d940787b8389ae554afefa3036348548ac8f55603fb36c41915f955405fd0afb

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
133s
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, 02:19

Sharing

Copy URL Twitter E-mail

Report Analysis Logs

General

Target
2026-08-18_4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
Size 14.0MB
Sample260818-cr94cathle
SHA256 d940787b8389ae554afefa3036348548ac8f55603fb36c41915f955405fd0afb
MD5 4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d
SHA1 8d7a712cda8e5c93e45252e3f3ba056032c4e1b6
SHA512 a7113689202a2d08ca9884ba9d3121d78cf4dde0666820cd0dac62676c19ad060d78234c4febdc307b2e79cfc66e74d147f3b7692312b427460006ae00c9c57c
SSDEEP 393216:JK6HiRE5bxAJzATzC8WfeIRVlFvlQCcv6QaAul:AUbxSk6lFiPvI
TLSH
T103E62312F39158A2D8B4AF7C04196303413F2E87DE98AFEF2BD63B694A715F08977452
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4148	i4j8t6bKXLsK.exe

Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
1	pastebin.com
5	pastebin.com

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 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
2728	cmd.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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	i4j8t6bKXLsK.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-18_4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 4148	2920	2026-08-18_4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe	89
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2728	2920	2026-08-18_4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_4add97c56ae57b4e4f143e4d9aae8d8d_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2920
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\i4j8t6bKXLsK.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\i4j8t6bKXLsK.exe" /i
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4148
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del_.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

del_.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del_.bat
Size 337B
SHA256 62ab3a5024d8c7b6b181f507dfe7b8113bb22168672baa1eb29f0bf4c173e308
MD5 27163918388d1cf9fc1ee9b5700d6a31
SHA1 a83553c3c02abc9f4eb879238f333422fca42172
SHA512 f79319c1c7bf7dacce41080977bd59d9dcfc83f94b4964c425172d8972703c6774add2e1987bb85e6c3c9dac5db57ff0769666a9c23d0fdd5eb6c0a66f58ec2c
TLSH
T1CCE0200B05954E442806745F43FF2B56E534348F1AD1BEC25355951F64C314C91F1254
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

Submit Download

i4j8t6bKXLsK.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\i4j8t6bKXLsK.exe
Size 21.0MB
SHA256 e5c4e3abdebf7dfc36f67f9fc5d2d2201a3c3139de64bfd4b9ba1c70f6d6b675
MD5 bb6812608a49388447ad2f3430bc5f5c
SHA1 3de27c34585c5445e48625065290bb1a5cada82a
SHA512 4cb75039a9dde8b8c56aaa516749cdbc7e8955a755af7ab7fe0e9249cd7ceef7ffd750995cf4244a7eb602c8344948f9795b4fa47dfa51ce89e7bbcee506fc5f
SSDEEP 393216:JK6HiRE5bxfFvlQCcv6QaAu5SVDMTNSG/lVrl3KExL3JzATzC8WfeIRVlj:AUbxfFiPvQ6yhpKOxk6lj
TLSH
T150273322B79158A6DC749F3C04196303403F2E47DE98AFEF3BDA37A94A715F08976942
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH