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

General

  • Target
    2026-08-27_15b946fd7550e33ca6f118020b0f49f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-steale.exe
  • Size 7.7MB
  • Sample260827-2aezbadp8x
  • SHA256 fd569cfea3dd06124b73b3def8a68682342d851b450626dabe4c37e35d9e32d0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • 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\2026-08-27_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.exe
      C:\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 /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4488
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        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 /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4904
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\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.exe
        sc 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
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\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.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AACCCBBCCBCBCAAACACCBAAAAAACCAACAACCACAABCCBAAABBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1292
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.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:5760
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1992
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCCCBBBBCCBBCABBCBBBCBBABBCCAABABCACCCBAACAACABABACCBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3284
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:3120

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6cf19c7f8c88de63fa996f883257829db0311373fd6061121e6e51756292e462
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 af581165c95d6c377d59e98dca267c584fabbc4ea06dd3cd685d7e4040f9aa68
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a67f7d2dacf4dd3375fbd97fc8832224460048097b29fb7cc6bc0766114547e2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c901eebe6db744e7dfd5dabba56d213deb4acbdd0da9026b4dbb3b4d5c324071
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          PingSync.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PingSync.exe
          • Size 23.8MB
          • SHA256 d796625eaed988f6503ee2a70bd6a2c36e111c2903d86efa50affc45a2b22669
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PingSync.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PingSync.exe
          • Size 46.9MB
          • SHA256 e81200e66a1475c1c7760a5629ca2205b6d6885355433c36bb12225ed4812d20
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          PingSync.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\PingSync.exe
          • Size 32.0MB
          • SHA256 850d8bfc872071e9a5b4b1e89a0cbe2e4ad0954ea261dbdaca9e681363c16bc2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 49acacf968b0a21804b1f017ae81e7e77d0f904c5039fed737c4dd92f6f9f70e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACACBCBCACBBCCABBAACCABAAACCBABAABBCCACABBBBABBCBCCAAB.exe
          • Size 7.7MB
          • SHA256 fd569cfea3dd06124b73b3def8a68682342d851b450626dabe4c37e35d9e32d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 3686cbdac8aebaea3f91eed93a035bf8259e9431b54f1b950170a9219f5bef9f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/3284-107-0x0000000000260000-0x0000000000281000-memory.dmp

          memory/3780-48-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3780-0-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3780-70-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3780-23-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3780-12-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5760-49-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp

          memory/5760-34-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp

          memory/5760-71-0x0000000000760000-0x0000000000781000-memory.dmp