Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
148s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
20/08/2026, 12:17
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
- Size 1.6MB
- Sample260820-pgaxqazves
- SHA256 c57c0d650462e8f582dd22a873be5287da4f58ad0b21db18b5854ecc12b2166f
- MD5 8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c
- SHA1 0d1f316c1c39bdbd09ded80856a581be625f85bb
- SHA512 681b53baec52cb3103e36f0b0a08b0fc6e6ed5d2468916c8fc7480abb4d14ba4a29ccfa49f715350ea0ec8d5d7a0ab64434bd677e8fe22b168202cca87ef9397
- SSDEEP 24576:qg8x+aIwBnuDCaGqEpkHGMXNk7DFO8HbkfFVEQa8EBb6pPtfmiuWX8:P8JuOkHGMXNoFO8Hk3Ezb6pPtfqi8
- TLSH T15175181177E95A29F5FB2B31AEB851604A7BBC615F31C7CF13801A5E2934AC09936B33
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
flow pid Process 18 4120 Process not Found - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Temp AdobeARM.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Backup AdobeARM.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeARM.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeARMHelper.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
pid Process 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4452 2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 1380 AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4452 wrote to memory of 5100 4452 2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 91 PID 4452 wrote to memory of 6044 4452 2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 92 PID 6044 wrote to memory of 1380 6044 AdobeARMHelper.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_8a059027fec7324a1d4d8dbef785498c_amadey_avoslocker_darkgate_elex_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4452 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"2⤵PID:5100
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C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27156\AdobeARMHelper.exe"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27156\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27156" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:6044 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27156" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU3⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1380
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
- Size 82B
- SHA256 5a1e0a0216dd3893a738efdfc9c1bc5445e68d3939840578341f6cd08b14d815
- MD5 9de1c12da78157648e8e5b25adab3467
- SHA1 e9a8e45cbc66f9323f530a7bc88249e92e99fa52
- SHA512 cbc027271d3977d2c248dbcd683da728880d5c26d2bae6df6299b4eeed551f34b2e687865b578a688f98a3865b63450ac0bf7cc07d031dad0f8dbe72e9e531b9
- TLSH T1FEA0222333C0803CB8203A02CCE088333322B0C8B00BC00CC002228E00F022002223BF
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\27156\AdobeARMHelper.exe
- Size 413KB
- SHA256 fd115ae8ebd2f37cf1ef72f75242206cf1331c7cb258305011302e981137ee5e
- MD5 522026a14d6bc781d2a15c665e454310
- SHA1 9451a39108326ba578793b1feb62f23a02bce916
- SHA512 4e4eb2f582c8590899a0ada6133b705d13775f60818f1ff4f9bb35e40e09d6570af4f7ac4c80b525b445a03702ca0f3a9867a93080f90697d8be668e2abe2fe7
- SSDEEP 6144:q/6JSQsSVWSLjX2PxPNMRyfn7LzPdKblt0K+HAfh0v8axsbQuXYvr6yIl2:u6dVWnxlMSn7nFKbltn+Ch/m6X2
- TLSH T1DE947C1037D0C036F1B329768ABFD728556DB9715F6881CFA3C8166E5EB06E0AA3171B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\1A374813EDB1A6631387E414D3E73232
- Size 177KB
- SHA256 d15d32e7089ebdc479b16b4e264fd35830326aac5ebb85535e38d68a529fc480
- MD5 cced19b1412ccb698fd587591329e998
- SHA1 8b6fbf56a74a3e7fad8a45d4d72fc2d543fa9f78
- SHA512 d9950108967d3e0b6d2f7dfa8297af4020a37dfa27214fdc1b285f2a2373463be119a26fe2c24997725fa7aec65eb4bd1d3c525a0381484fa5de60a21fd8fee9
