Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
127s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
08/09/2026, 10:47
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 17.9MB
- Sample260908-mvp8fshr7x
- SHA256 dfc1c8950836746b67750eeb8fd8cfdf6fb567c4877af9c55eb23ebf12c795b7
- MD5 ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b
- SHA1 551866fefc4ef3f66141cffccd145c8cdfb05233
- SHA512 6fbb79d6c7d9cfa1b2d55d1c6a3feedfa350b83b260d6254d3e3eb3844bd5e21338ca65644315be6a3eb7b3bf468a6c6121b464d23ca15ddd965f897e8e91d59
- SSDEEP 98304:JKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aO:JqTqTqTqTqTqTqTqTq+KWQc0gEYnvL4
- TLSH T15F179E06FA830071D97B34B00DDFE3BF4979772186318DABE74C4A6B6A32F91552835A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe 2252 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Update_BCBCBBCCCBBBCBACACBACCBABBCBABBCCACACBBCBCACAAABBACABAAA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe" 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 4660 sc.exe 4200 sc.exe - 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.
pid Process 1780 cmd.exe 4816 cmd.exe 940 cmd.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 8 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language schtasks.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
pid Process 1012 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1464 wrote to memory of 4816 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 92 PID 4816 wrote to memory of 1012 4816 cmd.exe 94 PID 5484 wrote to memory of 5272 5484 svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe 95 PID 1464 wrote to memory of 940 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 96 PID 940 wrote to memory of 4660 940 cmd.exe 98 PID 1464 wrote to memory of 1780 1464 2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe 99 PID 1780 wrote to memory of 4200 1780 cmd.exe 101
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-08_ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b_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:1464 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCBBCCCBABBACBCBACCACCCAACCACCBBCACBBCCBCBCCCCACACCBAABCCBBAACCBCAAACABBCCCCACCBABBBBACAAABCCAACCCAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4816 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCBBCCCBABBACBCBACCACCCAACCACCBBCACBBCCBCBCCCCACACCBAABCCBBAACCBCAAACABBCCCCACCBABBBBACAAABCCAACCCAAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:1012
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:940 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4660
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1780 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4200
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5484 -
C:\Windows\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵PID:5272
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:2252
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exe1⤵PID:1532
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
1System Services
1Service Execution
1Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Create or Modify System Process
1Windows Service
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 8e2e64be2f0a37b1e8ffc052a57f625980bbfeddb25a8812790143e2576d3df8
- MD5 520af5981afe50eb806781941abd6eb9
- SHA1 1d995e5faa12c6843c7b47de99698f8ee0c29112
- SHA512 a4d816fe9f446681846a575bb35b824e1e08e5149755d7597f117f78751930f74bd7311f392640d455188fda15061d165e2de4609ca9d8ff634a13f4a96499bd
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 9dd3f0b95921f8eea5d4253a28a33cee17955ecf7f2078350af32c2ad9227411
- MD5 fac16ba8d171ac1ff1caffacaf9d1d76
- SHA1 924532951d11cdfeac4d1678a1ac2f650ac23172
- SHA512 2aa2b178f9d44a8661abf230184f72e7e77c6e90bdc813ba527b43cc7eb064f1309de9f23110319e39dc9225f17bbc790ccd75ff4c6b0f9d08f6fb39f16c5623
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 f8f2385e9ef843197dfa8fef2b0224793df96473718108939c36f34c8ecb2109
- MD5 073dc7dd8c6a8a6347295af106f4d1a1
- SHA1 22252f4ce65b0efab947cb27d5c0537f264ff35c
- SHA512 8d834f0f1740107985f65b9f79ab7cdfe5dd4788d7787715c12a76b8ddf364b1774999571b790b484f8b575c8d5fe8ebc88697f1a234895fe5ea4cf8fcb75663
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 ad8fbc5444ced9b6805dcdc5c8cb20e22557124c4b98423a0da3192ebe4672c4
- MD5 1218fe82a1d48a0d59a53d36eedaaa61
- SHA1 c6cf28e732571a4a17d631952669c3d6f8d8ceb7
- SHA512 29911e9a011375caa74c47b89175652aa460e9af774525124c8d36c7235386b3aed7bf625084dee4c172ba32ab97b71d3f3806ed6d61d3dcff404d6cc0fcb85a
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
- Size 17.9MB
- SHA256 dfc1c8950836746b67750eeb8fd8cfdf6fb567c4877af9c55eb23ebf12c795b7
- MD5 ec96bfb6a06c1004d80065b31962895b
- SHA1 551866fefc4ef3f66141cffccd145c8cdfb05233
- SHA512 6fbb79d6c7d9cfa1b2d55d1c6a3feedfa350b83b260d6254d3e3eb3844bd5e21338ca65644315be6a3eb7b3bf468a6c6121b464d23ca15ddd965f897e8e91d59
- SSDEEP 98304:JKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aO:JqTqTqTqTqTqTqTqTq+KWQc0gEYnvL4
- TLSH T15F179E06FA830071D97B34B00DDFE3BF4979772186318DABE74C4A6B6A32F91552835A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
- Size 17.5MB
- SHA256 70d037220c44e9d9542ae0f438d88a8c63764ff91810c2c1c1895f67aabe491d
- MD5 325f01715e7389c0c15e3a4db981c8cf
- SHA1 9f010a4366eb7d29899a3066dceaef24295a4a5c
- SHA512 0beac984ec4135ec49734d9559c09c17cbd7cbf43c8014e59ab1a2c8eeec1ae9ed0852af5c59e472b3318b889ed671537a297aaddace9191b1e84edae1148572
- SSDEEP 98304:JKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5ag:JqTqTqTqTqTqTqTqTq+KWQc0g6
- TLSH T19C079E06F98300B1D97B34B00DDFE3BF4979772186318DABE74C4A6B6A32F91552835A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exe
- Size 10.8MB
- SHA256 c45bcba685e84d717cb2760cfbd2cef84a678c31e95ced64b19e65a0ce2043d8
- MD5 5c1b9aec0b7569e92593f6adffbf519b
- SHA1 a5781481406f0814966836743303b9b6c61a7299
- SHA512 17254735d84d4670144384df4aa1d6b6c04e8a7496dd1ee458293d71ccacd493ff1484a87c6f374123cd323b85c5be89c0c9469626a0bc78edfceb103095e433
- SSDEEP 98304:JKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5aAKRuy5j:JqTqTqTqTqTqd
- TLSH T1CBB68E06F98300B1DD7B34B00DCFE3BF4979772186258DABE74C4A6B6A32F91552835A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH