Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/08/2026, 12:36

General

  • Target
    2026-08-28_8a3e096c0f09296674b805c7acae3687_amadey_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 10.6MB
  • Sample260828-ptbpsaxgra
  • SHA256 643b3c0b5c7746a19a0e5dd76cb747fb05c65dbfb5dc09cc722959de8b174885
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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.

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • 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 4 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 11 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 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-28_8a3e096c0f09296674b805c7acae3687_amadey_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-28_8a3e096c0f09296674b805c7acae3687_amadey_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.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:5948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBCCAAACABBACCAACCCAACAAABBCAABAAABCBABCBCABABCCABBCBCCCBBCBCBABBCBACBBBABCBBBBABAACAABCACBABACCBBCCBC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.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:3764
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ABBCCAAACABBACCAACCCAACAAABBCAABAAABCBABCBCABABCCABBCBCCCBBCBCBABBCBACBBBABCBBBBABAACAABCACBABACCBBCCBC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:3208
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCCBCAABCAACCBACBAACBBABAABBBBAAAACBAABBCCCCBBCBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCCBCAABCAACCBACBAACBBABAABBBBAAAACBAABBCCCCBBCBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2032
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCCBCAABCAACCBACBAACBBABAABBBBAAAACBAABBCCCCBBCBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCCBCAABCAACCBACBAACBBABAABBBBAAAACBAABBCCCCBBCBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4920
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCCBCAABCAACCBACBAACBBABAABBBBAAAACBAABBCCCCBBCBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5728
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCCBCAABCAACCBACBAACBBABAABBBBAAAACBAABBCCCCBBCBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2888
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.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:4496
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1176
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAABBCCCBACCBCABCBBABCBBBBBBACCABABABBBACBCBABCABACABACCBBCCBACABBBAAAABCACBBCCBACABCCBCABCACBBBCBCBBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBCCCCACBBCABABBCABBAABCABCBAAACABCBAABBBCCBBCABCCAABA.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:3376
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BAABBCCCBACCBCABCBBABCBBBBBBACCABABABBBACBCBABCABACABACCBBCCBACABBBAAAABCACBBCCBACABCCBCABCACBBBCBCBBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBCCCCACBBCABABBCABBAABCABCBAAACABCBAABBBCCBBCABCCAABA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4284
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBCCCCACBBCABABBCABBAABCABCBAAACABCBAABBBCCBBCABCCAABA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBCCCCACBBCABABBCABBAABCABCBAAACABCBAABBBCCBBCABCCAABA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3868
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2432

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\PerfLogs\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a41107e69c7a831690d30fbd71b3afed0accbf363e295541cea6ef059713664a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7a28a7f926ef29529f895431c06da0311785bf4741fef804c90c0a7110a6c3ec
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 99494b2eda337127498af6e03c807fed767ca36c8e5a70a304e1fee7096ea27a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\Packages\Microsoft.LockApp_10.0.26100.1301_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 bf9b49c733bb1c531c38d30f54c62dfa5ac1f93b9df18a134721d5ca8542cfcf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{5625bb48-295c-4113-bc92-d6a69b19b04c}\windowsdesktop-runtime-8.0.15-win-x64.exe
          • Size 11.2MB
          • SHA256 872d66a40e00a01b0c36eb3fe39abcdae47c32d80567f69bdabb5009e6f7455f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{57a73df6-4ba9-4c1d-bbbb-517289ff6c13}\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 12576f697a17308efe7722e95274fcfd638e176f58592068c59bb485c84f7efe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge.Stable_8wekyb3d8bbwe\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 0d72761f0285de81e7f551619456f11eec37fd31a45ab4bdc408d804dd3f8e71
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Code Cache\wasm\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 4b984f16691ec932022af76773603dbbe8ebf01fab85a82aa5875dac2d0dd306
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\CookieReadinessList\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a47bedf24265ee34689747f534491908f9629f03a605d802e351ca0feaa4ac41
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Win32WebViewHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\INetCache\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a00be121ae347e65f959f379e3b508df9a83a753bbe2850dbe7a562196fb6e40
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Win32WebViewHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\INetHistory\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 3db4864a226fb9c065874df9e3829204a997012d525b7c7a949b1a19638d4e19
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e317f6e980e2cb4e6c127c23c5baba3ebaa51a39d673b5c003a83b4718591cf5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 88da2422473b9531a6c96a4da6eb15aef4bf86c9663602459e13074d1538f1b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 663082de4af97b3a2a190363683e5f1db5089641aaa405e86a10aa909d32d72f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5fb026b0327a508f9a495fe0192a8ef235a47efa9d12bcf384001d287988f4ac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a65486b11182f0b4f61c5a9093ab699ed702f6a90fd3afd1f575fffb966e7827
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 ed0a16704efa2f66a65654e4e76de60f87ef64b5ef7a6c9ddeb939f4ee3e4a16
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AACBBACABABCBABBBCCBCACCCCAACAABCCBAACACCABACABABCCBBBA.exe
          • Size 10.6MB
          • SHA256 643b3c0b5c7746a19a0e5dd76cb747fb05c65dbfb5dc09cc722959de8b174885
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7039a2c86f40278336887439e63db3bca0c697fb2ba268a34ebab9f243cadfc9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 96ca58506a778f947d619122888b023d2e0e5df70c810c868790c33756d5c7a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 7edc9f1344d1eb593c3e4b245f9f80e46cfc1dc5b17005949228f6cba7b1bef6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2432-445-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000691000-memory.dmp

          memory/2432-3924-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000691000-memory.dmp

          memory/3868-78-0x0000000000330000-0x0000000000351000-memory.dmp

          memory/4496-30-0x0000000000670000-0x0000000000691000-memory.dmp

          memory/5948-6-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AD1000-memory.dmp