Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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, 03:55

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_860fb475a0fa654cb2eaea4576ce5775_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 8.6MB
  • Sample260814-eg7atafa69
  • SHA256 a83730229d0025841138e6ed4c443434b618e68ec86a4fe56871f8e30f72119f
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_860fb475a0fa654cb2eaea4576ce5775_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_860fb475a0fa654cb2eaea4576ce5775_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:4104
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABABABBBBAACBBCBABBBBBCCCBCCBCAAAAAACCCCABAAABBAACCAAABAABCCCACCCCCCCAAABABCBAACBBACABABCCACCCBABBBCAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.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:1716
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABABABBBBAACBBCBABBBBBCCCBCCBCAAAAAACCCCABAAABBAACCAAABAABCCCACCCCCCCAAABABCBAACBBACABABCCACCCBABBBCAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4512
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBBBBBCCBACBCCBCAAAACBCACCCCCCCBBCACCACBCABBBACABC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBBBBBCCBACBCCBCAAAACBCACCCCCCCBBCACCACBCABBBACABC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5324
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBBBBBCCBACBCCBCAAAACBCACCCCCCCBBCACCACBCABBBACABC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBBBBBCCBACBCCBCAAAACBCACCCCCCCBBCACCACBCABBBACABC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBBBBBCCBACBCCBCAAAACBCACCCCCCCBBCACCACBCABBBACABC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4492
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBBBBBCCBACBCCBCAAAACBCACCCCCCCBBCACCACBCABBBACABC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:6028
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.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:5976
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1536
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4364
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBBCBCBACBCCCABBBCAAACBAABBACCABBACBAAABBAAABBBBACAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBBCBCBACBCCCABBBCAAACBAABBACCABBACBAAABBAAABBBBACAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1424

    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 bcd9ebcd6ba36218ea305bd3ee97e9da5ef71cdfc36af0d37c3826a9113cab6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\AutofillStrikeDatabase\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 63baa200eccdcce06fe28ab07abb256fd34703eee44f0b3be5fd91da131670ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          UnlockImport.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\UnlockImport.exe
          • Size 384KB
          • SHA256 5da2115ca3c2d5a13de5126d6f65b83b07ed90be132e5f1f289ade1321df6bfb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          UnlockImport.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\UnlockImport.exe
          • Size 52.3MB
          • SHA256 0f5296f44e2305bf230d7da9fe2940a8f48aca970ceea929405def2e7b1ff311
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 46b91db55b5c31cee3eb3e82fad1d216d7d7d7317e23d995d9e522da48de1fd6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 369ef6159d9998caded148f74e7fb4786dcf1f010063277e7ebd0e01268a1cf8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c65b9de0581396a2d8bc756155b77dc06a871485ddec13ecc9f764db9c6bb304
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b3153099007156c4a74cb19d2a736bc51a981709f9b343869371825d0b887c3c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6fd94a07df1ffe8e7ab794cccb147ce5a4619369fd6ac137c58ac112721d6a4e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1092c062154e2098a95b493ea75e91f1992e88bb053317898ebcf2e644f7054b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBCBBBACAABBACAAAABBABBACACABBACBBBABACACCCCCCACBCAA.exe
          • Size 8.6MB
          • SHA256 a83730229d0025841138e6ed4c443434b618e68ec86a4fe56871f8e30f72119f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 4d227b0ee9272461cb1495e9c7dbde20bfc276bcb75c9dfd577171ce21e353e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1424-95-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-59-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-85-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-10-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-33-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4104-21-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4364-87-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5976-71-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5976-50-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5976-96-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

          memory/5976-32-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp