Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    26/09/2026, 15:37

General

  • Target
    2026-09-26_bf81f267f1b0721375977273d2f9563f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_luca-stealer_m.exe
  • Size 6.0MB
  • Sample260926-s2nwvsxtds
  • SHA256 eebd2fa62816e7ab6d11a59fec6c11aaf01d82595e694a9b1aa31d2d07056873
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects JavaScript files used for persistence and executable or script execution 1 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 2 IoCs
  • Badlisted process makes network request 3 IoCs

    Network request originating from process or tool commonly abused by malware.

  • Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

  • Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

  • UPX packed file 2 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript 1 TTPs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    The configured hostname and DNS domain identify the machine and are commonly collected to profile a host before it reports in.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

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

  • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

  • Modifies registry class 3 IoCs
  • Runs ping.exe 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Script User-Agent 1 IoCs

    Uses user-agent string associated with script host/environment.

  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_bf81f267f1b0721375977273d2f9563f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_luca-stealer_m.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_bf81f267f1b0721375977273d2f9563f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_luca-stealer_m.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies Wine through registry keys
    • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4284
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mshta.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\mshta.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\index.hta?bittorrent" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-26_bf81f267f1b0721375977273d2f9563f_coinminer_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_luca-stealer_m.exe" /LOG "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\index.hta.log" /PID "4284" /CID "qNS7n1Kig1bIooSh" /VERSION "256619239" /BUCKET "0" /SSB "1" /COUNTRY "US" /OS "10.0" /BROWSERS "\"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe\",\"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe\",C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe,\"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe\"" /ARCHITECTURE "64" /LANG "en" /USERNAME "Admin" /SID "S-1-5-21-1404337215-1550464601-2805570857-1000" /CLIENT "bittorrent"
      2⤵
      • Badlisted process makes network request
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2976
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" "shell_scripts/check_if_cscript_is_working.js"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:52
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PING.EXE
        "C:\Windows\System32\PING.EXE" 8.8.8.8 -n 2 -w 500
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        • Runs ping.exe
        PID:2744
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\cscript.exe" shell_scripts/shell_ping_after_close.js "http://i-50.b-000.XYZ.bench.utorrent.com/e?i=50&e=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"
        3⤵
        • Badlisted process makes network request
        • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
        PID:5876

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        en.json

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\i18n\en.json
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 1afd520ad17e4dbabeb39deeeb6ad0f29a203ef72e2fc3d38f16f6a6cac21416
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        bt_icon_48px.png

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\images\bt_icon_48px.png
        • Size 3KB
        • SHA256 7c5123103dc089c1912b1eae0bbbe2b7c32e39ecf83649a53a8e9f3aea960602
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        loading.gif

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\images\loading.gif
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 00c62ed42795f996b5f963c69ce918c2623d72896ebb628dfd9bc800514900ce
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        main_bittorrent.ico

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\images\main_bittorrent.ico
        • Size 100KB
        • SHA256 aa5daecee872ca7c079b5363c2ffb0a6bbb335414ac3ce2006bc18015fcd45e4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        index.hta

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\index.hta
        • Size 522B
        • SHA256 61acd6e7405fad348433f8de4b12ed97b42caccbcf28fe0e4ba4b4a5d2ea707e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        install.1790437051.zip

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\install.1790437051.zip
        • Size 740KB
        • SHA256 b9da4dc0c352d1484358f1638ccee259e64eedda68cd35606cd9d1df4556b028
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        common.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\scripts\common.js
        • Size 335KB
        • SHA256 fd960405a3d4c67253a769712da1e99e54d97bcffda31dcf94c6ea12ab23e42e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        initialize.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\scripts\initialize.js
        • Size 978B
        • SHA256 e12037adeb71f62eb46ee77ded18cd226c1beba95b266a2e820cfc6eb0fe5fad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        install.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\scripts\install.js
        • Size 5KB
        • SHA256 8d41b55c7626eccd4369418e4d0a1cfc2c7ca56b6424ac7b04e50ebc883837c9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        check_if_cscript_is_working.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\shell_scripts\check_if_cscript_is_working.js
        • Size 18B
        • SHA256 d1b9d32702d7d7a184ab4654c204e6d385a9499fde63e0b06bda60f8077a7862
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        shell_ping_after_close.js

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\shell_scripts\shell_ping_after_close.js
        • Size 312B
        • SHA256 5e872715109b381c99aa19e2435628640505794e09a1998de7b92c2a5aea38e1
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        common.css

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\HTA\styles\common.css
        • Size 99KB
        • SHA256 879fc3da65370131d5363a724b969a23a1f6bb9963284b8418f1e98daf196845
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        index.hta.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\HYDB404.tmp.1790437051\index.hta.log
        • Size 57B
        • SHA256 f095f1e5b92846e7b9209a51c9ea8eb1c0860603eabc147f3223e2255ddc20ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/4284-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A19000-memory.dmp

        memory/4284-80-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000A19000-memory.dmp