Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
146s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
14/08/2026, 04:25
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260814-e14c9sfb95
- SHA256 56046ecbe298702ffbb6e1b430595804e5d0b7220391bf655fa15e830e98c804
- MD5 55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10
- SHA1 a00117976ac8de38b572c1ef94fad23b21403b4c
- SHA512 712a5ab5d230fb70a998fae12e7f5773f0d2c0f60d111ad60c25baafb73258453bdc1479ff3d7e64c587791f13b30c5f6f84e1f3bd054ba297cd7d5d1a34f105
- SSDEEP 49152:U+ES+ES+ES+EEGv+ES+ES+ES+EEGwDd79WCH:eCtp7h
- TLSH T1EC954B05FA824071E4660870499BE37E8724B921CA134EDBE6889EDFFFF2AD15D34635
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe 4288 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe 1460 svchost_BCACAAACABACCCABACBBBABBCCBBBBBBABBBCCBACABCACBCAACBACA.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986082593-3624157295-3514260330-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_BACBACABABBCBBABBABAABACBCABBCCBBABCBCBABCAABABBAACACACC = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe" 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986082593-3624157295-3514260330-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_ABBBAACACBBCAACBBBCABBBBAABCBAABACCACCACACBAABAABCABCCBA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_BCACAAACABACCCABACBBBABBCCBBBBBBABBBCCBACABCACBCAACBACA.exe" svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 1448 sc.exe 2928 sc.exe - 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.
pid Process 5212 cmd.exe 4516 cmd.exe 4792 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_BCACAAACABACCCABACBBBABBCCBBBBBBABBBCCBACABCACBCAACBACA.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 5940 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4624 wrote to memory of 5212 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 92 PID 5212 wrote to memory of 5940 5212 cmd.exe 94 PID 2808 wrote to memory of 804 2808 svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe 95 PID 4624 wrote to memory of 4516 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 96 PID 4516 wrote to memory of 1448 4516 cmd.exe 98 PID 4624 wrote to memory of 4792 4624 2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe 99 PID 4792 wrote to memory of 2928 4792 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_stop.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:4624 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABACBACCCBCCBAABACBABACAABBAACACAACACABAABBAABBCACBBAABCACABBBCAABBBBABCABBAABCAACABCCBBCBBCBAAACCACCCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5212 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABACBACCCBCCBAABACBABACAABBAACACAACACABAABBAABBCACBBAABCACABBBCAABBBBABCABBAABCAACABCCBBCBBCBAAACCACCCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:5940
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCBBAACACBAACCAACAAACAACAAABAAAABABAAACBCACAABCBCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBBAACACBAACCAACAAACAACAAABAAAABABAAACBCACAABCBCAB"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4516 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_CCBBAACACBAACCAACAAACAACAAABAAAABABAAACBCACAABCBCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBBAACACBAACCAACAAACAACAAABAAAABABAAACBCACAABCBCAB"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1448
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCBBAACACBAACCAACAAACAACAAABAAAABABAAACBCACAABCBCAB"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4792 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_CCBBAACACBAACCAACAAACAACAAABAAAABABAAACBCACAABCBCAB"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2928
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.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
PID:2808 -
C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵PID:804
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4288
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACAAACABACCCABACBBBABBCCBBBBBBABBBCCBACABCACBCAACBACA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACAAACABACCCABACBBBABBCCBBBBBBABBBCCBACABCACBCAACBACA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1460
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
1Service Execution
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 05a4ed7cedeadaee46c246e69ad71a9b560cef5c0d34edcac371094810bf2668
- MD5 9377f90aa3be6bae7aa418b5e2bfbeb3
- SHA1 21e58a54df26b2290184c22a6305928bc32afb1a
- SHA512 85fd67360dc32627b9af58bb567268ea28bb4a8bd7a0e3314e0d3dcbeccb85c60409c019ef96cc65a4cce175229e5bce306b0bfcfd8f840cb0e980fe155df00a
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 c3c5e4707642849f9f028fa892d370164c51e921ed8e1623289818a700beaa0e
- MD5 e33194fa65040a20ce023c0e109a5e73
- SHA1 e820a6584a007c98f5216377436c88d69ced1f4e
- SHA512 27b82c05db11559b20b8ccf464ae234b98cb77f3a744cfa88b69e046fdadbec66dce7c171feb58f4d96424adc3ec205473d50c7afb77fe0785e22d7ab68c8d95
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 88cce19e611578c60e3ee64118e0c2dbfa41fcb99b21fc038bea53e5b1155821
- MD5 695754d03ed5449551b0e57d52d83424
- SHA1 46f87723ce3745a1152ebb471312cb30e96c3380
- SHA512 e9568f65f0297e190e64ec76b643ccfb54192a037b1cb5b0ec1a6d6d4d82e26bea431f53f63e45816363050d6902a0c8f03ed269bad2d12032e21a19d1101031
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 f6d8a2b413b444260821603be10356c1a1c6750ccc546e772bb45991556acf49
- MD5 318c84c9072c10e7b38f7fface061bc7
- SHA1 6e7ecd87d6a98121c17a0bfd20603d81683248c4
- SHA512 4f06e19a90339dc3f9d80c66d9fe8954039e86e469af03b18b4786a0f2f115e95c292c745f674753f076552d8d5fb1ad2100210fc0778d2c385ea47dd6f66177
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCABAACBABCBCABAAABBCCBBCCBBCACABACCCABACCBCBACBCCACB.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 56046ecbe298702ffbb6e1b430595804e5d0b7220391bf655fa15e830e98c804
- MD5 55f244c332757e2de541f2388a502c10
- SHA1 a00117976ac8de38b572c1ef94fad23b21403b4c
- SHA512 712a5ab5d230fb70a998fae12e7f5773f0d2c0f60d111ad60c25baafb73258453bdc1479ff3d7e64c587791f13b30c5f6f84e1f3bd054ba297cd7d5d1a34f105
- SSDEEP 49152:U+ES+ES+ES+EEGv+ES+ES+ES+EEGwDd79WCH:eCtp7h
- TLSH T1EC954B05FA824071E4660870499BE37E8724B921CA134EDBE6889EDFFFF2AD15D34635
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH