Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    93s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260130-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260130-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    11/05/2026, 10:33

General

  • Target
    2026-05-11_4a785d005ef7381064fe7b710cbc1f9b_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 731KB
  • Sample260511-mlk75sft6t
  • SHA256 98a04e59d2d83a9b763869b7ce57cfff23b60fa65206de4952974eecbad9ef7e
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 48 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_4a785d005ef7381064fe7b710cbc1f9b_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_4a785d005ef7381064fe7b710cbc1f9b_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3352
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bwnvmnpslc.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bwnvmnpslc.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kwsulwrrhf.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_4a785d005ef7381064fe7b710cbc1f9b_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1092
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_4a785d005ef7381064fe7b710cbc1f9b_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-11_4a785d005ef7381064fe7b710cbc1f9b_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3116
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\apahtnpoxb.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\apahtnpoxb.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4276
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2504
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1760
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OWPdZ0BC.bat"
        3⤵
          PID:1940
        • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4428
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
      1⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2784
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:4772
      • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 828 2872 2892 812 {0E5DCEC5-7795-4E38-9621-94DFD9F9A421}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5104
      • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 828 2936 2932 812 {85EE815A-7738-4808-A14A-3AD87E32A3BF}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:3200

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          OWPdZ0BC.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\OWPdZ0BC.bat
          • Size 196B
          • SHA256 377f610765d453f5ef8e264194c370d42303c617db5b0c67a4d15341ca2c2248
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          apahtnpoxb.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\apahtnpoxb.exe
          • Size 580KB
          • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          bwnvmnpslc.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bwnvmnpslc.exe
          • Size 51KB
          • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          kwsulwrrhf.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\kwsulwrrhf.exe
          • Size 25KB
          • SHA256 b3f3be2eeda8c739b27b3728392fe9789c9e559d6ff6c9dd2e96eeba5064a5d3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          trnmg.sdb

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 970f137a2013c28610b60d77e727748784b3f7d62186f7923d23ac591284486c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          bindsvc.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
          • Size 291KB
          • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1092-67-0x0000000002580000-0x00000000025FA000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-53-0x00000267715E0000-0x00000267715E8000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-84-0x0000026773390000-0x0000026773398000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-37-0x0000026769280000-0x0000026769290000-memory.dmp

          memory/2784-21-0x0000026769180000-0x0000026769190000-memory.dmp

          memory/4276-14-0x0000000000840000-0x00000000009BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4276-152-0x0000000000840000-0x00000000009BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/4276-161-0x0000000000840000-0x00000000009BA000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-94-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-103-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-74-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-83-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-82-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-81-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-80-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-79-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-78-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-77-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-76-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-75-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-86-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-87-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-88-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-101-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-100-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-99-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-98-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-97-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-96-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-95-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-72-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-93-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-92-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-91-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-90-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-89-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-102-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-71-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-105-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-104-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-116-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-117-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-115-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-114-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-113-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-112-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-111-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-110-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-109-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-108-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-107-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-106-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-128-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-127-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-126-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-125-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-124-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-123-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-122-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-121-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-120-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-119-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-73-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-70-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-69-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-68-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5104-118-0x000001B5537C0000-0x000001B5537D0000-memory.dmp