Analysis
- max time kernel
90s - max time network
152s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
05/08/2026, 02:45
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe
- Size 969KB
- Sample260805-c888datyhs
- SHA256 bf4e26553eed52529aab7567b4d5936d00493a7b4c4c42b95191e450c5b08fd2
- MD5 d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58
- SHA1 e74428062f30888bb9057e51802a58b101c91c54
- SHA512 d761310c5047285a033693ca00a93468821a0d11cfc75ac2ff663c3a97f87a35a65abdccc9fb1842cab2ca88e4343b9d76f1cf3ffca9e6334f56be2c65fbf9dd
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aEFoCAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjR2aEp2aZlfF:A3mnXoZjzyaEFoHaewsAjYaEp2aZlfF
- TLSH T18925B023EBB090B5D23B49705BA58713EB797C210B6056CBE36886591F317C07F3AB66
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4704-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00070000000243df-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5100-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000300000001e6dc-12.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/4704-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/memory/5100-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x000300000002259c-1183.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x00080000000243f5-1594.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral1/files/0x002c00000002023a-1692.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x00070000000243df-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000300000001e6dc-12.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x000300000002259c-1183.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x00080000000243f5-1594.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral1/files/0x002c00000002023a-1692.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5100 patcher.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\servertool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\xjc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSOHTMED.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OLCFG.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\ssvagent.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\klist.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPPREARM.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\IEContentService.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\identity_helper.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\officeappguardwin32.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\Wordconv.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ExtExport.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\serialver.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\javaws.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVLP.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Office\Office16\DCF\Common.DBConnection64.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\default-browser-agent.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\NAMECONTROLSERVER.EXE 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0409-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\ClientX64\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE16\MSOICONS.EXE 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Microsoft.Msn.Weather.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\keytool.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Photo Viewer\ImagingDevices.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_78859\javaws.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe$ 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\rmid.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\jp2launcher.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\lyncicon.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\updater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateOnDemand.exe patcher.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4704 2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe 5100 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4704
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5100
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 969KB
- SHA256 bf4e26553eed52529aab7567b4d5936d00493a7b4c4c42b95191e450c5b08fd2
- MD5 d4c773eb849196eaff084d0a8ecf1f58
- SHA1 e74428062f30888bb9057e51802a58b101c91c54
- SHA512 d761310c5047285a033693ca00a93468821a0d11cfc75ac2ff663c3a97f87a35a65abdccc9fb1842cab2ca88e4343b9d76f1cf3ffca9e6334f56be2c65fbf9dd
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aEFoCAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjR2aEp2aZlfF:A3mnXoZjzyaEFoHaewsAjYaEp2aZlfF
- TLSH T18925B023EBB090B5D23B49705BA58713EB797C210B6056CBE36886591F317C07F3AB66
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\132.0.2957.140\notification_helper.exe$
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 e89f8f13438fc34dc7e2ec49df88d9adcaab5a59cf89c31b2e0bc67cdee7dd08
- MD5 8a5bd0932ab49b51890c7771d9b8b497
- SHA1 867fe2d32ceae2bfbbd3f235dde4d55d0b11c11f
- SHA512 20f7143915640d23b2747af2b05e0a04c0c86d4824bf5d3551e6333624be94e2ae741b6bd21aafe5f131e98206f5df46cceb9ba79ef694323e3f8e7765f65227
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZjzyaEFoHaewsAjYaEp2aZlfgGen:A3kM8lj2I
- TLSH T1FF35B023FBB090F5D27B45705AA58712EB39BC210B605BCFA36886591F317C06F3AB65
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 27861888cf75eb8fc23377b64b1e972ebd1082666c8066699fd89401de693b4f
- MD5 fcca4ad0ff090038e2b34ce767d92cd8
- SHA1 84c7bf02d130b54e5497c7a62582093dac604263
- SHA512 95199ac32bec1200bff6e210cd3e56b8b6b6c21c19c41dfe192afbe13bf911ac4570eaa2619b401282110c89ec3d5ed8ad3131dd23985a828e8d0cf6777d4adf
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZjzyaEFoHaewsAjYaEp2aZlfXTjE:A3kM8ljyw
- TLSH T16335B023EBB490F5D23B45705AA58712EB39BC210B605BCFE36886591F317C06F3AB65
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 b14743d7c74b4f255d3324fb4d30b6268409cdd6003bcdb4a0be7d7aadb5e82c
- MD5 62d099e953cb134854b35b40b1490f07
- SHA1 06cbc0cd2ea58f31e46b91ed167d1ca085fbba09
- SHA512 db92fcf593430c942cc86aca1f14ecbd3d343681a717dd67bb52ea58e848a961e28249b5ed2ccd8a82c3df7c94cb877e6caa971d8bc386d0e22742e3e8742821
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZjzyaEFoHaewsAjYaEp2aZlfB0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3kM8ljUPji0Aj
- TLSH T1D9758E22FA748275D077C4B5CAE2975AEA7534510B308ACB9398C76C2F237D19B3A731
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\ohub32.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 308a4a7953ac3f1dd001d7ea5884241268919139c818a106d9febd8fff6d9170
- MD5 bdd47f221dca43604222812efe4e9359
- SHA1 111e8eee54c256bd19d9fd2948b01f5465a6ee3b
- SHA512 7598743b830f5af881c4e736536af7ce2a9f49cf32c35fd3c0f00befab5c56d43009c758e1fe333f3f9c47892be6d47584d8bd02d8f1fc1b6b7a1b79fa0ce4b0
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZjzyaEFoHaewsAjYaEp2aZlfz2+:A3kM8ljT+
- TLSH T19925C023EBB090B5D23B49705BA5C723EA397C210B6056CBE36886591F317C17F3AB65
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH