.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe svchost.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language look2.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language HD_2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchcst.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 1936 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe 1936 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1936 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe 1936 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4788 1936 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe 85 PID 1936 wrote to memory of 4716 1936 2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe 88 PID 3036 wrote to memory of 1432 3036 svchost.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1936 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\\look2.exe2⤵
- Server Software Component: Terminal Services DLL
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4788
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4716
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"1⤵PID:4880
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3036 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchcst.exe "c:\windows\system32\240654421.bat",MainThread2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1432
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C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k "svchcst"1⤵PID:4336
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
HD_2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HD_2026-08-04_bb12a73a7293b18c8736e3ba6b27a5f3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedi.exe
- Size 3.1MB
- SHA256 f130b3789962d5c8b59aa250d6f26ad5945928f3905b32bf65aa7bd30348a794
- MD5 fb083acd60fe5c3156dc25442be815e3
- SHA1 61df59b8f3ebd8b3d29ca3aedc4995e23cacf6d8
- SHA512 7147337d2c1006bb15cfa967c9eea6826b63c8d343f866e7454d7368d25019f39e52cf179500810834244c3ca9644d6c0df0b2c3128a9051e9ee6b428fa926f6
- SSDEEP 49152:0bXsPNIULkmp1/j6AeXZG7wmpvGF1IP9z5WuHC4O8b8ITDnl27PLhp:0bXsPN5kiQaZ56
- TLSH T14BE5802126D4CFE1D46F20B0DD66BAF6512BAD24CF564FCB6D803E1A35305D2AA31A1F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RCX1AD6.tmp
- Size 1.4MB
- SHA256 1e6f579fe6e10bba1f040d50ae8aab27dd766f1769397bde8005147256ea9ab4
- MD5 3732c871efbbd7e61be75ca686079a76
- SHA1 5a1679058f5aeac73a1c1d32863940331e9b09e5
- SHA512 05e55ec88443c828493caac5fa6ea0c46343a69be1d203556fbbe518f8400159ea1e1c9cae95d495a77a77447aa84ec4f56c5ffeff5077dbfeeb0809d0fca609
- SSDEEP 24576:iYFbkIsaPiXSVnC7Yp9zkNmZG8RRlnJyz3O:iYREXSVMDi3T
- TLSH T10365E44E664444BFE5603571849E7B7545A02EFC2E22CB67FA58FA07FA323C2913713A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\look2.exe
- Size 337KB
- SHA256 86492ebf2d6f471a5ee92977318d099b3ea86175b5b7ae522237ae01d07a4857
- MD5 2f3b6f16e33e28ad75f3fdaef2567807
- SHA1 85e907340faf1edfc9210db85a04abd43d21b741
- SHA512 db17e99e2df918cfc9ccbe934adfe73f0777ce1ce9f28b57a4b24ecd821efe2e0b976a634853247b77b16627d2bb3af4ba20306059d1d25ef38ffada7da3e3a4
- SSDEEP 6144:8IXwWcHnNmZEvB7csAPRZyfQjCfA3lMXm4Y+5bFnWBFopJOU:8IXwDNmZEvJcscRZzjCI1O5W
- TLSH T1B474BF137FE4C8B6C59351324EE25F7AA1F6FE902E224A4333956F0CDD32691963A316
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\240654421.bat
- Size 51KB
- SHA256 bfafd93334e54b83a4129fee9ee43608f96b40329a2a5c8829da2c8b20706d81
- MD5 5622c9cc1fc84b38a0956d396198b51b
- SHA1 2b7d2b534583f286b5895f3bfc6fa9b7628633d4
- SHA512 8a187b902429e3fd19f984a8111a272bf0184ccf2ad338df163f484452723471bc440f039464f8603bed0cf95591e867a951343f643d744163f878d37f5faae7
- SSDEEP 1536:1WmqoiBMNbMWtYNif/n9S91BF3frnoLaJYH5:1dWubF3n9S91BF3fboeJYH5
- TLSH T1F0333A02EE8D88F5F145177038AA33B6953ABDE036996A931F53DDA5C87B370F12D242
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchcst.exe
- Size 60KB
- SHA256 6cbe0e1f046b13b29bfa26f8b368281d2dda7eb9b718651d5856f22cc3e02910
- MD5 889b99c52a60dd49227c5e485a016679
- SHA1 8fa889e456aa646a4d0a4349977430ce5fa5e2d7
- SHA512 08933106eaf338dd119c45cbf1f83e723aff77cc0f8d3fc84e36253b1eb31557a54211d1d5d1cb58958188e32064d451f6c66a24b3963cccd3de07299ab90641
- SSDEEP 1536:H9ykYCTdiHQKrFXmw2RQln5IUmDjoX6+:HlMHprF2nRQln5I
- TLSH T127532AC2FA00C171D4A7563019778F1A5766AC13DB728ACB94B0B4A41EB3291AD3E5FF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH