Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • 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, 03:50

General

  • Target
    2026-08-11_11f13d53308914ac781d586d0661f6bc_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 5.8MB
  • Sample260811-eeccnavglf
  • SHA256 63acf780abf778bdf80cca1d3000b081950392d169adf40484f3426341c9e05a
  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_11f13d53308914ac781d586d0661f6bc_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-11_11f13d53308914ac781d586d0661f6bc_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop.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:2508
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAACCABACBCBCABACABBAACABBAABAAACCAACBAAAACCBCBACCCABBBACABCCABCBACACBCBBACBAACBBCABABACACCAACBACAACBCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.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:728
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAACCABACBCBCABACABBAACABBAABAAACCAACBAAAACCBCBACCCABBBACABCCABCBACACBCBBACBAACBBCABABACACCAACBACAACBCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3748
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BBCCBBBABBABBACAAAAABBBBBBCABABCABABABCBBABAACBBBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBCCBBBABBABBACAAAAABBBBBBCABABCABABABCBBABAACBBBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1632
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BBCCBBBABBABBACAAAAABBBBBBCABABCABABABCBBABAACBBBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBCCBBBABBABBACAAAAABBBBBBCABABCABABABCBBABAACBBBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2244
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BBCCBBBABBABBACAAAAABBBBBBCABABCABABABCBBABAACBBBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5336
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BBCCBBBABBABBACAAAAABBBBBBCABABCABABABCBBABAACBBBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5576
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.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:3184
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1236
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6108
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBAABACAACCABCCBAAABBACCBBACCAACACBBBCAACBBCBABAAABCAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBAABACAACCABCCBAAABBACCBBACCAACACBBBCAACBBCBABAAABCAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5924

    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 b0c8eec1a97fdc16fdb3f842c8f96efb1e579b2ae4fc62e075be090a039e4453
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\Temp\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c639c3962b9d1697d84197e07fc4cfedc52b0d457997dd3a4875080ee7c34bcf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.Photon_1000.26100.4.0_x64__cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 aeb05d298eb5dafbd57bc522f6b11842b4fc8cfb509fb5b50eb80d20b336fc28
          • 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 6.4MB
          • SHA256 1733bcb6dae26c63378574cebfdaf969d60799ce2350999ab4925bc2aaf9d233
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi\1.107.1_0\_locales\gl\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 263881ac6ca24d474800e2483d03bfb7b09b444a8cf19f488c7e1c5b86c5e33d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStore\AJ9V9C2Y\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fa0c2900b7120b856b760f961102ae8ec7eda9344e73a0632dd0e7b261b2f644
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 22d50ded73f01a573efa2e29b8480ebab69d37c02fe19d23888d870a95aee2f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f37e3dd820eeac7e8b5e518619278713eb05b2764462ecb55948ed594903bdb8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f45cf4e7820b2c801ab57c8e25f0dea266c95f286aa4c9630a063709fbb934a0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8ff2597f52878e6a0343005ffbffa5c5a65d1fa9482e0685a50d8a7ccd51b64a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4ef252c65d3fb4e87b8b40eab2a671155a8c5f686b26e62e05c3248a81ee8875
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCBBCAACCAACAACBAAACBCCCBABBABBBCABCCCBAAAAACCBAAAAAAB.exe
          • Size 5.8MB
          • SHA256 63acf780abf778bdf80cca1d3000b081950392d169adf40484f3426341c9e05a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 85dadc0132d77766214cba3569c0f4a36337e88d0702ce130cc3888d25e5e1bf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2508-6-0x0000000000FB0000-0x0000000000FD1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-35-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F51000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-22-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F51000-memory.dmp

          memory/5924-71-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-604-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F51000-memory.dmp

          memory/6108-66-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F51000-memory.dmp