13e2d7f43b564f46b4986ac9b3a4fdda7f904601a79cc3bc172629ddaf6d6336

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
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, 03:17

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General

Target
2026-08-08_7eeb9f63269ebc5c318f78eccfe59a69_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Size 497KB
Sample260808-ds69hsygnb
SHA256 13e2d7f43b564f46b4986ac9b3a4fdda7f904601a79cc3bc172629ddaf6d6336
MD5 7eeb9f63269ebc5c318f78eccfe59a69
SHA1 7173da8072130a29c174a1759292235ad19b57ad
SHA512 8feaf18407b3fc5f86632701902092dd8006c650f76cd48cc21448b824147673b904c415d0e61ff361e67c0ff2528c7e93fe51aa2f97fb636296f0684fe4aaf1
SSDEEP 12288:2pkbi5qjhZ3CmW9lsq+eYi86lrLayX8g3Yz9a8sO4E1uxHq2Sn:r1hUmVxeYo2kQ
TLSH
T17DB45C02B7C1C492F97816B1C84A81F45557FC98D7B1279BB2823F5B79F13D2182BA8E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

defense_evasion discovery execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
1176	cmd.exe

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-08_7eeb9f63269ebc5c318f78eccfe59a69_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	timeout.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
5936	timeout.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4664 wrote to memory of 1176	4664	2026-08-08_7eeb9f63269ebc5c318f78eccfe59a69_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe	89
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 5936	1176	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_7eeb9f63269ebc5c318f78eccfe59a69_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_7eeb9f63269ebc5c318f78eccfe59a69_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4664
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd" "
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1176
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    TIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:5936

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

del.cmd

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd
Size 208B
SHA256 f8a35384306aa7232999b5d57e10a50d99c4ce359ab04d2c25bf1952ed680d6f
MD5 fb8a988fcedbc48eb1a2a8c01f553807
SHA1 e0acdd1fae80476fd4ff13b6e6468f044207f16f
SHA512 d3d8e649e3be2ff31be5873d8d40838d4ecf57efc9b6e29575d0e3419fdc06653b8e70c086895088a3c733756592dca3873c44caa9be579c7da2e3a675c2383e
TLSH
T1E8D0A91191AAC2D90884B0078BB61C8EC098A8CA6F092B002380845C62A981EA687A86
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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