Analysis

  • max time kernel
    102s
  • max time network
    142s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    19/08/2025, 15:42

General

  • Target
    am.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample250819-s5fpnavqs6
  • SHA256 064073dcde901f6dc1e933bb5f531670b3506660bc154b197c5230a89489fb4e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • amadey

Version
  • 5.56

Botnet
  • 9a8fe7

C2
  • http://microsoft-telemetry.cc

Attributes
  • strings_key

    e46799b97b8218adc5106761a526cd35

  • url_paths

    /cvdfnaFJBmC0/index.php

    /cvdfnaFJBmC1/index.php

    /cvdfnaFJBmC2/index.php

rc4.plain

Signatures

  • Amadey

    Amadey bot is a simple trojan bot primarily used for collecting reconnaissance information.

  • Amadey family
  • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 2 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates processes with tasklist 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 33 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3168
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\am.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\am.exe"
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Drops file in Windows directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4928
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
          cmd.exe /c cmd < Ready.wav
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:6064
          • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
            cmd
            4⤵
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
            PID:5392
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\tasklist.exe
              tasklist
              5⤵
              • Enumerates processes with tasklist
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
              PID:3016
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
              findstr "SophosHealth nsWscSvc ekrn bdservicehost AvastUI AVGUI & if not errorlevel 1 Set ecmPNdhRucRryHCUhlvGXGVXJebZWFKPTpLr=AutoIt3.exe & Set qdViBUtbeJx=.a3x & Set yMVWlIkBcnntRlWHXeFskLfWoHKIfYZj=300
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:5908
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\extrac32.exe
              extrac32 /Y Election.wav *.*
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:6128
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
              findstr /V "Poverty" U
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:3132
            • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\689672\Difficulty.pif
              Difficulty.pif Z
              5⤵
              • Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
              • Executes dropped EXE
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
              • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
              • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
              • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
              PID:4852
            • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\waitfor.exe
              waitfor /T 5 yMVWlIkBcnntRlWHXeFskLfWoHKIfYZj
              5⤵
              • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
              PID:4892
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /c schtasks.exe /create /tn "Bread" /tr "explorer.exe 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GuardKey Solutions\HermesKey.lnk'" /sc minute /mo 5 /F
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5052
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
          schtasks.exe /create /tn "Bread" /tr "explorer.exe 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GuardKey Solutions\HermesKey.lnk'" /sc minute /mo 5 /F
          3⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
          PID:4872
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        cmd /k echo [InternetShortcut] > "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\HermesKey.url" & echo URL="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GuardKey Solutions\HermesKey.lnk" >> "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\HermesKey.url" & exit
        2⤵
        • Drops startup file
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4328

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          Difficulty.pif

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\689672\Difficulty.pif
          • Size 957KB
          • SHA256 3ec9740bedc683021cc3e94e4a33b3a9d3d6f9b9e96b1f04cc6534f551dd58c1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Z

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\689672\Z
          • Size 567KB
          • SHA256 c2847ab9bc0a1c2b8a4acb8715a38b9c9b02c1ce94370752d12ae84eaf82ad1d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Cancelled

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Cancelled
          • Size 134KB
          • SHA256 693649bf9b8c5906f1428fc65cddb7bd6ba3da5f63ecdab9888696cc5393e67f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Education

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Education
          • Size 146KB
          • SHA256 9c29fe909a6e7618b8406f5eac4416d324a2f2a5bdc74efadf58083a6a5adab9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Election.wav

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Election.wav
          • Size 492KB
          • SHA256 650525b359d3d0ac48eb839f77c8bfcb1a0029617aaaf7b5000c7e5f18969297
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Exclusive

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Exclusive
          • Size 107KB
          • SHA256 63988aaafe1dd998066d9af3a7303fb975e342b2b55fb3970689212427fe2bdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Fashion

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Fashion
          • Size 136KB
          • SHA256 87303d304337a52176713e5dacc5714b027a932b5e26d5b37e43bf4d1cb344aa
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          From

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\From
          • Size 86KB
          • SHA256 417f8ff6dfa5411fb00cc4678a6cc5ec23fd685b46250e0aa13d7371967811e1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Lined

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lined
          • Size 52KB
          • SHA256 6823810515137a795a2187173e3b9d872464ffa90cd78ed9627dec8409d2d69e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Lose

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Lose
          • Size 98KB
          • SHA256 172c9ed2f853bd70346817b6903192137561a8d67ce01449ece597ab58e63613
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Magazine.wav

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Magazine.wav
          • Size 83KB
          • SHA256 9cb3840fbb0fa9ac0885f4295f529cfa74970aa5f872d673412cf570cdb12085
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Offline.wav

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Offline.wav
          • Size 288KB
          • SHA256 0b7d2c17c5127fbda9aca2823847c512b36aec265abffc66f0616c195352442d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Ready.wav

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Ready.wav
          • Size 12KB
          • SHA256 b6892e1a14d022a67b2bd22bc80de2031ae5944ce0054d39c8a956d6e1496e35
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Sounds.wav

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Sounds.wav
          • Size 196KB
          • SHA256 34652f3d205db2d09c0468b467d68f69c7925a8e8a924f43361dcf47d7411796
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          Toy

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Toy
          • Size 145KB
          • SHA256 56b0ffd034c08c4e2f4c76faeb6db83f21ea2047a4e7438d2220bf3551404731
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          U

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\U
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 9336f5c148e3df67b34a48bfdc32dff710bd1c8807b28d13bafd53336bfa8d2f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          Would

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Would
          • Size 50KB
          • SHA256 95e4b52a4d03b0c27bfc1bf3d6972fe00b333a655227849eb95ca7e06cd83259
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          nsExec.dll

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nswA2CA.tmp\nsExec.dll
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 8165c7aef7de3d3e0549776535bedc380ad9be7bb85e60ad6436f71528d092af
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          memory/4852-74-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4852-73-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4852-75-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4852-76-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4852-78-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4852-77-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp

          memory/4852-79-0x0000000005410000-0x000000000547F000-memory.dmp