Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
114s - 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, 02:23
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 20.4MB
- Sample260810-cvbpyshm6x
- SHA256 d37b1671aad067f21212255c9ce1e93c89a428c60e8ea64422164ff515b95e8a
- MD5 7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4
- SHA1 76a31f5e0136c3bc8040440f406dfae43337cf3e
- SHA512 57a3d586d28f1196c30742d86d57206310a978892f2504b494df7ed57dc9e97b592fa904d6ba83c3af51d36155a4df2885c0840eef72116ae6ff3400be540635
- SSDEEP 98304:9KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a3KjKWQcT:9qkqkqkqkqkqkqkqFKWQc0gEYnvLN
- TLSH T1CF277D06FD8344B1D93B21B009DFE3BF8A75772584228D6AFB4D8B2B6933B51581C35A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 2980 svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe 6008 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CCBAACBAABBBBBAAABCCABBACCBCBACBBCCABBACABBCCCACABACACCA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe" 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3611646547-550105268-947503007-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CCACBAABBABAACCBCAABAABCABBACCCCCACACCCAACCBACCCBAACCBBA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe" svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 3140 sc.exe 1252 sc.exe - 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.
pid Process 2856 cmd.exe 2360 cmd.exe 3412 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 5440 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
pid Process 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 2980 svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe 2980 svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe 6008 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 6008 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2980 svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 6008 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5640 wrote to memory of 2856 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 92 PID 2856 wrote to memory of 5440 2856 cmd.exe 94 PID 4572 wrote to memory of 5900 4572 svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe 95 PID 5640 wrote to memory of 2360 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 98 PID 2360 wrote to memory of 3140 2360 cmd.exe 100 PID 5640 wrote to memory of 3412 5640 2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 101 PID 3412 wrote to memory of 1252 3412 cmd.exe 103
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.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:5640 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBABAACBBCCACACCABBAAABCBAABCBBBACBBBACCBCABBCCCABBAAACACBAABBAABCCABBCACBBAAABBCCACAABAAACCBBABBCACCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2856 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBABAACBBCCACACCABBAAABCBAABCBBBACBBBACCBCABBCCCABBAAACACBAABBAABCCABBCACBBAAABBCCACAABAAACCBBABBCACCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5440
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2360 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3140
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3412 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1252
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe1⤵
- 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:4572 -
C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵PID:5900
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2980
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:6008
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
1Service Execution
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 0fceb7675955bd97f7e1322fddfb49ade696acdb9566ebe40c906bc2ac6ec364
- MD5 49fbf3c7706962321ac8efb5f7c79dc8
- SHA1 157fe6c13f1cd90a5546e0de54110cf92e36aeb1
- SHA512 1b6c958aceacf2bf4781264984f414f0dcbd386619e87e6c1fa39bf993aedb5665b7a838be00e181474c5c94c6558d3679d75242985cd4f285d356a61d6ba1db
