Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
131s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
11/08/2026, 03:47
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
- Size 18.5MB
- Sample260811-eclhjsfm61
- SHA256 e78c4b9e37c6e5afc33a9085441628fbd8ce9e0426c2d52de164dee3f95c9a33
- MD5 178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354
- SHA1 1f770a36f1b3aafe9f2d7477f367e93d6dfa4e61
- SHA512 66c0130eed4e052aba70198a96dbf9242507afa5820aaff1374c8dafff4eef9402e79364527d57391989f826f30c61fa0e08090d25e72f22ed44f6b137a7a795
- SSDEEP 393216:n5S5d5S5S5d5S5S5n9ahvQHrc8u3xXJ/f4uUWHw:n5S5d5S5S5d5S5S5evQHrK5/f4uU7
- TLSH T1D7179D17B39A41A5D47BE2B889578362EE757C100330A7DF1690B7292F37BE09B3A351
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002459b-22.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Dotfuscator - Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002459b-22.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SmartAssembly - Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x000700000002459b-22.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Yano - Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe 3172 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Update_BCABAACCCCCBBBACCABAACAABCBCCBBCCBCCCBCBAABCACABBAAAACAC = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe" 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Update_BAAABBCAAABBBABCCCBABAABACBACAACBACCCAAABBBAAACCCCCBCAAB = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_BCCBAACBBCBCACBBBACAABBBBACAACBACCABABCBBCCABBCBCBCABAB.exe" svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 5464 sc.exe 5632 sc.exe - 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.
pid Process 4912 cmd.exe 2844 cmd.exe 3484 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language notepad.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language calc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe - Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000_Classes\Local Settings calc.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 2600 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4688 OpenWith.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4648 wrote to memory of 4912 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 102 PID 4912 wrote to memory of 2600 4912 cmd.exe 104 PID 4648 wrote to memory of 2844 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 105 PID 2844 wrote to memory of 5464 2844 cmd.exe 107 PID 4648 wrote to memory of 3484 4648 2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 108 PID 3484 wrote to memory of 5632 3484 cmd.exe 110 PID 5972 wrote to memory of 3596 5972 svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe 112 PID 3596 wrote to memory of 316 3596 notepad.exe 113
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.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:4648 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABACABCAACBCBABAABCACBCABBBBCCACBBBABACABCCBBAACAACBBAACCABCBBBBACCCABCACCBCBAABCAACABBBBBABACCBCBBBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4912 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABACABCAACBCBABAABCACBCABBBBCCACBBBABACABCCBBAACAACBBAACCABCBBBBACCCABCACCBCBAABCAACABBBBBABACCBCBBBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2600
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCBCCCBAACBCCCAAACCBBCBACCBACCCBBBABCBBCBCABABCABBA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBCCCBAACBCCCAAACCBBCBACCBACCCBBBABCBBCBCABABCABBA"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2844 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_CCBCCCBAACBCCCAAACCBBCBACCBACCCBBBABCBBCBCABABCABBA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBCCCBAACBCCCAAACCBBCBACCBACCCBBBABCBBCBCABABCABBA"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5464
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCBCCCBAACBCCCAAACCBBCBACCBACCCBBBABCBBCBCABABCABBA"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3484 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_CCBCCCBAACBCCCAAACCBBCBACCBACCCBBBABCBBCBCABABCABBA"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5632
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe1⤵
- 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:5972 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3596 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.execalc.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
PID:316
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3172
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C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exeC:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4688
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
1Service Execution
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 648d2b9f359bd425d0be0e424f925cbf3051071fae49e5cec0d151f9861a0c85
- MD5 3d9c1290e1fc41104a587c42bc0ecb16
- SHA1 33e8d16eb651eea103b363b75285d0c128483d8a
- SHA512 d14cd7df1700106e2c3ca4ae0014fc01b3fc4646c79c9df80397f69174232acbae6dbff08ae4d5215cc3769cd8bbb2c214483d86df989fadff21bb787236a99d
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 31a9ee5dd4d50f9d341313cda1d1d3abcf9e14fd9db5c7b7e508a4aac2abf812
- MD5 906969cc76a0afb18ab80b0ff4dc9c68
- SHA1 5b0b37974cdda5076db86797e48f2ac0001c98d4
- SHA512 9858f3c97e613931c7a7126b68ac896010e6cf148d988ced42e7661d758d34fc7a5fd3303ca3f60fcb975bf2ea60821d4b71981ad449a4b5d799ebe8b6722dc5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 ec655db0d6760e1be49e8d3f647b1456f8b94f613aacf09fba5455db614b0258
- MD5 c345d15078d1dc46c4fa5442177a77e2
- SHA1 cb020c399dfffad1c2da68a61136e91ea490da08
- SHA512 5c9322ce4fe706dbcd66d8327fab247e015b41741020253045cb4f84fcb014f7f06da3b857d08e134b2ebd741288a645d0a8a3c16316f97bda9b033e4934a0e5
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 30ec1db7c4efd5be2f2525d061413308a5d6ea826bd55f8dbcd9d40814b2cc80
- MD5 9b882c1f0a45e80cf7ca5e88d03a2e0d
- SHA1 408969a5726d23f86d922e925b4d47bde91b25fa
- SHA512 1a353ae44a99c9e033854395d7d4c86858d57feb4eda9522a1a33aa5e3bbea20b40cc1c254e996fd7ee594f1d12477c5d89b0dd207a24f4b31a75a746e15b551
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBCCBABCABCCAABCABBABBACBCBBBBBBAAABCBCAABAACBCBBABAB.exe
- Size 18.5MB
- SHA256 e78c4b9e37c6e5afc33a9085441628fbd8ce9e0426c2d52de164dee3f95c9a33
- MD5 178264b8253ef4b5c4e34de863b53354
- SHA1 1f770a36f1b3aafe9f2d7477f367e93d6dfa4e61
- SHA512 66c0130eed4e052aba70198a96dbf9242507afa5820aaff1374c8dafff4eef9402e79364527d57391989f826f30c61fa0e08090d25e72f22ed44f6b137a7a795
- SSDEEP 393216:n5S5d5S5S5d5S5S5n9ahvQHrc8u3xXJ/f4uUWHw:n5S5d5S5S5d5S5S5evQHrK5/f4uU7
- TLSH T1D7179D17B39A41A5D47BE2B889578362EE757C100330A7DF1690B7292F37BE09B3A351
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH