Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
130s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
01/05/2026, 16:28
General
- Target 2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
- Size 2.7MB
- Sample260501-tyrn1shx21
- SHA256 c33530dba8a32fe72d0ad747969871bf9250ce5131fb6572a00c0f871719ddcc
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 3 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 1 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.
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
- Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 5 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1604.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1604.tmp" --pingC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe CDFAE1F91E02612B8BB53CCB7502E895E1D0AAA5D31122C7CC473CE883272CEEB1031D85828523A8B0C38A11BEF45B290A8DBD09D45A1DA2349BD69BB395CC842⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Defense Evasion
Modify Registry
1Subvert Trust Controls
1Install Root Certificate
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Downloads
downloader.dll
1604.tmp
2026-05-01_5722b816c8f6f244c3c0e2a193588753_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
memory/4552-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp
memory/4552-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp
memory/4552-44-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000990000-memory.dmp
memory/4552-45-0x0000000002BC0000-0x0000000002BC7000-memory.dmp
memory/4552-46-0x0000000002660000-0x000000000269B000-memory.dmp
memory/4552-92-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000990000-memory.dmp
memory/4552-96-0x0000000000870000-0x0000000000990000-memory.dmp