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.BioEnrollment_10.0.19587.1000_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 13cdb6d4de13c0fbf356451f3c177d35c47f3ef1fb85484fc9603265975c23f8
- MD5 14f574e01443f4c6ab740c536da8d3b5
- SHA1 78737efd8ce0cd997237d751015eea8aa11bad58
- SHA512 139f09418ad60332b60ea11476b759ba882929710a72b06f6494eac3d64d50423e2219fd465364ae56bd7954ac4e22bb3b232dcc153e5a68635cb6fdf1240eeb
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{5625bb48-295c-4113-bc92-d6a69b19b04c}\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
- Size 8.8MB
- SHA256 4f9034950348d3f0edd4305e3305143dd42def171cb7080b36e46ed23ccf84d5
- MD5 d3b56dbbc7a728e8553bd9510aa6864f
- SHA1 b8f70fbea6c2147a9204d55d5bb3a4fd4711d5f7
- SHA512 4b5d8ef6f01a2f631796b0708111c4f66a275c36db45c21b945ffc86bf9ee94e28639005a4a399e2d3fced752bb331c6f18009b3eddd2d147023fc96fb2c7c5a
- SSDEEP 49152:U+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+Ei+EF+ETLgVLKRWTF:9KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRg
- TLSH T13A966D06FD8344B1D92B61B00DDFE3BF8A74772584228E6AFB4DCB1B6933B51581C25A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 c95baa21ef8dedf8a032d2997f56f3339c18bd604a3a885d17a523696f01f38a
- MD5 d53830cad9c150942abdb24e32719fdf
- SHA1 a7af3e742e00d76ed670b1c16772f756e43b2bdd
- SHA512 43bc6c8c33c40e5b386b44552b9c5e77153da7c4aba1fd44290e995062b7dfc32cc03b724ba008dedfe0ce5b7deec5c85923c402c4d460d56ec441658d38c1ca
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 4fd91059102bc97b449ae90cc730a6dc344019225ed76e92a7ad0b60e1f6dbb1
- MD5 c34ffdf26acff642afd1dee70e8dd21f
- SHA1 eb641193236976221173001b3979d09083683e8b
- SHA512 94cfe0c4338420232e6a330ef66f4309f24015606544a08b1f2f7057f8c97bbcd4edcc9d115ef63d055f3433171da0c63d821db1bd5e0183b00a9c3de46b2182
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 79d08b36b0bf1d49a782c3eb354950c359ba5fb49d2af84045a1672df539b13a
- MD5 553746520ac2b04afc31ef724263fb65
- SHA1 e66a655e4128cd5d27047cc81b37e861d5fbec4a
- SHA512 6525cdb135c3ee208200b8e8db1d8a207b1d0b405ec01ef09b66aa7137a26e4932deef54f5c4e06406bfd0600804e59e9a45af05e048408a9d02af7d79ef232e
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 da4b18e14e57744990dad1fbd919bf6e3071d6180198ab97b0aff8184cfdd319
- MD5 6ea4decafbf8de5830dd9e0c8f4f4314
- SHA1 4ff646063cc904543991266127e2bceab062d0ea
- SHA512 92a449441f2a750f8a19ac8e090398b38ba72b941d1e62ce93e31161c70f8f9435684b61b55da92ffa016630a42be00b73f25dd3b2bb3d716a26b113ce58ac21
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe
- Size 20.4MB
- SHA256 d37b1671aad067f21212255c9ce1e93c89a428c60e8ea64422164ff515b95e8a
- MD5 7e342f32c2aa3aec24746c4b866096c4
- SHA1 76a31f5e0136c3bc8040440f406dfae43337cf3e
- SHA512 57a3d586d28f1196c30742d86d57206310a978892f2504b494df7ed57dc9e97b592fa904d6ba83c3af51d36155a4df2885c0840eef72116ae6ff3400be540635
- SSDEEP 98304:9KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a1KRuy5a3KjKWQcT:9qkqkqkqkqkqkqkqFKWQc0gEYnvLN
- TLSH T1CF277D06FD8344B1D93B21B009DFE3BF8A75772584228D6AFB4D8B2B6933B51581C35A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
- Size 926B
- SHA256 b4ef29646cc12f246d2d29afeef74f8fb6a9d3f99e5b32fa07928c7774300d4f
- MD5 d16bb52374d5009efe66bf4ddaf371c6
- SHA1 b281310a3b3b1e37471ecbf5272114563c1c8ff3
- SHA512 6b22fc1e2792b99be22e0441337c6bcc78aeb7c69a26e0f28b5c931488c4cd6b90ddbc6c909b1da9d0bebd1c498790bd21cacbfc265d9f5d680efbdae52e8752
- TLSH T1FB11CB7194B9E863ED3378CB4129CAB64CE43657AC9C6E94230C811D6B99C31CD564F1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 cc43770b9209be829d9c61b1c719e178296765cdb1fa08d45fe11716cdfcd663
- MD5 9153a44b49dd32f27eae28f1f20a46b0
- SHA1 66839cb13f596e519428c2b0d1b2e5003163c0f9
- SHA512 982ca49e636b8222c68be1994cfd066d5db05bf1127305eba1fa71841a8be11754f4da4e5e64372cec2b55107245083920ce1d80dedd60adc9036794c9ef7075
- TLSH T12E21F97194B9E863ED3378CB462DCAF64CF43667EC9C6E90230C81186B99C31CD564E2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH