Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    124s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20250619-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20250619-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64system
  • submitted
    06/05/2026, 11:05

General

  • Target
    2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
  • Size 2.7MB
  • Sample260506-m68tyaf18s
  • SHA256 a90cea227e3930abbe64481f73e5ae40a34d22b09cdad2f22d909eb8a67c0b06
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Custom signature
    Detects executables built or packed with MPress PE compressor 3 IoCs
  • 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 Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • 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

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:708
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8A00.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8A00.tmp" --pingC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe 4B746892019456B3C80E329A6D551E770BC24C41160A52B7BDDA53AA942B779214959938E013E68BBDD3DC3ED374C1738229D0B833B5A72C4832A70F6E0CA71D
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1716
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies system certificate store
        • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4092

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        downloader.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Adobe\downloader.dll
        • Size 737KB
        • SHA256 1540c84cde9716b2abd70e0efbf6beaf9eaa169b4dcaf157bd124f098e4abf38
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-06_57e09e2403a9b150cfcc47318a9b3df1_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc.exe
        • Size 1.0MB
        • SHA256 9f581b5730b3f10de2a3b3a21d3e476f3094feef3e4dd92ffdaa103f6c410802
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        8A00.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\8A00.tmp
        • Size 2.7MB
        • SHA256 66e452d3055237c8535ac37dc4a68311008343ee7d9c40afe336bb7155dbf8ed
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/4092-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4092-43-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004B4000-memory.dmp

        memory/4092-45-0x0000000002310000-0x0000000002317000-memory.dmp

        memory/4092-44-0x0000000000770000-0x00000000007D4000-memory.dmp