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
    10/08/2026, 01:47

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_e89ab932160277ef6cc97e7dc6596846_amadey_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_stop.exe
  • Size 8.0MB
  • Sample260810-b7twmayeqa
  • SHA256 1569509913267cb93cb32c85f2e0b9e21ffc438b290c21760a4f0a234c608c8d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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 3 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 9 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 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_e89ab932160277ef6cc97e7dc6596846_amadey_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_e89ab932160277ef6cc97e7dc6596846_amadey_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_stop.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:5088
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACBBCCCABCAAAABCABAAABCBBCBCACCACBABBBAACBCCAABBABAAACCACCABBBCCACAACACBCACBBABBCACCAABBCBAACACCCBACBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.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:1060
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACBBCCCABCAAAABCABAAABCBBCBCACCACBABBBAACBCCAABBABAAACCACCABBBCCACAACACBCACBBABBCACCAABBCBAACACCCBACBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4316
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BACCCBCBBACBCCACACACBCACBCCABCBBBBBCBABACACABCBABBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BACCCBCBBACBCCACACACBCACBCCABCBBBBBCBABACACABCBABBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5928
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BACCCBCBBACBCCACACACBCACBCCABCBBBBBCBABACACABCBABBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BACCCBCBBACBCCACACACBCACBCCABCBBBBBCBABACACABCBABBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3280
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BACCCBCBBACBCCACACACBCACBCCABCBBBBBCBABACACABCBABBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4208
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BACCCBCBBACBCCACACACBCACBCCABCBBBBBCBABACACABCBABBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2712
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.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:1888
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3264
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAACCBBBBBBACCABCCAABCAABCCBACABAABCCAACCBBCCACCABCC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABAAACCBBBBBBACCABCCAABCAABCCBACABAABCCAACCBBCCACCABCC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:604
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2556

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          RemoveRestart.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\RemoveRestart.exe
          • Size 24.4MB
          • SHA256 2ca026ce28b7556b95538b7606cce23d77a8b6256e4e9aa54d57483f05b89d81
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RemoveRestart.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\RemoveRestart.exe
          • Size 768KB
          • SHA256 9a0d89a43de5b9242215e2ca1cb2cce7b42aadf3ca330b07634a0b0118ddf0c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RemoveRestart.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\RemoveRestart.exe
          • Size 448KB
          • SHA256 ca8553cd209158db611d683294698d550f8cfc6e9bacd9c5fce3ad47e825283d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 43d4d31c2e997fa6f8541ffa9fd24a11e2f9e5669afb4e757e51fac86e699d5b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a0211c46d9e2c3ad35aad15ee30ab851323c449091b8039333400354cfe681cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 04b3a19d1ba0c73a18756e5d525e6331234388eb8cad56876f2921ceddf941e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9b027eb17e7daa8de50d6b2e7c21c52a485c4b52e08d51082648aaa47e902564
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ca73f9a804eb9d30b63a12365387345f1ff3bc3e1593d7db6e45e277b7843bee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 24f807434841d226e3292af2dd3efa3eaf5ea96f1f069f0882f8e4ba1cb2b3cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBACAACABBAABBAABABACCBBAAABAABABCCCAABACCBACCACBB.exe
          • Size 8.0MB
          • SHA256 1569509913267cb93cb32c85f2e0b9e21ffc438b290c21760a4f0a234c608c8d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 0387321fcf15f9eb8e54b68cb420d27e269f51ed39480e6051a01855b716a3ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/604-99-0x00000000005F0000-0x0000000000611000-memory.dmp

          memory/1888-108-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

          memory/1888-49-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

          memory/1888-34-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

          memory/1888-71-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000491000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-11-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-86-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-0-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-59-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-22-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp

          memory/5088-33-0x0000000000C70000-0x0000000000C91000-memory.dmp