Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    116s
  • 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, 17:12

General

  • Target
    2026-08-08_d64a949905dfd3c97cd9ab4afd5ddc32_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
  • Size 28.3MB
  • Sample260808-vqyyss1ekf
  • SHA256 5f0e96bd37d27a52218cd4418183553ceb12085b9c6c229391716ee156d62f6d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 1 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 1 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 1 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 1 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\2026-08-08_d64a949905dfd3c97cd9ab4afd5ddc32_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_d64a949905dfd3c97cd9ab4afd5ddc32_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.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:4696
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCACBCCCABCCCCBACBBCBCABCABCCCABACAACACBBBBCABBBAAABACBBBCBCBBBCABBBABBCCBCBCBCAABABCCBCBCCCAABBBACBABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.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:3576
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCACBCCCABCCCCBACBBCBCABCABCCCABACAACACBBBBCABBBAAABACBBBCBCBBBCABBBABBCCBCBCBCAABABCCBCBCCCAABBBACBABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1716
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABACCCBBABCBCACACACBBCBCBBBCACABCCABCABCAACCCBABAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABACCCBBABCBCACACACBBCBCBBBCACABCCABCABCAACCCBABAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4620
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABACCCBBABCBCACACACBBCBCBBBCACABCCABCABCAACCCBABAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABACCCBBABCBCACACACBBCBCBBBCACABCCABCABCAACCCBABAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2832
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABACCCBBABCBCACACACBBCBCBBBCACABCCABCABCAACCCBABAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1292
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABACCCBBABCBCACACACBBCBCBBBCACABCCABCABCAACCCBABAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4348
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.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:5812
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2156
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACACABCAAABACBBAACACBBCAAAAAABCCCCABABBABBBAABACACCAACCCCAAAABCBABCACABBAAACBBCBBCCCABCCABCBCACAAABBBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBBCABABCBAABBCBBCACBACBACBBBCBAACCBBACBCBCCCCBACABBB.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:3180
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AACACABCAAABACBBAACACBBCAAAAAABCCCCABABBABBBAABACACCAACCCCAAAABCBABCACABBAAACBBCBBCCCABCCABCBCACAAABBBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBBCABABCBAABBCBBCACBACBACBBBCBAACCBBACBCBCCCCBACABBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3160
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBBCABABCBAABBCBBCACBACBACBBBCBAACCBBACBCBCCCCBACABBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBBCABABCBAABBCBBCACBACBACBBBCBAACCBBACBCBCCCCBACABBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4784
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4116

    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 5d356e7a49abb02e02deb07f94c9fafa5c731208b3ac9f7e2304210fea5f9051
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d75a1a5bc3ef462c78d48f127829c84a7daa359591a46570f0c6de36e826f08f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f3303a64904f660e12c4e423b33016f1f6c2991f4d58a2985f0c5e7a7316dff7
          • 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 160c53316bd5d56a2b69db106df4bf7098068fd254db5a8b03fc9e0faca74afc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5ad97161e4e2719ae38ef6d1815eb69c6849494d5179b908f132b1d88e5b65d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 afa979982c8f79ee515bce6ef0eb59cb7f9eb9a869705b0d7d509be4f4b45a7f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9545c16fcbe9d19914da95ec8379af8672d9e9848b1fb5eb1bfaddea39a0771a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b3fc24ff1877d7341570042adfd6c3831d30cbbf4c00937e7bb5ed5e41e5b6af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 13917abd2e763a564411a353b8dead87c72842b35c59523ae5724a162c88b83a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Recovery\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a118751df4ac74c5176fff5093d46caab31ace9dcf4dbf0d588e2aa8b5e88ee9
          • 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 048d78f2527f31573fc0c39023f26a78208aa5ca6df6259146feb7a63924982d
          • 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 78f49e26998c180bd28367a785a286dd92b4032fe85e867e6b3f1e9aed286752
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable Setup_10.0.40219\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 643b7a24acdc80b37aaff2e689865baeb47b089a386eae66ef30d3f6264b89ff
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 39d246b949eea0e2a6037aeeb3bc2a44074a521992f28dc5984eb98d87fa4b32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 14cf69b9e4baa04290637ca6f8feedbe6a9f5398b9130224ec08784f3df5c3fb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fec95223076f2600dcf75b4a5bf9958287642fa812499f647c92b0e65af577d6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4ee6b37119001823ed7be5aa49049f0304e1deed82f4c317ba3623c931e3e393
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6ad0f664ad5d75132a24945eb33e0e9625f122732af143f6bb02ccb0a0656958
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 98936e7640d0424329052617e137c9837a0107fc33030a406d6d8db66d879d1a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\OneNote Notebooks\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f0555ceaf566e23dbfe5dbcf7d38d1f83d0c643bfdd8285c00e29606fc928655
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 47649040b3e32ee104d1028092ae60ce70f8ecb8c1fbcfd44da91ada65ec1480
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3141fc3e48fba1c3057b4568efbb34c3433bfa008607087da12ea179f35c3b87
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fa55cb07fad7de12ca3b06594b04f71bc24131be9064c04f5419078a6f8bbf28
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACACBBACCACBBBABBAAAACBBCACBABBABBAAABABABCBBCBCCCCAB.exe
          • Size 28.3MB
          • SHA256 5f0e96bd37d27a52218cd4418183553ceb12085b9c6c229391716ee156d62f6d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 88f15c011f934db55c073ab12f61dec93694ac2811605ff425042e229e85a1c1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 028fb7183833069155211e47b53e7501be3a7a1b09845fe5fe5ceea4a38c5428
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 3698c0cc191c083fc52ffe087857fe1ebaedc56c0b7c984b66670f8a44f77c53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/4116-3770-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4116-1262-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-68-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000921000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-10-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000921000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-46-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000921000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-103-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000921000-memory.dmp

          memory/4696-21-0x0000000000900000-0x0000000000921000-memory.dmp

          memory/4784-104-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5812-69-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

          memory/5812-47-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp

          memory/5812-43-0x0000000000170000-0x0000000000191000-memory.dmp