Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    13/08/2026, 00:01

General

  • Target
    2026-08-12_d77139b0b9fa10f8c02b7c855d0cf629_amadey_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 2.3MB
  • Sample260813-abeamavyhy
  • SHA256 53f3d2eb277476935e9ba21066df9c7ccdbd2b9a1e06be80dca6154d50812d52
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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\2026-08-12_d77139b0b9fa10f8c02b7c855d0cf629_amadey_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_d77139b0b9fa10f8c02b7c855d0cf629_amadey_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.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:3360
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABCACAACACCAAAACCAABBBACBBAAAACAABAAAACCCBAAAACCCCBCCCABCBCBBACCCBAABBAACBABBABCBAABAAACACAACBABABCBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.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:3160
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABCACAACACCAAAACCAABBBACBBAAAACAABAAAACCCBAAAACCCCBCCCABCBCBBACCCBAABBAACBABBABCBAABAAACACAACBABABCBAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3944
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BBACCBCCAABACCBCBAAAACCCABACBCACABBBCCABBCCACABABCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBACCBCCAABACCBCBAAAACCCABACBCACABBBCCABBCCACABABCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4420
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BBACCBCCAABACCBCBAAAACCCABACBCACABBBCCABBCCACABABCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBACCBCCAABACCBCBAAAACCCABACBCACABBBCCABBCCACABABCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5700
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BBACCBCCAABACCBCBAAAACCCABACBCACABBBCCABBCCACABABCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1088
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BBACCBCCAABACCBCBAAAACCCABACBCACABBBCCABBCCACABABCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4816
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.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:4148
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4996
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCACBACBABBABCACABCABACCCBCCBBCABBACCCBBBBCAAABCAAAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCACBACBABBABCACABCABACCCBCCBBCABBACCCBBBBCAAABCAAAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1952
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4488

    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 5d79a49a6a180f0ed47f84821dd924aaf5891ae99d487d0a5aec54484a8c2692
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\ClickToRun\MachineData\Integration\ShortcutBackups\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fa9ab0dcb1020bf42be832e233a0e025178c69db4ca64931e2f588d789b8e620
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b3efe0abdfbc7d08af22f3867a08e8367ef3e0a6bfa1a84dda2c1651d21db2b8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 336a8675da5858c175fac5d9133c31c6d617dc1d758f5828e85d698e15eacce5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 88a57e2a16bc10f1c8e8f8a9913f18500212452cd6ac35f23050bbdbcd9d527b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 318e1f4749233ced75059c017939eaa4ca3f295499cc3d1f1ad4537d1e924cc0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5293a1ab600765f5f3bb7295aa065fdbfdfadd524bd2abe235131ba62bdfd5a6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d7628e51d4fdc937febfa35725420709b76b4e5271833ce08de5cf1f9028ddf1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8dc620139e479f458dcfcc8a957399c64b6152bdc1a2d3298ef1b359a652d444
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1f1e718d392f335525dd2191b1a39976c231087f80cdbd1b9e314375ea79ab73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 24.6MB
          • SHA256 284fa2eae5a4abba8dc8ba87d927df7367fea136c6b8359fe9236ebad111c1db
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 7.7MB
          • SHA256 3e7d29acc41bd57a889bccd374dfe2c3b13c906d67fa07c77949bbdbaddb2f1a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 7d6f809419597022c33ecc3daacd85d2638543da6330d6c40074c558a38d9dc5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 16.8MB
          • SHA256 adacca66b54e8b3074393b257283386a80e8975110118444ffa43e789c0aa640
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 19.0MB
          • SHA256 2b1c5dd101fc0edac99821e6292b7fafd28b1f3bfc4f38bfc95e57cbffda140f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 512KB
          • SHA256 c0b7120d96d335c620c8b507056dcb59db44e279c4c77f2274d6831a91b8f891
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          OptimizeUnpublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\OptimizeUnpublish.exe
          • Size 128KB
          • SHA256 2166c91607b6fad84b55206547842965e7f5f3e745c9d551e02a2ee506ba80c7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Default\Music\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6f6309250fb1e4982d7f6cede8fc2a7a93216a0b47970f164abdc6370ed49875
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABCBCBAABBAABCCACBCABBBACBBABCBACCBAACBCABBAAABBBBBBBBB.exe
          • Size 2.3MB
          • SHA256 53f3d2eb277476935e9ba21066df9c7ccdbd2b9a1e06be80dca6154d50812d52
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 3156f560dbe945f16f786c37d4a8006ff3ff5c3eff8936ff5f831bbf570b013d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1952-92-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-93-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-47-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/3360-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/4148-70-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/4148-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/4148-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/4148-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

          memory/4488-95-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp