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, 04:26

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_8e7a904b9db327c09fc6f3d8e7291802_darkgate_elex_hawkeye_remcos_stop.exe
  • Size 22.2MB
  • Sample260810-e2ljvavyhx
  • SHA256 655f1d2b425fc1137101ff7f2ce47e21d1956a9ba10180fb17fc4fb49613676f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 2 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\2026-08-10_8e7a904b9db327c09fc6f3d8e7291802_darkgate_elex_hawkeye_remcos_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_8e7a904b9db327c09fc6f3d8e7291802_darkgate_elex_hawkeye_remcos_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:4192
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCAACABBBAABACCBCCCBCCCAAAAAACAABBACACACACABBAACCCBCCBABCCBCACABCAAAABBBBACAABBCACABBBCBCBBCBABCBCBACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.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:1216
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCAACABBBAABACCBCCCBCCCAAAAAACAABBACACACACABBAACCCBCCBABCCBCACABCAAAABBBBACAABBCACABBBCBCBBCBABCBCBACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5996
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BCACABCACCBCCBACACBCBBCBBABBAABBABCACAACACCBABCABAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCACABCACCBCCBACACBCBBCBBABBAABBABCACAACACCBABCABAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2252
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BCACABCACCBCCBACACBCBBCBBABBAABBABCACAACACCBABCABAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCACABCACCBCCBACACBCBBCBBABBAABBABCACAACACCBABCABAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1492
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BCACABCACCBCCBACACBCBBCBBABBAABBABCACAACACCBABCABAB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3036
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BCACABCACCBCCBACACBCBBCBBABBAABBABCACAACACCBABCABAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1244
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.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:1512
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5756
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCAAAAAAAAACABBABBABCCCBCCBBABABAAABACAABCBBCABBABAABBBBBBCABBCAABBCBBCBBCAACBBBBBACBCACABACBAACBBCBCBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBCACBAAACCACACCABACAABCACCBBAAACABCCBBCBAAACCBCCBBCB.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:4460
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCAAAAAAAAACABBABBABCCCBCCBBABABAAABACAABCBBCABBABAABBBBBBCABBCAABBCBBCBBCAACBBBBBACBCACABACBAACBBCBCBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBCACBAAACCACACCABACAABCACCBBAAACABCCBBCBAAACCBCCBBCB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3364
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBCACBAAACCACACCABACAABCACCBBAAACABCCBBCBAAACCBCCBBCB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBCACBAAACCACACCABACAABCACCBBAAACABCCBBCBAAACCBCCBBCB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1528
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5124

    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 f33520bca9c8ae0060ce445b3d669629753a014dd0209fcf3f6c1871ab53ab1a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Device Stage\Task\{e35be42d-f742-4d96-a50a-1775fb1a7a42}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 974a75341bfff2e1238405fd1f26da54d2b8ace065af7e61fc7e5a73750e5474
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\Temp\DiagTrackTraceSlot_miniTrace\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cc487398aaae1d10f5a00f5adaf23d402b877a9f88ed4712bcef75047754ae70
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Definition Updates\Default\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f942016dc90a5b3077fdec5852764c429622304806565beefd95815f679839a4
          • 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 96e79884bc0a779a648f8be1a3490fcf4b30599cd736563230da3ff9f77d6b75
          • 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 22.8MB
          • SHA256 71f27755c29fb706fc5ab740eef980356cebc5932e664aedd200b91202472105
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 febc564c6835a50f0b16d4229f69181ee4a2979ab142370395578e2cac009b4e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{ef5af41f-d68c-48f7-bfb0-5055718601fc}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ac2e14351d5d2a663750d7d6158bcd53054c8f5c9ca0c85c5d9851330a7685d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{ef5af41f-d68c-48f7-bfb0-5055718601fc}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6a320bf329f700f946ce86f70a671c18a599cfaecb369c3d053077edd6ab5ef6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 372b6256e1a0745eb95668815853d0f043d2e72ec576f57d401670e8deeef5d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Segmentation Platform\SignalDB\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c2015b8e221d2c2bb7014b1ec02d26e94a8e6c96a0112fcca695d24ffb31f1a1
          • 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 fa2e83a6df73de8ec57441e980f9bff1c73d3f08f0ff251bff0cc2a4664adbe5
          • 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 bf7a250c8c777046c5cfe0ff3cd5810b8df17d9b405ea90c5f83e5ab3a6015bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ShellExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppData\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c9a1560daf9550a2e9c8ab4e5f13a7caedb813c085b9a6546750fa07576722b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\6uwf3l8l.default-release\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\3870112724rsegmnoittet-es.files\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7973e30786c203b59df8a456c8af9c3591266cf4193a6f3eca2e72da5c7614e5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1e4656a87c93d6c10a57e07eb0360d9280d41527de24d1e6bc5162111ee9598c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 62994faa59eeeb4b8ce9b2b08fbfe445759651773a6d3419273432fee80ba57c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 673df693a307f0c417b7e328e607282e30ca3146a8ab9ea06531a138221620e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a067b57d9bf3a82e3689b455db928bd5a725c6d0cfe31e466caef9671cfd55a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9182cfbc7ecb4db40b72eeefb3907d22646f332c009689a92be59aa63ae35a42
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 35342f9dbbc1efa8075e913a515b95f2834adc1cac3f5c4fae8819d7ba2beacb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f32b0c31eda8e277f25fba377ffc66c51afebc99a57c59200286ab0b5c14a4ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCABCAABABCCBACABABBBCCAACABBABABAAACCABCCCACABABBAABA.exe
          • Size 22.2MB
          • SHA256 655f1d2b425fc1137101ff7f2ce47e21d1956a9ba10180fb17fc4fb49613676f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 8c22660cb143801e84901fc1b886fd3db101aaaf738d3850ba2a4f4756d8c90e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1ce9f094ddf39652bb610757f48d7f0abff7fd3356e766395ab2d152ea8dc0a7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 bbc0250ed7b7030236dcea48523f9fb14e363a087887ba5595a5194287f03f6c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1512-33-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

          memory/1528-63-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1528-3964-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4192-6-0x0000000000210000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

          memory/5124-1576-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp

          memory/5124-3966-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000271000-memory.dmp