Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/08/2026, 00:45

General

  • Target
    2026-08-06_596e332d6bfa6a1ac373ddc96ae69da0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 16.8MB
  • Sample260807-a4cmhadn3w
  • SHA256 ac44edf6f2b8f210bdcfc2d7634e89e1d9908d1b16f7d4f7782d376de742097b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 2 IoCs
  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 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 11 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 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_596e332d6bfa6a1ac373ddc96ae69da0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_596e332d6bfa6a1ac373ddc96ae69da0_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackloader.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:5000
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBACABACBACBCBBBCACBAACACACABCACABACACBCCCBAABACACAABCCCBBACCCACCAABBBCBAABBAACACACCBBCBCCABCBCCCBCCCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.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:5812
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBACABACBACBCBBBCACBAACACACABCACABACACBCCCBAABACACAABCCCBBACCCACCAABBBCBAABBAACACACCBBCBCCABCBCCCBCCCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4392
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CAACBAABABABABCCABBCBBBCACABBCBACCCCACABAABBBCBCBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAACBAABABABABCCABBCBBBCACABBCBACCCCACABAABBBCBCBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4804
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CAACBAABABABABCCABBCBBBCACABBCBACCCCACABAABBBCBCBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAACBAABABABABCCABBCBBBCACABBCBACCCCACABAABBBCBCBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2984
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CAACBAABABABABCCABBCBBBCACABBCBACCCCACABAABBBCBCBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3116
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CAACBAABABABABCCABBCBBBCACABBCBACCCCACABAABBBCBCBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4824
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.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:5240
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3712
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCBACCBACCCCABBCACCABCAACABBCCCCACABAACBABBABBCCBCCBCACCCCCBACBAAABBACACACACCAACBCABBCACACBACCCAAABABCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCACBABBAACBCACABBAABACAAACCAAACABCBBBCABCCCCABACACAAB.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:2024
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCBACCBACCCCABBCACCABCAACABBCCCCACABAACBABBABBCCBCCBCACCCCCBACBAAABBACACACACCAACBCABBCACACBACCCAAABABCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCACBABBAACBCACABBAABACAAACCAAACABCBBBCABCCCCABACACAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4596
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCACBABBAACBCACABBAABACAAACCAAACABCBBBCABCCCCABACACAAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCACBABBAACBCACABBAABACAAACCAAACABCBBBCABCCCCABACACAAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5588
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5056

    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 4f803a19787d6f82a58eb74446f90907278096de33c96878b8a6fb6b4e596f0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f6491ea7559675544e860052c4405f172dd23cec28cd7a8aff82ddb2fbb2ea23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\Temp\DiagTrackTraceSlot_diag\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2f4e809934a75d80a898a64fb662d6d10946ae8c950f6ea0c2268806fda9b836
          • 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 db4be6cfc0e242cfcd0270b8966ffcd116f35b798537339175c0299428ae403f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{5625bb48-295c-4113-bc92-d6a69b19b04c}\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
          • Size 17.4MB
          • SHA256 fbf92d73e9777eab28bc2103cdcacf3c4ef969e6bfd4fda735fd9e0dc4038462
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 054d11565254f7d2e7df71155fac2a72dbfa15553fa30a5d44da27b07c24890e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{CF2BEA3C-26EA-32F8-AA9B-331F7E34BA97}v11.0.61030\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f6b6f02088d318cc1d63277080bf0e06a395be55b1060aef8e4c495d6bc88e79
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Reader\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cea7d732be02122eb9a746cc44ddae6c0ded46372221f649fa193e1f32f180f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Cache\Cache_Data\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1de12404af128e511253b7ece6637312377053f44a5b34c3291517819db5e171
          • 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\es_419\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 778f65e22456145894fe7a5316a8379f5bde40a364880aa8918342469c9e6963
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 960d7757480230e315af43d7c5eb5b39e2e70aed7c2aeb8300d57cab743457e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 582b2fad634dcd6c1e359999cb833d60b85ad91b50a25755d81f49f9aad6167d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\CopyOptimize\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6310c96530edeab30d05d67d75ad21ebc5a2356c65616b70f478342cfe688791
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\6leyazu9.default-release\sessionstore-backups\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d24255a92486e88b86d6e8c732ccedce8f45f2832b39b74de02d956f0da74476
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5db3c436b7b41b008acc882d4c8699da7ab744417bcf662da1ee2e750d63241d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6522d52e8177845be7cdb47d0d413e1ca0487186150c4896722e5c4debdd4145
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 eb73384b613f790b42cff2e833844b45d33caa1bbff5e539083a5f1b1f56f46e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c9c2d45e2343825b1b0d33dc13f75e8527a2cc4ccea57983cf2b88cbfdb96229
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4101eebf56e21915a70fc8992be88206f625e56e6ba7081a30d1324d46f20e78
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d0eb65eb5e43b064c052c03fe0310f6b1ba2b35491ffa80bb9f4d79e7914c770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBCCACBABCCACBBAAAACABAABCABACBAAAACCCAACCAABACCCACABB.exe
          • Size 16.8MB
          • SHA256 ac44edf6f2b8f210bdcfc2d7634e89e1d9908d1b16f7d4f7782d376de742097b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 09984815ee4db1113ecfe3fd28b3560fde9598f44eeb5c9576c4016b2f0f1d40
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 6ad67eb215d867a4decb7295d9ec1b5328b2945c6dd315f7451bf57e05afada9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 40b7a7b8dee18f4d88a65887f60ce3fb74fda36dede0491cae616243e320f075
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/5000-6-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5056-868-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000F01000-memory.dmp

          memory/5240-33-0x0000000000EE0000-0x0000000000F01000-memory.dmp

          memory/5588-3325-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5588-68-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007F1000-memory.dmp