Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/04/2026, 13:03

General

  • Target
    2026-04-24_7c52c084452cdaa56d6bf64d729af5cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 380KB
  • Sample260424-qapyqsbt4k
  • SHA256 f6f6bfd012a1e38cbc043ba41019e8395ed3d74f06df77b8be5133e5f25ce21a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
    1⤵
      PID:3300
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-24_7c52c084452cdaa56d6bf64d729af5cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-24_7c52c084452cdaa56d6bf64d729af5cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
        2⤵
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4780
    • C:\PROGRA~3\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe
      C:\PROGRA~3\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe -dmdxzll
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4600
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4600 -s 504
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:3856
    • C:\PROGRA~3\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe
      C:\PROGRA~3\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe
      1⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2324
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 4600 -ip 4600
      1⤵
        PID:3944
      • C:\PROGRA~3\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe
        C:\PROGRA~3\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe -dmdxzll
        1⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3316
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3316 -s 476
          2⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:1520
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 508 -p 3316 -ip 3316
        1⤵
          PID:2724

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              iaokteb.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe
              • Size 380KB
              • SHA256 9bad995c32326fb2e95b8e2bed92295f7c2fa38672cc256350f2f04e5b9407ce
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              iaokteb.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Mozilla\iaokteb.exe
              • Size 380KB
              • SHA256 43982e1d90dc646f03a3505062ece2218018ae9eaf32318346cb4b0b2ff87b38
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              memory/2324-7-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000004EF000-memory.dmp

              memory/3300-4-0x0000000002550000-0x000000000256C000-memory.dmp