Analysis

  • max time kernel
    151s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    07/09/2026, 17:49

General

  • Target
    2026-09-05_71f0bda6c70d8826978be4ea1eec93de_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
  • Size 15.1MB
  • Sample260907-wec3mascpf
  • SHA256 27007ddc81a8f178b868df3e43a3d73e25ec82cea9d17a12828beb7dadbaa2eb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 2 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with Yano Obfuscator 2 IoCs
  • 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\2026-09-05_71f0bda6c70d8826978be4ea1eec93de_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-05_71f0bda6c70d8826978be4ea1eec93de_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.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:5020
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CACABBBBBCCBCCAAABCABACACCCBCBCCAABBABCBBBBACCCCAACCCBACCCCBCABCAAACACCACABBACBCCBCACABAAAACAACBAACBACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.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:1320
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CACABBBBBCCBCCAAABCABACACCCBCBCCAABBABCBBBBACCCCAACCCBACCCCBCABCAAACACCACABBACBCCBCACABAAAACAACBAACBACC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2636
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_AABCACAABBCAABACCBBCABCACBBBBBBABBBBACBAABACABCCBBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AABCACAABBCAABACCBBCABCACBBBBBBABBBBACBAABACABCCBBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4396
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_AABCACAABBCAABACCBBCABCACBBBBBBABBBBACBAABACABCCBBC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_AABCACAABBCAABACCBBCABCACBBBBBBABBBBACBAABACABCCBBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4288
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_AABCACAABBCAABACCBBCABCACBBBBBBABBBBACBAABACABCCBBC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5588
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_AABCACAABBCAABACCBBCABCACBBBBBBABBBBACBAABACABCCBBC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2840
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.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:3184
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:4452
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCACCCBBAAAABBAAACABCBBABACBBACCBBBCBBACCABCCAAACAAC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCACCACCCBBAAAABBAAACABCBBABACBBACCBBBCBBACCABCCAAACAAC.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2980
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2952

    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 a8c98077afe9e752afc34a2c60b77edbea8b79fdec2adffbda33268ffd1a36a6
          • 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 15.7MB
          • SHA256 e82a8622c8adac93cdaab4ba65b75b7e7381cae39d8e5d8466ea6e5395fba826
          • 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 f142d43004938fb80eef05c3b063f7451e3d8804c1da7f853c0fc6c84055bfe0
          • 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\sw\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 6f24d20adee5588e72d8a1ddb0d32e4200fe8cfb88a1c26f9b18f143fb3df987
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\ta\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 1bb8f7c154c93cc6a16fae6790f63cb5afd25fd61d34d53bf125978a682b6703
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 99d32a715de05b811112e5e9d5ea49338ba50d1318881fa4be8b900823e6234e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 573a03574d191f240449a0a2962d6af3568ba15e97d88c0661cff4b358237aa6
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 5bdee94c3a0bd791098fd4821cd27a34e94c9d987498908bd3142e86bee45035
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 240299a879d5e9c7bbf9e2734f009832a1eaf19555c635f1abdfdf9ddeddbc03
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 54deecdf90f5765d1b8e8ed3b9ecd30b41c9cbc88e3a52e70f355e86e3ed16d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d68094c247543dbb566b7e94c707c7cc0c97c17e390f0e8ca78500fea6765e93
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ABBCBABAACBBBCABABCCAAACBABBACBCBABBBACBACCCAAACBABBAAA.exe
          • Size 15.1MB
          • SHA256 27007ddc81a8f178b868df3e43a3d73e25ec82cea9d17a12828beb7dadbaa2eb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 f31b4e3fadf3c2953b4612d35dd44e8f290d57579f6dd8c56c3dce9832a13168
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/2952-72-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/2980-69-0x00000000008E0000-0x0000000000901000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-33-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/3184-23-0x00000000008D0000-0x00000000008F1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5020-0-0x0000000000120000-0x0000000000141000-memory.dmp

          memory/5020-7-0x0000000000120000-0x0000000000141000-memory.dmp