Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • 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, 02:21

General

  • Target
    2026-08-18_40920db8991ace6339d2e6ba30cdfca0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 13.3MB
  • Sample260818-ctcwmacq6s
  • SHA256 fbbbb4cba40519fcb2eed4c04da26dbca3fb2657a165b00808bb97e79822a8b1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • 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_40920db8991ace6339d2e6ba30cdfca0_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-18_40920db8991ace6339d2e6ba30cdfca0_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:3616
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABAAACCBBBBABABBBCBBABCBAACCBABBCBABBCCBBCACCCABCBABBBAAAABBAAABABCBCBBCCAAAAAABBCCACBBBBBACCABAAAABCCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.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:5012
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABAAACCBBBBABABBBCBBABCBAACCBABBCBABBCCBBCACCCABCBABBBAAAABBAAABABCBCBBCCAAAAAABBCCACBBBBBACCABAAAABCCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1388
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBCBCCCCBCBBBACABBBABCCBCBCABACACCBAAABABBAAACCAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBCBCCCCBCBBBACABBBABCCBCBCABACACCBAAABABBAAACCAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3312
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBBCBCCCCBCBBBACABBBABCCBCBCABACACCBAAABABBAAACCAAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBBCBCCCCBCBBBACABBBABCCBCBCABACACCBAAABABBAAACCAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2204
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBCBCCCCBCBBBACABBBABCCBCBCABACACCBAAABABBAAACCAAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4940
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBBCBCCCCBCBBBACABBBABCCBCBCABACACCBAAABABBAAACCAAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2912
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.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:4552
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:2952
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:6508
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBBCACCBACACABAABCBABBABCCBCAAABBACBCAABCBCBACABABBCBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCBBCACCBACACABAABCBABBABCCBCAAABBACBCAABCBCBACABABBCBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2816

    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 7fafa8aa4bc5936d8506a2bb67c18b091a10de9dea794743bd74b718e38fe8e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Projects\SystemIndex\SecStore\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 23be6b0192afc5237fe5cab0a513e14f5ca4ad1379c309271146a64e527edb75
          • 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 13.9MB
          • SHA256 275362797ffb605d429a95f526b78e3ed0f8702852b22af2dca83f718a6a95e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c6f75c45f8736f927c9b35032ffbd35e3b332100cfa8a7ab5452bd449b16535f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a860f0ab448a9f41f97b7e6000685bf1fc20427f0810d0eb77ff14e0d6864607
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 09cebc9ef0c0ad98afdb702c590a935ac033bdf15ac817967e4956e0ea1ac13a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1df5fae9d1963c3232cb609737400edb1f06f6262e427dbd976745d510a83a66
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 89c12f4e73acfa0852b6d2182aa2a24a2da6222995250f2d4260fc3bc96856b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3bf9217cfd37d7132f66b0d42fba8071b72edc5439ac2e92e46e8f582f05563d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3af7d4da22d730995afd8a8d2fb99232727fd3c665987bb888e2ad98d8783f0b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACBBACCBBCBCBBAAACAAACCCBBACCBACABCCCCCCBBBBBCCCACBBAB.exe
          • Size 13.3MB
          • SHA256 fbbbb4cba40519fcb2eed4c04da26dbca3fb2657a165b00808bb97e79822a8b1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 024c1886d42e6ddf5bebf47f6f9973b6c87630807e603293d396c3d02cf11083
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 966B
          • SHA256 760d328907a2f8851d01c000a66d559dc8283799db843b85b8ec22ceae1a0dfb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2816-81-0x0000000000940000-0x0000000000961000-memory.dmp

          memory/3616-6-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000A41000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-35-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E41000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-22-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E41000-memory.dmp

          memory/6508-66-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E41000-memory.dmp