a7a30273ee6aa4a7cffc0384512ef2112f4d62c57265228ed93c16ebc2ec9597

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
140s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
26/10/2026, 18:48

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General

Target
2026-10-25_9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
Size 12.0MB
Sample261026-xf8flafy21
SHA256 a7a30273ee6aa4a7cffc0384512ef2112f4d62c57265228ed93c16ebc2ec9597
MD5 9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842
SHA1 e2bd3bfe287376750a2179b63396043fa8fbe25d
SHA512 9871a1af39f141ee2ea2bf53ef45c39c961c2d89774314732f66b16328f46d723a49d96f3061512cced6b77f989332150d5bbf6a7c9505631a4605265fbf9f3a
SSDEEP 196608:JZ872k1AeAi2KOld5bxR5RVxK65DzLlQCcHsJcQvQaT0u5SHvOe:JK6HiRE5bxbRVlFvlQCcv6QaAu5Sd
TLSH
T176C62322B79158A2D8B49F7C00199303403F2E87DE98AFEF2BDA376D4A715F08977552
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery execution

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3200	Q7f3zTX8R.exe

Contacts third-party web service commonly abused for C2 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Legitimate web (hosting) services can be abused by malware authors to host malware or C2s.

Web Service

T1102

flow	ioc
1	pastebin.com
6	pastebin.com

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
3332	cmd.exe

Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname	Q7f3zTX8R.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Domain	Q7f3zTX8R.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-10-25_9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Q7f3zTX8R.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 3200	3684	2026-10-25_9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe	89
PID 3684 wrote to memory of 3332	3684	2026-10-25_9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-25_9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-10-25_9ac5a7ad928ebce3940e106f8afa4842_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3684
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q7f3zTX8R.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q7f3zTX8R.exe" /i
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3200
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del_.bat
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3332

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Web Service

T1102

Exfiltration

Impact

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Q7f3zTX8R.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q7f3zTX8R.exe
Size 14.0MB
SHA256 5dd8ec87743d1167230f31c594c6bbc4fa09c22a9de99c773ac5efe7ab7d77aa
MD5 5b680a9cd9f2f60a8262a4771496ffda
SHA1 af0396dd81dbfb290090f7623e60ca745b942e88
SHA512 1077e876f6f490aad8a0c28a1ff048e5275f3a611a3e58b4bf35f9019a13f28b5391213a7a6751ef46a52739a920fa9b69673f15d8d117444d11129ba957d806
SSDEEP 393216:JK6HiRE5bx8FvlQCcv6QaAu5SVDMTNSG/lX:AUbx8FiPvQ6yL
TLSH
T14DE62322F79158A6DCB49F3C00199303403E2E87DE98AFEF2BDA37694A715F08977552
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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del_.bat

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\del_.bat
Size 337B
SHA256 7bd67e63ab952b8f7fe4ee25213d41bd74bdefe93b3bd1f7762eee448286288d
MD5 152af8af4b70166bbb8f33587aa88f9b
SHA1 dc6ed05d80cf716275339e5415cd40430d20e351
SHA512 8b852567205ced250617a3c26c72664b3f117886063acebb0d206ddf5902b7140d31d5c1a36c8cf0b4b248cb06b95fdd8aaf8cb3c04cb55aa2a1875825f43d34
TLSH
T1D8E07D0B057AD90A040D701703FB16DBFD2C08972A16FFC68760A23B2ECA54CA6F9781
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH