Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/08/2026, 04:25

General

  • Target
    2026-08-16_64e0b6d937d8092296997359ef0e1a11_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 5.2MB
  • Sample260816-e2eraszbrf
  • SHA256 a57367a9263c71259cb8629e14e5e0ccd2ca53e95d7f989927af649429e6295e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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 13 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_64e0b6d937d8092296997359ef0e1a11_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_64e0b6d937d8092296997359ef0e1a11_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.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:2592
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABABBCACBACAAAABBBAACACCABBABBABCACBAAABBACBCAABABABACBBCAACCBAABBAABBAAABAAABAACCCAACABAAAABCACACACCB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.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:216
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BABABBCACBACAAAABBBAACACCABBABBABCACBAAABBACBCAABABABACBBCAACCBAABBAABBAAABAAABAACCCAACABAAAABCACACACCB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1856
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBBCAACBAAACBCABBBBCCBACAABCCAABBBACBBABABBCABCABC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBBCAACBAAACBCABBBBCCBACAABCCAABBBACBBABABBCABCABC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3152
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBBCAACBAAACBCABBBBCCBACAABCCAABBBACBBABABBCABCABC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBBCAACBAAACBCABBBBCCBACAABCCAABBBACBBABABBCABCABC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:868
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBBCAACBAAACBCABBBBCCBACAABCCAABBBACBBABABBCABCABC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2648
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBBCAACBAAACBCABBBBCCBACAABCCAABBBACBBABABBCABCABC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3272
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.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:3340
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:8
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:2444
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBCACBABCCBABBAAAABCAAAACCBAABCBABACBACABCCAACBBBBBABBBACCAACCAABCCCCAACCBCAAABCBBABABAABCBABCBCBBBAACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABBCAABACABABAAAAACBCBACCCAABBBBBABBACABBABBCCACCCBAAC.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:2052
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBCACBABCCBABBAAAABCAAAACCBAABCBABACBACABCCAACBBBBBABBBACCAACCAABCCCCAACCBCAAABCBBABABAABCBABCBCBBBAACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABBCAABACABABAAAAACBCBACCCAABBBBBABBACABBABBCCACCCBAAC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2480
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4588
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABBCAABACABABAAAAACBCBACCCAABBBBBABBACABBABBCCACCCBAAC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BABBCAABACABABAAAAACBCBACCCAABBBBBABBACABBABBCCACCCBAAC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4712
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:3764

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 3fbf216f004801c43fd2cfa4f90a06375e112fc057de45fbc6af973af6ab4cfc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 815d33d487cecb2a19ddbfc53e8684bb41a8db98cd6c4e2f2445a97ecebe7a54
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 3b1f4a24d7883775d5048ebc860664ac0c8c3cba861f76a8738cf4abf2abe9a4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 458155ff6afa6a512f9cfcd52a225e144721896f1fb34f940833a9fb97f6ce8f
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 7b7af6cb7989c9004b4bc39ce5d61748a75e54ade4a8334359ef5adebf34ed99
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 5478cf88469c21bb96df74893a13659afd574aa314a5f7168f9b7cc7a6792544
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 8c2e3d5b4e301dab5d2f5e9625d5e84cd9e83b6eda456626d245c7ce18fc5326
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCBACABAACBBABBACCBBAABCBCACBACABBAACACAAAAABCCABCCC.exe
        • Size 5.2MB
        • SHA256 a57367a9263c71259cb8629e14e5e0ccd2ca53e95d7f989927af649429e6295e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 934B
        • SHA256 1ba792fbef2007bdcd6ee8f183b1ee2e83d11a4333319f9d28e178a56fd899e6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 7abdd7534d286df146681d8b2e6e18b22ff0be9edc9cb306a73f51a13cc7cce6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/8-59-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004D11000-memory.dmp

        memory/2592-6-0x00000000002E0000-0x0000000000301000-memory.dmp

        memory/3340-35-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/3764-91-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000531000-memory.dmp

        memory/4712-71-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

        memory/4712-89-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp