Overview

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Static

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2026-08-15...ar.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-15...ar.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    148s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/08/2026, 03:44

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_662fd264bca7e185f7ee356a79c0efa0_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 2.5MB
  • Sample260815-eay1vsel7x
  • SHA256 b03ba1faac5ab9bbe848bc236450617be6c6153f62fc1c3cfe0c20b6e5ad82bf
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecutionpersistence

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • 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.

    execution
  • 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
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

    persistenceexecution
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_662fd264bca7e185f7ee356a79c0efa0_amadey_darkgate_elex_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_662fd264bca7e185f7ee356a79c0efa0_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:4076
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCACAABCBBCCCABBACCBABCABCCACCBCCBBBABCAACCBABCBBCABBBCCCCCBCACCCBBCCAACBABAABABCBAABAABCCACAACAABBABBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.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:3680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCACAABCBBCCCABBACCBABCABCCACCBCCBBBABCAACCBABCBBCABBBCCCCCBCACCCBBCCAACBABAABABCBAABAABCCACAACAABBABBA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2080
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CACBBBBCCBBACBCCBABCAABABCACAACBBCABACCBACBAABAAAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACBBBBCCBBACBCCBABCAABABCACAACBBCABACCBACBAABAAAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:900
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CACBBBBCCBBACBCCBABCAABABCACAACBBCABACCBACBAABAAAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACBBBBCCBBACBCCBABCAABABCACAACBBCABACCBACBAABAAAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4968
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CACBBBBCCBBACBCCBABCAABABCACAACBBCABACCBACBAABAAAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5832
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CACBBBBCCBBACBCCBABCAABABCACAACBBCABACCBACBAABAAAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3168
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.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:6120
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2424
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:1064
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBBACBBACBABAACBBBABBBACACBBBCBCBABCBBBCBBABCBBBBCAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AAACBBACBBACBABAACBBBABBBACACBBBCBCBABCBBBCBBABCBBBBCAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1696

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Reconnaissance

          Resource Development

          Initial Access

          Execution

          Command and Scripting Interpreter

          1
          T1059

          Windows Command Shell

          1
          T1059.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          System Services

          1
          T1569

          Service Execution

          1
          T1569.002

          Persistence

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Privilege Escalation

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Defense Evasion

          Modify Registry

          1
          T1112

          Credential Access

          Discovery

          System Location Discovery

          1
          T1614

          System Language Discovery

          1
          T1614.001

          Lateral Movement

          Collection

          Command and Control

          Exfiltration

          Impact

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e381220f38baa54e93124ba1d2c7efbe9e129d5adef42846f4b2618f443dbd6a
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 15e81dfec9e1914c70576641df0a78279b709df6d43f1146c615dda68d6eeb74
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c2d499b80c5a52bb8426272e1509e79c153dba839496de661d9aec151a8c8185
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 aa2fd59877e626d223124fbd2ec5b40e9cc8a19e4ce2ae979e8da16ab32be5b1
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 115ceef8a4c4efb58093480467930bb1dcb161217580337a9be7472755583cbd
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          svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABABCCBCCABCAABBBAACACCABCBACCAACACBCCCBBBCBCABACCCCCA.exe
          • Size 2.5MB
          • SHA256 b03ba1faac5ab9bbe848bc236450617be6c6153f62fc1c3cfe0c20b6e5ad82bf
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          memory/1064-67-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EC1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/1696-72-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000091000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4076-0-0x0000000000110000-0x0000000000131000-memory.dmp
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          memory/4076-7-0x0000000000110000-0x0000000000131000-memory.dmp
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          memory/6120-23-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EC1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/6120-36-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EC1000-memory.dmp
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