Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows11-21h2_x64
  • resource
    win11-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    31/05/2026, 16:01

General

  • Target
    2026-05-31_85f9470922c31646d0b982bf95a0c125_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_magniber_njrat.exe
  • Size 2.9MB
  • Sample260531-tgadeab131
  • SHA256 3b42220be08c541eb54ef7877c1e3ae1923cbfcb14c90f8cf5acfd3ef5e6a26a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Adds policy Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 64 IoCs
  • Indicator Removal: File Deletion 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • Program crash 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-31_85f9470922c31646d0b982bf95a0c125_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_magniber_njrat.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-05-31_85f9470922c31646d0b982bf95a0c125_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_magniber_njrat.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:756
    • C:\windows\alg.exe
      "C:\windows\alg.exe"
      2⤵
      • Adds policy Run key to start application
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4648
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del C:\Windows\temp\*.* /q /s
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5040
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4648 -s 1528
        3⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:4488
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c del C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-0~1.EXE > nul
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2548
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 4648 -ip 4648
    1⤵
      PID:2780

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          ADelRCP.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\ADelRCP.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 ab9cc715575a725a1d279813adbea845cdb3b987faa6ad08297a74334c85582b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AcroBroker.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroBroker.exe
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 75f0ed41561486d7664dbe820ecfdaef4c79077b3e63e1c36c54e2f75ca90302
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RdrCEF.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
          • Size 12.3MB
          • SHA256 0df643fcd1df1ba1cb72ad2221c7b461169d1789f410e3162bfd359f96cf912d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RdrCEF.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
          • Size 12.3MB
          • SHA256 a14c8f6c7daf5b29c31b0b23252fe6db9b2c6ba09051bab383fc2ffc77e37910
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RdrServicesUpdater.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe
          • Size 27.8MB
          • SHA256 5062b3cff2944aea19e58eeea510388294f0802de1240b3373b89613147f487d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RdrServicesUpdater.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrServicesUpdater.exe
          • Size 27.8MB
          • SHA256 0c0de328f2027d55f8d4f3dc7beb3f882a0c6a0002a77c87c24d6fedf632f331
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AcroRd32.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
          • Size 5.3MB
          • SHA256 5f61730e3da14966d07f5ed26af3745ebd36f01ce4b7112d70c4fc86111d2036
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AcroRd32Info.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32Info.exe
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 dbb5d09d9eef3db1426ec7d98163d686b4ea0b3391e3430503cf0efd9c59e8c9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AcroTextExtractor.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroTextExtractor.exe
          • Size 46KB
          • SHA256 5c804029dfbfd8d927fe4f1e4d482b210a5d2c1fa57f3a6f8333a154ec0404a3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeCollabSync.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe
          • Size 5.7MB
          • SHA256 0a44f71683a512feb884ab34881c25b71e4ebf066f689a6e56aa4db73c192249
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Browser\WCChromeExtn\WCChromeNativeMessagingHost.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 c24f55da70f510bd14427eb61487ba8abe6758f7f43b33ade15d4237bdb1fc8d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Eula.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Eula.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 e6421751f995cfc95445af5466f7774b431990b8837084d6ec9c194d9934b321
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          FullTrustNotifier.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe
          • Size 3.1MB
          • SHA256 666d13d4b30f086a431dd7c2db9c3bd8907ec4af8a7663ab3dd15b096655c700
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          FullTrustNotifier.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\FullTrustNotifier.exe
          • Size 3.1MB
          • SHA256 6fab76334c07229ba67c4c62c69246c5697aaf8dc37a494bcc67173aaf05ece0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          LogTransport2.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 193beca79f1214822e579c8700b1815f473a0c89dcd6c6276ebf8f88624f13ba
