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

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 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • 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.exe
      C:\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 /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2856
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        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 /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5440
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\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.exe
        sc 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
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\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.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABABCCCBBCCBCBAACACCAAAACCAACAAACACBCCCCAABBABBAACC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1252
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.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:4572
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5900
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBABBBBAABACCABCBCCAABAAAACCBBBAACABCAACBAABCBCBCCABCA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2980
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6008

    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 0fceb7675955bd97f7e1322fddfb49ade696acdb9566ebe40c906bc2ac6ec364
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.BioEnrollment_10.0.19587.1000_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 13cdb6d4de13c0fbf356451f3c177d35c47f3ef1fb85484fc9603265975c23f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{5625bb48-295c-4113-bc92-d6a69b19b04c}\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
          • Size 8.8MB
          • SHA256 4f9034950348d3f0edd4305e3305143dd42def171cb7080b36e46ed23ccf84d5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\BrowserMetrics\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c95baa21ef8dedf8a032d2997f56f3339c18bd604a3a885d17a523696f01f38a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4fd91059102bc97b449ae90cc730a6dc344019225ed76e92a7ad0b60e1f6dbb1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 79d08b36b0bf1d49a782c3eb354950c359ba5fb49d2af84045a1672df539b13a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 da4b18e14e57744990dad1fbd919bf6e3071d6180198ab97b0aff8184cfdd319
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABCCBCABCABACABBBACBBBAACCCCABCCCBCBABCABCCBBBCBABCCBC.exe
          • Size 20.4MB
          • SHA256 d37b1671aad067f21212255c9ce1e93c89a428c60e8ea64422164ff515b95e8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 b4ef29646cc12f246d2d29afeef74f8fb6a9d3f99e5b32fa07928c7774300d4f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cc43770b9209be829d9c61b1c719e178296765cdb1fa08d45fe11716cdfcd663
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2980-79-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000AB1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4572-32-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C01000-memory.dmp

          memory/5640-0-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5640-8-0x0000000000D60000-0x0000000000D81000-memory.dmp