fe7e714fcd8f9cdac272ee2770e9b4a7af4e74d28b2c94f8c3d0536dd9b1b48b

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
94s
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, 09:49

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Target
2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Size 547KB
Sample260421-ltql6act7r
SHA256 fe7e714fcd8f9cdac272ee2770e9b4a7af4e74d28b2c94f8c3d0536dd9b1b48b
MD5 100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e
SHA1 cde627e73c4744de7e173399ad79571f065392e7
SHA512 f529c30c207544f4c71b6c189898d8d6e4da8e27a89ae94dc46be01029ea697ad0289ffa8dbb09137b7f7fedb647321254617b8b27da43e0ee37766a94cab837
SSDEEP 12288:m4fmuV/2SlI1MCAHab5I0WozQsmknY87Z1EPclMkc9A7Z2B:m42DMCA6b5fWQmknY87LEPcl9nlU
TLSH
T12EC47D2BB295E277D46308B25F9BA33704799732A52D9502B3542E1FEB703E0A72435F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

3^/10

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Malware Config

Signatures

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3847269522-1618051987-1942096715-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\DisableFirstRunCustomize = "1"	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1928	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
1928	2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-21_100be018f4d9b86b07d4875a92a8f22e_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:1928

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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noconnection.html

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

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memory/1928-0-0x0000000001540000-0x0000000001541000-memory.dmp

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memory/1928-16-0x00000000014E0000-0x00000000014E6000-memory.dmp

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memory/1928-17-0x0000000001540000-0x0000000001541000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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