Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • max time network
    133s
  • 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, 03:12

General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_da207ce4966eb6f9a0855892bfbdbf3c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 24.1MB
  • Sample260813-dqa4asge29
  • SHA256 6f9c4f7954473bd65f6bd23b249024c172d035aba0f86c8750b34100f4383f8a
  • 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_da207ce4966eb6f9a0855892bfbdbf3c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_da207ce4966eb6f9a0855892bfbdbf3c_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.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:5612
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACBBCBCBBCAAABBCACBAAACBACACBCBABCCBBACACCCBBCBBCCCAACCCCCBABABACCBBCAACCAABABABABCBCBAABACAABCABBBAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.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:4644
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACBBCBCBBCAAABBCACBAAACBACACBCBABCCBBACACCCBBCBBCCCAACCCCCBABABACCBBCAACCAABABABABCBCBAABACAABCABBBAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3288
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CABAACBCCCBAABBCCCBBBBBBABAAAABBACCCBCCCACBACCBBCCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CABAACBCCCBAABBCCCBBBBBBABAAAABBACCCBCCCACBACCBBCCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:948
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CABAACBCCCBAABBCCCBBBBBBABAAAABBACCCBCCCACBACCBBCCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CABAACBCCCBAABBCCCBBBBBBABAAAABBACCCBCCCACBACCBBCCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4284
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CABAACBCCCBAABBCCCBBBBBBABAAAABBACCCBCCCACBACCBBCCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4456
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CABAACBCCCBAABBCCCBBBBBBABAAAABBACCCBCCCACBACCBBCCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5892
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.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:4444
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4784
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBBBABCBABCACBCCCBBAACCCABCCBABBACCCBAAAACACBACABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAACBBBBABCBABCACBCCCBBAACCCABCCBABBACCCBAAAACACBACABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5976
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4584

    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 c883788080cab18d170bc66c545c90d9e6de9fe105c8d9cbafdb887bd198df8c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Office\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 437991eed847a063182f90633e718bad9da5f868c6b0ee84ff609ea6d5a7f386
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4C903F19-B4C3-4D0C-8CC9-D444C511AF1C}v64.60.31149\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 14a08bb8a900ce84787e40fd3bd93f70985bad4655dea3302de281c8205897e1
          • 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 24.7MB
          • SHA256 51b223317a14543cce9f67d5e9db9e0dce3ba91a0af1ace5aed0048ce890f3c7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{ef5af41f-d68c-48f7-bfb0-5055718601fc}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cb3a7b1794866b75d22ff5954eab87de503f9f7c2e1e6ca85a5e363b64ac73c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8325995054523a715c473779782472b280e895712dc234582a340bb2632e8075
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\adm\pt-BR\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 777022fd25ec11bfe2113b7f30ca71623ee6bfa07864ca816e497c52820b6411
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 bfe3a1cf2a0921711a85bf87f4ea547feba1725e1a6fafacf35c1258ebaaccd2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 861be6d125ea351de504bde4e77bc768e1126067385ad230cd8e364c474f2360
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 334e6dbeaa098df1be41562fc8a20a01752308e9676c12ee2d82d52784fd011d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 75c3f498299dd5b22a555b16e9d9dfb8e990b8a6db6cdcea3f9e5a4b9d612302
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 61bb90e82138c7f12d6734449b187a639d9cfc2368830459eda253eb1cbb9dee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 20bdfadf121fbc9b711146c14ab9fc910383a94ff278b8ca501ba38deaa99fc9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 088c08cbeef56e79eca7ba72db3d67409a37864dbe62c31827238c21dd822e5c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0be131ddc93b591ff37d101f65f09ef1cfb3fbdb336d5abc7ef5803bba0370ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBBBCBACCACBBAABBABACCBCAACBCACCBACCBBAACBCACBACCABCA.exe
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 6f9c4f7954473bd65f6bd23b249024c172d035aba0f86c8750b34100f4383f8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 d6f12736b6374f7029dde8a89b4cc94fc122f09d713ba80138aa84535b1158c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 745e4345169d72556c58067f8795bf8a0cbe1047e031e645ee0a9d4dd459c35c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/4444-33-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4584-1454-0x00000000003A0000-0x00000000003C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5612-0-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5612-7-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000006D1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5976-73-0x00000000005C0000-0x00000000005E1000-memory.dmp