Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/08/2026, 00:57

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_bd29df800ee440f4628b53f9c35d1a0e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 25.3MB
  • Sample260811-bbfn5abf42
  • SHA256 bc2aa4fd0ee340fd583d23b23c045f08e21c9bb8bfec862a0fef90492c4fbc1b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 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 5 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_bd29df800ee440f4628b53f9c35d1a0e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_bd29df800ee440f4628b53f9c35d1a0e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.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:4152
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBCBACCABAACACCCBCCBCCBCCBBACBBABACCAAABBCABABACABACCBABBBBCCBBBBBACBBBBABAAACCCCBBCBABCABCACACAACBBCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCAABBCBBCBABCCABCBCBABACABBBCBBBACCCCBBBABBBBCACBBBBA.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:1260
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBCBACCABAACACCCBCCBCCBCCBBACBBABACCAAABBCABABACABACCBABBBBCCBBBBBACBBBBABAAACCCCBBCBABCABCACACAACBBCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCAABBCBBCBABCCABCBCBABACABBBCBBBACCCCBBBABBBBCACBBBBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:6136
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCAABBCBBCBABCCABCBCBABACABBBCBBBACCCCBBBABBBBCACBBBBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCAABBCBBCBABCCABCBCBABACABBBCBBBACCCCBBBABBBBCACBBBBA.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:5956
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2768
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBAAAAACBAAAABCBAABACABCABAAAACBBCBCBBBCBCABAACBABBBCC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBAAAAACBAAAABCBAABACABCABAAAACBBCBCBBBCBCABAACBABBBCC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2040

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0e19f2871599243f1afe04b89b78e6b1a2b8365c42d461ce3185a63c5c0fcefa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 32c8d6d7e20e2831fcfd3ee30d5507f8047d6fb66c71b27dc31d4c0ba10d831b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 83b82f01120d7b338ea63daa6b863a894df070c112055189bb87b33285951c2a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 63e1f2a4cf7d96e31ec142278286dca81f09ebc5d137fed147eff5de7f9d602d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABCAABBCBBCBABCCABCBCBABACABBBCBBBACCCCBBBABBBBCACBBBBA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCAABBCBBCBABCCABCBCBABACABBBCBBBACCCCBBBABBBBCACBBBBA.exe
          • Size 25.3MB
          • SHA256 bc2aa4fd0ee340fd583d23b23c045f08e21c9bb8bfec862a0fef90492c4fbc1b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4152-0-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4152-57-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4152-64-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4152-30-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4152-16-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/4152-90-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-63-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5956-88-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp