Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    140s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/08/2026, 02:40

General

  • Target
    2026-08-11_9dbf3da38c849f1683081a3066c17ebb_elex_hawkeye_icedid_remcos.exe
  • Size 5.1MB
  • Sample260811-c6aa9stfja
  • SHA256 186862d626b000106b20a58178748ace1d1b6fce2d987f92e7fd671f90ec235c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 1 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_9dbf3da38c849f1683081a3066c17ebb_elex_hawkeye_icedid_remcos.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_9dbf3da38c849f1683081a3066c17ebb_elex_hawkeye_icedid_remcos.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:2972
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBBBCAABBABAABCABABCAABCBBBAAABCACBBBAABAABABCCBBABACCCCABACACBCCBCBCACBCACBBCACCBCBABABBCBCCABBBBBBCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.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:4736
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBBBCAABBABAABCABABCAABCBBBAAABCACBBBAABAABABCCBBABACCCCABACACBCCBCBCACBCACBBCACCBCBABABBCBCCABBBBBBCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5232
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CAAAAAABCCACCBACCAABACCCACBBACCCBCCBABAACBACACABBAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAAAAAABCCACCBACCAABACCCACBBACCCBCCBABAACBACACABBAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3108
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CAAAAAABCCACCBACCAABACCCACBBACCCBCCBABAACBACACABBAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CAAAAAABCCACCBACCAABACCCACBBACCCBCCBABAACBACACABBAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2612
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CAAAAAABCCACCBACCAABACCCACBBACCCBCCBABAACBACACABBAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4684
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CAAAAAABCCACCBACCAABACCCACBBACCCBCCBABAACBACACABBAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3120
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.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:3824
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5180
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBCACCCAACBABBBABACBCCACACBCABBABCAABABCCCBBCACCCBABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBCACCCAACBABBBABACBCCACACBCABBABCAABABCCCBBCACCCBABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4908
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1528

    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 44cd942e4cb9addc52f9abfd772c4723af2010bb4362a5afb3ef038d21c8c500
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e11470db1260e08a78b12bd813f13ed855a5f9fea9a79f1b8bb4330ed628af92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.AAD.BrokerPlugin_1000.19580.1000.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9eb5d0cc456081e51c3a769caa11d12e0e8bf2be1375c5e1e6947a825e282f44
          • 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 5.7MB
          • SHA256 241470b6e37ff320b7134a5300f7be583616a177ed002407d911c815415d359f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f5002ba7c1c542542cf9e8da763c581e6f36c870b8753d71f247d3f7621b81f6
          • 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 76fc61edc10d954003b28191dc22dfdbc2b970ab84c02a2c2facda5924f65e71
          • 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 c594b020b67e3bc05dbe7543823a77a383b72ef08f632a19001cf8cbebc7e550
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fac2fdf7f635205b6f3d013899062b9f27fbffec1c30c3c373c56d4d274ce281
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c9f3288c14601c334b42a599ba69c8884eed71954f4bd744194bebe32d32b87b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c8d50531639bc561d29fe78a1ce1fd319d0056e634d75a6038f21cb518f094d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3c237a26d8c25deb4f18963143a3efd7f33b8db0e6c33fbc97aa72de980ab191
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 95bbd0ea5cc96e72ff2616fe9176d8697e18fb9ec8ca79bd682a2711cbee97cb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACACCAACABBAAAABCBBBCAAAAABCABCABBCCBBCBAABACBACABBAA.exe
          • Size 5.1MB
          • SHA256 186862d626b000106b20a58178748ace1d1b6fce2d987f92e7fd671f90ec235c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 000f8689efa5f9cb2f0f6492efec705ef4a6f316b22ad3deb1009c7c927a116b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1528-72-0x0000000000880000-0x00000000008A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2972-0-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2972-7-0x00000000001A0000-0x00000000001C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3824-33-0x0000000000880000-0x00000000008A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3824-23-0x0000000000880000-0x00000000008A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4908-69-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp