Overview

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Static

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2026-08-21...le.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-21...le.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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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, 18:34

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-21_46fd6f43cd85808b2576a62c804bb464_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 34.1MB
  • Sample260821-w7qjesar2s
  • SHA256 9e950cad3bb21f1801221dcb8507188031c516b0fae8c46e27c01a573e715afb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoveryexecutionpersistence

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
    persistenceexecution
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • 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.

    execution
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

    persistenceexecution
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_46fd6f43cd85808b2576a62c804bb464_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_46fd6f43cd85808b2576a62c804bb464_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.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:5904
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBBBAAABCCBBBABBBBACCAACBCABCCBAABBCCCCABACABAAACABACCAABCABBCCBBCCABBBBBCACBBABCCBCCBBABBCBCBBCCACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.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:5816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BCCCBBBAAABCCBBBABBBBACCAACBCABCCBAABBCCCCABACABAAACABACCAABCABBCCBBCCABBBBBCACBBABCCBCCBBABBCBCBBCCACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BBCBCCCBACACABCBCCCBBBCBBBCBCBCAACBCCAABACCCCBCCBCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBCBCCCBACACABCBCCCBBBCBBBCBCBCAACBCCAABACCCCBCCBCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3424
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BBCBCCCBACACABCBCCCBBBCBBBCBCBCAACBCCAABACCCCBCCBCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBCBCCCBACACABCBCCCBBBCBBBCBCBCAACBCCAABACCCCBCCBCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5136
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BBCBCCCBACACABCBCCCBBBCBBBCBCBCAACBCCAABACCCCBCCBCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3860
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BBCBCCCBACACABCBCCCBBBCBBBCBCBCAACBCCAABACCCCBCCBCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3892
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.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:6016
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1632
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:5160
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBABBABABBBABCCCBCAACBABCAABACACCAACCCBAABBCAAAABCABBAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBABBABABBBABCCCBCAACBABCAABACACCAACCCBAABBCAAAABCABBAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5912

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Reconnaissance

          Resource Development

          Initial Access

          Execution

          Command and Scripting Interpreter

          1
          T1059

          Windows Command Shell

          1
          T1059.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          System Services

          1
          T1569

          Service Execution

          1
          T1569.002

          Persistence

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Privilege Escalation

          Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

          1
          T1547

          Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

          1
          T1547.001

          Create or Modify System Process

          1
          T1543

          Windows Service

          1
          T1543.003

          Scheduled Task/Job

          1
          T1053

          Scheduled Task

          1
          T1053.005

          Defense Evasion

          Modify Registry

          1
          T1112

          Credential Access

          Discovery

          System Location Discovery

          1
          T1614

          System Language Discovery

          1
          T1614.001

          Lateral Movement

          Collection

          Command and Control

          Exfiltration

          Impact

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f62c9ce19b413f2f4d01430c1cbda7f3596c0fefbaaad5af257f820b1e51bfb2
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 51ec5bee16ac3fd0115d6f46f18ee8e021e6f17caaeb63d2ea5654793e09dd65
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 10358eec1dad988195215d82e1040c0a9374c61f69d0504efe744e0aeee6a75e
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6c21aa1d5c635f6fa77db83db034e21ad59ed58eb01ed66197bbac6b9e4d8aaa
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          qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5b97a122b8f0dcb7f8be62b21c862d8b5e2d0f9ee95895f2cdc6f00bd72b64cb
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          svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe
          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABAAABACCCBCABCABCAAABAAACBBABAABAABBBBCCACBCAACBBCABBB.exe
          • Size 34.1MB
          • SHA256 9e950cad3bb21f1801221dcb8507188031c516b0fae8c46e27c01a573e715afb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
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          memory/5160-66-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000821000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5904-6-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D51000-memory.dmp
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          memory/5912-72-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000CE1000-memory.dmp
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          memory/6016-22-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000821000-memory.dmp
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          memory/6016-35-0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000821000-memory.dmp
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