Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/08/2026, 16:59

General

  • Target
    2026-08-24_26ce957b8ed59f9221c168cc2148b14c_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_surtr_vidar.exe
  • Size 4.2MB
  • Sample260825-vhn4masyey
  • SHA256 31cd145a9e4871711a5832071d9c373c2a892131be7b9df6c8a6cba978370d78
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Stihat

    Stihat is a worm written in Delphi.

  • Detects Stihat payload 9 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 9 IoCs
  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_26ce957b8ed59f9221c168cc2148b14c_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_surtr_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_26ce957b8ed59f9221c168cc2148b14c_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_smoke-loader_surtr_vidar.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:252
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies registry class
    PID:1344
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:4264
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
    • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2188
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:908

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 9224304e86ffece69b6a18a05631dcbb668a02868ed11ceab76ff2e354fc9f60
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 239469568392a67226ea2cdf45a16a4fad558ee073d632eea3fe41b126bb3830
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 33da299cd5fa6d1e07295df4b45ce7e0fe06ee8173d8d0f4b344f9c353232fef
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 670eced2e87e04997f524afeb4c0d19fc8db2bd8a58d45226ee54935858969d1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ab25f41bb8ff0464d3926da71403ba2527c48ec3a03b24e7fa5d9cd32d8c2aa8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 fe035b16a756445dc260c9b03800d3d51ebcb819f469190219e5cd4c4ef4e389
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c8d75b489a824ceec6d7be33b1cf158016fb733bc9574038f785c1b35972dd6f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f8a427ba43298bf1ccf0d65b09ef74446e4f9ec580e6d3a5f76f9bfd97fff402
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 d12564f5f783917b1eee65404c022f49a66dc2839737bda6546f29daca0cbf73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cf25e19d65b2af1aead6372892d51a2a7ca1d8f4df5bf811f86d5f7ed20a0a15
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 414fa27c9e21b03138e58853679f75082b7e05bcad4a9f327c0c8112e7317dc8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a398a7e31fd6a7cc3a0c868720cb270a17d8149dcf8c1eee8b4bcf577c8a29f5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 6876b62f73b0dcf4a65d28f6e2523dbdbf49a487b2d616d3b8c30c7a2de49179
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 69142e4e0b91f31eecf5f6ad22c38bfaaa64b665b74b87d15fda33c6564b51e9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 1b6b94099e52e9c1bccf327f47ac855e0eeb5a55b18df093b6e1aed3323de2b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9f9910ba1f6a7bd83de91e43fcf54575d037d911cbc0620053229cbb17119516
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 d11b732ef7b9685d67840bc19e936d71dacb8e64ab0ce7309db51e6f50b57dcb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 cad7a979bf52728d60470db90b79c7147b681cf68ed9aaab72db18240c2fbc7d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 db80c6376610fcda400262ee2cd64ab0f8d5a2683139dac9077bf342fdf716c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 e3f54f464b80a2ae6832e7b4c406b226828b28692ea99f33af1bb4c4d056d590
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 8a2337734df39a35a3f533c61d7043680b8cf0f25a678dc73e8840668591c09f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 72066f914c2def6ba1f917bf2f2a1dd476bf306f5df5e54322b0164f39abfd8b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c470d683e038a54c409be9b786e7e944827d16bcad29fb124a5f03bd569cf78f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 8a0e81520f52c5af889a5586625ade97f193db9dbfecd6e20fe747645153f022
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 664a3d3e604de4feb18e41794ce6cc6af3ec8c4725565ab81c7dcf5bfb84a23f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 f97d6051c46661e9ccf62da470b5e55fae72a2782965f89e8f6881f15343673e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f95fdd5f30919db1a49b97599171ef782fdc01b90f9435e93e84bc14eb348a24
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 4a3ad88917fbb7b9bcedbbb4c704c2497c2173d8874a569a60af19549a349242
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 20c6691bc533acbe2ed9e03252b30c6f8551899df977a8573f7edd5b15f66bcd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 165aa2e94239742528233d6eb7e2ebc60abdecd74b2bdb77c568eacb36f43ac4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 8c1c744b5af11d53cda6b1c0b52ffa2afed663fcfff81682242ea0cc1a849dc7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c571e32c1555e30615f618655196d5e98fb18251625b9fe55cfd32a897aa664e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d3d91b7b41fc46ea7726fbee9515439ec575bfa7f82ddc145af429a878ca5590
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c46a37ca5ab0abf50e4b91f62b75d1456e0b816c07fbca249c14367aabdc7679
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e0cfb8d7bb85de7a82a45fc034262fcc9be91b6930a8b36f89ce5aa3ae22b40d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b33b75810012ff22edbdf15a4237ee438ddda07f364174e7bebe2760f9e56685
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 225895f74006db70b0369087469ba3452ad0684ab49c6b7bb2688061b8e63097
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 48290266c67899b43dbfa2fb338b161fa113e0d5807060a167ce9afcaab838ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 cf0b5a73da0fef1f6f2cdc0a0c1e7e3813f598970d726c781179ccea33fe5891
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b47f84bea14db42150a48c4017869f447f887ce4b2a83466d1a27b0df6c636f2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 5d6c86ead07591b7c85426b29d0b093d244c0fdaf5d55eb178c971301aa98c63
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 1370a27f2668eb927b4e1d46b4480ae900cfd1599e1a8c2e9f31ad9bc5fe50f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 501e6871e9f4affba8fe482a6d7dbc6b9fbdb2e9b5b1ff2c6233631c0b300eb8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b1e726e3de63ada13c748e8a1c4d20ae59c21a67fde798b104dedf7613e806ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b6e620b95e94a8a8ba0bd46de78bcb0c9d42bb23c697bcdc6aefd3e6375b4251
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 2740b43739f53b13b5755d4ec5cb6586b48e539b0b90b4945af185bd45b3fd2c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b9a15ee8355914255a8825d768419bc440ca1164bf53cadd4115e001ea4c0e24
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c0b7c6a1d37dd02771fb6427eeaae5b975c11f10dd1de06eca2d0b98d8d6a296
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 842be7e3b0e3f1cf6f14b4328daf93ec74cc641dc97e308a08c91549cd909880
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\desktop.ini
          • Size 4.2MB
          • SHA256 f91ca417a86267e3dbb569df0bb56d69cc8559fbcec7e9e19439ebc1b6fc508e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/252-45-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/252-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/252-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/3124-44-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000791000-memory.dmp

          memory/3124-43-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/3124-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/3124-1-0x0000000000790000-0x0000000000791000-memory.dmp

          memory/3124-2-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4264-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp