Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    132s
  • 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, 05:09

General

  • Target
    2026-08-13_42c4ef934f436ab3d2da9c3a01491750_amadey_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 4.4MB
  • Sample260813-ftg25asdkh
  • SHA256 a1666a537ce05ff34740c3ef28586dc00ad15127d6222a1d83f2a280fba8eac7
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 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 4 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 11 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 2 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 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_42c4ef934f436ab3d2da9c3a01491750_amadey_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-13_42c4ef934f436ab3d2da9c3a01491750_amadey_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_rhadamanthys_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:1496
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBAAAABBABCAABABAACACBBCBABBABACCCAABCCBAACBBABCBBCCCAAACCCBACBBACBCABAAAAACCACBBCAABBACCBBABCBCCBBCBCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.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:3440
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBAAAABBABCAABABAACACBBCBABBABACCCAABCCBAACBBABCBBCCCAAACCCBACBBACBCABAAAAACCACBBCAABBACCBBABCBCCBBCBCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2560
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBABBBCBBBBCBAAACBBBABCAABBACAACACCBBCBCBAACBBACBCA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBABBBCBBBBCBAAACBBBABCAABBACAACACCBBCBCBAACBBACBCA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2844
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBABBBCBBBBCBAAACBBBABCAABBACAACACCBBCBCBAACBBACBCA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBABBBCBBBBCBAAACBBBABCAABBACAACACCBBCBCBAACBBACBCA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4608
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBABBBCBBBBCBAAACBBBABCAABBACAACACCBBCBCBAACBBACBCA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1376
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBABBBCBBBBCBAAACBBBABCAABBACAACACCBBCBCBAACBBACBCA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1524
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.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:4692
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5540
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCAABBBCAAABCBAABBAAACABCCBBABACCACACAAACACCBABCABCAABACBCBCABBBAACCBBABBABCACCCBCBBBBAABBCBCBBCBCACAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAAAABAAABBAABBBABCCABBACAACCCAACBBCABACACCBAABBBCCAAAA.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:3844
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCAABBBCAAABCBAABBAAACABCCBBABACCACACAAACACCBABCABCAABACBCBCABBBAACCBBABBABCACCCBCBBBBAABBCBCBBCBCACAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAAAABAAABBAABBBABCCABBACAACCCAACBBCABACACCBAABBBCCAAAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:2264
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAAAABAAABBAABBBABCCABBACAACCCAACBBCABACACCBAABBBCCAAAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAAAABAAABBAABBBABCCABBACAACCCAACBBCABACACCBAABBBCCAAAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3496
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:880

    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 f1d95aaa0ae21de69b47e067bbdde627fe85482906c4b55da81a5cc4d8dad193
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 240496c9bbe035285b8311a3eda3f18a5629dd4ef49e1a85ae76c58c8598675f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\ClickToRun\MachineData\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8cc58f1fe4f869b04aae3ccbe80902056abc041a42365774901839cb2abf61e0
          • 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 5.0MB
          • SHA256 deef49961d9004041304c03da63aaea8a01202ad6fdcb5cf9761dfd339a63a20
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0facf9ca1891fd24e9dae5d9a57343fa1c1c3b36a8c5cb10af5d88dd16b779d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\6\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d5dbf77089b56536aa31cafc5bf75fb6392637af63df8f3116ba2d193278406b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extension State\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5dca324b58d5ca93288909068e0e3ffe1c8dc4a667e64344ea94fff1ce18ba27
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5084d0ece5f3c72bd0cecb11bb734136b19e31abcab3683d6655a505ceb2fc50
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 66d97448bba2584f9130367e7591eb311efbd152b66d3e1e5a4ae4bab47a07c0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Network Shortcuts\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3c4792b01d502d0c60b12a47d66889c40151c338391473f989612103d100ca3d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ea3a4823ff843c0120c2219e4e85f31bd8df2838633215233231362c07528776
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 76411f6f480acbb9dd6abcb6226b1d80b503f0c8dd0e1a508a0f13ba9756fffe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0125a2343aec8f7619936222960c8f243677d84d08b4a2fd0aa06f6547deddab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCBAACBCCBBCCBBABAACACCCBBCBAACACCAABBAABCCBACABCCACCA.exe
          • Size 4.4MB
          • SHA256 a1666a537ce05ff34740c3ef28586dc00ad15127d6222a1d83f2a280fba8eac7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2b31dd0b874b316ec097004fb13f5b05c37c18177a8b33dd5f50cca18d977804
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 2f572be328d83694f1b6e3ec7bfd1e22aa37fe110161605b9daa44b9dc3c29f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 449a3c022b7b95041820545ec9ca518f6f4c2aeb201375d216936c4a0ff06243
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/880-2042-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp

          memory/1496-6-0x00000000003C0000-0x00000000003E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3496-78-0x00000000004F0000-0x0000000000511000-memory.dmp

          memory/4692-31-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp