be795e80c8ac8031f3adef7ae1361955d6cce706624eb26eb30d48fe60babd60

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
150s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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14/08/2026, 04:31

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General

Target
2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
Size 2.6MB
Sample260814-e5vxpacq21
SHA256 be795e80c8ac8031f3adef7ae1361955d6cce706624eb26eb30d48fe60babd60
MD5 4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e
SHA1 5efcfcd21ca7bc031ffee81f3f92ffc2a53660a1
SHA512 dba4a04b6945af2af650b734e394d4aad16f65b598866b47c78bc692835a2e35d9029d42f66443c442a5005d4d2d88c3907e5124e04212e943eeb7df3cfb7d8d
SSDEEP 49152:U+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+EOkciw2J+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+EOkciw2+DdY:zp78
TLSH
T1D2D54C09FAD64071E977517049EBC37A8A71BD2187318AEFE688C72E5D33BD0A834716
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery execution persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
4200	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
4748	svchost_ABABABBABCBABCBABACCCBBBCAABBBBACCBBBCBCCABBBBCBACABAAB.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986082593-3624157295-3514260330-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_ACACBBCCCAACCBBBACABACBCBCBBBCCAACABCCCBBACBCAAAACCCBACA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe"	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3986082593-3624157295-3514260330-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_BAAAACABBBCACAAACBBCACCCCBBBABACBACAABCBCCBBBACBBACCBBAC = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_ABABABBABCBABCBABACCCBBBCAABBBBACCBBBCBCCABBBBCBACABAAB.exe"	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe

Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
5888	sc.exe
4856	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.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
4684	cmd.exe
972	cmd.exe
2392	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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost_ABABABBABCBABCBABACCCBBBCAABBBBACCBBBCBCCABBBBCBACABAAB.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4100	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 4684	4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe	92
PID 4684 wrote to memory of 4100	4684	cmd.exe	94
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 972	4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe	95
PID 972 wrote to memory of 5888	972	cmd.exe	97
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 2392	4192	2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe	98
PID 2392 wrote to memory of 4856	2392	cmd.exe	100
PID 3520 wrote to memory of 2792	3520	svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.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:4192
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCACBBCCBBCBBACBABCCCACAACAAAACCABCCACCBACCCCAAABCCCCBABAABBACCCBBCBBCBBCBBACABBBBACACAAACAACCAAAAACBBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.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:4684
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCACBBCCBBCBBACBABCCCACAACAAAACCABCCACCBACCCCAAABCCCCBABAABBACCCBBCBBCBBCBBACABBBBACACAAACAACCAAAAACBBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:4100
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BCCCACACCBCABCCAACBBBCCACACAACABABACBACAABCBBCBCCAC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCCCACACCBCABCCAACBBBCCACACAACABABACBACAABCBBCBCCAC"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:972
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    sc create "UserDataSvc_BCCCACACCBCABCCAACBBBCCACACAACABABACBACAABCBBCBCCAC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCCCACACCBCABCCAACBBBCCACACAACABABACBACAABCBBCBCCAC"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5888
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BCCCACACCBCABCCAACBBBCCACACAACABABACBACAABCBBCBCCAC"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2392
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    sc start "UserDataSvc_BCCCACACCBCABCCAACBBBCCACACAACABABACBACAABCBBCBCCAC"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4856

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.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:3520
- C:\Windows\notepad.exe
  "notepad.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:2792

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4200

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABABBABCBABCBABACCCBBBCAABBBBACCBBBCBCCABBBBCBACABAAB.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABABABBABCBABCBABACCCBBBCAABBBBACCBBBCBCCABBBBCBACABAAB.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4748

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 0940af8348a2fead9f35fce3f0ea62811a7734479b5398204b1fb43379dadacd
MD5 b1b967fa1601c01bfef5458cff25a80a
SHA1 a4108ca2a44540ca0e7f1ebd95c64761749bef95
SHA512 1a374746a116df36d6e7c11bf33a5ee964b12f905c9176f728dcda293de2f3774cbd7bd54259cad95cf957830282467583dfc7b5cb071375d27d54b01a900e88
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 ea97dc0bcc4dfc4a3bfac2ee4c6feeafe4979314b2d3fc90e330a98cde733851
MD5 a1d4c8fd09e59cbbad963485e66465f9
SHA1 a3cad86ba42c94e2128cb9d78d721175dd5434fb
SHA512 5e638f2802e1696089a34dbee934716c8e359febcfa2afcafa7cc3fc987ce9d4d5f7fc6487fd503edba77329ac531c259328e83ab1918690e42477d983a9b75a
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 df2246dbd293951c98e4b93b2c4af6b8f6ab116128be3870504026d33f2064db
MD5 a659f02a0995797a77020a0afb78d32c
SHA1 8fcff8b55877bac789b5645072db669436f4b27e
SHA512 4f02b1aa378a73314d335ac2c30887ff39dbfeeede22fc1b10454c75dd5915262645b916a24da476ecf7dc3fc50e8175e89304f908906208c810e8fea1149b6b
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 da6012867bdf045c57851ee8f05758c0c3e1512db83a045fe94774c017a792e1
MD5 914762f4853695cf4ec9b50bb248d667
SHA1 e666b0643ffb7d33214950c349ebe48b8fad1751
SHA512 f0b96ff56002e7cdd0606d805baeeefb82a7875f546efe542fba76394f2e53760603b9897235e91cfe9f85e3fd850248eafdf43cfd714e058b8f01a0e619efef
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 3c39d98e5e4373e7c88e389e7ec8fbbcd67b50dadcf0fe34909c5f24a335125d
MD5 97c1408728c97d34e285867b5692a691
SHA1 adbcecc3c471f2383ddf119c75699170a44b4606
SHA512 16accc8c60df7f4788aa6af2e32224281c451916b3db3f30d4a01b9a990bdba4b2a79622806d02bde47644ffa3b389843fd9c9ed2c412f02be70c94e910334f9
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svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe

Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACACBCCBBBCCCABBBCACAAABBBBCABACBACCBCCBCBBCABCCCCACCAC.exe
Size 2.6MB
SHA256 be795e80c8ac8031f3adef7ae1361955d6cce706624eb26eb30d48fe60babd60
MD5 4b78f8b6cacc12dc23adcfb252f54c6e
SHA1 5efcfcd21ca7bc031ffee81f3f92ffc2a53660a1
SHA512 dba4a04b6945af2af650b734e394d4aad16f65b598866b47c78bc692835a2e35d9029d42f66443c442a5005d4d2d88c3907e5124e04212e943eeb7df3cfb7d8d
SSDEEP 49152:U+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+EOkciw2J+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+ES+EOkciw2+DdY:zp78
TLSH
T1D2D54C09FAD64071E977517049EBC37A8A71BD2187318AEFE688C72E5D33BD0A834716
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memory/3520-23-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp

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memory/3520-36-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-0-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DF1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-7-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DF1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4200-67-0x0000000000360000-0x0000000000381000-memory.dmp

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