Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    142s
  • 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, 20:02

General

  • Target
    2026-08-31_57ffc539854afc1a907273ffbed58680_elex_hawkeye_remcos_stop_vidar.exe
  • Size 24.4MB
  • Sample260831-yr68caep61
  • SHA256 111ef0b36dd909da66772e6ed05200ff00a9712c6c0fcf25f10f7fb85bb41349
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_57ffc539854afc1a907273ffbed58680_elex_hawkeye_remcos_stop_vidar.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-31_57ffc539854afc1a907273ffbed58680_elex_hawkeye_remcos_stop_vidar.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:4848
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAAABCCBAABCACCAAABBACBABBCABABCACBABCCABAAAACCBBAACACCBCBBCABBBACABBBAACBCBBCACBBCCAACACABCBACACBAACBC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.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:7112
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAAABCCBAABCACCAAABBACBABBCABABCACBABCCABAAAACCBBAACACCBCBBCABBBACABBBAACBCBBCACBBCCAACACABCBACACBAACBC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4788
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBCACBCBCACCCAABBBCBBCBCCBCABACBCABABABBACACCABCBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBCACBCBCACCCAABBBCBBCBCCBCABACBCABABABBACACCABCBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3676
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CBCACBCBCACCCAABBBCBBCBCCBCABACBCABABABBACACCABCBBB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBCACBCBCACCCAABBBCBBCBCCBCABACBCABABABBACACCABCBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4648
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBCACBCBCACCCAABBBCBBCBCCBCABACBCABABABBACACCABCBBB"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2628
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CBCACBCBCACCCAABBBCBBCBCCBCABACBCABABABBACACCABCBBB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2360
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.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:2260
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:3108
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4332
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACCBCBCCBBACAABBACCBCABCCAAAAACBCBABCBBAACBCBCACAABBB.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CAACCBCBCCBBACAABBACCBCABCCAAAAACBCBABCBBAACBCBCACAABBB.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5228

    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 e4d1e7e4159dc6d0c1dde0779fd045d1000adc967426bab28e75fbe07117bb23
          • 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 14.1MB
          • SHA256 4f9da7fc8acf57ca2269c42f7a53ef0083988fe05b27fb8b254cea539e883d8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{CF2BEA3C-26EA-32F8-AA9B-331F7E34BA97}v11.0.61030\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 85f5abeb95d908beb374c9904e2eeab8e4091780a2f379ec4ea388b08cb7d17f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\Licenses\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 444dca49c50ce36764d45c800c99d1b9576facd2e12d2c1db0f1920b46b853ea
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7bfb65da0704b5ddb337137280ffde52f0f2f043b2bddeff20d49956269390b2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 e3556d68119ea998b20479410609b8385f6358138d603340eab336a7bfb62b30
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 22a1b9a6378cc7e29b223ab3a8a2fcec1c4d89c46552c5e9b9bea19d59b70fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2b74a0a69d7f8fe78c37f0f35ac6e10a3b8b60b11db488508872cf03e97143b8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 16086648bc86a1b83fe248658bbf85d05ac8be1dcd59c25c28f3cdd2b82c65af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2a7ea7222f2040795d81e4f000c4c11bfb696225a61e70d04883b39ae761e96a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBACABABABCACBACBCCBBBCBACCBABCAACCBABCABACACBCACBCCCCC.exe
          • Size 24.4MB
          • SHA256 111ef0b36dd909da66772e6ed05200ff00a9712c6c0fcf25f10f7fb85bb41349
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 347d7ca871366be7fbc41a6a1396d8665075158367e050bead20877c80d45e43
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 909c9fa208363b5988632426c73ad73a13c34d59de9d3df629896bd2dd4067b4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2260-35-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2260-22-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4332-65-0x0000000000CA0000-0x0000000000CC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/4848-6-0x0000000000D20000-0x0000000000D41000-memory.dmp

          memory/5228-72-0x00000000000A0000-0x00000000000C1000-memory.dmp