Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/08/2026, 02:36

General

  • Target
    2026-08-18_0776c54e22c1f6ec9b2828cdd75447e0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 32.3MB
  • Sample260818-c3websfa38
  • SHA256 d254a13a342df3d43846821f80c34d005519f8488b52e82a7c97a569f1262f15
  • 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 3 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 9 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 1 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 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_0776c54e22c1f6ec9b2828cdd75447e0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_0776c54e22c1f6ec9b2828cdd75447e0_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:3132
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAACACABCACABCBBBCACBBBCBABABABACCBCBAAACCCBCCCCCCBAACACABCCBBBACCAACBBBCCBBBAABBABCAACBCBACACBABACBCAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.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:1552
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAACACABCACABCBBBCACBBBCBABABABACCBCBAAACCCBCCCCCCBAACACABCCBBBACCAACBBBCCBBBAABBABCAACBCBACACBABACBCAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5480
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BCAACCCCBABABCABABAAAACACAABACCCCBBACBBCCBCABACCCBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCAACCCCBABABCABABAAAACACAABACCCCBBACBBCCBCABACCCBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4116
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BCAACCCCBABABCABABAAAACACAABACCCCBBACBBCCBCABACCCBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCAACCCCBABABCABABAAAACACAABACCCCBBACBBCCBCABACCCBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1076
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BCAACCCCBABABCABABAAAACACAABACCCCBBACBBCCBCABACCCBB"
      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 start "UserDataSvc_BCAACCCCBABABCABABAAAACACAABACCCCBBACBBCCBCABACCCBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:548
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.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:1460
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4620
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCCBBBACAABAAACCAACBCCACACCAABAAABBBBAACAAACACABACAABB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCCBBBACAABAAACCAACBCCACACCAABAAABBBBAACAAACACABACAABB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6120
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4084

    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 6ed85570419b8ec090f3c8ec8ba4338a763e2b37aaa5f698da0ae621e2a7f4bf
          • 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 19.2MB
          • SHA256 387c2afaca045fd214c72fee3ec3e5ac1698209eacc6b832eddace491855e3a6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{B175520C-86A2-35A7-8619-86DC379688B9}v11.0.61030\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9cb70e26683b5d7b581eed86e351267575859ad696e5ef417b13dd9928b46d4b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\TrustTokenKeyCommitments\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a681dc6d93bb33080e5e3c7ef5655f2255ec47d2dbd4b2c0e5473bdbbe6029ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e8ae5e4e464c440dbcc743467dc66c1abe2ad794d9560bd12c10ac4434ccdddd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ac97c72997eb2c2a39bb3f2b17b5953aff5e71e7608fe18a1e8fc50e7f774c0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 dd3c6bc3b88daf7d12d2367202589ed42cad0e1449c2af63b708f9e81e4d4399
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 285533222845f00d6c7454220cd835e54b1f75a5573b859330982aad9cfefed5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 36a88ef7a699be04e87183bfc2a031b60c5b3df3c46931858d6bb64d4a44690a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 aa80b84e14a053c27f0de3e22437df23b4ed5c613fc128038e2523c319daba25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5aa7f1d506ff01421198669ee7daf36a0777d9b9aa13356063c3963665c86ca0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBBABCAACABCCCACACBBBCBCAAABABABACACABACBBABBAABCACBCA.exe
          • Size 32.3MB
          • SHA256 d254a13a342df3d43846821f80c34d005519f8488b52e82a7c97a569f1262f15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 256eb979d6a75bf39d9128366d25391e85431260008078524b11a243e794ae69
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 61c286b97f6051e896795177877e621e5a6156cac32fbfd761beb6398b611287
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1460-33-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000661000-memory.dmp

          memory/3132-0-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3132-7-0x0000000000BD0000-0x0000000000BF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4084-74-0x0000000000640000-0x0000000000661000-memory.dmp

          memory/6120-64-0x0000000000C60000-0x0000000000C81000-memory.dmp