Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    131s
  • 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, 00:13

General

  • Target
    2026-08-06_d2d01d3b6cffa71abd1c331c8f9c25d4_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackl.exe
  • Size 23.7MB
  • Sample260807-ahs3csterb
  • SHA256 d8bad1e75b84a00d7ce1decad6dad12fcf5e31ed985a6f861967cc45289f3e53
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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_d2d01d3b6cffa71abd1c331c8f9c25d4_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackl.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-06_d2d01d3b6cffa71abd1c331c8f9c25d4_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackl.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:820
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACACCABCABCCBCAACBACAABBBCACBACCBABCABCAABBCCBBBBCBBCAAACBBAABBBBAABBCBCAAABCBBBCAACCBCBABBCCCABABBBCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.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:1720
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACACCABCABCCBCAACBACAABBBCACBACCBABCABCAABBCCBBBBCBBCAAACBBAABBBBAABBCBCAAABCBBBCAACCBCBABBCCCABABBBCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5752
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBCAACABBAAAABBABBCCACABCCCBBABCCCACACACCCACBBAABC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBCAACABBAAAABBABBCCACABCCCBBABCCCACACACCCACBBAABC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5088
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBCAACABBAAAABBABBCCACABCCCBBABCCCACACACCCACBBAABC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBCAACABBAAAABBABBCCACABCCCBBABCCCACACACCCACBBAABC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2792
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBCAACABBAAAABBABBCCACABCCCBBABCCCACACACCCACBBAABC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2444
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBCAACABBAAAABBABBCCACABCCCBBABCCCACACACCCACBBAABC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5984
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.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:4816
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1496
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBCBABCBAAACACAABCCAABCACAABACBBCBABBACCBCACAAACCBCBACAACCBACCCBCCBACBCBAABACBBCACBACCACABBCBCABACBCCBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABCBCBAABCAABACBCBAABCACBCBBBCAABBBBBBCBCCCCCCBABAAAB.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:5336
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBCBABCBAAACACAABCCAABCACAABACBBCBABBACCBCACAAACCBCBACAACCBACCCBCCBACBCBAABACBBCACBACCACABBCBCABACBCCBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABCBCBAABCAABACBCBAABCACBCBBBCAABBBBBBCBCCCCCCBABAAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2032
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABCBCBAABCAABACBCBAABCACBCBBBCAABBBBBBCBCCCCCCBABAAAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAABCBCBAABCAABACBCBAABCACBCBBBCAABBBBBBCBCCCCCCBABAAAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5292
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1848

    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 308199f9299351016c071f6f0cdb86ce56921ca0e7b2ba418ccee13296329f83
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\LocalCopy\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 77d0944ecb81cb3476dd8736e1fc9e3103c737f4d41100f2a681370c00ff548d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Java Development Kit\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3604487caed24a354bcec9eec0ef15f21dfe8c602012e6ce622e0daa4169498d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Mozilla-1de4eec8-1241-4177-a864-e594e8d1fb38\updates\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4cfc5d68a9fa26f216662c0c990555f0329cbff21ce65a3e7357d4eb86ff7a72
          • 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 bdf75c51807ec89ea3b77be0a5d43cf6004f1fbec008552a698a9a0c0ca18461
          • 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 24.3MB
          • SHA256 c4c7d2a672caf66ff130d51dc4377d66366c9d0b59624fe056103db87be636b6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cd450071cfd129a0e578970affc5f673b86ba36e77704a0ebb368a991235b5ad
          • 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 e1a81c35d76d5acaf3f9f6b906e27839ad1e2b93532308e407446e32ed1d2410
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b2142e47bfe9117eb4a0292a1c0e55ed8c8674062adb06bda78f7caf2b3eb17e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\Cache\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1d8733410eebbfb8a04ffa2dbbe4213eaa59b10b2b3b29c0daf54ede32b1863e
          • 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 aa51f5b1cc15b496b6ae82c1643b62807e4c49fdc0b28ccecedaceabe20c0f6f
          • 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 c9d0352684f23925d54ad3f268106274dc00d3bdc751d707229e029182379ffc
          • 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 731d7c72fc16516a54e66b2d8901d25d4b6e63ef688757d29690775b4a2c3926
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\MergeApprove\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 03cb478b5e5902d0c7cc695777d3d4fe11e2ab8ac0fa5a1ef4becd6dee68a103
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d5e17ac39901b5bf4fec59dcb7dc98d5ed195bbf20cbd1c35b53fc33a7f99862
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 98151332bcefe56f3b401631530d7e6f98fb85b31c5608eb0d74322b9332b908
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 dc4f8b5074c4130349b1f4d49beacf37c2d02a7338e256f0c5dc467d08b6acf4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 664f7ad7338f9bf5ee641271feff48c5291628c6b50a2f25a60e87c3294c2767
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9044329de4a5c5c05c2a9035ee84453b19a18d44c3508756ee523d382972891d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5a7b9ab29e5ee913ad1fce423c0a56ace78cbccb984f75a38fb391e6a7c1cde4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 db72116d1acb83eab67350ce972b2149b471c028ad2333243f4272df5a870507
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Music\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d5a5597080c05f0313959d9f00ee76f55362563c5fdcb5b7e5d0dd1fb1693ab0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAABCCBCABAAACCCBAAACABABCBACCCBCCCABBBBBACBABBAAABCABB.exe
          • Size 23.7MB
          • SHA256 d8bad1e75b84a00d7ce1decad6dad12fcf5e31ed985a6f861967cc45289f3e53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b7dac937e1fc0c3fd34c31fe60cf51be184fa815c3fbb0f178ce44ab2712c1dc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 fa76b00ff54d604ac60e8ae6d7d0a4ab0ed3ba28326641297f87087f31e77809
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 aa7d2a647871cba811fe6f7a7cbe43e55e7e66edcb9846574bc60f6fce198da2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/820-6-0x0000000000B50000-0x0000000000B71000-memory.dmp

          memory/1848-1482-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4816-32-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5292-63-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp

          memory/5292-3439-0x00000000009E0000-0x0000000000A01000-memory.dmp