Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    108s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    05/07/2025, 11:27

General

  • Target
    2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 366KB
  • Sample250705-nklmysynt9
  • SHA256 f9c32a2049d57e9e6606360fcbec2c5dfb165fcc81d31c404388a83039a22b57
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 29 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3320
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5400
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
          net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:3288
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
            C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            PID:2504
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a9A1D.bat
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6044
          • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
            "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
            4⤵
            • Executes dropped EXE
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:4732
        • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          3⤵
          • Drops startup file
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Enumerates connected drives
          • Drops file in Program Files directory
          • Drops file in Windows directory
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2480
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
            net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:2432
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3616
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
            net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:4828
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3772

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.143.57\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
          • Size 132KB
          • SHA256 f3a051bb0978e453bd11eac136e1849ccf48f889eafda9eb2b01b5b50f9fb2ab
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          7z.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
          • Size 582KB
          • SHA256 5013943078a35a0a3f071509b9aea2f0edee18a4a32faec079186c782343c840
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          vcredist_x86.exe

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
          • Size 488KB
          • SHA256 99750acff09f51ecc7a0d7ce91e67e855e8602b6e8059ade2c177a52f27f74e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          $$a9A1D.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a9A1D.bat
          • Size 776B
          • SHA256 b76c8bf1a0df5dbc9f4230960348d367a077a3f4e30fb6a7c7467c46431d62a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-07-05_e1d947a9b3281960fd7719e9f5a4cd0a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 333KB
          • SHA256 b85aeeaede189d9f56c843281a492cd8ada329f0b5b8b03d5a813eba3a290b61
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Logo1_.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          • Size 33KB
          • SHA256 205204b8e9d9ed384792dc1bad39505c93b6c48d32281a9f7fb2850aa19b779f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          _desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-4024151881-1944119507-1574723210-1000\_desktop.ini
          • Size 8B
          • SHA256 aa1097f136c2df01b53ab755892a915fd76e795559ce2384870f2d850f691e50
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/2480-1651-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2480-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2480-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2480-8948-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/2480-10155-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5400-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp

          memory/5400-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000043F000-memory.dmp