Analysis
- max time kernel
113s - 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, 14:01
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
11 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe
- Size 982KB
- Sample260819-rbq3vsck5x
- SHA256 68269af071a08818dcbf95ea4e729b4bc14215c08b39b47a3dbe266902966fda
- MD5 0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511
- SHA1 efb8e8b919d3d1919bdc6dc6d1d754bdcabce669
- SHA512 615a694b95a6d408d058fbe46c9eecea30b6cf0d84d6f11adeeab7a23425f10a7c9412642d91eb98ba0551c65c1451d6ad7d659089f4cb21624a7a7b7d813c8f
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aTvAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRXND3JeU7vinrmC:A3mnXoZjzyaT4aewsAjxND5TvinrmC
- TLSH T183258D22F6649FB5C12F45748A618722E7377C114F2057CB93A4AE693E326D06F3AB13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 8 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3692-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c540-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/3692-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2924-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040F000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019918-356.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00030000000199a0-533.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000300000001acad-1246.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000c00000001c540-5.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x0003000000019918-356.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x00030000000199a0-533.dat aspack_v212_v242 behavioral2/files/0x000300000001acad-1246.dat aspack_v212_v242 - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2924 patcher.exe - 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
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\sscicons.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\idlj.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\kinit.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SETLANG.EXE$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\dbcicons.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX40.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroLayoutRecognizer\AcroLayoutRecognizer.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\64BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmprph.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX64\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_click_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\orbd.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateComRegisterShell64.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\tnameserv.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Mail\wab.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\javaw.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\MsSense.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\java-rmi.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstat.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\CLVIEW.EXE$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.EXE patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\chrmstp.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\maintenanceservice_installer.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\122.0.2365.106\Installer\setup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Media Player\wmpshare.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pj11icon.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection\SenseGPParser.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ielowutil.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateCore.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jhat.exe 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\ktab.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ADDINS\Microsoft Power Query for Excel Integrated\bin\Microsoft.Mashup.Container.NetFX45.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PerfBoost.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\pubs.exe$ 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmpnscfg.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\POWERPNT.EXE 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\6.0.27\createdump.exe patcher.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3692 2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe 2924 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511_amadey_cobalt-strike_conti_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawke.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3692
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2924
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 982KB
- SHA256 68269af071a08818dcbf95ea4e729b4bc14215c08b39b47a3dbe266902966fda
- MD5 0b8b654c5b4fffda3abd488751b5e511
- SHA1 efb8e8b919d3d1919bdc6dc6d1d754bdcabce669
- SHA512 615a694b95a6d408d058fbe46c9eecea30b6cf0d84d6f11adeeab7a23425f10a7c9412642d91eb98ba0551c65c1451d6ad7d659089f4cb21624a7a7b7d813c8f
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aTvAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRXND3JeU7vinrmC:A3mnXoZjzyaT4aewsAjxND5TvinrmC
- TLSH T183258D22F6649FB5C12F45748A618722E7377C114F2057CB93A4AE693E326D06F3AB13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 1.5MB
- SHA256 eb200167c566bbf00d01eb76312036b6808d38d3718f26d57d0a764622bb73e4
- MD5 96c9b535b3aa14095a72eb2bb71a5a20
- SHA1 cf952b09f53b3488a259c8aa21e8da4ed4a65e67
- SHA512 7b215d62d936be3d30673c063db1cb82686df801c491f1ab245a4f8fbb05d678713f571a7251192b6a60db518ffa752a7477a0044e155f641fee78a5bb3f0cad
- SSDEEP 24576:A3mnXoZjzyaT4aewsAjxND5TvinrmC0Le5ji0hmxNrM:A3kMPljj56rTPji0Aj
- TLSH T114755B22F6648B75C07FC075C692965AEA333C510F308BCB53949E693E376D19A3A723
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\kinit.exe$
- Size 1005KB
- SHA256 1412c36782a97ef66af2aa232d356a77feaec66a1be473a80974795aeb6f1e8b
- MD5 50c033820c04bb055f70d694e2d01c64
- SHA1 9516c67f15f78b2b19f39f57285866d242e2d520
- SHA512 da2dfa70475c1e080fbd86b745604afe800b2b5b03ea531ef48994e9584cee06a186673a9dc73cc796a23510729a56589b78b539975e0ed5681389143625609d
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aTvAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRXND3JeU7vinrmCr:A3mnXoZjzyaT4aewsAjxND5TvinrmCr
- TLSH T16D258D22F6649FB5C12F45748A618722E6377C114F2057CB93A4AE693F326D06F3AB13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe
- Size 1005KB
- SHA256 2a3908c64bfd3dbd9dad290189f7b7cff09c3b7022e7920f05adc58306d92cc6
- MD5 d53326f7d5deac909b6ce71c629637b8
- SHA1 5cbac242d3abbbd22cab89c921045abcb233a367
- SHA512 cb90d478509fd1135f98b230827f0d402de734907074f08b08875d9c8b932a29f11c04fd5e42d512e2d25168fe2703feadb8937cfc60352baa67cf213cc03702
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aTvAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRXND3JeU7vinrmEM:A3mnXoZjzyaT4aewsAjxND5TvinrmEM
- TLSH T184258D22F6649FB5C12F45748A618722E6377C114F2057CB93A4AE693F326D06F3AB13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-000F-0000-1000-0000000FF1CE}\wordicon.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 b2717ea1322727a8e75ce631c73278e57da80e8193a9d58ae3b600a7665c1da9
- MD5 7804af603d542bf89cb691d8427bfc35
- SHA1 2e02667cdf531b2e481c5a33fe7674d40fce7789
- SHA512 cb3db7ec97ed1d10bb9060d5b0fb45abd9229083fe6659379ef6501b16646faf5c46d20c71009895a7de9e3eb32368f06e87c39cbdc873d2b68e2e5c178131f3
- SSDEEP 12288:A3ZUnXoZ+yPz5L8aTvAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRXND3JeU7vinrmgF:A3mnXoZjzyaT4aewsAjxND5TvinrmgF
- TLSH T135358D12F6A48FA5C26F44708E558712E63B7D510F205BDB93A4BF693E322D06B39B13
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH