Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
125s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
30/08/2026, 21:39
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
- Size 16.8MB
- Sample260830-1h2ydadd96
- SHA256 bafb4fa4104d7ef8bdf690f2801f19f760d7f9e6820e962aadf49024d610626f
- MD5 1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370
- SHA1 d71f03d445d37687f5d52a5fe1c597c7ac8824ad
- SHA512 68e083a2be8e124dd90bdfe08f24958ca1b0c410638f93d51857c2186f3391ae847faab196b07319754655ab389136e5c042c55e7c626553a7604bb5983dd0d4
- SSDEEP 196608:EqS7APhNNECwHrc8u3x3AEcq/fByuKlWH3CToub:VSahvQHrc8u3xXJ/f4uUWHO
- TLSH T1B5079E13B35681E5C02AE2B88A574323D7B9BC440334A7DF1694B76A2F37BE45B3A351
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c520-20.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Dotfuscator - Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c520-20.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_SmartAssembly - Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c520-20.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_Yano - Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe 1624 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_CBABACACBBAABBBBABCBCBBBBACABAABBCABBACAAABBBBCCCBBBABCB = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe" 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 3896 sc.exe 5592 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 5436 cmd.exe 5220 cmd.exe 5612 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 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 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.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 sc.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 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.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 3556 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4272 wrote to memory of 5436 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 92 PID 5436 wrote to memory of 3556 5436 cmd.exe 94 PID 4752 wrote to memory of 3752 4752 svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe 95 PID 4272 wrote to memory of 5220 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 96 PID 5220 wrote to memory of 3896 5220 cmd.exe 98 PID 4272 wrote to memory of 5612 4272 2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe 99 PID 5612 wrote to memory of 5592 5612 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.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:4272 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCBCAAACBABBBCBABACBABBCBABBBBCAABCABCCAABCACACBCBBAABACABCCBCABCAAACCABCCABAACBBAACCCCCBCCBACCCBCABAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.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:5436 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCBCAAACBABBBCBABACBABBCBABBBBCAABCABCCAABCACACBCBBAABACABCCBCABCAAACCABCCABAACBBAACCCCCBCCBACCCBCABAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:3556
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBACACABCCBBAABCACAABCAAABCBAAACBACACABAACABAABABCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBACACABCCBBAABCACAABCAAABCBAAACBACACABAACABAABABCC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5220 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_CBACACABCCBBAABCACAABCAAABCBAAACBACACABAACABAABABCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBACACABCCBBAABCACAABCAAABCBAAACBACACABAACABAABABCC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3896
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBACACABCCBBAABCACAABCAAABCBAAACBACACABAACABAABABCC"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5612 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_CBACACABCCBBAABCACAABCAAABCBAAACBACACABAACABAABABCC"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5592
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4752 -
C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵PID:3752
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1624
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 a0ddb420db461c624e08dd1f25f673ab482c2a496288c2abffdf7d6c073fbd09
- MD5 24c16b9d3fc18edf5b210355c3fc8792
- SHA1 b3487a2c75f1095ac8abf091c75f7016e6ddef78
- SHA512 88a04a8f27a9d40040616fdd9b1f2a17068d3128d962d7196c3c49e6c2c7c7907556844f2b069458758cda88c5b5a5f8a2d5e9f332fd19f80eb92297454e1e65
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 04e359f4acfb655e0d36f53e92657a4899fa948195173f082f25b85e6520ed0f
- MD5 7533173566b432bac34208d6c154e9ca
- SHA1 9be5bc448f7e6bdf6400fb3113cdb5124133646b
- SHA512 91e91780845b3b7a81b28c12824e8d8598a6f36cb407dc0dc6ff05c7f707245e325a7d4ea642815cfc19d52d85b4050de2e91519aef459e674b6732df53a51ec
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 2ec383ab620e76271a0be8ddff5c59aa4e7d7f0467206b71295627193f374b23
- MD5 41a9c2f7805a15727b93e2d63491d5e8
- SHA1 77f9e55d3f77aba7df6240760931ab22615a2a1c
- SHA512 66cc50f469f11ff3b2a2916f0dcba9bf1d278bfe756a22835eccdc6dec9e68ae6468c1a9f3c039468545c035034dee3c08dca49bf5e26987d2c6535f14109a52
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 6f2dc7647700af4027684124f338219721b52ccb2247ce5a732255de5ea3e2bc
- MD5 ea674944b7a62b1574230e98ae120594
- SHA1 e11b3cb36b4c062c391cf6b5f36578a41561277d
- SHA512 d09d53550a486093d749e030e2a4145b6a5ee3e43cfaaff768dcbc438de19afd753289246b0b535f822023558c804d37cd6090e3a53ad7fc58fff8a131665ccc
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_AABCBBABCABACCCBCACAABABCCCABCCBBBAABCACCCACCAABBAAAACC.exe
- Size 16.8MB
- SHA256 bafb4fa4104d7ef8bdf690f2801f19f760d7f9e6820e962aadf49024d610626f
- MD5 1228b43ee05f8371e67b465640d73370
- SHA1 d71f03d445d37687f5d52a5fe1c597c7ac8824ad
- SHA512 68e083a2be8e124dd90bdfe08f24958ca1b0c410638f93d51857c2186f3391ae847faab196b07319754655ab389136e5c042c55e7c626553a7604bb5983dd0d4
- SSDEEP 196608:EqS7APhNNECwHrc8u3x3AEcq/fByuKlWH3CToub:VSahvQHrc8u3xXJ/f4uUWHO
- TLSH T1B5079E13B35681E5C02AE2B88A574323D7B9BC440334A7DF1694B76A2F37BE45B3A351
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH