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
    19/08/2026, 04:26

General

  • Target
    2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.exe
  • Size 670KB
  • Sample260819-e21nrsda25
  • SHA256 812c94f4044e39ea4704c04026557713bab9c728ee28afb67775a70ad821ea0e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops file in Drivers directory 2 IoCs
  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 1 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Drivers directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2728
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\lsass.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\lsass.exe"
      2⤵
      • Drops file in Drivers directory
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4712
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.~tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.~tmp"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5244

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.~tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_c49d1300d35a15bb87abd862f14fdc84_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_strictor_wannacry.~tmp
        • Size 606KB
        • SHA256 0500ff8cc6801e6715cb0d0670f070d9c88dffa4f8b22c87d109b78ae76a747c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        1.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\scndpng\1.png
        • Size 15KB
        • SHA256 d19786d43b736ed2c00d8decbc91e5428702fc004fd73b466d59ec5e66dcd1d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        lsass.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Drivers\lsass.exe
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 c497ea69e53cfffbc4fe5fb47210eaa33ea0af661076449825e7d520942817a5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/5244-12-0x000000000046D000-0x000000000046E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5244-11-0x0000000002390000-0x0000000002391000-memory.dmp

        memory/5244-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000049E000-memory.dmp