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
    14/08/2026, 04:28

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_520a038e617db6408b8b4a469360bac0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 3.7MB
  • Sample260814-e3mtascp6w
  • SHA256 c7c8000238d05397b7d459ce78aef02dbba71efad3bfcf82206b0086a4eaa6bb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_520a038e617db6408b8b4a469360bac0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_520a038e617db6408b8b4a469360bac0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_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:2444
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCACBAABCCCBCBCBBBBAABACABBAABCBACBABCACACBBCBCBBACCBAABABCCACACACBABBBABCACCAAAACAACCABCBBBBABCBCCBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.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:2320
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCACBAABCCCBCBCBBBBAABACABBAABCBACBABCACACBBCBCBBACCBAABABCCACACACBABBBABCACCAAAACAACCABCBBBBABCBCCBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4368
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BACBABAACABCBACCCABCBBCBABAAACABABACBCBAACCBBBBBCCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BACBABAACABCBACCCABCBBCBABAAACABABACBCBAACCBBBBBCCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BACBABAACABCBACCCABCBBCBABAAACABABACBCBAACCBBBBBCCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BACBABAACABCBACCCABCBBCBABAAACABABACBCBAACCBBBBBCCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1908
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BACBABAACABCBACCCABCBBCBABAAACABABACBCBAACCBBBBBCCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BACBABAACABCBACCCABCBBCBABAAACABABACBCBAACCBBBBBCCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4316
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.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:2696
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4064
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3884
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACBBACBCBBCBABBCBAABBCBBCACBACBCACBCCABCBBCABBCCCACBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACBBACBCBBCBABBCBAABBCBBCACBACBCACBCCABCBBCABBCCCACBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5464

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 08aae002ca944e75b7bb21f6e91c9b67eba0b299860a4aac4db8f07d6215629b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 132a624f6376b3828111ba6235adbd23ec9842c755aa9307c86e9c7333fc8e77
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 09821a51393ac5adcbfa08614980a29563417b6b57a3d9a6130d53dac0dc896c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          ClearDeny.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ClearDeny.exe
          • Size 320KB
          • SHA256 79788155cee7cd14fb1085d04c93cfbfd03ea36afda7da14bccf89f518d31c78
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ClearDeny.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ClearDeny.exe
          • Size 23.3MB
          • SHA256 d2a9850e69e834a4832b7c07b1d15ea701cdc9515d49bfac46bc1c8345fd9165
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ClearDeny.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ClearDeny.exe
          • Size 27.0MB
          • SHA256 14dc5e2c418523025dbde0f4a4235f6a4832dd4395ce87c503bb71d25858189f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ClearDeny.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ClearDeny.exe
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 d33e1fbba149b496ee596dda104a2b9816c8dd4137b84de725aa02a6610bfd35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ClearDeny.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ClearDeny.exe
          • Size 1.2MB
          • SHA256 826fe0192946b0b4c8eb83c5dc6e729efe25cde2349fc2821aa9a255e125c01a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ClearDeny.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ClearDeny.exe
          • Size 38.2MB
          • SHA256 8fff87126a75b4086ae12bc27e6046985d3d22e42d33edb0faf70933ed0d4942
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 80da9f6392376129878ff172c325c79b61fc5faec9cbe0ab8a01d12d253bc00c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a6374bcdf4f30ed853ba040c8825aaefeb5ad01fcb539160ef48fb3d2232e384
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBBBAAABBAACBCABCCACCBBAABCACBBBBACACABBACBBBBCCCBACBB.exe
          • Size 3.7MB
          • SHA256 c7c8000238d05397b7d459ce78aef02dbba71efad3bfcf82206b0086a4eaa6bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2444-60-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2444-34-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2444-0-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2444-86-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2444-22-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2444-11-0x00000000007C0000-0x00000000007E1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2696-33-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2696-72-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2696-51-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3884-88-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5464-95-0x0000000000D00000-0x0000000000D21000-memory.dmp