Overview

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Static

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2026-08-17...le.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-17...le.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    143s
  • 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, 02:46

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-17_de6e23b31941231c5afc0428bfd240da_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 15.3MB
  • Sample260818-c9kleafa63
  • SHA256 200f9e69275333e2be1e9376e011f089f45fbd64cd7ca03bc018e9c609e921b9
  • 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\2026-08-17_de6e23b31941231c5afc0428bfd240da_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_de6e23b31941231c5afc0428bfd240da_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:5780
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCBCBCACBAAABABCCBABABCABBBBACAABABCCBCCCBCABBAABBBBBBCBCBCCBCBCABABBACBBBCABCBAACCCBBACCABABABBAABCCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.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:3048
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCBCBCACBAAABABCCBABABCABBBBACAABABCCBCCCBCABBAABBBBBBCBCBCCBCBCABABBACBBBCABCBAACCCBBACCABABABBAABCCC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5988
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBCABBBABAAAABCCBAABBABBCABACBBCCAAABABBABBCAAABBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBCABBBABAAAABCCBAABBABBCABACBBCCAAABABBABBCAAABBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:876
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ACBCABBBABAAAABCCBAABBABBCABACBBCCAAABABBABBCAAABBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ACBCABBBABAAAABCCBAABBABBCABACBBCCAAABABBABBCAAABBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3856
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBCABBBABAAAABCCBAABBABBCABACBBCCAAABABBABBCAAABBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5372
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ACBCABBBABAAAABCCBAABBABBCABACBBCCAAABABBABBCAAABBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1080
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.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:1480
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:900
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2780
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAABACCCACBAACCBBBCACCCBABBCABBABBAABCCBACBACCBABABBBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAABACCCACBAACCBBBCACCCBABBCABBABBAABCCBACBACCBABABBBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2340

    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 1c9194c5b7787a99e8a1aed67bf607d159f398434d59449b15f4db4a35e82e3f
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 20a217ec3909d2302c40e6a3c632fef84698413335c395403a7d10ab30d1189a
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 870ed3a30311358df04efb4adc43ec89ef3febbac730b74c891efad548458088
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d8352d88894ebba3a000d66434ccef3063158f77252ba8d4c9f6368c6fd2cb91
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5d0434fa757f4cba0f2613a6efd22bd0cbadaf02313e34ed90bf45567224b81f
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          svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBABBBCBAACCBBBAAABACCBCCABCABAABABAACBAAABCBBCBBABBC.exe
          • Size 15.3MB
          • SHA256 200f9e69275333e2be1e9376e011f089f45fbd64cd7ca03bc018e9c609e921b9
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          memory/1480-24-0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000121000-memory.dmp
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          memory/1480-34-0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000121000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5780-0-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5780-7-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp
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