Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
94s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260130-en - resource tags
- submitted
09/05/2026, 02:24
General
- Target 2026-05-08_f91bb4971e4211970f6d2da303af05e9_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe
- Size 2.5MB
- Sample260509-cv2w5shz21
- SHA256 ca25e84e6a42b1a83b898c12d5b12796eef9c42620733a802beb5163211833e5
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
- Drops file in Program Files directory 4 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 registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-08_f91bb4971e4211970f6d2da303af05e9_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-08_f91bb4971e4211970f6d2da303af05e9_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-08_f91bb4971e4211970f6d2da303af05e9_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-05-08_f91bb4971e4211970f6d2da303af05e9_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
chromehelper.exe
._cache_2026-05-08_f91bb4971e4211970f6d2da303af05e9_darkgate_elex_emotet_gcleaner_remcos_stop.exe
memory/4208-80-0x0000000000C80000-0x0000000000D3F000-memory.dmp
memory/5388-105-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004BC000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-0-0x00000000024F0000-0x00000000024F1000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-1-0x000000000048E000-0x000000000048F000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-81-0x00000000024F0000-0x00000000024F1000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-82-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000683000-memory.dmp
memory/5496-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000683000-memory.dmp