Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
139s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
03/05/2026, 14:03
General
- Target 2026-05-03_dac9a90dba078b5d203773c0f74b12b4_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe
- Size 1.7MB
- Sample260503-rcscbabs3v
- SHA256 68bfc09a0f65198b4ef6f26570a062236bebd93428b11131325482b294cdc06c
Malware Config
Signatures
- Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- 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\2026-05-03_dac9a90dba078b5d203773c0f74b12b4_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-03_dac9a90dba078b5d203773c0f74b12b4_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⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- 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\30256\AdobeARMHelper.exe"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\30256\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\30256" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- 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\30256" /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 2352 -s 14363⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4972 -s 19122⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4972 -ip 49721⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 2352 -ip 23521⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
ArmReport.ini
AdobeARM.msi
AdobeARMHelper.exe
RdrManifest2.msi
698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
94C33D778ADC562180302FF1B77EFF1A
C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
AdobeARM.log
ArmUI.ini
Other30256.txt
ReportOwner30256.txt
Tmp30CF.tmp
Tmp5169.tmp
Tmp5235.tmp
Tmp5D32.tmp
Tmp8926.tmp
adobearm32.exe
eventviewer.exe
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
ArmReport.ini
ArmUI.ini
memory/1352-362-0x0000000000920000-0x00000000009B6000-memory.dmp
memory/2352-95-0x00000000031D0000-0x0000000003266000-memory.dmp
memory/3712-258-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000F56000-memory.dmp
memory/3712-94-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000F56000-memory.dmp
memory/3712-259-0x0000000003B90000-0x0000000003C52000-memory.dmp
memory/3712-350-0x0000000000EC0000-0x0000000000F56000-memory.dmp
memory/3712-351-0x0000000003B90000-0x0000000003C52000-memory.dmp
memory/4340-539-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000D76000-memory.dmp
memory/4972-93-0x0000000003230000-0x00000000032C6000-memory.dmp