Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/08/2026, 03:52

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_e126e4c4d263bb66ac04741e7c09e452_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_luca-stealer.exe
  • Size 31.1MB
  • Sample260810-eff28svthz
  • SHA256 500f4a104b8b2b6964bbe10ec6e1cce329b2a7bece146b531e8be508a51e309a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 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 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_e126e4c4d263bb66ac04741e7c09e452_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_luca-stealer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_e126e4c4d263bb66ac04741e7c09e452_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_luca-stealer.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:4824
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAAAACACCBACCAABCACACCACBCBCABABBBBCABBAACCBBCCCBCBCACAACCAABAABCBBBCCBCAACCCBCACBABAAACACBABBACCBABCAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.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:4596
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAAAACACCBACCAABCACACCACBCBCABABBBBCABBAACCBBCCCBCBCACAACCAABAABCBBBCCBCAACCCBCACBABAAACACBABBACCBABCAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4148
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBAAABCBCACBCBABCCCBBCCAAABCCABCCCABCABCBACBCABACA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBAAABCBCACBCBABCCCBBCCAAABCCABCCCABCABCBACBCABACA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBAAABCBCACBCBABCCCBBCCAAABCCABCCCABCABCBACBCABACA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBAAABCBCACBCBABCCCBBCCAAABCCABCCCABCABCBACBCABACA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1592
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBAAABCBCACBCBABCCCBBCCAAABCCABCCCABCABCBACBCABACA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBAAABCBCACBCBABCCCBBCCAAABCCABCCCABCABCBACBCABACA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1624
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.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:5196
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:804
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCCBABCBACBCABCACACBCCCCCCACACACBBCBABCABBBAAACABCCBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBCCBABCBACBCABCACACBCCCCCCACACACBBCBABCABBBAAACABCCBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2776
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5568

    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 6a1145e4048d1f13a12e0beb18695637fc039656e4d45d7446ef333298cf9577
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 77677b5cf35599f9a74f874900020725441d0eca7f85be138e313a684fd59302
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows PowerShell\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d28c1ebd4fe26ab542e67767997944ef03dd877bd527ede15e177a65902a44ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 488e78ec56007799d149f44acff76a2b6b68e44a28aadfc30955e7db0910de69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\shared_proto_db\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 701f0916a0e22af3bfdfe47a550497a809807d5bcbbb3e9e3c2504fe40809c52
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\vg3mlgpw.Admin\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 67d59bcf3c75d5a106b16ad37eaf7757c07ef21693455b52beda8f2d5f56da32
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1b6e483ddf8ca6600ec0cdaf39ebef00c0670e1c10a11a60d18d6e87504ed70b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2a388b5af34c92502dadb7bbf11429e724122381f1d8c4855aed9067cc738c16
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cf0cb9ea367c69ff9b30e77c0a6ca605976a71437888df34c9e44622d06001ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0fc81afa055c98e0ab5bd5d03a712c858ace57eb11b8da71ff102b1b977aa8cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b1a0dcb45665608537cf98d3bf9b4c908fa8f598395c6980464a926209eea5d8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1dcc293e60c20caad51ae5d3df70b8463ef586becd21c5e9bde5e96ed7ae7573
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\OneNote Notebooks\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9004bf54abc9b14b409fcce9a291d1ebf765509118c58e7b33643352186642ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f62dee07668140e0e286ecf736981f5f6e91fb01b85849f23af04338dd0ad3d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCAAABBABBCBACCBBABAACBBCCAAACACACBAACBACCBBBBABCAABA.exe
          • Size 31.1MB
          • SHA256 500f4a104b8b2b6964bbe10ec6e1cce329b2a7bece146b531e8be508a51e309a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 51112d69c0d57d66f55e3a5a696a065a2bdacc5d550df1dc9ca84d8d4b4730f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 2772d15f401423ff76bf1c2e576445d6bd2e98755ed8324c3d0907871c896db5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Libraries\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 949a1bd3cac4dd3a058d41df9cfad1f3c2f76c07abc808ed2a3c4a6fd3d9ec21
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/2776-103-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4824-104-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F41000-memory.dmp

          memory/4824-68-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F41000-memory.dmp

          memory/4824-22-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F41000-memory.dmp

          memory/4824-11-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F41000-memory.dmp

          memory/4824-0-0x0000000000F20000-0x0000000000F41000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-45-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C01000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-67-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C01000-memory.dmp

          memory/5568-1546-0x0000000000BE0000-0x0000000000C01000-memory.dmp