Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    127s
  • 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, 06:38

General

  • Target
    2026-09-08_3188b871b0473b4531b537a41b0374cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
  • Size 15.8MB
  • Sample260910-hd5vcszcma
  • SHA256 2d120d2a85b358f0e7b15cbb9a9f6699ce900d3db80f7dcfafdfd051f03d6625
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Custom signature
    Detects executables packed with Dotfuscator 2 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    Detects executables packed with SmartAssembly 2 IoCs
  • Custom signature
    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 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 13 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • 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 SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-08_3188b871b0473b4531b537a41b0374cf_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hijackloade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-08_3188b871b0473b4531b537a41b0374cf_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:3828
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCCBABBBBBAAACBAABBBABBBBABABBACBACBBCCACBBAABCCCBCCCACACCACAABAABAABCBBCAACABCBCACBAAACCCBACABBBCAAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.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:3512
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_BBCCBABBBBBAAACBAABBBABBBBABABBACBACBBCCACBBAABCCCBCCCACACCACAABAABAABCBBCAACABCBCACBAAACCCBACABBBCAAAB" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2412
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCBABCAAACAACBCBCABBCAAAACABAACCBBCCBAACAACAABCBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCBABCAAACAACBCBCABBCAAAACABAACCBBCCBAACAACAABCBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4224
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc create "UserDataSvc_ABCBABCAAACAACBCBCABBCAAAACABAACCBBCCBAACAACAABCBCC" binPath= "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe" start= auto displayName= "UserDataSvc_ABCBABCAAACAACBCBCABBCAAAACABAACCBBCCBAACAACAABCBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4524
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCBABCAAACAACBCBCABBCAAAACABAACCBBCCBAACAACAABCBCC"
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4392
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
        sc start "UserDataSvc_ABCBABCAAACAACBCBCABBCAAAACABAACCBBCCBAACAACAABCBCC"
        3⤵
        • Launches sc.exe
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2132
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.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:1124
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\notepad.exe
      "notepad.exe"
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4668
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\calc.exe
        calc.exe
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        PID:4800
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAAACAACACACACAACABCBCBBABAACBACACBABABBCCCCCCABCBCBBCBBBAAACCBABABABBCBABBBCBBCABAABAABCACAACBACBBACAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCABCCABBAACBCAABACACABACBBCAACBBCAABABBACBACBABCBCC.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:2720
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
        schtasks /create /tn "Microsoft\Windows\MemoryDiagnostic\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateTask_AAAACAACACACACAACABCBCBBABAACBACACBABABBCCCCCCABCBCBBCBBBAAACCBABABABBCBABBBCBBCABAABAABCACAACBACBBACAA" /tr "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCABCCABBAACBCAABACACABACBBCAACBBCAABABBACBACBABCBCC.exe" /sc minute /mo 30 /ru SYSTEM /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
        PID:2412
  • C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe -Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:3768
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCABCCABBAACBCAABACACABACBBCAACBBCAABABBACBACBABCBCC.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_BBBBCABCCABBAACBCAABACACABACBBCAACBBCAABABBACBACBABCBCC.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:448
  • C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe
    C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe
    1⤵
    • Creates a file in the Startup directory
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:2700

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 89a4c999a5e6cbd52174984f75610ad980f58089cdb6d69489249b5a0d6052ff
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        setup.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Setup\{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-AC0F074E4100}\setup.exe
        • Size 16.2MB
        • SHA256 45659847c2a8413726fc14796e0ee641b6530949256b47fbaf8a2e4d21cfac8d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\PCPKSP\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 3bc6761990ac8db629f7d23c80399b63277b8c16301e04bf96a13e7c981cb6c4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Projects\SystemIndex\SecStore\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 60a5a75c222e67b53110c22131aa42e998a67afc08bec94fe7c4adaf0c5d7ebd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\component_crx_cache\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 819f301e1df84531dd6c4770d237e8c13e7b7167d782fbef42fc75fac6bd0572
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\18.151.0729.0013\sv\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 50d467deadc4b1c93b2fceed97edd95ea0d01598371cf94f65cc074311193df6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.People_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\INetHistory\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 bd5f150a2cf5533399a10f2156f7fcc01d86b92e9fc15ea75c0fe5a723ae55d1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\SwitchStep\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 e37d3f6033644aeb8c35d3f0f6e6812eaecfae4fa6a27d0f5ba5ac4e3b9df4b4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 361aeea6f4f77cb39d6ad82befa27fcaa2d8839349a36f29ff47b8e6218c40a7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 7a1b3f4734fe19c7af7eaddca2a673304e5de153cb3b4dcc1492ad41688545ab
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 2dbe800a81fe7ff1a3c18bc7d2e7441db197b89c9abfee82b0493520f1502b8e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d4c8843dd737678045d6dc33b7007b287278b893f142ea9b5a2c86ece55e106c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d17f5dab60f0042f603230e287d022b743c9d4d5e9e2c13b70949bedda716b1d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 e0f7070f6666705b9b7a450fc583528d51c33e03f1b3fccc52ba5e16b2ae2876
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\svchost_CCCACCACCAACBAACBCACCCAAAABBBABAABAACCBBBCBACACABACCABB.exe
        • Size 15.8MB
        • SHA256 2d120d2a85b358f0e7b15cbb9a9f6699ce900d3db80f7dcfafdfd051f03d6625
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 af52bdb839a9d4bdd07ce86f9e897d8263399027ac30525681601e06a255f388
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 3d84aade3aba795d8d287661d591b4ea0be039e91e24a7280d06bfc9215f472e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        virus_log.txt

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Documents\Microsoft\Windows\Logs\virus_log.txt
        • Size 930B
        • SHA256 cb624ef46b521d9f86e885193922c6b12cb27ed97f543dac9ec94b876f420c4b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        qap`g`v~dtlq

        • Path C:\Users\Public\Videos\qap`g`v~dtlq
        • Size 10B
        • SHA256 d9e9bd303cc2d6004841e2eb134a3420508eea11c60102e0826301c263a50176
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/448-71-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000541000-memory.dmp

        memory/448-3163-0x0000000000520000-0x0000000000541000-memory.dmp

        memory/1124-35-0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000121000-memory.dmp

        memory/2700-1275-0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000121000-memory.dmp

        memory/2700-3165-0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000121000-memory.dmp

        memory/3828-6-0x0000000000160000-0x0000000000181000-memory.dmp

        memory/4668-59-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020C1000-memory.dmp