Analysis

  • max time kernel
    147s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/08/2026, 00:46

General

  • Target
    2026-08-30_f4bb130d0fe2a3fa5f25cbe6246a11b1_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 3.8MB
  • Sample260831-a4v4vabr21
  • SHA256 452161e31ef066bd183de5e599b64e495bdb0c0cc16248fa0159f2f0f085d670
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_f4bb130d0fe2a3fa5f25cbe6246a11b1_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_f4bb130d0fe2a3fa5f25cbe6246a11b1_amadey_darkgate_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:3564
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAACACBBACBBCBAABCABCCAACAACBBAACBCCBABCABACACBBACCBBCACCBABCBAAACBACCABCBCBBBBAAACCCCBCBABBACAABAACACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.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:2396
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAACACBBACBBCBAABCABCCAACAACBBAACBCCBABCABACACBBACCBBCACCBABCBAAACBACCABCBCBBBBAAACCCCBCBABBACAABAACACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4912
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CACCACBBCABCBAABABBCCBABBACBAABBBBABBCBCCBBBBCACBCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACCACBBCABCBAABABBCCBABBACBAABBBBABBCBCCBBBBCACBCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      PID:892
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CACCACBBCABCBAABABBCCBABBACBAABBBBABBCBCCBBBBCACBCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CACCACBBCABCBAABABBCCBABBACBAABBBBABBCBCCBBBBCACBCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:2476
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CACCACBBCABCBAABABBCCBABBACBAABBBBABBCBCCBBBBCACBCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      PID:1744
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CACCACBBCABCBAABABBCCBABBACBAABBBBABBCBCCBBBBCACBCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        PID:5096
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1424
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5648
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:3472
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:4108
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe
    1⤵
      PID:1584
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABACABCBCABAAABBCCAABACBCCACCBACBBCACBCBCBCBBCBBBBACBCC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABACABCBCABAAABBCCAABACBCCACCBACBBCACBCBCBCBBCBBBBACBCC.exe
      1⤵
        PID:2672

      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 ece141543651d69456a217ef6dd8c6e206387d2045ce88995af061554c4e9165
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 50b138a3f5c74a87288abe471006860beef8033f404963f019a9349f88173972
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            ConnectWatch.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ConnectWatch.exe
            • Size 23.5MB
            • SHA256 019051058d5996ed7725fa7eec5507a0096666609865f1fc12cef522a4a552b1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ConnectWatch.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ConnectWatch.exe
            • Size 27.2MB
            • SHA256 46faace1347cc9a379ae03b2720ff7e849f93c91bfd38578a687ef9220358b11
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ConnectWatch.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ConnectWatch.exe
            • Size 31.0MB
            • SHA256 7c5f023e8302d53a4485821ab82a8264357006ac3d77e449e6bed6430cce4ae8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ConnectWatch.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\ConnectWatch.exe
            • Size 34.7MB
            • SHA256 7efc7ae64731aabf3bd33d1d9bffc3e1e93861a3252512bd83d10098c99cdd65
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 76bc8330bf8c5384031518eb1c3cc6d70e55342d80e5e226aaf9d249fa3a774b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 a0079a8c0bfaa87b3a5f1e80751149c098e5c4743fc07361c8964592db97b39a
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            svchost_ABACABCBCABAAABBCCAABACBCCACCBACBBCACBCBCBCBBCBBBBACBCC.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABACABCBCABAAABBCCAABACBCCACCBACBBCACBCBCBCBBCBBBBACBCC.exe
            • Size 960KB
            • SHA256 586d1a120258fb3cc025b19feb8e9d84dd72d430039b80d5be8455be941a5a0e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchost_ABACABCBCABAAABBCCAABACBCCACCBACBBCACBCBCBCBBCBBBBACBCC.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABACABCBCABAAABBCCAABACBCCACCBACBBCACBCBCBCBBCBBBBACBCC.exe
            • Size 866KB
            • SHA256 1b70bb83cc030090caef4f111736cb7a81345d85580706e8cd22061fe9b8b8f8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe
            • Size 3.8MB
            • SHA256 452161e31ef066bd183de5e599b64e495bdb0c0cc16248fa0159f2f0f085d670
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBCBCCAACBCBCABAACCACAACAACAACBACBAACACCCABABCAAABACCBA.exe
            • Size 2.1MB
            • SHA256 6e9c44303f40c0424caf78657d152186000bf8b84b81432577731971036b21db
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/1424-37-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/1424-55-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/1424-78-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006B1000-memory.dmp

            memory/3564-38-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

            memory/3564-64-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

            memory/3564-0-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

            memory/3564-25-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

            memory/3564-12-0x0000000000E10000-0x0000000000E31000-memory.dmp

            memory/5648-80-0x00000000052C0000-0x00000000052C1000-memory.dmp