Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    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 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\2026-08-30_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:3056
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACAABAABABCAACBABACBAACBBACBCCACBAABCCACACBAAACACABCCBBCBCBACBBAAABABBCAACBBAACCABCABCACBBAAAABAABABB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.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:1352
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACACAABAABABCAACBABACBAACBBACBCCACBAABCCACACBAAACACABCCBBCBCBACBBAAABABBCAACBBAACCABCABCACBBAAAABAABABB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4584
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AACCCCAABBBABAACBAABBBBABCCACABCCCBCABCAACBBBCCBCCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACCCCAABBBABAACBAABBBBABCCACABCCCBCABCAACBBBCCBCCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5176
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_AACCCCAABBBABAACBAABBBBABCCACABCCCBCABCAACBBBCCBCCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AACCCCAABBBABAACBAABBBBABCCACABCCCBCABCAACBBBCCBCCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:1772
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AACCCCAABBBABAACBAABBBBABCCACABCCCBCABCAACBBBCCBCCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5284
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AACCCCAABBBABAACBAABBBBABCCACABCCCBCABCAACBBBCCBCCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4348
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.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:2788
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3396
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBBACBBACBABBAAACBBBACAAAACACCAABCACABACBABCCCCBBCACAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBBACBBACBABBAAACBBBACAAAACACCAABCACABACBABCCCCBBCACAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3432
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1292

    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 07107fe47b1b3f5406de19e8f93c60a91b6d2aa506116cc3ed955c81cd9b8eba
          • 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 4.3MB
          • SHA256 b4279fb0174f894e336614c6e91f60aae2632c7f005f2f6cc1dca7249d74802d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Subresource Filter\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a0bec5c18f0045e481a8cd8f91cc6415a47ebc8e3bbce2cfacdd00d33e49b105
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5d7c13a2862ee648dcfb995ccd8130761b80524b4ccae85788a86ecee95c299c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5bddcfcab87f1d5c412e1c64417c0d15af4c7995240d86a5ce86e344c0c471f8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8656a0a549058516ba7ba2e7d4f8e6e3b8095b607d72ee2c248ff1dcc44a6551
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 499322f4ef2a82f10bda0a7c523e8d6b02e25978c4bd8d0d0ede97fbf51f8dde
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7932e969dec7f378804816cc1e01c45c572744d2dab5543480a40216dcca8ef5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c8de18137581e00d72584e1ca1ba776ce44bf13775604cc404e74a86ab1700e0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BBACCACBBBBACAAAACCBAAACBBAACBACCACCABCACCCBABACCABCCCB.exe

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

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 4b70e1953e3afa54093130de3e17398d1d9073cc3bc34d2cf9bffc367345a830
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2788-34-0x0000000000DD0000-0x0000000000DF1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3056-0-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3056-8-0x0000000000290000-0x00000000002B1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3432-65-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp