Analysis

  • max time kernel
    135s
  • max time network
    116s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    25/04/2026, 02:09

General

  • Target
    2026-04-25_1fee6275739d6f8ab5fbc96fe631e53c_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_necurs_smoke-loader_surtr.exe
  • Size 3.6MB
  • Sample260425-cle11sb141
  • SHA256 b6f612dea6805d7b532b5725487a6ed8d753f2736da9ff806b5df42017648eae
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Family: Stihat

    Stihat is a worm written in Delphi.

  • Detects Stihat payload 10 IoCs
  • Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Detects executables packed with ASPack 10 IoCs
  • Drops startup file 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 64 IoCs

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

  • Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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
  • Modifies registry class 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-25_1fee6275739d6f8ab5fbc96fe631e53c_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_necurs_smoke-loader_surtr.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-04-25_1fee6275739d6f8ab5fbc96fe631e53c_amadey_darkgate_dridex_elex_gcleaner_necurs_smoke-loader_surtr.exe"
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops startup file
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4132
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\HelpMe.exe
      2⤵
      • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops autorun.inf file
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4420
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
    • Modifies WinLogon for persistence
    • Drops startup file
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops autorun.inf file
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:3892
  • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    Explorer.exe HelpMe.exe
    1⤵
      PID:5536
    • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
      C:\Windows\explorer.exe /factory,{75dff2b7-6936-4c06-a8bb-676a7b00b24b} -Embedding
      1⤵
      • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
      • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:1896

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1609746302-1884177235-1125644204-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 3.6MB
          • SHA256 5e9d42abdc921490aa72dc1cf9d5b10a73cd45241c0dbfb7d39b58458ac77d25
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 836ebe7f3dc48e6d7f84f22b4a72303f01a0e0176a81a4efab55f5ae382ce6a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 2dc6cd6d760d0475aae987804aedfb1ba7bde7c74e630140fd4bdcfb32913545
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 0461bff5d45c568f81cf3caadd09891db761b0f94185f66a7adbda7a1f22a75c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 afc8cd068c608ae32133ba24f165f60639a9d55bbb3965f894798ca93d49c594
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 e45684da443c6bf9f6022d7d971e37a2c3243504829021d56f0ddd35099c36d4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 f3bc9fb3568bced0091e60658cf80e4bce8971c66818d04b8be78826520dc3c2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 ed2736a03755fac90fef3f60c1d338cf0fe04235d92d315033ae6b6e7ea64059
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 2fa7606f693e1bef2629c7a7952484b6648f620d274daea75aa1a32aa6536f46
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 b7a4b1ed43a2c2f37e49fca5262ecf573935b20ed0e2f33e6a81b605ef74fa67
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9aa3c6aceee182afc18c9ec5d4f964d8a250e6d1fc96cfdfb3aa8e04a2b24c98
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 76adb69c362c3ef9e55e244c9774e23612899a10db75ff5f0f086456a267bf44
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 4a9caa2bb7f0cc29c7232c6dd3cdc7722b74126fd6ba35f7d609fe2b682da9e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 0ae262242cf10ea881358939605eaa2fbeec83112dd1ed342ce8296b938e45a0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b1feab60d940a3774ce01d321d562d1197215035a6d555c15a59f3368cca4693
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d13fd62d541ee7636684873a27ade348fc74a029095e32833c537b53cc2616f1
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 24c9564487cd018d32864607f2293afc0005f2ddb066e936fa3526f2cdef3c70
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 638c01f06cc709213d8a6aa22c33dcce78256f6ad8edf0af8500f748fe7336cf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 05d797b721809d2a4f07922394aa380d462da4bffe7a0f8a92be82be4c1ac818
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 003bf9e09942aea5efa7ed170a2d44b510352b419cce27887ad498b3274ac70a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 b21457ffee5bdac581462ae368f8ff0679c9e54360b2228843116351011fa840
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3d96add78abdf8cf895ddc8041269e6f3f74ce528466da1dd06dd51c466ac864
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3dddecc71e091a245abe9b954b7a26087afbf93efa9e1478a55bf0f5e7d46a0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 64a89457dfedd3ace059d222229e97a795961e9d67cc039d4438bb792221cfdd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 d3019555118500274f3341e081ba7d1b352b1aebe7499cc47cc0174292a7f121
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 dadb8259ec304ec36ddb393f9ced08cd39b8de75f6f980eb8ed0f0ee4df8146c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 75fb2e6af918c7a155ffc8f0cf0fa97c018bc42ab92c32e183ea9f7f8fd0026e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 ea23be428a0614bc7ab0b97c088b61a86ee73e5896fc08e09a8254b3d23204a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 18bb6bc1a0468d286128e97de0d36b2f8572ac9b1e6c65282ebaa570c58517f3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 fc6eab90774434bfe5f08dd8a07abff1aff6675bb7714650ce339dd3a9477605
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 3ce75b4d2f5f464f3c266deee39bbbd5a96e16bc51ba459ba273f58a1630ee05
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 37fd6aadf6ce581941af1b9637005c56789aec36198e7982adf0614e40af66e7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 dfd6823ed705128e315d80f35c6612207ac7e92195efccab2c35b800bad3954f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 9e30748df14aed3e2b5e6ec67ea8526e3923796cc10749249b58efeac4e7ed85
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 c9460319ba11c9fdd3830ab9a28e21aeeba06345643c5214f86e11141b386b77
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3c47c2c53b134508d2275af2df01d16271661e9385c0304e6dea61aeed91c9b4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 99b2991aeceeb3d5449fb1af91fffc2e0e33854cf2cb8e65fcf1fcadcb129f84
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 aaca1acf12792b80dbae9fc861777322841ef8c060cbfe7743c1cfab70ddd77c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 81da52377e9c3094508a9cc6658e2a2010fc1ad599bc0f028875a84ef4635511
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 e3553e6138d8daf2f373eae78ca092dce295b789b1db5423eae56fbc99628b72
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 80db00973901682c02c0d2905c169c851009de0e693cb927a1f0684da5db61b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 66e66eee12f660152745f9645b248ed85e30e7a993abacc6047c2ae6cb627169
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 3917357da191862067990cc4adef3ee86649d58d211c15206fbac8033f710928
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 0e47e9f52651532c86ab77c1c15e80b64e7ff883a91da46981469cbfab5ef43f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 121fe58f483d2805354c203bb7540a9e697ba91cef0f6548908f7e72f768abe8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 2b6413e421402587d82fd7ba57a93ffd636652a6d1aa775bb0d49dd18da0031e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 172819bf666d385dbf383296a4631f657ac57ce8e841da266743babe54b88aa3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 a417db4f95e46f7f839123960577b63b51cf3e5b42910ad2e52445e205063cf9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 9e9dfe296debb87a51f034cf53022c065d2a9cceb3d7e13d90cbb4a747762a76
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 0a5e232c86d49051a4644cdc1079bb8c665ee5c032f4b46dc2c5618dbf9a0793
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 530eb327702ac85489660683502870ed121499dfc68c882310ea301f313b021e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Soft.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Soft.lnk
          • Size 1023B
          • SHA256 cb7b7659fab38f10e453d98e055f00dcc0ee525e62ae9dad829a2dd35713212d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          HelpMe.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\HelpMe.exe
          • Size 3.6MB
          • SHA256 ed6c5b9c86e1ee26c72cac58b191d4a313af3e25b02da867d899a95c3176e877
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          desktop.ini.exe

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1609746302-1884177235-1125644204-1000\desktop.ini.exe
          • Size 3.6MB
          • SHA256 02a69315aa6c5a8fc22c858332faa2ba58c75e53226dcaa2d5d5ee80abf6d0df
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AUTORUN.INF

          • Path F:\AUTORUN.INF
          • Size 145B
          • SHA256 cfe448b4506a95b33b529efa88f1ac704d8bdf98a941c065650ead27609318ae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          AutoRun.exe

          • Path F:\AutoRun.exe
          • Size 3.6MB
          • SHA256 b6f612dea6805d7b532b5725487a6ed8d753f2736da9ff806b5df42017648eae
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1896-67-0x0000000007630000-0x00000000076A9000-memory.dmp

          memory/1896-116-0x0000000007630000-0x00000000076A9000-memory.dmp

          memory/3892-66-0x00000000007A0000-0x0000000000883000-memory.dmp

          memory/3892-68-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/3892-49-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-2-0x0000000000460000-0x0000000000461000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-50-0x0000000002290000-0x0000000002291000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-56-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000993000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-216-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000993000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-1-0x0000000002290000-0x0000000002291000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-48-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4132-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-57-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000803000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-51-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000478000-memory.dmp

          memory/4420-228-0x0000000000720000-0x0000000000803000-memory.dmp