Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
143s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
27/08/2026, 22:22
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
- Size 7.7MB
- Sample260827-2aezbadp8x
- SHA256 fd569cfea3dd06124b73b3def8a68682342d851b450626dabe4c37e35d9e32d0
- MD5 15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7
- SHA1 139cb19ad7fc73cb4b7560b79b98e4670eee9366
- SHA512 5b28512078b82bb8d3251cf937c62f17fb6ab690f8a4e7ad1db78004047cac44cad9dc4bac47139b689509f8a952f96fd5e6c8d934d45d565ac08e6a82a728a4
- SSDEEP 98304:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5nKjKWQckVgtev5mnlNLx:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5MKWQc0gEYnvLx
- TLSH T195866C1DB7EE1450E973A17488A6C2B5AEB278204731CBDF6640E73D1E27AE0EC39715
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe 3284 svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe 3120 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CABABCABBCBACCCBCBAAAABACCBABBCACACBBBBABABCAAABCCCCBCBA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe" 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_BABCABBACACABACCCCBAAABCACBCBACCCBCBCACBBBCBCBABABCBCABA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe" svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 2020 sc.exe 1292 sc.exe - 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.
pid Process 4488 cmd.exe 2908 cmd.exe 4428 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 4904 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
pid Process 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe 3284 svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe 3284 svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3284 svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3780 wrote to memory of 4488 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 92 PID 4488 wrote to memory of 4904 4488 cmd.exe 94 PID 5760 wrote to memory of 1992 5760 svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe 95 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 2908 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 98 PID 2908 wrote to memory of 2020 2908 cmd.exe 100 PID 3780 wrote to memory of 4428 3780 2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe 101 PID 4428 wrote to memory of 1292 4428 cmd.exe 103
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_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:3780 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBBBBCACACCBAACABCCBACAABAACCCBBCCCBBCBBACCBAABCBBAACABCBCCCACBACBBABCABCAACBCBAAABBACACACACABCAACACCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4488 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBBBBCACACCBAACABCCBACAABAACCCBBCCCBBCBBACCBAABCBBAACABCBCCCACBACBBABCABCAACBCBAAABBACACACACABCAACACCA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:4904
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2908 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2020
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4428 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1292
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe1⤵
- 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:5760 -
C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵PID:1992
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3284
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3120
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
1Service Execution
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 6cf19c7f8c88de63fa996f883257829db0311373fd6061121e6e51756292e462
- MD5 71ffe8b70ba2aae039964859a8f23831
- SHA1 6fbb2e9ec974e8b8e927005cff59097ed713bf7c
- SHA512 398f84977ad9370be09d00f67cfded2c44a971908cd92d7ac9e3bb72d76a59da3be3b5bb9ee44105c94fc4a485d08889c89af85df6b7cebca818eb2a7a8abd1a
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 af581165c95d6c377d59e98dca267c584fabbc4ea06dd3cd685d7e4040f9aa68
- MD5 f8ec9abc1de513ea0e3e3a776fa4df4b
- SHA1 a1c9f7d24eb653aa1e2f7d535b45624466da26b1
- SHA512 f2556ea30ba61d0751b69d06d6cf0634f85e01071937c9a18656231e3a19ce21632b97c954c61842ec823663aef198d4d5947aee09fa9978d89fcde34b0afd5d
