Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/08/2026, 12:56

General

  • Target
    2026-08-21_e3831d97d60257492b200010559fcadf_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample260821-p6rlrseq2w
  • SHA256 b5e7214381bdc2dde1a76757064aa7b942595fc3bacd5e515abcdd4fe9e40ce1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate 5 IoCs

    Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 22 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

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

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 27 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 18 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 13 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 8 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_e3831d97d60257492b200010559fcadf_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_e3831d97d60257492b200010559fcadf_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloader_icedid_luc.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5028
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\3f0e0084355e4655\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:1796
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1288
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 380FB4592B84E98B27C43DDDF34E018E C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1200
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI87A9.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240683015 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4412
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:3380
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B02994A05FEFE2AE4C6FB1BC2F12BD49
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3672
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 59EB65717E7B463005DC312203DD62EA E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2684
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1644
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&s=5265cfcb-6869-4cda-8252-8e58eadcfbf9&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQCZHZ3Vf1pVazARUs%2f0Xk4if5WVc3Yzmlt03m1aGeq4Uql4zFxG96hSdvwaHdUckX%2fG873u7O5ZF3oh0lGFEfyJQQybw2EyGx2e%2bO8gpgBU5Rv1wWQjEbcOzrfHTkHRmtRweDsHmujm9qZTMmip9xWWN81LTyPXQ6ch30ls6nvp4g5Dc3dDW6KrSbsQDvrBdE5UN%2bYGeG5A7X0c7LVbH24Y2f4bOS%2fXWFIWQwcKqvzsjAU9rLhpAuJLGZ8NcK9i8F3fZVdoYtmu2WgWGL8WJkNWvOMh96SUN%2b5Avuu915i7hgfOISNt7kGqGIWvYy%2bi9JbVI%2f1u27r5V1cS4UQzJMne"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4672
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "19ea2e8b-f9c7-48db-8420-fa900342cac4" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:4552

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e58ca9f.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e58ca9f.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 c5a3647c15f6c33f56abdb1bc1d7e9059f2364f6f1007f5304d7c2cac908a3e4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.Override.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\Client.Override.resources
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 af88b79bf5f6070ec256d7603e3dea79ac5aaef03afba8fae3e7c14cebe1b820
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a000a67799a071883b6e25f86d91c2c513aae0b34b3643be77e5b889335fb95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\Client.resources
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 95b299c8c163731707e8134946059a28c668c2b65b48f57eac2847dbe4beb63e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 6526705b685c2f221a6675118c73cba98c47d948169d81ea4544c3e3336b8f2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 319ba24115e64ea4b714caf4e88d3d5a658defd51d714c2291b9758466925281
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 f048400c23add8c75abe189393d33c873c02c74eeaf43d47b950c8d643763b35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 593KB
          • SHA256 b80d07610b81bddb3d7f30a207a2e134b559e06b8440598a926f3a9c1d439218
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 36ad3b4858ee84fd2a73522a9ad25d177f492a65e1cbc6630169dc820dc2b63d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          app.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\app.config
          • Size 963B
          • SHA256 e83d538e6a597b02af3f70bbdd2830982961ef2e7a9e078222c1729dd7170503
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\system.config
          • Size 904B
          • SHA256 d82c41efeaa6e1a40d242a72fff65db5529fde9403a4c7018f0781515bb6a3f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI87A9.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI87A9.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI87A9.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI87A9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI87A9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI87A9.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\3f0e0084355e4655\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 11.2MB
          • SHA256 6a952db35fb6e356daf9e457a792acfb56f9050be19d7c44f93ba0b81114ac67
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSICC64.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSICC64.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          31seg35g.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\31seg35g.newcfg
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 ccf8526a1efe2d6768108a85616073e4f7778c11f4c8d234dc7e4c2a6fbea43a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          h1xjtqnj.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\h1xjtqnj.newcfg
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 75ba1d881684c7e6e5c30312749caf0b73614a11ff033d1ad61f8046d6c27a21
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          hom4isgr.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\hom4isgr.newcfg
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 19b247ccfab3dd2e43fde795935506732334683f4829fd114b1981409d835e47
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\user.config
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 c8a2df09af945de4b26d8734eaeeddfbf11265c3367420f39ca7d49c13db40c9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\user.config
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 7892bef4b91556959df0eeb0bda7f1c96eb1c264dada6ed6b8bae73a3e36f382
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\user.config
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 861db7039eb3c111a6cf254dd6880f81629e03f55504df6418c330665d14ad0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\user.config
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 9050ac45ee5e420c6ec31a6e78c8669ee23cd378854dd5b8fc0dc78d4d1c54a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\user.config
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 7271bc8fb5f297bf3789d6d5fea02745f757409b5eea9e1296ce4e0f960cb91f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (3f0e0084355e4655)\user.config
          • Size 589B
          • SHA256 0ec440d88766d53dd63d6784487db164850709fe5f49091371c9c0c8eb3b0b16
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 24.1MB
          • SHA256 05343df084915eb71eecdb1ef01b42760c689c0584ea41eb5408c8e3c34ceb83
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {d3db4ba2-6674-49ae-92b6-a6d1402032d8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{6e0928ee-0000-0000-0000-d01200000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{d3db4ba2-6674-49ae-92b6-a6d1402032d8}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 ad933a98e470767d8798b512b7d502ddeffbb7790a91f67b54fc6aa461c29d81
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4412-38-0x0000000005160000-0x00000000051EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4412-30-0x00000000050A0000-0x00000000050CE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4412-34-0x0000000005090000-0x000000000509A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4412-42-0x00000000053A0000-0x000000000554C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-131-0x000000001CA00000-0x000000001CB86000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-128-0x0000000002760000-0x0000000002796000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-133-0x00000000027A0000-0x00000000027B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-132-0x0000000002710000-0x0000000002728000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-127-0x0000000000620000-0x00000000006B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-130-0x000000001B7A0000-0x000000001B94C000-memory.dmp

          memory/4552-129-0x000000001B560000-0x000000001B5EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-103-0x0000000004180000-0x00000000041B6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-86-0x0000000003EE0000-0x0000000003EF8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-104-0x0000000004520000-0x00000000045B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-106-0x0000000004480000-0x00000000044C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-108-0x0000000004700000-0x00000000047D5000-memory.dmp

          memory/4672-99-0x0000000004130000-0x0000000004180000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-8-0x00000000056E0000-0x00000000056F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-0-0x00000000056E0000-0x00000000056F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-7-0x0000000006290000-0x0000000006834000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-6-0x00000000057F0000-0x000000000599C000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-5-0x0000000005690000-0x00000000056B2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-4-0x0000000005760000-0x00000000057EC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-3-0x00000000059F0000-0x0000000005CE2000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-2-0x00000000056E0000-0x00000000056F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5028-1-0x0000000001800000-0x0000000001808000-memory.dmp