fffaa56a6734a7514aa08f8521aeed0ac6430b8312b7200ac7fff055f8a97c7d

General

Target
2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Size 374KB
Sample260509-v677eaa181
SHA256 fffaa56a6734a7514aa08f8521aeed0ac6430b8312b7200ac7fff055f8a97c7d
MD5 9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452
SHA1 04eb6fc4d0dfedb64f73ea0317b78cbe5f211988
SHA512 bc2b300a080793fdd1bd50977017c368cded5133ba2004aec7f3cd935ec13eb8d0a1c7a4e1397c65d279e89dba76339a81cf5fa5a41b02afa18b5b2e333f7075
SSDEEP 6144:7cTgav1cdCTuoPbgwmOLJvKRILSFvdFDcEOkCybEaQRXr9HNdvOa:7SvO2x9mONvKRILSFnOkx2LIa
TLSH
T14E846D2AF6A0D076C4779579C4A247AAFBB1742137208ACFA390475A1F637E2BD3530D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5188	114f22fe

Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 4 IoCs

Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.

description	flow	ioc	pid	Process
Destination IP	3	114.114.114.114	5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Destination IP	6	223.5.5.5	5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Destination IP	43	114.114.114.114	5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Destination IP	46	223.5.5.5	5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\66F835E41EC6A985EB9271E4A70169D7_CF44E3C99F7F4AC558EEB35244F7E046	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\66F835E41EC6A985EB9271E4A70169D7_CF44E3C99F7F4AC558EEB35244F7E046	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\AAD646CB44373074ADE741C38400E7E1	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3EC845F33427F1C99AF855BE8930371C	114f22fe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\114f22fe	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3EC845F33427F1C99AF855BE8930371C	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\AAD646CB44373074ADE741C38400E7E1	114f22fe

Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\58d208	114f22fe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\614fe8	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	114f22fe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 9 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\IntranetName = "1"	114f22fe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix	114f22fe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\UNCAsIntranet = "1"	114f22fe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "0"	114f22fe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing	114f22fe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:"	114f22fe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:"	114f22fe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\	114f22fe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProxyBypass = "1"	114f22fe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs

pid	Process
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5188	114f22fe
5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	5684	2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5188	114f22fe
Token: SeTcbPrivilege	5188	114f22fe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-09_9d3caf11dfe4f668e47767bd4c539452_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
1⤵
- Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5684

C:\Windows\Syswow64\114f22fe
C:\Windows\Syswow64\114f22fe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5188

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

114f22fe

Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\114f22fe
Size 374KB
SHA256 d78be4f24dfa797ed9c02fb03ee1ea898e36884ba2cfd0dcf0a2c3f69f07a9c2
MD5 23c9216bffff611ee68e28e10be57b51
SHA1 147e90b8d9fd68e14d5cd64f523a32ca0d42dae6
SHA512 bd6cbde5c465fb94ebc2760db7fe35eb01f4115b73afaa213ed53874ac80dac6e7cb1378b56355dff99bd7cf1aaed4e1bac7791f303063c308bce1acc1dd74af
SSDEEP 6144:xcTgav1cdCTuoPbgwmOLJvKRILSFvdFDcEOkCybEaQRXr9HNdvOa:xSvO2x9mONvKRILSFnOkx2LIa
TLSH
T1B0846D2AF6A0D076C4779579C4A247AAFBB1742137208ACFA390475A1F637E2BD3530D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/5188-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000463000-memory.dmp

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memory/5684-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000463000-memory.dmp