Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
126s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
23/04/2026, 16:52
General
- Target 2026-04-23_999d6176fdfdb1c5e1daf80ecd049eb4_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample260423-vdthjsbw6w
- SHA256 52ef2f393307f12efadbab9cdf12c8aeb2de1ec322d934eb9fd885c09e74e8b4
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
- Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 2 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_999d6176fdfdb1c5e1daf80ecd049eb4_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_999d6176fdfdb1c5e1daf80ecd049eb4_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearm32.exe"adobearm32.exe "2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"3⤵
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C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\4373\AdobeARMHelper.exe"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\4373\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\4373" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\4373" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU4⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe"C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2368 -s 15523⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2576 -s 14482⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 2368 -ip 23681⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 2576 -ip 25761⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
ArmReport.ini
AdobeARM.msi
AdobeARMHelper.exe
RdrManifest2.msi
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
103621DE9CD5414CC2538780B4B75751
698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
AdobeARM.log
ArmUI.ini
Tmp5251.tmp
Tmp70B8.tmp
Tmp7175.tmp
Tmp77CF.tmp
TmpA78C.tmp
adobearm32.exe
eventviewer.exe
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
ArmUI.ini
memory/1184-519-0x0000000001370000-0x00000000013EC000-memory.dmp
memory/1184-520-0x0000000001510000-0x0000000001517000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-141-0x0000000003D00000-0x0000000003D5B000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-330-0x0000000003D00000-0x0000000003D5B000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-329-0x00000000037C0000-0x00000000037C7000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-140-0x00000000037C0000-0x00000000037C7000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-139-0x0000000001280000-0x00000000012FC000-memory.dmp
memory/2232-284-0x0000000001280000-0x00000000012FC000-memory.dmp
memory/2368-102-0x0000000000860000-0x00000000008DC000-memory.dmp
memory/2368-103-0x00000000031B0000-0x00000000031B7000-memory.dmp
memory/2576-138-0x0000000002620000-0x0000000002627000-memory.dmp
memory/2576-137-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000B32000-memory.dmp
memory/2576-293-0x0000000000A20000-0x0000000000B32000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-342-0x0000000002B90000-0x0000000002B97000-memory.dmp
memory/4076-341-0x00000000011D0000-0x000000000124C000-memory.dmp