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
11/08/2026, 02:51
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
5 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
- Size 487KB
- Sample260811-db8e9atgla
- SHA256 6e431e5db20e6fd8a60110493d4290a57b3931d17d553ab63f5ec4937dd7ec9a
- MD5 8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d
- SHA1 aa5f3ca8d2eba4f96dc361dec6ee662be102cf79
- SHA512 9e157c0c3c7f016c6d1d30b01936af0443ec26e7dbee872528154996fba4ebd6d7e322e4c3888c25431d27fbbfd5318fe3af8c0ee1fd10396c28e02b824152b4
- SSDEEP 6144:dN2pkbnH7MuaW2q2qaghYenWS1uH9vd/he9Bm9lsqPm5C/vOTKsMiCKEU5uK1ltK:2pkbi5qjhZ3CmW9lsq+eYZXu
- TLSH T1C4B45C12B7C1C493F9B41570C88A81F41157FCA8D7B116ABB1863F5B79F23D2582BA8E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
3/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
pid Process 3976 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language timeout.exe - Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs
pid Process 1508 timeout.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3984 wrote to memory of 3976 3984 2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe 90 PID 3976 wrote to memory of 1508 3976 cmd.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_8568a3d9854bbbdfd3927702a64f5e9d_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3984 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd" "2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3976 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exeTIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Delays execution with timeout.exe
PID:1508
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd
- Size 208B
- SHA256 f011a223fd96def4782328f23c10d38ed3082e9aadf7e70709150229c89b7178
- MD5 2af2accd15256842cd2695a268f36675
- SHA1 53f2483f8d10ef730a2c8facb898b65e7b80fd2a
- SHA512 77e7e9b2ca3540ce90a28486b8e0abcad2c008745736bb970e1a6f2e3cc1ea97543de8d1e287c6855d5dabd7ed1c9f139fd4490abda9541c1eb73477d491a4e0
- TLSH T10AD0A721847DC7950485711A86BA199ED49115CE2F042B002351911C11D451DB482286
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH