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
    23/04/2026, 17:07

General

  • Target
    2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 399KB
  • Sample260423-vm8ntsb12x
  • SHA256 f2bcb97af36922282a947864055f64939f52014682b2a4e54cbed3b58d0d6c10
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 62 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1160
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a2A.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4288
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1560
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1944
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:892
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2808
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1944 -s 792
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:1268
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1944 -s 792
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4264
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 1944 -ip 1944
    1⤵
      PID:3676
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 520 -p 1944 -ip 1944
      1⤵
        PID:712

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            setup.exe

            • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\Installer\setup.exe
            • Size 6.1MB
            • SHA256 c08729fc500930b5e8107a0f8ebaff164f26aa2e264ef5270dc185512db7bc7d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            $$a2A.bat

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a2A.bat
            • Size 774B
            • SHA256 aa6091ef366e3778512f92a1ab5856f57a3a1bf9941ddceaa5490f18a1db6987
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-23_ae1cdc88e3c0501f9040681c3ef75f6e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
            • Size 355KB
            • SHA256 c22b54d7f91795b06d8f1e8f712befcd37c45e5bfd47e7224093c6b34dd760da
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Logo1_.exe

            • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
            • Size 44KB
            • SHA256 db6a443785d113c28a06566cb990aabc13b069a3b72bb47e811c06bfd80f021b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            _desktop.ini

            • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-3119821332-640943685-2562343641-1000\_desktop.ini
            • Size 9B
            • SHA256 de3322e1c49dc0b70d2b3a63a9ce062799d4a9d96851d3532ae97dadd8aa2da4
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

            memory/1160-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

            memory/1160-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

            memory/1560-16-0x0000000000B10000-0x0000000000BCF000-memory.dmp

            memory/1944-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

            memory/1944-3628-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

            memory/1944-3629-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp

            memory/1944-3631-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044D000-memory.dmp