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

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 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 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 8 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 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

Processes

  • 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.exe
      C:\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 /f
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4816
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        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 /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:1012
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\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.exe
        sc 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
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\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.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_BCCAAAABACACABACCBACCCBBACCCCBAACBBCCBCACCBACBCBCAB"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4200
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
    1⤵
    • 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
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      PID:2252
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exe
      1⤵
        PID:1532

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 8e2e64be2f0a37b1e8ffc052a57f625980bbfeddb25a8812790143e2576d3df8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 9dd3f0b95921f8eea5d4253a28a33cee17955ecf7f2078350af32c2ad9227411
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 f8f2385e9ef843197dfa8fef2b0224793df96473718108939c36f34c8ecb2109
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            qap`g`v~dtlq

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
            • Size 10B
            • SHA256 ad8fbc5444ced9b6805dcdc5c8cb20e22557124c4b98423a0da3192ebe4672c4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
            • Size 17.9MB
            • SHA256 dfc1c8950836746b67750eeb8fd8cfdf6fb567c4877af9c55eb23ebf12c795b7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACACCBABBACCACBBCBBBCCAAAABABCBCBCCCCBCBBBABCCCBABBBA.exe
            • Size 17.5MB
            • SHA256 70d037220c44e9d9542ae0f438d88a8c63764ff91810c2c1c1895f67aabe491d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CABBCCBCABBABCABACAACCBBBBACCCAABBBCACACCCCACCBAACBAACC.exe
            • Size 10.8MB
            • SHA256 c45bcba685e84d717cb2760cfbd2cef84a678c31e95ced64b19e65a0ce2043d8
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/1464-0-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

            memory/1464-8-0x0000000000D10000-0x0000000000D31000-memory.dmp

            memory/5484-24-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000891000-memory.dmp

            memory/5484-34-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000891000-memory.dmp