Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/08/2026, 03:16

General

  • Target
    2026-08-17_6cd76166487dda715267dc26d75d03ae_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 28.2MB
  • Sample260818-dsq8aswtft
  • SHA256 5c897dd099a3716aab7e6fae981c77700d0c9dc3164f8214c2243fd4926ac78c
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • 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 4 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 11 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 2 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 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_6cd76166487dda715267dc26d75d03ae_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_6cd76166487dda715267dc26d75d03ae_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:4108
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBBAACABBCCABACBBCABCBABAABAACBCACACAAABCBCCABCCACCCAACACBAABAAABABACCBAACAAABBBACCCBBACACACAAAABACBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.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:3092
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBBAACABBCCABACBBCABCBABAABAACBCACACAAABCBCCABCCACCCAACACBAABAAABABACCBAACAAABBBACCCBBACACACAAAABACBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3176
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBCCCCCBAAACACCCABBBCBBABBAAABCCACAACBACAAAAAACACBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBCCCCCBAAACACCCABBBCBBABBAAABCCACAACBACAAAAAACACBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4416
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBCCCCCBAAACACCCABBBCBBABBAAABCCACAACBACAAAAAACACBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBCCCCCBAAACACCCABBBCBBABBAAABCCACAACBACAAAAAACACBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBCCCCCBAAACACCCABBBCBBABBAAABCCACAACBACAAAAAACACBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4680
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBCCCCCBAAACACCCABBBCBBABBAAABCCACAACBACAAAAAACACBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1432
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.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:1688
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5892
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAACBACACBCABAACABABAACAABCABBCCBACBAAACCACBCACAAACAAAACCCBCBBABACABBCCACACBAAABBACCACACBAABACBBCAABABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAAAAABACAAABABAACBCBBAACCBAABCCCBABBBAACCACCBACAAC.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:1608
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAACBACACBCABAACABABAACAABCABBCCBACBAAACCACBCACAAACAAAACCCBCBBABACABBCCACACBAAABBACCACACBAABACBBCAABABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAAAAABACAAABABAACBCBBAACCBAABCCCBABBBAACCACCBACAAC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:5592
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAAAAABACAAABABAACBCBBAACCBAABCCCBABBBAACCACCBACAAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBCBCAAAAABACAAABABAACBCBBAACCBAABCCCBABBBAACCACCBACAAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1148
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4924

    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 c904f4fecaaa0e0bb3ed064661a31e5ee548c49216a029266d24d086b0ed0fdd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7f745e4c55a23a701daf34d643784c5aa7204b8e167ae39def8a5c3543a6193f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 13bd23ae272e901b7095e70154c9b4fa9c20630a39aefc25b802cd86a12dfdc7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Network\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 41d554d4dbbce4ad0e7f5b3b8a8c7ea9a397c5f4a92958e77346891e9f0b3cad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\Temp\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b23ab2d363aa4df4ec7260d393e0c91385b8cd200e435353419b15324b9e3e19
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ecc8ed083e16fb434ff331f930b947e7a82e98fa18b2d90911b0c22cf5b86388
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 46ee4f3ec664caa0b87c8f27639a02413b9f7206a3feaf6c01dd16b9813515f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{CF2BEA3C-26EA-32F8-AA9B-331F7E34BA97}v11.0.61030\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 46f71158e0654e88d84b5df610b880ba905e8310c885f3cad08cd8683309552c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 fdd725d16acddd73ac04d43a9e7ccd23d1ba0f25e8cb5a72644ffce2dfd4bfe2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Sync Data\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 81585c067d7c38a593eef2819fc1a83412f691e8375d00bdfb1461e88362f996
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9213656876bd60f5c417b9a1eb26925918fc5047071837c79970449ce645625f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\platforms\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ff81a3218f3e9cc95df7a23f1ba63deaf7e4bf5682ef6af067de6712089b9e6a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\windows_ie_ac_001\AC\INetCache\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c8a5b28c890c6ed945804d06606fb4c9bf266b395c0f7bb7fa92bf0a85601ff4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5e76bf50d9968c39ee2a0c76565878c444d9c7777c07df2d37a452d030f63b59
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6df6dd456c58f740d41ed5f1d05c17c6c7665cdde5ac3f7d1551fb1b06f71b3e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7434caed9e9e2119cdd93ec5a2e328ec66f71e8e96b52cadedc9223cca392ff0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d431c00edf7dbc574ccaea1c56401998609fd5a6475500c0027e74b55191b5d2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e97b2f6997091b95ed09e28b5014343010170653c52e6d25332841e157f63651
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3b31966374e7b45aa339b79d35f79d61caceb996d14ed9c847a8e461618af410
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\OneNote Notebooks\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e8903c29402bd7d7dff7e4b324de35b0351bff03aa3e78f3c062c87ee3b6c4f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\OneNote Notebooks\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f395774c0086d32aa238975374df783962aad7f5060ab9a8d4599e641efa5ac5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b076a5a20a47b3baf1afdd553675efa272a89303df36351300b142bd939779b4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 9b0354cfc565b4bc8221b9dde4b973d3db6fdf9c68a8e2e0457ee70e0c323364
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8891a6379e82810c3790ec05255156486e7dd11f885a09f6290b2721bd45fb53
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 acf2a35ff9594c76559d57325cb0b0ac8a10f6008598eed0356c949f2b468213
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CACABCCABBABBAAAAAACACCBCAACBCAACACBCCBACBACCACCCBCCACB.exe
          • Size 28.2MB
          • SHA256 5c897dd099a3716aab7e6fae981c77700d0c9dc3164f8214c2243fd4926ac78c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 43f6b010731ff731d0628a0fa0e8b44e4727c5177c1bec0163942790b3e817c4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 01bbf9af976da3c00df6b3f17d00c92e79d76824f68c0b47c00d3f4ec45ce6bb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 a49e99c8cc80f9aec3c9b96e76dee80b6427e9e4087da5336ce9742a7ab74f0d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1148-333-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000981000-memory.dmp

          memory/1148-80-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000981000-memory.dmp

          memory/1148-2473-0x0000000000960000-0x0000000000981000-memory.dmp

          memory/1688-46-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1688-89-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/1688-68-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4108-10-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4108-47-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4108-69-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4108-93-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4108-21-0x0000000000C50000-0x0000000000C71000-memory.dmp

          memory/4924-1248-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4924-3466-0x0000000000180000-0x00000000001A1000-memory.dmp