Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    134s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/09/2026, 10:43

General

  • Target
    2026-09-04_5286e919ad17b5e630afc942f0a79351_darkgate_elex_stop.exe
  • Size 1.5MB
  • Sample260905-msd3eazsds
  • SHA256 f767686a89b5ac37f7afcec9654086dbef7174f331d7537975e493f5bd69200b
  • 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 11 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 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-04_5286e919ad17b5e630afc942f0a79351_darkgate_elex_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-04_5286e919ad17b5e630afc942f0a79351_darkgate_elex_stop.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:1944
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACCCBACCAACBAACAACBCACABABAAACBCCCACACACCAAACAACABAAACACAACABCBCBCCCBCCCBBBACCBBCBBABBABCACACACBCACCACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.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:3740
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_ACCCBACCAACBAACAACBCACABABAAACBCCCACACACCAAACAACABAAACACAACABCBCBCCCBCCCBBBACCBBCBBABBABCACACACBCACCACB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:308
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BBABCCBCCBACAABACACBABAACAABBCBABACCAAABAACACCACCAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBABCCBCCBACAABACACBABAACAABBCBABACCAAABAACACCACCAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2460
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_BBABCCBCCBACAABACACBABAACAABBCBABACCAAABAACACCACCAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BBABCCBCCBACAABACACBABAACAABBCBABACCAAABAACACCACCAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4684
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BBABCCBCCBACAABACACBABAACAABBCBABACCAAABAACACCACCAA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2216
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BBABCCBCCBACAABACACBABAACAABBCBABACCAAABAACACCACCAA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3892
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.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:3268
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2208
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:1592
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:2412
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACACAACACACCCBCABABBCCBCAAABAABBBACCACCAABCCABABCABA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACBACACAACACACCCBCABABBCCBCAAABAABBBACCACCAABCCABABCABA.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4268
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4136

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 a2931f67d440c0ff411d016c345d71874a0ff29a9373b0218d6ef3f0ab492731
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\setup.exe
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 9add37b74d09461c6ce83bded514806081395a6324d504d73bafabf6b4c1e8ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows NT\MSFax\VirtualInbox\fr-FR\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 8c9cde795711c8f626efcdc3aca0b0b716f649e26d78fc57c3b3c26b1f482a89
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\fr\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 b81c39e1aecec7d562019f0208f304cd24d2a6c33158d8065e8bd6ed2ca9bcc6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\c5e2524a-ea46-4f67-841f-6a9465d9d515_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\INetCookies\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 20bae58c4e0a20979b3ad49e1200da6219af752b484cfba420899ffd852ad124
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCDF7E4.tmp\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 54709c2a7febfc77a804755d29b8f5083ebbcfe9c2ec02dfc789c4dbe170cb4e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 2c41703caa8b8c24ba7c5805f680d3fb78c850d0216675780c45a4953a934730
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 7a4fbb7089591595a4d6efa841dbc4cd2315158e7a6843eecb7d9fc8136fcadb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 0d412bd6d813ccfbf3bea2036908d216c9807a227d8a8070c537ba4b901bd0c8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 1396ea63c9b04649e56139981675c1e0810af2438df6912230ccfa334a6d8643
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 2753e54452eafd228193cfc4fce1e530cfc52d0c24441a30c166fda88ba287f8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 0293e69bd53db21b13ea6c845abb0bde058242f11475ee312723af113e73662a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBBCCCCCBCBACACABCCAACCBBBCBAACCABABAAAABCCCBCBBCAABACB.exe
        • Size 1.5MB
        • SHA256 f767686a89b5ac37f7afcec9654086dbef7174f331d7537975e493f5bd69200b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 930B
        • SHA256 928214dbcc166ef9c605e74971102500f75d147b7173dd51ecd646c89628836c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3aa15c325734837fda95136566950d3459a2ac23cfeddc51056f2c452fedf807
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1944-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/1944-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/2208-58-0x0000000005B20000-0x0000000005B21000-memory.dmp

        memory/3268-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-2915-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/4268-77-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp

        memory/4268-3159-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000421000-memory.dmp