Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/08/2026, 05:02

General

  • Target
    2026-08-14_1f8fe80eccfd19612be40d0be7d74396_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.4MB
  • Sample260814-fn643adj9x
  • SHA256 05476f91cf25714fff4619376d3800fe3883389014a25b3144964c6afca28845
  • 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_1f8fe80eccfd19612be40d0be7d74396_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_1f8fe80eccfd19612be40d0be7d74396_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:4804
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBBBBCBAABCABBCABBABABCBCAABCBCCAAAACBCCBCABBBAAACAABCBBBACACCCCCBABCBACBABBBCCBCBBBBBCBCABAABCCBBCAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.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:2588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBBBBCBAABCABBCABBABABCBCAABCBCCAAAACBCCBCABBBAAACAABCBBBACACCCCCBABCBACBABBBCCBCBBBBBCBCABAABCCBBCAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5912
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BBAABBCACCACCBACCBACAAACACCCCAABACBABBAACACCCCAAABA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBAABBCACCACCBACCBACAAACACCCCAABACBABBAACACCCCAAABA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4732
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BBAABBCACCACCBACCBACAAACACCCCAABACBABBAACACCCCAAABA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBAABBCACCACCBACCBACAAACACCCCAABACBABBAACACCCCAAABA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:912
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BBAABBCACCACCBACCBACAAACACCCCAABACBABBAACACCCCAAABA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2408
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BBAABBCACCACCBACCBACAAACACCCCAABACBABBAACACCCCAAABA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5448
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.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:5960
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2800
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCCABCABAABAAAABACBCBCBCABBCCCACCAACBABCBBCAAACCBBCBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACCCABCABAABAAAABACBCBCBCABBCCCACCAACBABCBBCAAACCBBCBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2784
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2864

    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 c3c85b9d7340ce6dfe2f2c795b2d87e979efac94f358f51f1b547100068236d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{5625bb48-295c-4113-bc92-d6a69b19b04c}\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 d6a4dc48e353f6fc561f715e09a81f55610f12366f3895f94c69808a3d55ddef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b5d187d62f3454549547424e7ae2f8af69f76e299914b73ba88fdde2b51a7c93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\platforms\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9d13921b740be97f4d4be5171219e38bc252fbd90c2c880f7448f9f79c633457
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 09a00b31e92c8adb1077931330f34c9f4c40224d930960ef26f36c2d5ce036f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b40fc2dc8e7db0e33d72e2267cae28a453d4fe6f039455fdd2c1986abe44c2c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cd9998e96dd9b34eb8316f8ccd124a82e1f06817398c5cd31517e7d5dd0a947e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ff028e188dd093022b9ad6208f0571076296292c7d8b70cc0c34cb00d5108938
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 cd023e782f2d0d9354973e0705eca854db3aa021f2f4552e2c36bea37efc746d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c676f29d16dcfbb2c4adc84f58fa419cc191d4e64942b6c626b53e91f00135b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 63c56bc48501306c4cd60895031d571b16ee57c1e83afc94fad9eaded0336a57
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCACACBCBACCABACACBCCCBCCBACBAABCACCAABCACBCBACAABCABBA.exe
          • Size 2.4MB
          • SHA256 05476f91cf25714fff4619376d3800fe3883389014a25b3144964c6afca28845
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 ac6fa8b25869b36785303ec290c24359cc7b5dc87eae0acd416c3b2ce90472fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1eae79f2af2b03f5a983ad25d67f6ca6257e0cc79224533f968d3e6a72609e93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2784-64-0x00000000002A0000-0x00000000002C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2864-75-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000841000-memory.dmp

          memory/4804-0-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

          memory/4804-7-0x0000000000950000-0x0000000000971000-memory.dmp

          memory/5960-33-0x0000000000820000-0x0000000000841000-memory.dmp