Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
24/05/2026, 23:14
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- Sample260524-28fcqsct6v
- SHA256 1c63323e4cf137b58b3731484f97f2f4c463b0009df972ddbb00897e5c23c2a9
- MD5 d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029
- SHA1 85e6b907e48a87c4c7dc7be9e898e15a53ab2b5c
- SHA512 60bee6004b9fd1d955033f5dfcb10eb6c3638522f7a14c80a7f2fe403d2d36b940de2f80471653e4830e200809c97e7052b5b81107113b46072f8111fba4ee0e
- SSDEEP 49152:tmgqWDlmt+OCi1NqvNgyhIZ0tFYh1W1rJ/c8cifaE9+WagVGhUETtHWSQLQRQucH:pqimt+Ov1eNgyhIZ0tFYh1QrpaE97agB
- TLSH T14AA5BF2A36A18076CA3339314A4DF3B9F6B9AD704935022767A03E3C2E715935D2977F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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urelas
C2
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112.175.88.207
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112.175.88.208
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1788976790-1541110888-1636651838-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2328 dofhir.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language dofhir.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4640 wrote to memory of 2328 4640 2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 90 PID 4640 wrote to memory of 5008 4640 2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-24_d9cebc60eb86fe1569e8d09fe4069029_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4640 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2328
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat" "2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:5008
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 ff7ffddc82c8faf3f8ff5b8f0c1215cc42dbcfed874bb498b1fc96ba30993236
- MD5 705b4daa41a5be5821e407ce0bc3e935
- SHA1 12132085dc9c5810a2706e1c79289c6d45d6b5cc
- SHA512 5d5f1a516176611d13b148d29beee32ff88fd5233e21bc81b5fda4e641fb3143ef0f3f1dd60938a0c1b2694fbf3f27a13d55a7e06c370e0c61bb55f7bf4839af
- SSDEEP 49152:tmgqWDlmt+OCi1NqvNgyhIZ0tFYh1W1rJ/c8cifaE9+WagVGhUETtHWSQLQRQucr:pqimt+Ov1eNgyhIZ0tFYh1QrpaE97ag1
- TLSH T1CFA5BF2936A18076CA3339314A4EF3B9F6B9AD704935022767A03E3C2E715935D2977F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
- Size 512B
- SHA256 f6ac51f63e05e0c1e484b9a0df249ea47e6db7e72b603191235b19fb486a0efe
- MD5 64bd6ce7bbf11d281db681ed92eef333
- SHA1 2034da53aac1d1bb31412abd3374518956556beb
- SHA512 5063a264be28eab5fdae7684427cf23fe80d79d14305f516c41871422daefd8a9b39bc715098bb955b623514f0c0781b0d8b516e0bf0f0ef8c6c7736b106ba26
- TLSH T163F092A400A6F19C3212A505E52AF7312362DCDC204DBC4906D7B335A23105C80D807A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat
- Size 350B
- SHA256 152f15afbbd06b6224621871e3766838c1c65731501828e62af8b24f632e2205
- MD5 a8e50fe48fa41c1499e0e83fc2334889
- SHA1 6cc78568bbed8ca8edcbfaf39145f56c8b57f2bd
- SHA512 fc1ecdb223979e710dd698447e4b281cefab0823a4a280b575ab67b86e352519e4a6a0902551f41de7f18965e261138ad083b4b72430d8e4cd51d67fa8ea1222
- TLSH T1CFE0265201FFDE0F0808A12B43EA1ECCD4A9684D2B473B246712C5AC31C082EB5E3701
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH