Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
155s - 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, 03:05
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 14.0MB
- Sample260813-dk835sywft
- SHA256 b9e290461fcfa3dc7113d184e713671724a6216e3ba53617b73d62d660f0d6f8
- MD5 e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e
- SHA1 e07b75e75f7a4fc3795e5c001af73930dcd748e3
- SHA512 fce56a252cb2460650afa71f68ac95aaf28f40049e2416618fb80418f088a097fd4342a46474464feb5d83ca03c73b11d6227a693e7d7b431181eb31faacddc6
- SSDEEP 98304:KKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aZKjKWQc0:KqXqXqXqXqXqXqXqxKWQc0gEYnvLW
- TLSH T1F1E6AF02F6830071E977357009DFE3BF597D772146358DABE7488A2B6A32F90692835B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe 5604 svchost_ACAABCCCCABAAAABABCCCACCABBBBBBCCAACACCBCACCBCCAAAABABB.exe 5824 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CABAABCBAAACBBBCCCCBABCBABBAABBCBACABCBBBCAACCCAAAABCBBC = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe" 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4046655672-1449839301-2197395821-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CBAACBCBBACACBACACCAABBABBBABBCCCACCAAACBACBBACACAACBCCB = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_ACAABCCCCABAAAABABCCCACCABBBBBBCCAACACCBCACCBCCAAAABABB.exe" svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 4944 sc.exe 3252 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 4700 cmd.exe 3916 cmd.exe 3476 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_ACAABCCCCABAAAABABCCCACCABBBBBBCCAACACCBCACCBCCAAAABABB.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.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 2872 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 768 wrote to memory of 3476 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 92 PID 3476 wrote to memory of 2872 3476 cmd.exe 94 PID 1572 wrote to memory of 3544 1572 svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe 95 PID 768 wrote to memory of 4700 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 98 PID 4700 wrote to memory of 4944 4700 cmd.exe 100 PID 768 wrote to memory of 3916 768 2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 101 PID 3916 wrote to memory of 3252 3916 cmd.exe 103
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e_amadey_darkgate_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:768 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBAAACCBBBABCAAACCAAABBCAAAAAACBACABBBBACCCBBAACBBBCCBAABBCBACBAACABAACBBABBCCABACCCABABCAAABBCCCBACAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.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:3476 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBAAACCBBBABCAAACCAAABBCAAAAAACBACABBBBACCCBBAACBBBCCBAABBCBACBAACABAACBBABBCCABACCCABABCAAABBCCCBACAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:2872
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCCCBCACAABBCABAAAACCBCBBABCCCAAABCAACCBCABCCAAACAC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCCCBCACAABBCABAAAACCBCBBABCCCAAABCAACCBCABCCAAACAC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4700 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_CCCCBCACAABBCABAAAACCBCBBABCCCAAABCAACCBCABCCAAACAC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCCCBCACAABBCABAAAACCBCBBABCCCAAABCAACCBCABCCAAACAC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4944
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCCCBCACAABBCABAAAACCBCBBABCCCAAABCAACCBCABCCAAACAC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3916 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_CCCCBCACAABBCABAAAACCBCBBABCCCAAABCAACCBCABCCAAACAC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3252
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.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:1572 -
C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵PID:3544
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCCCCABAAAABABCCCACCABBBBBBCCAACACCBCACCBCCAAAABABB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAABCCCCABAAAABABCCCACCABBBBBBCCAACACCBCACCBCCAAAABABB.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5604
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5824
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 9b1dac1aa373315d3d963e84fe8e49735ccc145220ff957d95ee24c2798824f3
- MD5 b2923a2a83246ccced38bbc84beb3fff
- SHA1 c4dafd62f7e56c4a676b933dbe555aed10f1d2e8
- SHA512 27980e9e0a6c86d8a511683db91f9a2eb1a97249147de1855dd96519b28bb5fcacd8735fd3e7803a4c3f1f08617bc022d3ccfa6198202cd601e689fa86f375bc
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 27c995b0eda48e41a4a455ffd1983c610d88a500cbf51c69fcdf5a565882323e
- MD5 5940d6cd32a6bc2f1ce7cea2560e7035
- SHA1 7a53d3097f40bf29c039d0c5f37f7edb6687cfe1
- SHA512 1b58becf7449ca0b0d81415e9e292916dcd209e91a038bbc62b3bf7f11903751c51d0bb36405fc16dbfbba2944f2d654e3b3e4d5d246edb3f761016914f41630
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 f44afc8334bb667c610d9ee2698e9d4990a5ced0db78df5f3f22f6e53965561a
- MD5 e766f11921327bb2ddc1197eb8a1ae55
- SHA1 9f479a1c822140c4d9ff3540b77b7d5765cac2e5
- SHA512 cd389ea8c59ca8ecfa7dd59a10861a19b7073feb29250b788bc28785f7e86937162bd7bf21fc05750564cd6902a7745770749b298aeee0e4ebd689537b2ffc01
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 ca96f321fbd171eb8d378fb2be1ed8d6c6a470564996ba8097b4521a17a716aa
- MD5 3308eb6fa34480606e7c448cf27d7c71
- SHA1 2e66202615cbfefe4120b1dacfae81ea4387ff27
- SHA512 3b16d1d933dfba812f25862c22b4b1248059a31fb309223f52af8049febececce9511b58c70c9166c2a30420f9da0d90cbb92b2c4ecda7d3a43724398eb4b03c
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 a03d115a530cd04380ad5aac73a926e2eb00136e27e59bb67f03d5aa4f1758b6
- MD5 6a704412d38a4d38b667e220e34571f0
- SHA1 98a94da2d99997a4e818e81036152dc8589c2d08
- SHA512 7d1d35cdd302c7c7548761628360e3486d8a6e5afdae76a791d1a0a6589fc0f9f337d2da1b8b851057ef13a8c4058a67c34cb7d1173c79ed1cf8ba53cbd6fda4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 0ec9e506f8474caacba545f7876fb199ae912c1dbf1e6fcd373a380ced99abcc
- MD5 6606baf06247dc2ee1ae8a9b946a83ed
- SHA1 70a000cbe2b3af04d9382fefb0ee738c4afd146d
- SHA512 b55359a6b704b7089a4ef513188debf42b916d836611c1ee9319c47d9ed355e9030b71cc6329976257b1e47d3d67a8109fe2cd9e4ea202174ac95df79f621228
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACCBACCBBCCBCABABABCCCCACCABCAABCAACAABCCCCAAABCABACC.exe
- Size 14.0MB
- SHA256 b9e290461fcfa3dc7113d184e713671724a6216e3ba53617b73d62d660f0d6f8
- MD5 e1e62b13ed433a310e5543b962c0f85e
- SHA1 e07b75e75f7a4fc3795e5c001af73930dcd748e3
- SHA512 fce56a252cb2460650afa71f68ac95aaf28f40049e2416618fb80418f088a097fd4342a46474464feb5d83ca03c73b11d6227a693e7d7b431181eb31faacddc6
- SSDEEP 98304:KKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aZKjKWQc0:KqXqXqXqXqXqXqXqxKWQc0gEYnvLW
- TLSH T1F1E6AF02F6830071E977357009DFE3BF597D772146358DABE7488A2B6A32F90692835B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH