00ecf1661146d040dfe3348934e4eb557c333491b0ed68116d099fad585d5987

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
148s
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, 02:00

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General

Target
2026-08-15_05f6a019fa155215e335bc66bf945d4b_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Size 450KB
Sample260815-ce4e2axwfz
SHA256 00ecf1661146d040dfe3348934e4eb557c333491b0ed68116d099fad585d5987
MD5 05f6a019fa155215e335bc66bf945d4b
SHA1 fc5d18728f354f79e855c263f292bd95f240c892
SHA512 5c566f7954f0ebf86daa1cf2a8e83929a103254856731e4620764568493e34eedbc2ce6276bdf90ccfa5e11d75473cf22e8b28352196c891489ce0a8c3e306dd
SSDEEP 6144:dN2pkbnH7MuaW2q2qaghYenWS1uH9vd/he9Bm9lsqPm5C/vOTKsMiCKEU5uK1lt3:2pkbi5qjhZ3CmW9lsq+eYR
TLSH
T12EA46B1177C2C496F9791570C88A81F40155FC6CEBA156AFB1823F6E7AF23D2182BE4E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

defense_evasion discovery execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 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
2500	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	2026-08-15_05f6a019fa155215e335bc66bf945d4b_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	timeout.exe

Delays execution with timeout.exe 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

pid	Process
5916	timeout.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5676 wrote to memory of 2500	5676	2026-08-15_05f6a019fa155215e335bc66bf945d4b_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe	89
PID 2500 wrote to memory of 5916	2500	cmd.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_05f6a019fa155215e335bc66bf945d4b_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_05f6a019fa155215e335bc66bf945d4b_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_hellokitty.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5676
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd" "
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2500
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\timeout.exe
    TIMEOUT /T 1 /NOBREAK
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Delays execution with timeout.exe
    PID:5916

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

del.cmd

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del.cmd
Size 208B
SHA256 91c02eca0c0ed8e2555a2eed6139deffacac6655571001eb6952a2e123dc31fb
MD5 bd31b93e13310624e9b87cc413366399
SHA1 eb5177c9882c82cc6b15819e1fc5866b45e9109e
SHA512 89c76f12195cdc32b5c000adfdd336ba75b37e16b04cf1f2fe519c905e24bf7babf449ce7be31cabd85b57dfceaa23dece7ed7f50731bfc516a046846b2304dd
TLSH
T1A0D0221085AEC3D618C4B04743FB29EEC06029CF2F043F007390899C12E582DF1877CA
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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