Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    93s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    21/04/2026, 09:45

General

  • Target
    2026-04-21_0d438b2ac35a8ab59dc389c58b4d76aa_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 547KB
  • Sample260421-lrfzyae19s
  • SHA256 cc69836d85d206a07ae5b011e8e14e5b88c0f2defe82009cfd9bdad81a7123bf
  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes

  • 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:2084

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        noconnection.html

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DLG\initWindow\noconnection.html
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 b4508b7dcc08b2b93cd64bee68bd5174fe48f48280e59f9a81d4861c3ef0431d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/2084-0-0x0000000002390000-0x0000000002391000-memory.dmp

        memory/2084-18-0x0000000002390000-0x0000000002391000-memory.dmp

        memory/2084-17-0x00000000043C0000-0x00000000043C7000-memory.dmp

        memory/2084-16-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048F4000-memory.dmp

        memory/2084-43-0x0000000004890000-0x00000000048F4000-memory.dmp