Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    153s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-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.

  • 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 behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 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⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4800
    • 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:3096
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-LEINL.tmp\tsetup-x64.tmp
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-LEINL.tmp\tsetup-x64.tmp" /SL5="$502BC,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:3748
        • 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 behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
          • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
          • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
          • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
          PID:3152
    • 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 WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1820
      • 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:800
        • 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:4900
        • 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:2888
        • 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:784
        • 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:1724
  • 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:2528
    • 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:2400
    • 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:5076
    • 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:4676
    • 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:3024

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 9600b3fdf0565ccb49e21656aa4b24d7c18f776bfd04d9ee984b134707550f02
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 5342d733f34b9109b39a8e3c8f83ad5d0a61d8a86754df6b0934053edd898a1e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 36ae8ccef8fde56cb7cc0c895df5c4b98bd47c924eb369e6db3534666e54fed3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 9403852728910c2c51a386b16e47262bbccb51f7bf287500071a581e667d69f4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_r02iaz0j.2gn.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_r02iaz0j.2gn.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        tsetup-x64.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\is-LEINL.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

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 07299006874d328907c84a98f06a7b115ed170ddf777e6c1c87859012965ba6d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 8baefb036667490633158b1c147d68c9699df58b22ff8493df465bda134de8cf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
        • Size 18KB
        • SHA256 b2d69079be9113bd48bf1f339fd62fee4c1d135f7fec628c01221ea99c191954
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/784-120-0x000000006F460000-0x000000006F4AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/784-128-0x00000000057A0000-0x0000000005861000-memory.dmp

        memory/784-129-0x00000000062B0000-0x00000000062D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/784-118-0x0000000005B30000-0x0000000005E87000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-105-0x0000000001160000-0x00000000011DB000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-385-0x0000000073CC0000-0x000000007405E000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-107-0x0000000073CC0000-0x000000007405E000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-43-0x0000000073CC0000-0x000000007405E000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-254-0x0000000073CC0000-0x000000007405E000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-202-0x0000000073CC0000-0x000000007405E000-memory.dmp

        memory/800-246-0x0000000003730000-0x0000000003731000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-137-0x000000006F460000-0x000000006F4AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-146-0x0000000006600000-0x0000000006625000-memory.dmp

        memory/1724-145-0x00000000051E0000-0x00000000052A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/1820-102-0x0000000000780000-0x00000000007FB000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-173-0x0000000004900000-0x0000000004C57000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-174-0x0000000005390000-0x00000000053DC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-175-0x000000006F480000-0x000000006F4CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-182-0x00000000060B0000-0x0000000006154000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-183-0x0000000006380000-0x0000000006391000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-184-0x00000000063C0000-0x00000000063D5000-memory.dmp

        memory/2400-190-0x0000000004770000-0x0000000004831000-memory.dmp

        memory/2528-257-0x0000000072F90000-0x000000007332E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2528-166-0x0000000072F90000-0x000000007332E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2528-243-0x0000000000E20000-0x0000000000E9B000-memory.dmp

        memory/2528-393-0x0000000072F90000-0x000000007332E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2528-242-0x0000000072F90000-0x000000007332E000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-87-0x0000000006430000-0x0000000006787000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-100-0x0000000007C50000-0x0000000007CF4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-93-0x000000006F460000-0x000000006F4AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-101-0x0000000007F40000-0x0000000007F51000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-108-0x0000000007F80000-0x0000000007F95000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-110-0x00000000058B0000-0x0000000005971000-memory.dmp

        memory/2888-111-0x0000000006BC0000-0x0000000006BE5000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-235-0x000000006F480000-0x000000006F4CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/3024-245-0x0000000004060000-0x0000000004121000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-297-0x00000000016B0000-0x000000000172B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-91-0x00000000016B0000-0x000000000172B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-90-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000638000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-24-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000638000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-27-0x0000000000615000-0x0000000000616000-memory.dmp

        memory/3096-296-0x0000000000560000-0x0000000000638000-memory.dmp

        memory/3152-363-0x0000029676CF0000-0x0000029676D9F000-memory.dmp

        memory/3152-364-0x0000029676990000-0x00000296769A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-104-0x00000000011B0000-0x000000000122B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-294-0x0000000000470000-0x00000000007CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-295-0x00000000011B0000-0x000000000122B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-290-0x0000000000470000-0x00000000007CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-262-0x0000000000470000-0x00000000007CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-251-0x0000000000470000-0x00000000007CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-103-0x0000000000470000-0x00000000007CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/3748-199-0x0000000000470000-0x00000000007CF000-memory.dmp

        memory/4676-227-0x0000000004470000-0x0000000004531000-memory.dmp

        memory/4676-219-0x000000006F480000-0x000000006F4CC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4800-26-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007BB000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-68-0x0000000007920000-0x0000000007F9A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-67-0x00000000071F0000-0x0000000007294000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-44-0x00000000029A0000-0x00000000029D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-80-0x00000000064F0000-0x0000000006515000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-79-0x0000000004E60000-0x0000000004F21000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-76-0x00000000075F0000-0x00000000075F8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-75-0x0000000007600000-0x000000000761A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-74-0x0000000007500000-0x0000000007515000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-73-0x00000000074F0000-0x00000000074FE000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-72-0x00000000074C0000-0x00000000074D1000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-71-0x0000000007540000-0x00000000075D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-70-0x0000000007330000-0x000000000733A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-69-0x00000000072C0000-0x00000000072DA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-45-0x00000000052D0000-0x00000000058FA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-59-0x000000006F460000-0x000000006F4AC000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-66-0x0000000006560000-0x000000000657E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-58-0x00000000071B0000-0x00000000071E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-57-0x0000000005FE0000-0x000000000602C000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-56-0x0000000005F30000-0x0000000005F4E000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-55-0x0000000005A50000-0x0000000005DA7000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-48-0x00000000059E0000-0x0000000005A46000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-47-0x0000000005970000-0x00000000059D6000-memory.dmp

        memory/4900-46-0x0000000005090000-0x00000000050B2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-211-0x0000000003D20000-0x0000000003DE1000-memory.dmp

        memory/5076-203-0x000000006F480000-0x000000006F4CC000-memory.dmp