b98e52c60f859f1c224267c2eb6908518fb026595c54036d4824b6168301338a

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
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
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Target
2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Size 10.5MB
Sample260816-j8rfwscc24
SHA256 b98e52c60f859f1c224267c2eb6908518fb026595c54036d4824b6168301338a
MD5 28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455
SHA1 3786eed40004a89b86344edda391ac393adcdf63
SHA512 a4e95ef96b1d299b4486018d0e318e89bb91050b24eb1264ec3378cc537f61c114539116e0b167ad1ab2171d331a8d146fe3a26d9d8a871b800dae85e1e8424a
SSDEEP 49152:U+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21P:iKjKWQckVgtev5mnlNLQ
TLSH
T161B67C2037FC0C12F1F766356AB09A044D72BAA64738D2CF65D9465E6D33BC09936BA3
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery execution persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
5920	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
4712	svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CABACCAAAAACAAAABBBCABCBABCCCCBCCBCAABABAACBABABCCBBBBAC = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe"	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3797332335-34111092-3597280141-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_ACABBBBCCCCBBBCCACABCAABABBBCBBAACACBCAACABBBBACCCBACBAA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe"	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe

Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
4736	sc.exe
3528	sc.exe

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

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
5112	cmd.exe
896	cmd.exe
4332	cmd.exe

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

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
1416	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs

pid	Process
4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
4712	svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe
4712	svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4712	svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4856 wrote to memory of 5112	4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe	92
PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1416	5112	cmd.exe	94
PID 4856 wrote to memory of 896	4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe	95
PID 4864 wrote to memory of 3736	4864	svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe	97
PID 896 wrote to memory of 4736	896	cmd.exe	98
PID 4856 wrote to memory of 4332	4856	2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe	99
PID 4332 wrote to memory of 3528	4332	cmd.exe	101

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455_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:4856
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCCAAAABABCCCCCABBACCBACACCCCACACCCCCBBAABABCABACCBABCBCBBACBAACACACCCBACCCCBAAACAACCBBBCCBABCBAAAAACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.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:5112
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
    schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCCAAAABABCCCCCABBACCBACACCCCACACCCCCBBAABABCABACCBABCBCBBACBAACACACCCBACCCCBAAACAACCBBBCCBABCBAAAAACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
    PID:1416
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BCCABBAACCAACAAACCACACABBABACBCCAAACCAAACACBBCCBBBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCCABBAACCAACAAACCACACABBABACBCCAAACCAAACACBBCCBBBC"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:896
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    sc create "UserDataSvc_BCCABBAACCAACAAACCACACABBABACBCCAAACCAAACACBBCCBBBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCCABBAACCAACAAACCACACABBABACBCCAAACCAAACACBBCCBBBC"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4736
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BCCABBAACCAACAAACCACACABBABACBCCAAACCAAACACBBCCBBBC"
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4332
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
    sc start "UserDataSvc_BCCABBAACCAACAAACCACACABBABACBCCAAACCAAACACBBCCBBBC"
    3⤵
    - Launches sc.exe
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3528

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.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:4864
- C:\Windows\notepad.exe
  "notepad.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:3736

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5920

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACCCCCCCCCBBAAAABCACBCBACCAABCBBABACAACAACBBACABABACA.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4712

