General

  • Target
    2026-05-22_5c9f9e1a8349fc0846888a9f3cbddfd6_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_wannacry
  • Size 7.7MB
  • Sample260522-dhtwfac12m
  • SHA256 abadc0f16379a501dd38d4c3bbf309614c93f65e64916e1bdbde53d4b1f9e903
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Targets

    • Target
      2026-05-22_5c9f9e1a8349fc0846888a9f3cbddfd6_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_wannacry
    • Size 7.7MB
    • SHA256 abadc0f16379a501dd38d4c3bbf309614c93f65e64916e1bdbde53d4b1f9e903
    • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
    • Family: xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

      Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Cryptocurrency Miner

      Makes network request to known mining pool URL.

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Loads dropped DLL

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Tasks