Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    04/11/2026, 17:33

General

  • Target
    2026-11-03_6f06b327af45ebed404cb2025d3d5427_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloade.exe
  • Size 5.4MB
  • Sample261104-v4w2cstsdx
  • SHA256 0ef57d4767dee84affa6028e957debf676f311bdf4531caa1606bfe4775b77f9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Sets service image path in registry 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

    This determines the executable launched when a service starts. It can be used to establish persistence.

  • Signed with revoked ConnectWise certificate 5 IoCs

    Binary is signed using a ConnectWise certificate revoked for key compromise.

  • ConnectWise ScreenConnect remote access tool

    ConnectWise ScreenConnect is a remote desktop tool that can be used as a backdoor.

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 22 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Suspicious Windows Authentication Registry Modification.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 24 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 19 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 17 IoCs
  • 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 2 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 7 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 8 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 37 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-03_6f06b327af45ebed404cb2025d3d5427_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloade.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-03_6f06b327af45ebed404cb2025d3d5427_agent-tesla_amadey_elex_glassworm_hellokitty_hijackloade.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3932
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\msiexec.exe" /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\4ae608af2df2749c\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3572
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Authentication Package
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5040
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding A97F01EAE678EE529021BB94DE88B895 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5092
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1DA0.tmp",zzzzInvokeManagedCustomActionOutOfProc SfxCA_240721453 1 ScreenConnect.InstallerActions!ScreenConnect.ClientInstallerActions.FixupServiceArguments
        3⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2116
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:4580
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 6D3D08507CC82F22C2327A31F9800E40
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4924
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 6586BA0BF71425639AF6F00F84C1B104 E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1552
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:1364
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe" "?e=Access&y=Guest&s=2d89b44f-d31e-44b4-a278-9e7d62af2804&k=BgIAAACkAABSU0ExAAgAAAEAAQDNkVTQ0caKAGPMIDjUzom1%2frnmkS2voZLoWZsm3BMWDDzb0YGWj8%2b4q%2fKz2J%2bo5bGs0Uz5QbEZsOVkonAiQpLhFaNePpwezhEgPA9HtR7NPWNvb%2fE0xnzkYPvsWINPr0%2b%2btwwCibYMq97OmxTcms%2fZumBlL52YRayX7M5qUoac1Pi76qGbx4M2oR3Gl6wrjM4nZPdlG%2fMuFILSyL0SqbhNBRwfAdXAF5DDXCmtmc91JDE4IqZKHoGcHOu8qqaJX3SdcJL7YNzd0Z9BrMFXxlKmDOxGkSctR7%2boZYwufLDgEYedIVn5ZzTR8OtrZAS%2fwqxxQ7oNxVi1SAyl4yXDBdGu"
      1⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • Reads the TCP/IP host and domain name from the registry
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5912
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe" "RunRole" "4dac3ec8-72c3-4ddf-aaca-cf84649d4552" "User"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:6096

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e596587.rbs

          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e596587.rbs
          • Size 214KB
          • SHA256 946aea56eadfee9ed6d3001f2bb37d9d74b158ffa83037350d19698514dbee55
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.Override.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\Client.Override.en-US.resources
          • Size 227B
          • SHA256 38bdcc2ec25e7464dde7293b5a6ec64eea4b9d9f6fb8c36fdcc5677a6f55b721
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Client.Override.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\Client.Override.resources
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 43b3b025b8d14c3ab96ae1f4a6dcc64c0ec244de42e94fe804448be821f5c674
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.en-US.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\Client.en-US.resources
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 6a000a67799a071883b6e25f86d91c2c513aae0b34b3643be77e5b889335fb95
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Client.resources

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\Client.resources
          • Size 28KB
          • SHA256 95b299c8c163731707e8134946059a28c668c2b65b48f57eac2847dbe4beb63e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Client.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.Client.dll
          • Size 192KB
          • SHA256 6526705b685c2f221a6675118c73cba98c47d948169d81ea4544c3e3336b8f2b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.dll
          • Size 66KB
          • SHA256 319ba24115e64ea4b714caf4e88d3d5a658defd51d714c2291b9758466925281
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.ClientService.exe
          • Size 93KB
          • SHA256 f048400c23add8c75abe189393d33c873c02c74eeaf43d47b950c8d643763b35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsAuthenticationPackage.dll
          • Size 254KB
          • SHA256 a5b8f0070201e4f26260af6a25941ea38bd7042aefd48cd68b9acf951fa99ee5
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe
          • Size 593KB
          • SHA256 b80d07610b81bddb3d7f30a207a2e134b559e06b8440598a926f3a9c1d439218
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsClient.exe.config
          • Size 266B
          • SHA256 87c640d3184c17d3b446a72d5f13d643a774b4ecc7afbedfd4e8da7795ea8077
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\ScreenConnect.WindowsCredentialProvider.dll
          • Size 837KB
          • SHA256 36ad3b4858ee84fd2a73522a9ad25d177f492a65e1cbc6630169dc820dc2b63d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          app.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\app.config
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d27e25e33637126548459384a58787f708b15ac635a010aedded9e5b92507338
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          system.config

