Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/09/2026, 02:35

General

  • Target
    2026-09-08_d09de24040359f5b50c57589a547b95f_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 14.4MB
  • Sample260910-c265fadk4y
  • SHA256 8c40634a275e2f0cd5bc56e5a50db854556d8ba2815b2e3005ed54fb559c53f9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 4 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 4 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.

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 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 WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-08_d09de24040359f5b50c57589a547b95f_amadey_darkgate_elex_hellokitty_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-08_d09de24040359f5b50c57589a547b95f_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:5196
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCCACCBCBBABCBABABAAABCBBCAABBCBACBABACACCBCCCAACCCCBCBABAAAABCBCBBBBBCCACCCACAAACCABCACABCCCBBBBCBACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.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:4952
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CCCCACCBCBBABCBABABAAABCBBCAABBCBACBABACACCBCCCAACCCCBCBABAAAABCBCBBBBBCCACCCACAAACCABCACABCCCBBBBCBACA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:4124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_CCBCBBACCBACBBBAABACAAAABABABCCAABBCACBBBCCCBBCBBBA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBCBBACCBACBBBAABACAAAABABABCCAABBCACBBBCCCBBCBBBA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1688
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_CCBCBBACCBACBBBAABACAAAABABABCCAABBCACBBBCCCBBCBBBA" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_CCBCBBACCBACBBBAABACAAAABABABCCAABBCACBBBCCCBBCBBBA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5724
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_CCBCBBACCBACBBBAABACAAAABABABCCAABBCACBBBCCCBBCBBBA"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3800
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_CCBCBBACCBACBBBAABACAAAABABABCCAABBCACBBBCCCBBCBBBA"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2608
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.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:2312
    • C:\Windows\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
        PID:1328
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAACCAACAACBBBACBAAAACCAABBBCABCAAACCAACBAABBBBACACAACCCACBBAAABCAAACABBBBCABABCBBACABABCCAAAACABBBCAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACCBBBAACBACCBCCCBACBBBCCCACCCCCACBCCBCBCACBACCAABACA.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:1396
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_CAACCAACAACBBBACBAAAACCAABBBCABCAAACCAACBAABBBBACACAACCCACBBAAABCAAACABBBBCABABCBBACABABCCAAAACABBBCAAC" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACCBBBAACBACCBCCCBACBBBCCCACCCCCACBCCBCBCACBACCAABACA.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:3436
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACCBBBAACBACCBCCCBACBBBCCCACCCCCACBCCBCBCACBACCAABACA.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BAACCBBBAACBACCBCCCBACBBBCCCACCCCCACBCCBCBCACBACCAABACA.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:708
    • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe
      C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe
      1⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5780

    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 f84cdfef59c0e1ddccf0fed39b139cd6228e8afc6907fd5f9d9dcfb50e5d6a8a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AppV\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d48ec5d234f2fbe186d8d38ac03ab465da230c3b5046a1a736cfdb3c7a2958f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\ClickToRun\UserData\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 008fdff0a440e42ba6032f50ea9fb20814b96df0c391173dc97a52d4fcbcd758
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{4C903F19-B4C3-4D0C-8CC9-D444C511AF1C}v64.60.31149\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 667e3e893076477b5ab880c3d9c43d811786652685c5af76728571af024c7fc5
          • 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 15.0MB
          • SHA256 34767302c8276c06234eece44259ea5439f508cd12a0b911188e7c4418da6bc7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{6DB765A8-05AF-49A1-A71D-6F645EE3CE41}v14.30.30704\packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 f3b45006c2e53043b7ff93156ff0b425989808fd9e04d2488adf1c189cd2fff9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{CF2BEA3C-26EA-32F8-AA9B-331F7E34BA97}v11.0.61030\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 7c67a458380be09de0725d87320de9b0e203ffe339ebb6e3b0feda1704a50370
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8ab819d83440d135d6f13f850c8c377c5223c5a071f6039fbe91429403b2c998
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Packages\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 b2f61cc5a725e34ceddbf006b123b504834bccbaa307e901477074e25a09593e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\gu\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 78912d19af5913f8cba7ddc00c5ebcb60cd8d9d678919f91d81aedd8299628b9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneNote\16.0\Backup\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 2b03ce60492334c4760c9686bf3643ac5db86c380dd27185ff1ff9d81e0ca310
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TCD48B8.tmp\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 23c93d96f8a1322b9d5fb428bcce2a20f2e25f921cf59c46641e4e70d8d60828
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 d648d646df2c5729546c510dabd618ea0a1c0401be3da9a20a628bd231eaf9e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 8ba26501c8114e5ccb35defc8749229a6103988dd71646687f418527cd4b8dc1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 13f35d2b6d14830a675282f02f464470da3a749e432ea8195f6481f777da70cd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c9652b903ba1327523d2ceb14f0b73a523396797c6547a9cd06370e58d66a039
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 966da5cab9721db9342c8a2b626806dbdc11d07efad447a79fdb05125fbfc2fc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 545f81c23aef18a072f73d6e38d95cb93f1b61106ad5848f34ccf0345c49082b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          qap`g`v~dtlq

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
          • Size 10B
          • SHA256 c95f9490ff2af46f4d97322f8cca585146879a9378e7b11ce549eaed430fe394
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CBAAAACCBABCCCCBCACBABCCCBCCABACCAACBCABABACCCAABBBAABC.exe
          • Size 14.4MB
          • SHA256 8c40634a275e2f0cd5bc56e5a50db854556d8ba2815b2e3005ed54fb559c53f9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 fdf740cffc78ca67bde054a944eb1ad4dae8ab9a2012aa5e4a197df87e99d0b3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 c9f8d432e54684d11a12b8823302a600f5174b5fdf70c412349b80e9f6ac2003
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          virus_log.txt

          • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
          • Size 926B
          • SHA256 3d8f392a340a1f8e3ce8a162cca5ac956ad1dae89c17c7076760895ba57f9e46
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/708-69-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A71000-memory.dmp

          memory/708-4022-0x0000000000A50000-0x0000000000A71000-memory.dmp

          memory/2312-32-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5196-6-0x0000000000610000-0x0000000000631000-memory.dmp

          memory/5780-1533-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EC1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5780-4024-0x0000000000EA0000-0x0000000000EC1000-memory.dmp