Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    154s
  • 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, 13:04

General

  • Target
    2026-08-15_ce6f8ae29b965c013c95c67756e56c6d_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 5.0MB
  • Sample260815-qa2brsga49
  • SHA256 14ae3757a508af8eca35909611a3e336450ba30a6f191dc480282da84873a6be
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • 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 4 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 11 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 2 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 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_ce6f8ae29b965c013c95c67756e56c6d_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-15_ce6f8ae29b965c013c95c67756e56c6d_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_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:2952
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CABBACAACCCBABCBABACCAABCBBCAACAACCACBBBABBACABCCBCAAAAACBCCCBBBAAAAACABBCCBBBCABBACBACACCABCABCAACBCBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.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:2536
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CABBACAACCCBABCBABACCAABCBBCAACAACCACBBBABBACABCCBCAAAAACBCCCBBBAAAAACABBCCBBBCABBACBACACCABCABCAACBCBB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1740
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BABCAAACCABCBCCCCBCBBABCCACABBCCBBBAACCCCCCABCCBABB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BABCAAACCABCBCCCCBCBBABCCACABBCCBBBAACCCCCCABCCBABB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5796
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BABCAAACCABCBCCCCBCBBABCCACABBCCBBBAACCCCCCABCCBABB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BABCAAACCABCBCCCCBCBBABCCACABBCCBBBAACCCCCCABCCBABB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2720
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BABCAAACCABCBCCCCBCBBABCCACABBCCBBBAACCCCCCABCCBABB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1184
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BABCAAACCABCBCCCCBCBBABCCACABBCCBBBAACCCCCCABCCBABB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:708
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.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:4204
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1764
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACAABCCAAACAAACBBABBCCBBCBCBBBCCCABCBCABBBBABCCCBCABCCCCCAACCCBCAAACBBABCAAAABABAABABCCABBACCBBBBBABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAABAACBBBBCBCBACCBABCCAACCABCCBCAAABABAAABBAACBBCB.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:5056
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACAABCCAAACAAACBBABBCCBBCBCBBBCCCABCBCABBBBABCCCBCABCCCCCAACCCBCAAACBBABCAAAABABAABABCCABBACCBBBBBABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAABAACBBBBCBCBACCBABCCAACCABCCBCAAABABAAABBAACBBCB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5608
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAABAACBBBBCBCBACCBABCCAACCABCCBCAAABABAAABBAACBBCB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACAABAACBBBBCBCBACCBABCCAACCABCCBCAAABABAAABBAACBBCB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1576
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4376

    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 b20c10f3257350290723f9694f9b8753aca8eaf8f734e824e16f498e44d1263c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c7556fc01782b31b3cdbf5792fb25253bbc8c8fde779bd946f3bd37006c59cbe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\OneSettings\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4777e8e92c26c5ff6201f03a3333566613c639165444fc311e246d4f612f0b66
          • 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 5.6MB
          • SHA256 ae5bfe03f97495f311a123d5fd0f77e205fab3f44a286536151fa6e71b90b850
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 67ebfff0abe3c65ab7df8395e3b77bb893d912c1edfbdfc7b6a48ce21c404fd2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8f6d4e37849125d6d1c893ccfa62c258255d3d50bce59f8a25a823ca2a744987
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6c0bd02957a3d2a0e6cc796ef8a0dcb0048dd01478c543cab0b962be6d5af223
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\kk\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fe1a54c4faaa9d2bff44962589ac21726a40c99dbaa2ba4909f98110da8b988e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ca45a9e4132c0a9599395b41690018824fa36c5f4ff6d890f1b1954298761d0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c53238062933bdde92f4b9f7d3984320c8249c1cabe00fc7cebaea62a8cf2c55
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a10bc020d6e6a0d269670bb90b30672bfac0a5a349d69fc12d0d0bef10a4e1b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 517af751362551ed26650798021b261771fabda3652d2889e20e8cac7b45768a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 337d84b9b30df8bdb42a2d259d5c01ef59c00e9920e2a907ade047a2b014ddd3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a0d934a7250f09256b98e345eef65130088e481cabba9ec8aa0920f3940d3b83
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 23c5ec1db3ac99b00d45db43361ecedef6d7ad1f705b9982d26faccc31ffcb05
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCABACBAACABCCCCABBCBCCBCBBCACCBBABAAABABAACCBBBCCCBABB.exe
          • Size 5.0MB
          • SHA256 14ae3757a508af8eca35909611a3e336450ba30a6f191dc480282da84873a6be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ba4d0265e971ed865128aedfc9282d3e4f8f813640c2e1d05c0fe28deefc2523
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1682d6e50b4c389df81c8d0dac5556510a9b06b286c55b1344a6e76009f3597d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 d536b29e54adbc8036cbe7199e768a098a99ccc0a5216d25b8f6f354efe5d313
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1576-67-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1576-3929-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2952-6-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4204-32-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

          memory/4376-1435-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp

          memory/4376-3931-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000471000-memory.dmp