Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/08/2026, 03:12

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_8b2e5eefeacab4d1173f87d745f04329_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_luca-stealer_njrat_rhadamanthys_ryuk.exe
  • Size 9.9MB
  • Sample260808-dp572sbd64
  • SHA256 8dd00422a0f53ef8cb2e915df13b34986a25329623360380518fffa5dd7dfb8e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Stihat

    Stihat is a worm written in Delphi.

  • Detects Stihat payload 8 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_8b2e5eefeacab4d1173f87d745f04329_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_luca-stealer_njrat_rhadamanthys_ryuk.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_8b2e5eefeacab4d1173f87d745f04329_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_luca-stealer_njrat_rhadamanthys_ryuk.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3304
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5700
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:5388
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4756
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:4824
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      1⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1180

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 9.9MB
          • SHA256 98682a5e05dd7ad97b556ae6c5f29324c7cb8f1cc41311308a611c8dcfb3ad7a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 d3734df3c604f8921a43f02da553794909de1d776b6f07a257e02bdc81e29eb7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 26fe48cfc871cab3c9da7c46ca8057bcab4ce29ab3c35ff25319c5815e1c7683
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7b09eb3e7965a9dc110ae52c698e9387277cb4eda88390a4b6c363e365c781cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 fd6c46cbe6d6dde80f06c9515352d1d9fb115dea9cb9ce6a1dd42855fc9e8021
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7e2717068e96993e80de6f01563ca7e1f3f0b29410b8949ee4ce7adb33291c99
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 8c69b021ccbeecfeceb0cc31c4f175e95bdb506644a6ecf32910530e196802dd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 1a4073baab04411fd87c5985647a5b128a0c2c20f80b1e6d94481b3a190d3fa5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d586e28a2bcf556f94b51886c647f7915b60eee66375269c9b53f845411c93de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 cfa3a9fe5dead40b44bc507e3a8344246c4b84f6de83276cd3e3bcb52f5093cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f232d5ba5d11d1b32a3e838593aa86f6319e4da0630bd1229f0b9955635c4f93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 347545c7538c10c3f9521f7594bd7439c2a3740211f9a9da12a6f48316be56b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f43d908a4e0d54407b55c5beeb1085ac2e34840357c339986affd5ed85c9fa1e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ca898c05d394c278dd5731b101fd8153658e26bcb561136a838057663afbe27f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cc367a370a3d7a6b06953acc76d05228c7123cf234a2365f0197d12a077b83f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c172166653ff4a1f83b51ddaaf6a678af3fdbf730fe11bcec4ca9d71b773e27b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 18da46a48cd0e653cc78816a3319ca61b59892eef53a4124ab84a0d44cb3a1fa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 965925738917f707723f99cba5512a7264ccc9227a7c4b2ae0b3de20270b4815
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 9f6a36d848c58baff3291fec9a9c0f21722b78690f6497db6e2c2ab364a9c64f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 35c36e2e75f6ec2c1fb3e1dfbab05bb9bfa9ffd1e67883e2eccf641da8fee8ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 37ca13280c9cd3059ca4c8833163c617b85010f104ffecc9df443011661b3f72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d67e01e46c43b0edad46313da0fb6b41ab095d38b025b2c53f244d50985cd5e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 bb77536f6985c7d826420592f2f2680ecc859976f1304199bfc3ad150f6318b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 af4fcc2c25989a758fe7f9f6e9ed891811b7e268185b98eb1e2397267bb0878d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 15dcf59a88d219a9221136d82cf4d64742a6b2cefcc0ea189c23ad9cf8a9cdb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 78ca67f71ba9e4c7c1925d4e853cdc091439d569d05413431abd829fdde693ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f791e282d9b30f401533e62a9bbe88a3a1d26f3f5872fe45c255c462c8fe90e6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 9f2d9740a3964fc7d86635ad66217205e403c66c933ac53b8b123d65ee492239
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2c0106e16f49484002a66ab887c448340f83a00767398d865c365de3a885e2c8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 f35c12aa35c365191b4436e35600233b732bfffda91784011cfebec9ceb5c7e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1f61236e7d209616dcb45d1f6afad02615675d10d69c9d0aa7c5bb2cbf3e7966
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 ef634e9d9a0f9018318e400e727395b4f5faec196b3959814d387ab5c56ba22a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 1f65c0119d15ca37d5722057aad06d6a9c9b115d6c2a3be5eeffe80ef429e5cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 62ea03daaacc524a7fe64d9a8c3d079ab982c67a00f126d3e756f989285a14b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 c453d55a1d8183b4e45fc04f0d6cf46fce20ca8ddaaab17b555d434f719b31dd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a19a9f2104998598a9b164754fe5d73c277290ff0a96e6fdc7a349cd510f3024
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 5f5266c1ce837eb738578be3ef132a55e31e21cbbb95036cf5bc53d00ea2f47b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 a6b5c7be2b846344c57dcf27f117be2c167f9b176ab2ba3c15e8f0545cbcd736
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 ed10249666d7afc46b5222dbc9f819d712cd01a745bf0f26dedc1a489bd98e45
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d7eb393938e2813f845d992fba908ce545d785a863580401820f7d2735b4833c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 0a2f83aa9185c17b6a4b1941f5fbeb56273e41a6491b8310700499ec64eb8da1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1019B
          • SHA256 3b74b26e8a4cbb11e7d26ee5defe250d6e6052f1a56c1baf813f0d7a5d50728e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7a382bb98d1746819c748125cbded5c64cdd890240277cdb07c8f0fa39a71f69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 6.4MB
          • SHA256 dd808e3355c7b03ed16430f3d5a56a121c8bad81204a1f760e9c5f796104dc35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1875162379-3804078649-638427191-1000\desktop.ini
          • Size 9.9MB
          • SHA256 adee2320f71608415416baef1173dc14ef26baf29d7fb5d23a0a0de807dddf57
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1180-56-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3304-42-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002131000-memory.dmp

          memory/3304-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3304-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

          memory/3304-1-0x0000000002130000-0x0000000002131000-memory.dmp

          memory/3304-2-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/5700-45-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp

          memory/5700-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000047B000-memory.dmp