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 a67f7d2dacf4dd3375fbd97fc8832224460048097b29fb7cc6bc0766114547e2
- MD5 6e588a62ea5e762d002fbc906d5a5c11
- SHA1 4c93eebdcf0805c520a8cbda87877aedf87dcd78
- SHA512 fce0e876ab128f21f623f5eff5a9cfe5d4526b0c3f936d928c322afc1376198ca20b3f6f7118fdadb6dd751de56c663fabad364cbbaf608b5320d078175332c8
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 c901eebe6db744e7dfd5dabba56d213deb4acbdd0da9026b4dbb3b4d5c324071
- MD5 0cd883260a574852bcc49f944058a293
- SHA1 9f1b85b07d6db0e3d42b9747765d0c26d6bea29e
- SHA512 ad8c008b224283fba71fd3eaf73c0ade81bf0d906921885d25a53aee0a5685c480881391c889bce5f7397b7f9099495d4ee1325b152e6b306b592faad6aba218
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PingSync.exe
- Size 23.8MB
- SHA256 d796625eaed988f6503ee2a70bd6a2c36e111c2903d86efa50affc45a2b22669
- MD5 8e72b8b10769936dc4a3037c2c862c28
- SHA1 22d9c2d5ff270cf9a7bb8746f1820af0a1856d72
- SHA512 aff8cc07d615172c58e731c71b54b407f9f167b85ead23d991a96d15242a76e17cd5a8ec5de875669b35186be9194682aa1d1808155833786a6479fb3e291d35
- SSDEEP 393216:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5FcZEIvw5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5FcZEIvw5S5S5S5S5S5S5SA:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50EIvw5S5S5S5Sj
- TLSH T192477C1DB7EE1450E973A17488A6C2B5AEB278204731CBDF6640E73D1E27AE0EC39715
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PingSync.exe
- Size 46.9MB
- SHA256 e81200e66a1475c1c7760a5629ca2205b6d6885355433c36bb12225ed4812d20
- MD5 99db0e64ffb72828ff63be75bfae82bc
- SHA1 b658e7e2b07b3ad848c40272e85a4e40b4a013aa
- SHA512 b86769e95a6e77ea9636ff7db92c7dd698e7a8578165d15a75aaa405323f8fd1c503955b5b95b9a395dd0735f6e152c9c627576c7b8970106d19c4a8de869374
- SSDEEP 786432:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50EIvw5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50EIvw5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50O:jFFFFFU
- TLSH T1F6B76C1DB7EE1450E973A17488A6C2B5AEB278204731CBDF6640E73D1E27AE0EC39715
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PingSync.exe
- Size 32.0MB
- SHA256 850d8bfc872071e9a5b4b1e89a0cbe2e4ad0954ea261dbdaca9e681363c16bc2
- MD5 335928b1adf5185b78a934ea8c15f1c3
- SHA1 f32d8c8ca9c45fefac19cb59608746cbda76ab07
- SHA512 088ebae94c16a3a3631e1383ab37839e958832d1bc473c8fce45f4d1cd20190ddedde9a8b63735457d07880c7be1a84c5040b55b6919a65db115e84a6c6cea66
- SSDEEP 786432:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50EIvw5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50EIvw5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S50R:jFFFb
- TLSH T193776C1DB7EE1450E973A17488A6C2B5AEB278204731CBDF6640E73D1E27AE0EC39715
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 49acacf968b0a21804b1f017ae81e7e77d0f904c5039fed737c4dd92f6f9f70e
- MD5 c30498d8e0a7c286b043aa66ceb97b2f
- SHA1 9007503a7e86ca22f8720ede97e2f40ad55bd8c7
- SHA512 8a6e48198a192cff25ffd04557b2c11a77cc2bbfa7af71cf7d43b494b50f24e9fb6cbed669bf63e33a9964c7fb94fbe71acd6af1633f375ef65ef2deca97e0c6
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe
- Size 7.7MB
- SHA256 fd569cfea3dd06124b73b3def8a68682342d851b450626dabe4c37e35d9e32d0
- MD5 15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7
- SHA1 139cb19ad7fc73cb4b7560b79b98e4670eee9366
- SHA512 5b28512078b82bb8d3251cf937c62f17fb6ab690f8a4e7ad1db78004047cac44cad9dc4bac47139b689509f8a952f96fd5e6c8d934d45d565ac08e6a82a728a4
- SSDEEP 98304:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5nKjKWQckVgtev5mnlNLx:q5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5S5MKWQc0gEYnvLx
- TLSH T195866C1DB7EE1450E973A17488A6C2B5AEB278204731CBDF6640E73D1E27AE0EC39715
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
- Size 926B
- SHA256 3686cbdac8aebaea3f91eed93a035bf8259e9431b54f1b950170a9219f5bef9f
- MD5 0ddf72187480bee7a483887a0580a07a
- SHA1 c81e194e72388b129ae7d75c4074639f321bbf5a
- SHA512 31a8285b542f684b255707a03b05d452b9e008f4e753581c7b49cf0bf7d137c68f8b607e7959f4a6014c264e9de93626aa4999290c375dffd1b915c28afaa7f6
- TLSH T1C111543560FECC13F532A4CB5735EAC25CEC33DB5CAC5A982305911DA754C25CD958D2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH