Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/04/2026, 10:20

General

  • Target
    2026-04-15_4e582a66bd71ee2df682dbc050ecec43_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
  • Size 50.4MB
  • Sample260415-mc32laew9s
  • SHA256 1589afc495d55fa2ff495e3e843783d69fbb6d348c58167d1f1fcab64d658bd0
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 8 IoCs

    Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 5 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops desktop.ini file(s) 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 14 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 14 IoCs

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

  • Inno Setup is an open-source installation builder for Windows applications. 4 IoCs

    Inno Setup installer

  • NSIS installer 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 24 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 6 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_4e582a66bd71ee2df682dbc050ecec43_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-15_4e582a66bd71ee2df682dbc050ecec43_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop_tofsee.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5716
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\tsetup-x64.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\tsetup-x64.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4540
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-8DCU7.tmp\tsetup-x64.tmp
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-8DCU7.tmp\tsetup-x64.tmp" /SL5="$50064,50246006,826880,C:\Program Files (x86)\tsetup-x64.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:5472
        • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Telegram Desktop\Telegram.exe
          "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Telegram Desktop\Telegram.exe"
          4⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • Loads dropped DLL
          • Drops desktop.ini file(s)
          • Enumerates system info in registry
          • Modifies registry class
          • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:2348
    • C:\Program Files (x86)\tpg.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\tpg.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:668
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\GameBox.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\GameBox.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1580
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\client'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:436
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Utility.dll'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:5564
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Utility.dll'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:4892
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
          powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Utility.dll'"
          4⤵
          • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:2044
  • C:\ProgramData\client\GameBox.exe
    C:\ProgramData\client\GameBox.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4304
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\client'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:1544
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Utility.dll'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2968
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\ProgramData\client\Utility.dll'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5088
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      powershell -Command "Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Utility.dll'"
      2⤵
      • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5904

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        DuiLib_u.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\DuiLib_u.dll
        • Size 489KB
        • SHA256 d0ac4eb544bc848c6eed4ef4617b13f9ef259054fe9e35d9df02267d5a1c26b2
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        GameBox.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\GameBox.exe
        • Size 1.4MB
        • SHA256 dda4924824054c574b5a7c96b2e30f7fb6e643b510db8288b1a6721fa7ff463a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Utility.dll

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Utility.dll
        • Size 1.2MB
        • SHA256 c46439480e2afeb63612791640a80a968e67974f992ee67cfbd13b0076603ae4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tpg.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\tpg.exe
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 24e1aaf389427e3b20891f9e05469b41a5aa7ec36aa68bdea4a8bc797bb2ba52
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        tsetup-x64.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\tsetup-x64.exe
        • Size 48.9MB
        • SHA256 e4ab08b640ca75cff0ad367e7ed0ce1c8bc5b936a895d0f206cee2f0dee386e7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        user.dat

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\user.dat
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 dc96f0c19f5e065c3b591abb106845f0d134e79ee97b8f7c2e4e6150dcdad2ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 036f1b5bc67c670bccb1efa8b04909dc240aac9031421ad7862bf97d435c5fcd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 0ff36621f4015633c24b916ed7ad5d246ee0931094b0b6340d83434e65b111ba
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 bf1839058757606fec1f1735f45bac3bee105f6362ac216a7e0138d203391a96
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_evuyv0iu.byj.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_evuyv0iu.byj.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tsetup-x64.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-8DCU7.tmp\tsetup-x64.tmp
        • Size 3.3MB
        • SHA256 9febfcd1ea14dc3a6f81b82b196992edadd5dfc5262a1046b3e0d5e806d0f4d0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        d3dcompiler_47.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Telegram Desktop\modules\x64\d3d\d3dcompiler_47.dll
        • Size 4.7MB
        • SHA256 a05d04a270f68c8c6d6ea2d23bebf8cd1d5453b26b5442fa54965f90f1c62082
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        powershell.exe.log

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 6f8fd1b8d9788ad54eaeee329232187e24b7b43393a01aeba2d6e9675231fb69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 948391923b76d0c7623f6a3f4e8b04d5e30f2735aa5eeb6717eb2869ca6ff772
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 d396acb14ee781c61ba91f4960111a12c7bf35fef4c8796a74c9682c9613722b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 1d137c1cd6711d292720fc21ce5f11fec871e2ceaa60f73b813e82dd86e5137c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/436-47-0x0000000005B90000-0x0000000005BF6000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-81-0x0000000006930000-0x0000000006951000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-60-0x000000006F300000-0x000000006F34C000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-59-0x0000000006830000-0x0000000006862000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-69-0x00000000074F0000-0x0000000007593000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-68-0x0000000006870000-0x000000000688E000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-70-0x0000000007C20000-0x000000000829A000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-71-0x00000000075C0000-0x00000000075DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-72-0x0000000007630000-0x000000000763A000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-73-0x0000000007840000-0x00000000078D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-74-0x00000000077C0000-0x00000000077D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-75-0x00000000077F0000-0x00000000077FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-76-0x0000000007800000-0x0000000007814000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-77-0x0000000007900000-0x000000000791A000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-78-0x00000000078E0000-0x00000000078E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-44-0x0000000002940000-0x0000000002976000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-57-0x0000000006260000-0x000000000627E000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-45-0x00000000054F0000-0x0000000005B18000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-56-0x0000000005E40000-0x0000000006194000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-48-0x0000000005C00000-0x0000000005C66000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-46-0x00000000053C0000-0x00000000053E2000-memory.dmp

        memory/436-58-0x00000000062A0000-0x00000000062EC000-memory.dmp

        memory/668-122-0x0000000000570000-0x00000000005AB000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-185-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F41000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-175-0x0000000004AC0000-0x0000000004B0C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-176-0x000000006F220000-0x000000006F26C000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-184-0x0000000005C90000-0x0000000005D33000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-186-0x0000000005F70000-0x0000000005F84000-memory.dmp

        memory/1544-174-0x0000000004460000-0x00000000047B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-253-0x0000000003570000-0x0000000003571000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-136-0x0000000074460000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-135-0x0000000000D40000-0x0000000000D7B000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-382-0x0000000074460000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-43-0x0000000074460000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-251-0x0000000074460000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/1580-263-0x0000000074460000-0x00000000747FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/2044-137-0x000000006F300000-0x000000006F34C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2044-146-0x00000000061B0000-0x00000000061D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-389-0x0000020B6FAA0000-0x0000020B6FDF5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-404-0x0000020B6FAA0000-0x0000020B6FDF5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2348-374-0x0000020B6FAA0000-0x0000020B6FDF5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-209-0x0000000005D10000-0x0000000005D21000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-210-0x0000000005D60000-0x0000000005D74000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-208-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005A83000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-197-0x00000000042B0000-0x0000000004604000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-200-0x000000006F240000-0x000000006F28C000-memory.dmp

        memory/2968-199-0x0000000004820000-0x000000000486C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-388-0x00000000733A0000-0x000000007373E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-166-0x00000000733A0000-0x000000007373E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4304-256-0x00000000733A0000-0x000000007373E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-22-0x0000000000F05000-0x0000000000F06000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-300-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000F28000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-121-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000A0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-120-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000F28000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-23-0x0000000000E50000-0x0000000000F28000-memory.dmp

        memory/4540-301-0x00000000009D0000-0x0000000000A0B000-memory.dmp

        memory/4892-124-0x0000000006AF0000-0x0000000006B11000-memory.dmp

        memory/4892-112-0x000000006F300000-0x000000006F34C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5088-220-0x000000006F240000-0x000000006F28C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-248-0x0000000000F00000-0x000000000125F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-281-0x0000000000F00000-0x000000000125F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-298-0x0000000000F00000-0x000000000125F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-260-0x0000000000F00000-0x000000000125F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-299-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000EFB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-133-0x0000000000F00000-0x000000000125F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5472-134-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000EFB000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-101-0x0000000007390000-0x00000000073A4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-92-0x000000006F300000-0x000000006F34C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-103-0x0000000005EC0000-0x0000000005EE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5564-90-0x00000000057C0000-0x0000000005B14000-memory.dmp

        memory/5716-28-0x0000000000460000-0x000000000049B000-memory.dmp

        memory/5904-237-0x000000006F220000-0x000000006F26C000-memory.dmp