- SSDEEP 3072:uJoVqRLnEZ6gxwE8TFF1lUQ8aP1ygAwJcb+wNT6i:uJ7RLqi7AaP1LAacbTj
- TLSH T1FF04EC288D187152E54AAD76D9CEAF9BCCB5B4C733D1954F9A500F821422FCD8FD88B2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
- Size 471B
- SHA256 7035207346eb2eaa56217d264417f07f088775aa45c4708215dd3d47224a628a
- MD5 583887a385c17600df9ac4988a6a9da4
- SHA1 47d982670f2033202e18bd7c133e6ed02a2722ab
- SHA512 29cdc7f9318e94eb66b1bba131b675419f990343dc0953477467b7a6613975aac369c7a79130294ea677ad6ba12c97df20c329409eb38a5aabd74a28e17ff5cd
- TLSH T15BF0976B90AA2DB05D0BC99D0AF4667630B0EEAB01C290AE283541F98687661F16E00A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\BA74182F76F15A9CF514DEF352303C95
- Size 737B
- SHA256 fb76c37ab5c997bfae0e354411f260682e9f2a9c533a1969dbcc999b3ad34142
- MD5 32123b499c20d22c9fd754886d06eb9d
- SHA1 e3676f29fe250ab4c15637952d29740ce95bc671
- SHA512 777dcdbd1c46c33df3ce18b13f908d07f00e4092a7d547a5189e56197f6f265484640ea5f51158f05449aea2bc4eb54b8d202d740203ae3910b67e1b4279362d
- TLSH T1C30199323E04461CAE52CE343FD485610F3B62058D41E4757B9D8344D2B53D5E5BA1BD
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\1A374813EDB1A6631387E414D3E73232
- Size 306B
- SHA256 692859bd7610c50965bf9fddaf74f2bcaf737ccdf0e8a99d184caebd3feedcfe
- MD5 41c666e05a523f6e79b50f11a1f9653d
- SHA1 089b8462000746cb7a7f09874ffbacf46e9ece44
- SHA512 cef4035cb84d2dda6f1414be4d050aa9717b6abccdcacd1ea233e0a33af2c8b34a27cf34b1775d3c6e2646b4e28c7d2ad1f80b8801123a723b76aafe2dfb1fe3
- TLSH T160E05E7417E8111BF1E296B99FF146827A11FE66E242CB1D0A92164E6C39F422C2261D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
- Size 400B
- SHA256 4f60936176c702351c15ca92fbb7b4df76d18992b53c117c537603b60264b794
- MD5 c519e1d64488badaf4f40de74d7d04ce
- SHA1 ea67b59da4c39d0302e52f8f881b6600ed05b63b
- SHA512 f4396d6a8ba7bf599f34437d25af92ac736998e0c1a2aca2371e3a89f95214871dd626a30e5d3aed14257c1268fe463aecd6f75976526f6d1f7c544d9d1f5f3d
- TLSH T184E0202027FE516EF570DB7403D590D56F35F1062C8857FE1DC1152D9D1AD014C52C30
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\BA74182F76F15A9CF514DEF352303C95
- Size 248B
- SHA256 be05eb60eddf16ba81c7d3635815869f8420712414bb1162015851a25d8b1b04
- MD5 0039861f455f15d68a59efc6c9f220f0
- SHA1 a60e41d519480573a1aeaaba33ddce7a8fc1c318
- SHA512 4e7d8614882b96e3f8843853cf323a32178c321b644347162ce0301cb569d3fdd6edcfbedf0732958ce9dc9b3b667b123882c2e2b5fc0f41c47e710c365761ca
- TLSH T12BD0C91527FB1716F6A5627A5AB24A417F24AA6BA582CF081BF0264E4428F016C6292B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
- Size 334B
- SHA256 3c9d052b0b83f00ba03b68d06e6dcdfb1b9208e2a39c933293372d376b5199e9
- MD5 f28fc62c139551da0f279962ac89e6c0
- SHA1 d9764fb7bd3ce26c2f19caa0f340ec8c40dd1d1d
- SHA512 712d31d652d78781bb08d0bad9ba06862a318575a7e81ecce8feb1d2258bc4d2f62a39d2f3b5d03b92a3cb7482f823f324faa50b46f98fd391e9b3a88f6c8784
- TLSH T155E07D4811BF415C0EEB40CF7383BD55E0807290F7E78665B2942362A56A8029F6FE0C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 251KB
- SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
- MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
- SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
- SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
- SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
- TLSH T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp1BF5.tmp
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 aaaced351a90b2029c44c6ebb68084a331f296a0ace8115d9889f549d596564b
- MD5 42ff6aa7e64b25f09ffb2a89ce7f36ba
- SHA1 0dbf44a94dbd6801b3afba7a6c602f39c7d44732
- SHA512 47337d9919bc26dedfea1af060dd1fa2ef4a3dcf35c0a84ac7bfe0333b4885a368fc46fec5bc317fe257abdbcab9cdff67104382b60e9a1aa5f755aba604adde