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 6ab8f4dc1f9f5107aff2f663a55d581adeafc54d053597116631545a1f700d8d
MD5 e020ad25b4d764bdb924ec087d6f8a05
SHA1 d6509abb92c84ef8706a31a12ef2b1f2e975fae7
SHA512 812385091b1452996c8901d33fea63603c16ef9b97851efecf9a05798e23456ceaa03cdc063ddc0177977d8cf6830d768d11d3041819d6050e9383ee85800d7c
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 163248a90c68a898e98c05eef34db97b05a8e36fe37d709537c623a3155b2c47
MD5 2373923d454dc28bdee7f577d71348b8
SHA1 3dd93764d8d85cec1ed89148f98a755e3104935b
SHA512 513c9772aa61181b64a5ef67fe0eb4e5667bb25671d63654277f8a582a2e7b524d37ce1e4803e12488bfefd1946d9312c14c34afa56cc140c3374f4920bd6669
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 012762dd61957552b9e0405869493cccabe6e1fd104c8d857ecbb02cea5b3a87
MD5 a59ee68fa9580af99dc20cb0d0b536cb
SHA1 af90dcaececb6c07902439181332c2805578809a
SHA512 30d5c13e6466318a6582c99928d9ab2488dde0dc9d8a1623b67379f139456abf9b56e4eb2e0e200c8a6aa995c0bf2ea805af76fa8f8c762fdc012bbc56db3fc8
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 f7ca768b404a61d1995d8911a09f75468317be5c2f133154bd699157d202b507
MD5 bd181b0ab266553d6d9939a74aa4c765
SHA1 506e1c713bb17e8e85c5a7ade25f4ce80c1bab1f
SHA512 2fbe3c6dee7bdfae9b47ca944c7a748335d29a3668488cb19287d6ff7bbac5c23ec1ba29f525c06aeb4af3bf1cca217f26ae082c67a370a0478420578465c064
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 687fc11bdb5e698136ca232601e887b98b2eec83975edad6cc95d13b7a88bd73
MD5 778761d2cca47db62ecc63a9555184bb
SHA1 22595356f1a23fb21aaf2838d19769a1a9f35cce
SHA512 92936b5f4a1b7b81729fa88f8989a0319d7046855e429c488344347b6cf3d3e70878a9b549f13d823665123f8846f25391816fad0786e7bce9f0f171ec2e66e4
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qap`g`v~dtlq

Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
Size 10B
SHA256 eeea1ff88e63675b94ed94c8123a6eaddf1ef7b479afabe3a7b988fa1fa3e306
MD5 fc2049623026b49423310ee7371239b5
SHA1 86277fb29179d29793fe511355a3a7c33cf20184
SHA512 20cb59a747e040f3a448588f269efb3d4ddd3d817f8836ef17c53eb514e0165165d4813adccd9ea716810af990aac270441973ae99401413163e6e1cf61b8f2e
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svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe

Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCAAAABBABAACBBBCABBAABAACBCCCBCBBAABCCACBCBAAAABCBBABC.exe
Size 10.5MB
SHA256 b98e52c60f859f1c224267c2eb6908518fb026595c54036d4824b6168301338a
MD5 28f90cd2cbd30812b1c269b4459cf455
SHA1 3786eed40004a89b86344edda391ac393adcdf63
SHA512 a4e95ef96b1d299b4486018d0e318e89bb91050b24eb1264ec3378cc537f61c114539116e0b167ad1ab2171d331a8d146fe3a26d9d8a871b800dae85e1e8424a
SSDEEP 49152:U+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21jwqp+EPiw21P:iKjKWQckVgtev5mnlNLQ
TLSH
T161B67C2037FC0C12F1F766356AB09A044D72BAA64738D2CF65D9465E6D33BC09936BA3
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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virus_log.txt

Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
Size 926B
SHA256 7f63e2c0c2a75bceb856056e80b781b01265413ba58ed1fc5fa81d529cbc0aaa
MD5 5240f5b4fbe4b7d5cfcd44a0d0b5a825
SHA1 db46c8c000a6c90d2739fc84273b5082512b4a5d
SHA512 fa430a954594c59bbdd91f26283f771c4ee960aba4d1dd7194d6a72e61ca0fb14327b0ca55f91ee4d9b679db7804549d4b9b221aefdf5d5230d54f39490cbabf
TLSH
T19A119154E4E5E4A7B932288FD12D9F830CA537AB6C58AF95334A4218FBC9C318D194E2
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memory/4712-72-0x00000000008E0000-0x0000000000901000-memory.dmp

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memory/4856-6-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000091000-memory.dmp

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memory/4864-35-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

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memory/4864-22-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

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memory/5920-66-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

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