Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    141s
  • 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, 15:11

General

  • Target
    2026-08-31_be81226b2ba2f95c7b2cb95cd7c8f376_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackloader.exe
  • Size 21.6MB
  • Sample260831-skshqaxtgs
  • SHA256 fc7454432741288b5832bdd60105f286c964b05bd5aefa0f45e2575d63b3913b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 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 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\2026-08-31_be81226b2ba2f95c7b2cb95cd7c8f376_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackloader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_be81226b2ba2f95c7b2cb95cd7c8f376_amadey_cobalt-strike_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_hijackloader.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:5628
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBAAABBACBAAABCCBACBBBBAABABCCBAABCCABBBBBCAACAAABBBAACBBCAAAACCCBCCBBCBACCCCCCACABBABCABBCBBABBBBBABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.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:3488
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBBAAABBACBAAABCCBACBBBBAABABCCBAABCCABBBBBCAACAAABBBAACBBCAAAACCCBCCBBCBACCCCCCACABBABCABBCBBABBBBBABA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2824
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBCCBBBBBCCBBCABBBACABBCBBBCACBCBBACBABBACBABAACCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBCCBBBBBCCBBCABBBACABBCBBBCACBCBBACBABBACBABAACCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5368
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABBCCBBBBBCCBBCABBBACABBCBBBCACBCBBACBABBACBABAACCB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABBCCBBBBBCCBBCABBBACABBCBBBCACBCBBACBABBACBABAACCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3140
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBCCBBBBBCCBBCABBBACABBCBBBCACBCBBACBABBACBABAACCB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1064
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABBCCBBBBBCCBBCABBBACABBCBBBCACBCBBACBABBACBABAACCB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5644
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.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:4140
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:5784
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2440
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBAAABCAAACCBBCCACACCABAAABBBACCCCBCBCBBACCCABCACABBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BACBAAABCAAACCBBCCACACCABAAABBBACCCCBCBCBBACCCABCACABBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5712

    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 a4561152952aa8ea613c9370306c4a15b59dec3e924a64140f097c1871d352ba
          • 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 22.2MB
          • SHA256 26fd747970c5a863ea95fe454ffa1e8677da607abab6f1cb32d08c0ef0320b10
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a84ff6a37d77d986f3be31a58defbd880d1491c04c9be118c04feb7a86e8653c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi\1.107.1_0\_locales\lo\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d74a3465f41d67dd42a504ac3ea92c27cadb88efb844846a9c0dd7f5231dc413
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f80fb06e3c20f6ac6782927f4de1b682e017be3e3576d82058b6b612a08d2a3f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 a9d56000b7d66497475e92a437e5aa813e5b0cfc5c459072980e6cad83021975
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d48f7bb97a05f600118f9e8522ef87344815763efdf374fe027e92747d4f22ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2d4a19f13e4e52f44a56b4adea7f92cd66d55ea28d5132ea8d44e20a05f3f414
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1ee88606ac7078aeba9ab65ab937dbdbf8ac8fc4aea0346e12c7c82bde667c0f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Documents\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e98093614ecf62c25a882253dcea8f9083bf675e80e3c5a62457688bb370cb73
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1b403b80c9459245234ddbdbb44b456cd5410309614f11aaa08cbbd8d1bc7bb6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BCAACBBBCCACBABCCACCAAABACAAACAACBCAACABABACBBACCBCBABA.exe
          • Size 21.6MB
          • SHA256 fc7454432741288b5832bdd60105f286c964b05bd5aefa0f45e2575d63b3913b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 7df666b58de2d9a2c15cf23d96d7cf68f122c2a7b8bfffadace98e7022715295
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2440-65-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2440-664-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4140-32-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4140-22-0x00000000004D0000-0x00000000004F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5628-6-0x0000000000370000-0x0000000000391000-memory.dmp

          memory/5712-71-0x0000000000390000-0x00000000003B1000-memory.dmp