Overview

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Static

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2026-08-13...le.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-13...le.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • 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, 03:58

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_a694c3d19944b1c7203d8709931521b4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 12.3MB
  • Sample260813-ejvd2aaq41
  • SHA256 a941b8f8dd5b70530d25eb4ef5bda1b2ac921f1b7af1cc97012519826a5e624b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecutionpersistence

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • 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.

    execution
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

    persistenceexecution
  • 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_a694c3d19944b1c7203d8709931521b4_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_a694c3d19944b1c7203d8709931521b4_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:3380
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAABBBBACCBACBBBBACBABCCBABCBABBABBCABAACBCBCCBCCCBABCACABBBBCABBAABBBBCCCCCAACAABAABAACCBCAABBBCAACABC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.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:5200
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAABBBBACCBACBBBBACBABCCBABCBABBABBCABAACBCBCCBCCCBABCACABBBBCABBAABBBBCCCCCAACAABAABAACCBCAABBBCAACABC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4912
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBBCBABACBCABCBCCCCABCCACBCBBCBBBACBCABACBAAABCBAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBBCBABACBCABCBCCCCABCCACBCBBCBBBACBCABACBAAABCBAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1384
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBBCBABACBCABCBCCCCABCCACBCBBCBBBACBCABACBAAABCBAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBBCBABACBCABCBCCCCABCCACBCBBCBBBACBCABACBAAABCBAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5604
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBBCBABACBCABCBCCCCABCCACBCBBCBBBACBCABACBAAABCBAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3236
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBBCBABACBCABCBCCCCABCCACBCBBCBBBACBCABACBAAABCBAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2496
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.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:1064
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:6040
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACBBBCACBACACACBBBBCCABBAABCBAAAAAACAABAAAAABACBABCCB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACBBBCACBACACACBBBBCCABBAABCBAAAAAACAABAAAAABACBABCCB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1816
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5460

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Reconnaissance

          Resource Development

          Initial Access

          Execution

          Command and Scripting Interpreter

          1
          T1059

          Windows Command Shell

          1
          T1059.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          System Services

          1
          T1569

          Service Execution

          1
          T1569.002

          Persistence

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Privilege Escalation

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Defense Evasion

          Modify Registry

          1
          T1112

          Credential Access

          Discovery

          System Location Discovery

          1
          T1614

          System Language Discovery

          1
          T1614.001

          Lateral Movement

          Collection

          Command and Control

          Exfiltration

          Impact

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3bc60c58db6d7225a563247d55d7d27cc60c5e74eb48b2bcadd4072202710843
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          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 3.8MB
          • SHA256 5d50fcc57e45498cde88de7cd2a571f4d2f45f7f9391a170b5490358c1d0ff78
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 70ae8df853114c281dc775c431351fbeb9bb152b1ae31cfec96f19e6b9c8501e
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b1867caf1931443fd3c71593a6b3a6a9bc8097ea514d775b1ed56d3cc247686a
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 38f7e43923a97b9df95e4b19109e503dbd6e3ec19ce6541f952bcb4890ff4026
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 628538d52b26013dd1a42b59930a1fbda8ce87738d84a9004da98d9cfa3ab2e0
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 029dfc84bd620e8789727d069933bc499daa41a183652700fed041119a45e800
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 52ac0e91a8d7c556b8ee6cc6e996277368fe3e43ce7a025d5daced3ce1e4b851
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          svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBACABCCAACBBCAAACCCABACBBBBCBACBBBAACBBCBAAACCBBCABA.exe
          • Size 12.3MB
          • SHA256 a941b8f8dd5b70530d25eb4ef5bda1b2ac921f1b7af1cc97012519826a5e624b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          virus_log.txt
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 c102f5c11dabfd751a733924d78428da5e615b085393ff0278c5669a6c8d7d27
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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          memory/1064-33-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/1816-64-0x0000000000850000-0x0000000000871000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3380-0-0x0000000000860000-0x0000000000881000-memory.dmp
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          memory/3380-7-0x0000000000860000-0x0000000000881000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5460-75-0x0000000000090000-0x00000000000B1000-memory.dmp
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