- SSDEEP 96:6jX74Lc8pJvjU8RunwXGkmIKBiHJdij9tAz4yT+QE4yKSeTEnXtGbE:0ULc8pq8RuwdmL4pUQrNyKQnCE
- TLSH T102C13CA388946C05AC27FC00B4C89933EDB676A61EC1D0D3625CC1A58B913873EDE5FC
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp37BD.tmp
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 27ead591d4c7f8fadd0d9e5d32eb6c9bf8830f83fddf83ddd47e6b3b413f5b75
- MD5 5a68f4aec3689d0dc750adcae8e60520
- SHA1 ebd8482e30140da9e44bebde6e4da997a7391e22
- SHA512 311cfca7e98c8db69d2d599c5845d26a4686d03d1ab1d79237952c008269928ce8434a877e3fe411e967995536e2171844df0db14add053037de278571269a04
- SSDEEP 96:zX74Lc8pJvjU8RunwXGkmIKBiHJdij9tAz4yT+QE4ycOr0BO:zULc8pq8RuwdmL4pUQrNycOrkO
- TLSH T127C12AA38DD06C05AC5BFD11B4D89A33ADB276952D81C1C3325CC2658F913973AEE2ED
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp38A8.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
- MD5 fc2430057cb1be74c788f10c2d4540c8
- SHA1 cab67ee8d5191fbf9f25545825e06c1a822af2f2
- SHA512 4e2b9709a9e3ca5173abb35816e5a0aebbf2a7aaf971d7f75f3ae66e4a812cbade103baa5016525f5ab83a60c18f8d3c278c90ff83e4afdae419f81673cb5aee
- TLSH T1FC71D8CE0D1A6813ABC7FE8AA1C5E3695C30A3E16AD154CB08BC95824FC6FC51A4901D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp3F7F.tmp
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 e6bcbcb70401d63ff0746fcbcc63230269058736f7644151393edfdcec8b8765
- MD5 1b7ade3253fc67477dea69ef2147603d
- SHA1 b71e8e749a3461c9b37ff2c3d099b1911d9cc6a0
- SHA512 0edd5eb1635b1599e50b368cb254c94bf1588acf1d063e89f45fcfd6fa625e33d2c7764d9d00afd53dec2dfb342e9cfe199d256edcff8430ae183d357d4382da
- SSDEEP 96:7NLX74Lc8pJvjU8RunwXGkmIKBiHJdij9tAz4yT+QE4yGtDwwBq:RULc8pq8RuwdmL4pUQrNyGewBq
- TLSH T16CC12AB388D06C41AD5BBD11B4C89933ADB272992DC1D0D33258C6A58B913873BDE2ED
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp70B3.tmp
- Size 5KB
- SHA256 a86ac1b119a6653e0c3fc24c2c40e44a7bfdc435fd81c4442af9d5526ef64e85
- MD5 5bc2d1f7a5fd950dd51547ead6afdabd
- SHA1 90f4e48ac87f4eb9dd10f1a80d46a7063f06a7d2
- SHA512 45f18bf24c7f1102c17dd30aa205498f27336259ac3869c1d6129609a40385e68d9a2f353e3b13f18f40e7d1d32c4fb31d10f7b2fa204e24e4411183bb749f55
- SSDEEP 96:7sX74Lc8pJvjU8RunwXGkmIKBiHJdij9tAz4yT+QE4yQRlOelNMQtU:gULc8pq8RuwdmL4pUQrNyYlOefM/
- TLSH T13DC12AA388D46C05AD17BC04B4C49A23FEB2B2855EC1D1D36258C1A58B913973ADE6ED
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
- Size 472B
- SHA256 9d7407b8bcd4af6820eae7da00db7598246d0f58dc502ef3c89aacbd9cc8a104
- MD5 150650f8b4ce06bf6720a55c29275c38
- SHA1 c69a908cd7138d119f38c8db07031364b1d21388
- SHA512 fcfb7f30078c6e1c43cf272b96b5fbd599fb6ea694cbb79a7a3e40de0eea9e031a4b67d1c2f348d3ab19760b48b67758fd7b4ddd921aab9f3e8d3a064c662bd4
- TLSH T198F0651725F54655E0F75F11DBF990B35B367C456D18846CA0C8031F0CD1A51D872BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
- Size 594B
- SHA256 6b1bed1fa21d7c0e263368370908c45833a12819d8133a2ad14c8b74972c675a
- MD5 afdf801b64774edf0b99fa758ba72710
- SHA1 9304d0500976f30d9ae79d12218d93a38649432c
- SHA512 b21fd54ef4d93264adb31db0076d44bbcaa631f2f87f8494bc9c09ca3ff753a5b7e0a603227855af80be9b21ea6c4e548fcf05fe370f3fcee62f8256acfd0d34
- TLSH T141F0175626F54654E0F75F15EAF990B31B367C426E1994AC90C8031A08E1A61E972BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 234KB
- SHA256 790b06745f32e0f56a7af24c871ffce225ba05ebf0d8f8a71a00c727c97dcf09
- MD5 cd12a965da4fb66e7f8a07e3f421196c
- SHA1 f6377f231362acbd1063aff829ced283a2660b89
- SHA512 3fa242c3f573c706e0f36b477ce03f47d9ba0712ef72b94eae4f426dfe21ebbaf1dbebb0981335970b5186d416b4d25e175773796486f39e17de1df0a68a9b0d
- SSDEEP 3072:03IJ8zcVOWmxltum8PMkufNWwhEIrKNCpNugYWKOlCIr0YxbFKRWSp4Vf37FbAjO:BxJvW
- TLSH T124342A5667FD1209F6F37F41EEB852944B7B7DA2BE3AC14D1680014E08B5A90DA72B33
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH