Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
137s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
19/04/2026, 03:44
General
- Target 2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 2.7MB
- Sample260419-eakhgab14r
- SHA256 56f8d04cc6c7a41dd84fc0e167878d5ec70c2290af8fde3780874094ae3dd9a0
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 3 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
- Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1B53.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1B53.tmp" --pingC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 98E04934F1EF59C44D8F59DE2244DF5C747316F9BCF01728694C2AE20CCFAD9691996EC02FD12308D7EFEEF3820F7F17CAB2572CA502A5EC33301CA90BB386162⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Defense Evasion
Modify Registry
1Subvert Trust Controls
1Install Root Certificate
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Downloads
downloader.dll
1B53.tmp
2026-04-19_468551790f42f8cb35433a77866ee794_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
memory/4172-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-44-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-45-0x00000000022A0000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-47-0x00000000022A0000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-55-0x00000000022A0000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-57-0x00000000022A0000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-69-0x00000000022A0000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp
memory/4172-71-0x00000000022A0000-0x0000000002521000-memory.dmp
memory/4608-16-0x0000000002350000-0x00000000023E6000-memory.dmp