Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
21/04/2026, 09:45
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260130-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 547KB
- Sample260421-lrfzyae19s
- SHA256 cc69836d85d206a07ae5b011e8e14e5b88c0f2defe82009cfd9bdad81a7123bf
- MD5 0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa
- SHA1 c3ba6866b377058ace1cf654a6d3581f6ec9cc12
- SHA512 9086df4f56e2b681e32d7151459d9c285cab3a741486b5b73d15a2121c5fdb0d49fe41138043c1a2dc59686696db0fd9ede53065eb4b3b5f8ecc971f2804f01b
- SSDEEP 12288:xVjFbHu1F582816a2oyuuNC62uzEVf9JAWpNT7gdfR:tuR82812NTEVf9JAINWp
- TLSH T1B4C48D276155E1B6E1724CF2AADFA3724074AF3054249513EBB42F3EAB726E1DC2131B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe -
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-745935970-1373868228-562466063-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync\SlowSettingTypesChanged = "2" 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-745935970-1373868228-562466063-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-745935970-1373868228-562466063-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running" 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-745935970-1373868228-562466063-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IESettingSync 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 1996 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 1996 2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1996
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DLG\initWindow\noconnection.html
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 b4508b7dcc08b2b93cd64bee68bd5174fe48f48280e59f9a81d4861c3ef0431d
- MD5 a0ee32dc4ffc79fdef2dc0467da538c5
- SHA1 15d78592ac2c313a52d3c22783aae9bb4c787182
- SHA512 e7c02d6211878466d1fb77d2d96a79615f3e85cc9579fb6f54001639902eaa106d734a9c7ef07278c5014e7dc8d28d7b2ee28f677f362d80dfd3d26e59a976e8
- TLSH T13D513359358F2172C13B133B4ABA920CEE2180271242D684F9ACA0B51FFD559C5F3FC4
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH