Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20251015-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20251015-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    12/12/2025, 01:50

General

  • Target
    2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 3.0MB
  • Sample251212-b9cecsap8t
  • SHA256 4f61c2b9e812e9b7991d4a8a427bd139b117757560492f40f7bdefa73749548e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Banload

    Banload variants download malicious files, then install and execute the files.

  • Banload family
  • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 9 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-12-11_7009a6dfc4e25123b7a728e39296fd30_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
    • Checks BIOS information in registry
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3200
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3576

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        memory/3200-31-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-2-0x0000000000698000-0x0000000000699000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-3-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-9-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-18-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-17-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-19-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000008E1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3200-27-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002D90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-33-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-44-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-24-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-30-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-23-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-22-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-26-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-21-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-55-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-53-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-51-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-50-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-49-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-47-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-29-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-43-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-41-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-39-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-38-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-36-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-35-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-52-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-48-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-45-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-42-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-40-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-37-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-34-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3576-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000050F000-memory.dmp