Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/05/2026, 15:36

General

  • Target
    2026-05-05_e20405a7b88ec518ba52291908bab08b_amadey_elex_karagany_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 751KB
  • Sample260505-s2de5abs5x
  • SHA256 3525dd4579816283eb53219f80ed9c077899ea05ecb955051c7156c1f7aadacb
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Using powershell.exe command.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 12 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 43 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 11 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-05_e20405a7b88ec518ba52291908bab08b_amadey_elex_karagany_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-05_e20405a7b88ec518ba52291908bab08b_amadey_elex_karagany_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4712
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EXM PREMIUM.BAT" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4560
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        Reg.exe delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore" /v "RPSessionInterval" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3536
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        Reg.exe delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore" /v "DisableConfig" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3572
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        Reg.exe add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore" /v "SystemRestorePointCreationFrequency" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3308
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
        powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -NoProfile Enable-ComputerRestore -Drive 'C:\'
        3⤵
        • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        PID:5936
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        Reg.exe ADD "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System" /v "EnableLUA" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
        3⤵
        • UAC bypass
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2248
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\reg.exe
        Reg.exe add "HKCU\CONSOLE" /v "VirtualTerminalLevel" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4740
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c wmic path Win32_UserAccount where name="Admin" get sid | findstr "S-"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4748
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wbem\WMIC.exe
          wmic path Win32_UserAccount where name="Admin" get sid
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
          PID:3044
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\findstr.exe
          findstr "S-"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4604
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\chcp.com
        chcp 65001
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4616

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        EXM PREMIUM.BAT

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EXM PREMIUM.BAT
        • Size 669KB
        • SHA256 b26a009ebe2967899016fd6a75314433757373eccf4f029800677962a488f5fb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        TWEAK.EXE

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TWEAK.EXE
        • Size 28KB
        • SHA256 ddc65dd4bc6083ee2b0a83ad0a6be475a8c6313345bb92bccfefd9aefe549b26
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        __PSScriptPolicyTest_phr4esxd.qgd.ps1

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_phr4esxd.qgd.ps1
        • Size 60B
        • SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/4712-12-0x0000000003090000-0x000000000314F000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-16-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-28-0x0000000005D90000-0x00000000060E4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-17-0x00000000055D0000-0x0000000005BF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-18-0x0000000005380000-0x00000000053A2000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-19-0x0000000005C70000-0x0000000005CD6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-20-0x0000000005CE0000-0x0000000005D46000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-14-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FA0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-15-0x00000000028F0000-0x0000000002926000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-29-0x0000000006390000-0x00000000063AE000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-30-0x00000000063F0000-0x000000000643C000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-33-0x0000000006900000-0x0000000006922000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-32-0x00000000068B0000-0x00000000068CA000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-31-0x0000000006930000-0x00000000069C6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-34-0x0000000007B30000-0x00000000080D4000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-37-0x00000000029A0000-0x0000000002A1E000-memory.dmp

        memory/5936-38-0x0000000005290000-0x0000000005317000-memory.dmp