ramnit | 021a438065cda66d0cb6d5b7da707f6dbecbd8631cb071b74b8d99ae9fbae3df

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
145s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
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22/05/2026, 12:48

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General

Target
2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe
Size 1.8MB
Sample260522-p133lsdz2w
SHA256 021a438065cda66d0cb6d5b7da707f6dbecbd8631cb071b74b8d99ae9fbae3df
MD5 264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc
SHA1 74d0ac10cf8469e39da537f6ae4057d988997e77
SHA512 735d9b7cfc807aa6d60b7a21d71964af4392d41d2728cae8e59e3f3a0a0847764342ed20ddb9635172c22bd9dc58bc5370c099c0ce9ac0ab53381460a17c0a08
SSDEEP 49152:N+QKNyaZAYUALnSvdIp47Vi+lREoHqyUIwOjc+OgHhITZXtCQpj3xAhBK:NENyaZAYUA2v047Vi+fEoHqyl9FHhITP
TLSH
T112956C2175B1C07BC53E2134D5496BF9A2ABEE30DE35024722D17EBC3A764924B2C76B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

adware banker discovery ramnit spyware stealer trojan upx worm

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: Ramnit
Ramnit is a versatile family that holds viruses, worms, and Trojans.
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Custom signature

UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 5 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000400000001dbe7-3.dat	UPX
behavioral1/memory/2360-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp	UPX
behavioral1/memory/1628-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp	UPX
behavioral1/memory/1628-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp	UPX
behavioral1/memory/3916-16-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000805000-memory.dmp	UPX

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2360	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe

UPX packed file 4 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x000400000001dbe7-3.dat	upx
behavioral1/memory/2360-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1628-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/1628-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\pxC38A.tmp	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
File created	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\DesktopLayer.exe	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\DesktopLayer.exe	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	DesktopLayer.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	IEXPLORE.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 24 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\NextUpdateDate = "486219094"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompatibilityFlags = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	IEXPLORE.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\AdminActive\{8E53433F-55DC-11F1-B995-F23C4AB2DE8F} = "0"	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FullScreen = "no"	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Recovery\PendingRecovery\AdminActive = "0"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31255017"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1959353740"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion\FileNames\en-US = "en-US.1"	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion	iexplore.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch	iexplore.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\WindowsSearch\Version = "WS not running"	iexplore.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\Window_Placement = 2c0000000200000003000000ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff2400000024000000aa04000089020000	iexplore.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateLowDateTime = "1885134728"	IEXPLORE.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\VersionManager\LastCheckForUpdateHighDateTime = "31255017"	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe
1628	DesktopLayer.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2296	iexplore.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs

pid	Process
3916	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe
3916	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe
2296	iexplore.exe
2296	iexplore.exe
2104	IEXPLORE.EXE
2104	IEXPLORE.EXE
2104	IEXPLORE.EXE
2104	IEXPLORE.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3916 wrote to memory of 2360	3916	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe	88
PID 2360 wrote to memory of 1628	2360	2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe	89
PID 1628 wrote to memory of 2296	1628	DesktopLayer.exe	90
PID 2296 wrote to memory of 2104	2296	iexplore.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3916
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2360
- - C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\DesktopLayer.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\DesktopLayer.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1628
  - - C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
      "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"
      4⤵
      Modifies Internet Explorer settings
      Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2296
    - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" SCODEF:2296 CREDAT:17410 /prefetch:2
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        
        PID:2104

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

8A7891822FCFF127E4EADADE9757112B

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8A7891822FCFF127E4EADADE9757112B
Size 2KB
SHA256 fa02e21f749a43fbd2f0eaa201eae234b6cabcff5ba29bd5cc67481d97e07c74
MD5 eb7c3ba386f22f704f7df47bd0b0379a
SHA1 8e229a2e182f35251c54231a4b087c2ee26a9edc
SHA512 5a991c1c298e61eaf4ec11c0034dfaf03a8e523afbc2a3cf4f1cfc27aa7cbddd023fa6c499ab20ee37f78adfe80486245c6e94c78271d66777d763a6937c034e
TLSH
T1F841446C1E4C34A3B0496E34E9D6BD838CF2916117C0D48EC6588A461972FCE9FDE4B7
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8A7891822FCFF127E4EADADE9757112B

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8A7891822FCFF127E4EADADE9757112B
Size 246B
SHA256 6313286cdba9b3d4dc219c83d8ea1c7f9bb0bc3d7d9ce6af58430133b09a4767
MD5 db0868f3216c247c7d2af0334e854bec
SHA1 2eefcf7968b38d2c2e550fb963fbb11fdc89af52
SHA512 a00f7cb8ea0f8836e2e7c31d8e2887104dbe964d4ba85290986380a7545cc35934f2510e082eef36b7168b4b0efc905cd9031cd64b9fe706dad793d6a206baf0
TLSH
T1EAD0223013F21307F461A33D7CB843E6F7217F10A422CB0D01E1020C2860F800830A2F
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suggestions[1].en-US

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\FVK2FCOF\suggestions[1].en-US
Size 17KB
SHA256 c6a5377cbc07eece33790cfc70572e12c7a48ad8296be25c0cc805a1f384dbad
MD5 5a34cb996293fde2cb7a4ac89587393a
SHA1 3c96c993500690d1a77873cd62bc639b3a10653f
SHA512 e1b7d0107733f81937415104e70f68b1be6fd0ca65dccf4ff72637943d44278d3a77f704aedff59d2dbc0d56a609b2590c8ec0dd6bc48ab30f1dad0c07a0a3ee
SSDEEP 384:K4gN8sGygaEKfWYSJUKbO7UckxtBjCdY7mO3D0C5l+piEieDSV126ry1/XSGKwG3:K4gNFXiKfWfJ1Kockxbd7mAt5Mp5ie2F
TLSH
T13A823E4E61D88F57EA47B6B2D9084EA702E0C8794716DB93D62CFE63CDE33B25D02161
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2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-22_264f2beac822aafecaa6512a50d0b7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ramnit_smoke-loaderSrv.exe
Size 55KB
SHA256 fd6c69c345f1e32924f0a5bb7393e191b393a78d58e2c6413b03ced7482f2320
MD5 ff5e1f27193ce51eec318714ef038bef
SHA1 b4fa74a6f4dab3a7ba702b6c8c129f889db32ca6
SHA512 c9d654ead35f40eea484a3dc5b5d0a44294b9e7b41a9bacdafdd463d3de9daa2a43237a5f113f6a9c8ea5e1366823fd3d83da18cd8197aa69a55e9f345512a7a
SSDEEP 1536:Q+hzRsibKplyXTq8OGRnsPFG+RODTb7MXL5uXZnzE:bROzoTq0+RO7IwnY
TLSH
T1EA43F2C6AE1903A2DF75053314E4C6B4CBA43C558B737A9EFA50002BFF89463A817F59
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memory/1628-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-12-0x0000000000550000-0x0000000000551000-memory.dmp

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memory/1628-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

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memory/2360-7-0x0000000000470000-0x000000000047F000-memory.dmp

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memory/2360-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000042E000-memory.dmp

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memory/3916-0-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000805000-memory.dmp

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memory/3916-16-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000805000-memory.dmp

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