Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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, 04:32

General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_7ad0756525a2da9f466a02f78e51fb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
  • Size 15.1MB
  • Sample260813-e55f5abk6y
  • SHA256 063e534011b08b76d659dc9daffee7ffbb55f8d3c592623880c3e920ed3e5745
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 2 IoCs
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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\2026-08-13_7ad0756525a2da9f466a02f78e51fb9f_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_7ad0756525a2da9f466a02f78e51fb9f_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:3640
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBBCACBCCBBBAACBAAAABBCCABCCBAAACBCBACCBABBCCAABAAABABCACABBBBABCBBBCAAAACCBBACBBBBBCACCABCBBBCCBBBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.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:3184
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBBCACBCCBBBAACBAAAABBCCABCCBAAACBCBACCBABBCCAABAAABABCACABBBBABCBBBCAAAACCBBACBBBBBCACCABCBBBCCBBBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3252
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CABABBAABCBBACBCBCBABCCBACBAACCCCBBABABACACAABBABBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CABABBAABCBBACBCBCBABCCBACBAACCCCBBABABACACAABBABBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1144
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CABABBAABCBBACBCBCBABCCBACBAACCCCBBABABACACAABBABBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CABABBAABCBBACBCBCBABCCBACBAACCCCBBABABACACAABBABBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6036
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CABABBAABCBBACBCBCBABCCBACBAACCCCBBABABACACAABBABBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1684
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CABABBAABCBBACBCBCBABCCBACBAACCCCBBABABACACAABBABBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4820
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.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:1588
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3912
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:6064
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACACBBBACCAACACAABCBACBCBBBCCBBCBACABCCACBBBBBBCBCCABC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACACBBBACCAACACAABCBACBCBBBCCBBCBACABCCACBBBBBBCBCCABC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2368

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Replay Monitor

          Loading Replay Monitor...

          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2d57391eee03b05a05af8b8cf069034fe470092c58a26feb0fb71922a9112b3e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f2e43f6ba61a74d29ad7b789461f7ec903922add504e95610394bd0e389bd62f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f023dffd7ce9717d6d14834f554f0870d103332cb268728d82627e55c1c7572b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 dff14ad4eef5f52d3f44b8d5a50641aa0f95dcebfa0c1926d75e6c21a6a5f441
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 aeac6c14e003a16be0878c89cdff7a3299fdf69e9950021bac8aebc234394bf4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          DisconnectPublish.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\DisconnectPublish.exe
          • Size 45.7MB
          • SHA256 d3efd0270f4915cecb4fd878cf96038844cc7b4a391bb9f407bf4a1e5f911b92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 42f32f5da7fd1f57933dc8b24cbfe977380af4a8cad76c8f90df6a99f135c4de
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBCCAABCBAACCBCCABAABCCBCCCBCCACAAABAABCAAABBCBCCBABC.exe
          • Size 15.1MB
          • SHA256 063e534011b08b76d659dc9daffee7ffbb55f8d3c592623880c3e920ed3e5745
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 5eec904bc0573d888c1962d6429a244c7336b1bd76a720c2baace59ac2ceed33
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1588-33-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BA1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1588-51-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BA1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1588-72-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BA1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2368-110-0x0000000000F30000-0x0000000000F51000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-60-0x0000000000980000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-86-0x0000000000980000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-0-0x0000000000980000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-34-0x0000000000980000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-22-0x0000000000980000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3640-11-0x0000000000980000-0x00000000009A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/6064-88-0x0000000000B80000-0x0000000000BA1000-memory.dmp