Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/04/2026, 10:34

General

  • Target
    2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 1.8MB
  • Sample260418-ml58bacy6k
  • SHA256 51222024437716b24584db95771ed055de84d2fe15e024548fecb8b9763a4ffb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Family
  • urelas

C2
  • 1.234.83.146

  • 133.242.129.155

  • 218.54.31.226

  • 218.54.30.235

Signatures

  • Family: Urelas

    Urelas is a trojan targeting card games.

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4616
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kutie.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kutie.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1100
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1100 -s 584
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:1212
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_sannuy.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5604
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1100 -ip 1100
    1⤵
      PID:2780

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          _sannuy.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_sannuy.bat
          • Size 352B
          • SHA256 821cbf8c67d32bcf5d92b20ad8491157d9bff977321d4234a6dcd0abe1a1b475
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          golfinfo.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
          • Size 512B
          • SHA256 31b4b3a9b2bd6b09d50de50c890d0da6a87906e6e722431f1bce6849c5555a42
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          kutie.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kutie.exe
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 7ea11682bf6ebcb73fbba6c7cdf05a357d7dccb6d61386b1468e1a69e0af3ed2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1100-12-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000DD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-16-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000DD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/1100-19-0x0000000000C00000-0x0000000000DD6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4616-0-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000EB6000-memory.dmp

          memory/4616-1-0x0000000000DFD000-0x0000000000DFE000-memory.dmp

          memory/4616-15-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000EB6000-memory.dmp