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\system.config
          • Size 910B
          • SHA256 79a20fa81e73d1fee5af2278c3f50357517cfd06af03b25282a4b4611711cc8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          MSI1DA0.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1DA0.tmp
          • Size 1.0MB
          • SHA256 a45ba86c5d13aa8e814e4cb0860b5b2a39ce9677b0d980947f6fe31676051cb2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1DA0.tmp-\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
          • Size 172KB
          • SHA256 3e54286e348ebd3d70eaed8174cca500455c3e098cdd1fccb167bc43d93db29d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Core.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1DA0.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Core.dll
          • Size 538KB
          • SHA256 b8100e5ab07983cbf82d721cf719576ca3f60e352628dcaabd42d428011fdedf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1DA0.tmp-\ScreenConnect.InstallerActions.dll
          • Size 11KB
          • SHA256 c79a22accadb1f8a716669ca68c6d6f4e9a21c0d639e2846f288b60bc8adc770
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.Windows.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI1DA0.tmp-\ScreenConnect.Windows.dll
          • Size 1.6MB
          • SHA256 da29455a64858fda773319c32c0a6cd40edbe8042ed005aa2befb8a4f0fb0522
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ScreenConnect\25.2.4.9229\4ae608af2df2749c\ScreenConnect.ClientSetup.msi
          • Size 12.8MB
          • SHA256 f5c370e44f1f994ac709158fc5b63c939a3261fa57879380d54d05bb9ea378cc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI6AC7.tmp

          • Path C:\Windows\Installer\MSI6AC7.tmp
          • Size 202KB
          • SHA256 3cff4ac91288a0ff0c13278e73b282a64e83d089c5a61a45d483194ab336b852
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          3mbsm3tm.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\3mbsm3tm.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 7ec6be2a7a9284c6a19ddd9ea22b73e6d4badeb5be8e4602510aa9322e9d363c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          4vqluhc3.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\4vqluhc3.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 f9310db4e436c648a9ed77e038c235755a35159c0dcb1903e972647bd5eb0a26
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          pcjb5ksd.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\pcjb5ksd.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 eaa249dec6c284de9ff6f7ad6a963761483b6148761f193cc9151f76eb6adaf1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          rsh2a1h5.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\rsh2a1h5.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 9ac842cfcf79407eff5a5bece010e82b4a5c1672c5434e349194ace1d130a4f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          swpkhbjl.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\swpkhbjl.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 3d19567ac08bb0954d6ffab58feeb911040274b3ddb3806ee75ea35ef850d768
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          user.config

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\user.config
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 5fae3942e4d828a8658d422a825ed27a5aa1ee85d4d850307fceb1ab85e12b5f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          v1qn5gq0.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\v1qn5gq0.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 cf4d8c1ecfea7691cda0998c1fbf3b1c34b26057b61be46deb2d2a1c71bc47eb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          zrgkfghe.newcfg

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\ScreenConnect Client (4ae608af2df2749c)\zrgkfghe.newcfg
          • Size 588B
          • SHA256 eaf4aaf18a0bfef31dca3b611fa4a4c41983625eaf5dc5b3b9add546f76ea495
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          metadata-2

          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 e4db0edb7e5bc10559c2f5658aab26f3e2d61b7229460c253a49eab1d1a2fe77
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          {2c2ad3d4-d9f5-47ee-b295-4da6b8cdfda4}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

          • Path \??\Volume{0a1bed32-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{2c2ad3d4-d9f5-47ee-b295-4da6b8cdfda4}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 b42b18cef1b6ff8a1788e05c041d3d689d43b755b1621e9acf87d0b542db4d1f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2116-36-0x0000000003950000-0x000000000395A000-memory.dmp

          memory/2116-44-0x0000000005C60000-0x0000000005E0C000-memory.dmp

          memory/2116-32-0x0000000003910000-0x000000000393E000-memory.dmp

          memory/2116-40-0x00000000039F0000-0x0000000003A7C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-13-0x00000000743F0000-0x0000000074BAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-7-0x0000000005D30000-0x00000000062EA000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-5-0x00000000012A0000-0x00000000012C2000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-6-0x0000000005180000-0x000000000532C000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-4-0x00000000743F0000-0x0000000074BAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-3-0x0000000005050000-0x00000000050DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-2-0x0000000005480000-0x0000000005772000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-1-0x0000000001160000-0x0000000001168000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-8-0x00000000743F0000-0x0000000074BAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-9-0x00000000743F0000-0x0000000074BAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-0-0x0000000074402000-0x0000000074403000-memory.dmp

          memory/3932-10-0x00000000743F0000-0x0000000074BAC000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-110-0x00000000043D0000-0x0000000004420000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-119-0x00000000048B0000-0x0000000004985000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-117-0x0000000004380000-0x00000000043C1000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-115-0x00000000046C0000-0x0000000004752000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-114-0x00000000045E0000-0x0000000004616000-memory.dmp

          memory/5912-88-0x0000000001BD0000-0x0000000001BE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-135-0x0000000000AD0000-0x0000000000AE8000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-136-0x0000000002400000-0x0000000002418000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-134-0x000000001B7B0000-0x000000001B938000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-133-0x000000001B470000-0x000000001B61C000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-132-0x000000001B230000-0x000000001B2BC000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-131-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023F6000-memory.dmp

          memory/6096-130-0x00000000001C0000-0x0000000000258000-memory.dmp