Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    155s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/08/2026, 02:52

General

  • Target
    2026-08-20_75a53db11170d1485ba7231b6e66e046_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_luca-stealer.exe
  • Size 18.7MB
  • Sample260821-dcqltsvyct
  • SHA256 892155dc15b999e3287776551e8cdb7674ba0a81d00c1cdf84c1e9e809f3dc3f
  • 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 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_75a53db11170d1485ba7231b6e66e046_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_luca-stealer.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-20_75a53db11170d1485ba7231b6e66e046_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloader_luca-stealer.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:3652
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCBACCACBBACABAAABABCABCCABCBBBBACABABCAABAAAABABAABCBCAACBABACCABAABBABBCAABBCBAACABABBCAAACAABBBBBCB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.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:5760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCBACCACBBACABAAABABCABCCABCBBBBACABABCAABAAAABABAABCBCAACBABACCABAABBABBCAABBCBAACABABBCAAACAABBBBBCB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:5512
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCBCCACCCCAACCBBCCCABCBBBCBBABCBCABCAABABBACCBBACAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBCCACCCCAACCBBCCCABCBBBCBBABCBCABCAABABBACCBBACAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3624
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CCBCCACCCCAACCBBCCCABCBBBCBBABCBCABCAABABBACCBBACAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBCCACCCCAACCBBCCCABCBBBCBBABCBCABCAABABBACCBBACAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2520
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCBCCACCCCAACCBBCCCABCBBBCBBABCBCABCAABABBACCBBACAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3264
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CCBCCACCCCAACCBBCCCABCBBBCBBABCBCABCAABABBACCBBACAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2924
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.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:5032
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3856
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAAACAAAAABCBCACAABCBACCBCBBCBAABBCACCBABCCCCAABCACCBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACAAACAAAAABCBCACAABCBACCBCBBCBAABBCACCBABCCCCAABCACCBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4176
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2460

    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 dae72ad2adcc76134f4a88bcc254bb7934fdde7011ca9271c30485d5da852628
          • 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 19.3MB
          • SHA256 b2ccffc12dddeaf429140a955439a124bbf75614c127d00e590b7764cb6d9cf8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 89fc0a5fb810f96b3f3748b44a6689374067522460412628ce956e9cc1f8e1cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi\1.107.1_0\_locales\ur\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c6bbbc43b1a6fb9e798d1a99ef84a413ea36b7d6cd8b1018b485960d918a8cbc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\tn-ZA\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 92982bace8bfeb52d80bad6520be967b5c3b114afb0118b79f32810ddcaa64be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 725b025eeb8da10e361ad8d9e446aef939f6121a4f471fc326237af473a3db92
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f5933279d3984d8dd8e6e6252bb8e4c5df16da0b8f7718244a16fad944177b0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 79eebc13daad0d7bf2399574d95e5ec371ae677b77f5374f144267d16cb87a1e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0ea30edd4355451736457156e57f8409ff0e09ee2b30f23cdeed4bc10e6396c3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ee3aa1f9b866735fbb34a2ec94295c10ace29de43932130d9f7b0e5bb580779a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCCACCBCAABCCBAAABCBABCACBBCBCBAAABABCACAABCBACACACBBB.exe
          • Size 18.7MB
          • SHA256 892155dc15b999e3287776551e8cdb7674ba0a81d00c1cdf84c1e9e809f3dc3f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 7b4ba1a5d2360d3eb224ac45ac497c4f9530e9ec3ba06e5f2b1c6fcf7084ccd5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2460-72-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp

          memory/3652-0-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

          memory/3652-7-0x0000000000570000-0x0000000000591000-memory.dmp

          memory/4176-69-0x0000000000680000-0x00000000006A1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5032-33-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp

          memory/5032-23-0x0000000000600000-0x0000000000621000-memory.dmp