Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 00:47
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
General
- Target 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe
- Size 21.1MB
- Sample260910-a498rsed98
- SHA256 233a0ec276f3218f28371b80eb7ad30378504fc23aa30035b18c2d2519b5d26d
- MD5 074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8
- SHA1 7548fb55a01a089a53aa93b26b10c7f4bb1eae4d
- SHA512 e994deb9a40baa6557d37b22d061afd3c7d7f025c5a11c27c1aabe64fa9473c12ac49661489a68bc22aad5d98c56fc23c01ccbb155097e66a4ac6a0928b76c70
- SSDEEP 196608:lqNqNqNqNqCgOvjleqNqNqNqNqCgOvjlA:QooooCgOLl/ooooCgOLlA
- TLSH T126278D06FA8340B1D97B31B009DFE3BF4979772185318DAAF74D8B2B6933B51582835A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe 1892 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe 3312 svchost_ACCABACACAAABBABCCCACCCCABCBCABCCAAAACBCCBCABCABAACCCCB.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Update_BCCABAACCACBABCBCBCABCABBCCBCACCCABABCBABCAAABBACBCCAACC = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe" 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Update_CBCACBACACBCBBACBBAABBBCCBBCCCACCBCBBCCCABBCAABCACBCCACA = "C:\\Users\\Public\\Documents\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Logs\\svchost_ACCABACACAAABBABCCCACCCCABCBCABCCAAAACBCCBCABCABAACCCCB.exe" svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe - Launches sc.exe 2 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.
pid Process 4612 sc.exe 4524 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 4020 cmd.exe 1976 cmd.exe 1212 cmd.exe - 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.
description ioc Process 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 cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language sc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language notepad.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language calc.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost_ACCABACACAAABBABCCCACCCCABCBCABCCAAAACBCCBCABCABAACCCCB.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2937465464-4167303362-2236413517-1000_Classes\Local Settings calc.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 1344 schtasks.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
pid Process 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 4468 OpenWith.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4704 wrote to memory of 4020 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 97 PID 4020 wrote to memory of 1344 4020 cmd.exe 99 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 1976 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 100 PID 1976 wrote to memory of 4612 1976 cmd.exe 102 PID 4704 wrote to memory of 1212 4704 2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe 103 PID 1212 wrote to memory of 4524 1212 cmd.exe 105 PID 204 wrote to memory of 3660 204 svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe 107 PID 3660 wrote to memory of 3952 3660 notepad.exe 108
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_vidar.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-09_074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_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:4704 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBABCACCABBABABAACACBBCBBCCCCBBCACBCABACCBBABCCABCCCACCCACCAABBBCBABCCACABAACAABCAABABBCBABAAABCCCABBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.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:4020 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CBABCACCABBABABAACACBBCBBCCCCBBCACBCABACCBBABCCABCCCACCCACCAABBBCBABCCACABAACAABCAABABBCBABAAABCCCABBAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
PID:1344
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CBACACABBACABACAACABACABAACBCCBBAABBACCCACCBCBBCBAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBACACABBACABACAACABACABAACBCCBBAABBACCCACCBCBBCBAA"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1976 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc create "UserDataSvc_CBACACABBACABACAACABACABAACBCCBBAABBACCCACCBCBBCBAA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CBACACABBACABACAACABACABAACBCCBBAABBACCCACCBCBBCBAA"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4612
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CBACACABBACABACAACABACABAACBCCBBAABBACCCACCBCBBCBAA"2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1212 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exesc start "UserDataSvc_CBACACABBACABACAACABACABAACBCCBBAABBACCCACCBCBBCBAA"3⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4524
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe1⤵
- 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:204 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe"notepad.exe"2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3660 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.execalc.exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
PID:3952
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1892
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C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exeC:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:4468
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C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCABACACAAABBABCCCACCCCABCBCABCCAAAACBCCBCABCABAACCCCB.exeC:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_ACCABACACAAABBABCCCACCCCABCBCABCCAAAACBCCBCABCABAACCCCB.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3312
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 0017d75cb8ee4d5054f80ac026fc7e3cfa1ddf112c955e8f0132fe8d70cded0c
- MD5 aba276f1b7d43786489c03f4341459d5
- SHA1 80f9ba32d8212370234209e54a79d3be7b739e4e
- SHA512 f44adfd6f0ae9c15cfe7cfbe28c1d7b06a41d1653a33aa5ffce1c460f0a2c293ea8921f6e45ce21ad2539124f08512e4a46988c8ee1b0cf4255f98719ad074e2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 e3fdead9e106c52990e83b4dd756f4f3a23014178ca4e7bf015c8a674fc71cc6
- MD5 37cf33675f081a71260caaa1ed68aab6
- SHA1 122c8c95bdb86c168458a574fd8b447bb74eda99
- SHA512 4e7bbaff315632d7a60ae31c7b9dedbd52089400c714e664456d3ad0de76dccaa8e12a7aa4904d3438fa05e4fbb6e237caa14c6cab595fc8bd35c057f2996213
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 dab6af1e8c7abf8cbfd57b7bc265f540fb18dbc171e69f09a275039e6f7f21e9
- MD5 a5391a64b6f9fea465069da41e13a694
- SHA1 2dd0b8a03a273093d9448ee57264df34b09dda84
- SHA512 6ca02332a59a9e1fd8b20360bfc14686702465cc6446bcf5757b71f5d6ae2d14dabc7de986494e8a000c2c9bdf129a9485f98100872d756540fd10df9c909416
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
- Size 10B
- SHA256 4699babc86ee872c8f9d3b593e0c199b85d637b7e8053b6d1d2453878d81e106
- MD5 12c3ef45425f1f0920035594e72910d6
- SHA1 c4e3d01c4993100c652f1f85402ea387fe688ec6
- SHA512 ae26ce5efbfbaabec3b1e09a92be1bfc91e61a3dbde0fbf5b1967e977eaf50210f1aa8602d532df8675facb5bd0b74d4bdb4180c291417776495860ad59d2875
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCBBBACACCBCABAAABBABAACCBCBBBCACCACAAAACACCACAACBCBBAC.exe
- Size 21.1MB
- SHA256 233a0ec276f3218f28371b80eb7ad30378504fc23aa30035b18c2d2519b5d26d
- MD5 074f1b05a8f2bcba47df34ce31ec5aa8
- SHA1 7548fb55a01a089a53aa93b26b10c7f4bb1eae4d
- SHA512 e994deb9a40baa6557d37b22d061afd3c7d7f025c5a11c27c1aabe64fa9473c12ac49661489a68bc22aad5d98c56fc23c01ccbb155097e66a4ac6a0928b76c70
- SSDEEP 196608:lqNqNqNqNqCgOvjleqNqNqNqNqCgOvjlA:QooooCgOLl/ooooCgOLlA
- TLSH T126278D06FA8340B1D97B31B009DFE3BF4979772185318DAAF74D8B2B6933B51582835A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH