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
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260418-ml58bacy6k
- SHA256 51222024437716b24584db95771ed055de84d2fe15e024548fecb8b9763a4ffb
- MD5 3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a
- SHA1 a13d8028c8600fb542f580a3c84796e0e296ec05
- SHA512 207f9fddc4b88814887a65b99548a7e39f43e56376be96dcae7cd471ade4f4af88744ceee329cbf3b6de5ccf1326f67d03cbc6754cd5269d28121717581efc2c
- SSDEEP 49152:DS7xdZn4KLE1SBixSQWTX9yOK9bnJSEZaSHiJxooSjRiENpX4DjIlq:Yxz4KLTBMWTX9yOK9bnJNZSxoo+iENpI
- TLSH T14785AE3A7651903AD6733631510AE7B8F2AEED304975055BA6A13F3D2E304838E2D76F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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urelas
C2
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1.234.83.146
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133.242.129.155
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218.54.31.226
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218.54.30.235
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-914486190-3969805341-592249730-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1100 kutie.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 1212 1100 WerFault.exe 86 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language kutie.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4616 wrote to memory of 1100 4616 2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 4616 wrote to memory of 5604 4616 2026-04-18_3d5691ed6eb2089cf9bcdd505d5f748a_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 87
Processes
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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.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1100 -s 5843⤵
- Program crash
PID:1212
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_sannuy.bat" "2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5604
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1100 -ip 11001⤵PID:2780
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_sannuy.bat
- Size 352B
- SHA256 821cbf8c67d32bcf5d92b20ad8491157d9bff977321d4234a6dcd0abe1a1b475
- MD5 abe6f2879b1c05cc7e56ffbd01d3a072
- SHA1 0386d1a04fc53ea80c17dd8f3b5b93fd1fddac76
- SHA512 a9d84b81a73b3be266a8d8c9ff65e2d03294cefa9798337a41770f17454a7aa9891d1e4d6d5984ee320c677229cd48c09406f708f320aa96616492fd7bf00689
- TLSH T1C0E04F1240FFCE5A4554B03747B22A8CC1A95ADE2B4B3B13E734D90E21C355EB6E7A01
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
- Size 512B
- SHA256 31b4b3a9b2bd6b09d50de50c890d0da6a87906e6e722431f1bce6849c5555a42
- MD5 3f1831fed3adf805b34b31f78bd4ef07
- SHA1 bf5bd83aec89e1ab9743934603a9e6d1dac0dbbd
- SHA512 87a784a447bed8ef27d1c88c623cb5d26b6d836c3a669a64eef451cb67f39259d1ccd154d4c1c4152f4f1b0fc13dfcdd8dbfc326090b30945f4d8796caa5fb1e
- TLSH T1EDF04CE92561A0163013F612E2486B99AB974D9D16C74DDC0105F2715D74D6C4449561
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kutie.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 7ea11682bf6ebcb73fbba6c7cdf05a357d7dccb6d61386b1468e1a69e0af3ed2
- MD5 e3a73ae610512cff4b8d8967c913b90a
- SHA1 87f20920466e7d2dab7772d06a1e4d1afdb2eb13
- SHA512 b88d13cb88bda176cd2b6955f2ec3b51c9af2585f3d10be5213d3017e7eb553f1290631c565be0e4a994facfc2e86ce9128e799281ee196278fd63dfc668487a
- SSDEEP 49152:DS7xdZn4KLE1SBixSQWTX9yOK9bnJSEZaSHiJxooSjRiENpX4DjIlx:Yxz4KLTBMWTX9yOK9bnJNZSxoo+iENpj
- TLSH T12085AE3A7651903AD6733631510AE7B8F2AEED304975055BA6A13F3D2E304838E2D76F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH