Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
14/08/2026, 02:41
General
- Target 2026-08-14_fe27bd6f6aebb24045349bf54c7f140a_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_l.exe
- Size 29.9MB
- Sample260814-c6hmmsshre
- SHA256 e2486a4083df05f4c3ad35d95a4f78fdb81e96eb0a73a91f353c796cf3325507
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 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 5 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 8 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_fe27bd6f6aebb24045349bf54c7f140a_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_l.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_fe27bd6f6aebb24045349bf54c7f140a_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_l.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
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCACBABAACCCBBBBABBBBCCBCAAABCACCCBCCCBCCABCBAABCBABBBBBAACCBBCAAAACAABAAAAABBBAABCABBBBCCAABBCABBABCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACABCCCABABCCBABABCCBACBCBACACBCAACBBAABAAAAAAACBAAAAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCACBABAACCCBBBBABBBBCCBCAAABCACCCBCCCBCCABCBAABCBABBBBBAACCBBCAAAACAABAAAAABBBAABCABBBBCCAABBCABBABCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACABCCCABABCCBABABCCBACBCBACACBCAACBBAABAAAAAAACBAAAAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACABCCCABABCCBABABCCBACBCBACACBCAACBBAABAAAAAAACBAAAAA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACABCCCABABCCBABABCCBACBCBACACBCAACBBAABAAAAAAACBAAAAA.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
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C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBBCBAABBBABBBAABACCCBCCBAABBBCBBABCBACBABCCCAAACACCBA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBBCBAABBBABBBAABACCCBCCBAABBBCBBABCBACBABCCCAAACACCBA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
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svchost_AACABCCCABABCCBABABCCBACBCBACACBCAACBBAABAAAAAAACBAAAAA.exe
memory/2264-63-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp
memory/2264-84-0x0000000000140000-0x0000000000161000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-17-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-64-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-0-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-15-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-25-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-31-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp
memory/4104-90-0x0000000000F60000-0x0000000000F81000-memory.dmp