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          arh.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\arh.exe
          • Size 84KB
          • SHA256 85012194a74546c1bdf1c921f58a541b12931d0b44993fdf516f51d800d4dd88
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          32BitMAPIBroker.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 a684305cc3f2c3431ae4beed2c0bec2809a3fad72512c5b1e1c4ff72d279bd51
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          32BitMAPIBroker.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 d8c81e890971aa386958cf3f9b0e32a3dce1dedc44355f3a38583614e3f4c0ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          64BitMAPIBroker.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\64BitMAPIBroker.exe
          • Size 3.1MB
          • SHA256 d6fccfb61ef9de0f864ba7b1f41bbc5fb85ce0802061e4696c8a9a29c2eed071
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          reader_sl.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 723a6ded22ff1a0c7b99d94f6b31d36d6fd6ad15a388d3679baf077588e2cdc8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          reader_sl.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\reader_sl.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 f69cd56f4b47d9ea2b2f5f71691a11eb5a43e320c7aff369d2434ac28a6b4f52
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          wow_helper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\wow_helper.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 1acf5266874d8ed3b2d79ce7ba51f07913567d2ed4851782607ecf2e6e9c82d7
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARM.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
          • Size 4.0MB
          • SHA256 d88fe37b7a9184b20325c3c61898214a710496cdd6d3b209f60b7221a9b72f1d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARMHelper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe
          • Size 3.3MB
          • SHA256 4da92bec7e06a3ec0cc15eb47f234d978a8a5d1c0f8641fa732b9e2a41e8058e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARMHelper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARMHelper.exe
          • Size 3.3MB
          • SHA256 a85788a3c8bc035cf390d095a0789ac755383e5ab79ad90f923cf9ca8ae19bca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RCX432C.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\RCX432C.tmp
          • Size 107KB
          • SHA256 22575ded64a0e1b12edb3cd1241adccc7122039fa085e8f29d1bf4dc83195a9c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          jaureg.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jaureg.exe
          • Size 514KB
          • SHA256 a3554c0aa5b520fd6bafe5a51315af9fab83fc98d1a57cf24004656acb479f8f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VSTOInstaller.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 ea55a7619ae763a6bce56543f557111b3dd234d66b8699f5985f10c5bd1c855a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          VSTOInstaller.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe
          • Size 80KB
          • SHA256 b7defdbb386b421f6cd4d380d051c0b7d738b89d6cba3b5b70144f40c9409e55
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          java.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_161703\java.exe
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 3db19e7419d5bf11884d498da84e58fd01442f682beae21808ac1381d64d9937
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javaw.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_161703\javaw.exe
          • Size 3.2MB
          • SHA256 572649a4732f07c4cc65d93db86e6aef40bd7d94b34a880c10109cbf49ac61be
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          javaws.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_161703\javaws.exe
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 193685a4cffbf33fda37bb9c82aab95d8b6a82a13bee6b5f1b04cfb850e55c82
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          disabledupdater.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe
          • Size 8.6MB
          • SHA256 51d44634fe11e8bbf4af95117b18a1722741aa89a703ba848b7de20ca30895b9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          disabledupdater.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\GoogleUpdater\141.0.7340.0\disabledupdater.exe
          • Size 8.6MB
          • SHA256 e3ba64ce0fb557258f776ca03b72129b9eced8af73c98c24c4369c80515d24ca
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Update\DisabledGoogleUpdate.exe
          • Size 5.7MB
          • SHA256 072e3df4e4625971a43bd6cb49933895dd2f57e03e7b1d0087ed0e09c35920bf
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedge.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe
          • Size 6.8MB
          • SHA256 f5a4cac143590b33cd4c17c178b4772bde3d294e86815bfaf51912fe1095c469
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedge_proxy.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 f48bb5a80adf980a3d417f678f8d5811b01050692bb1303c118595cb66b12e54
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          notification_helper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\notification_helper.exe
          • Size 4.5MB
          • SHA256 551254119f452c379003177abbabdf3b6b1c075b9f4a01374b2fe80f8f327426
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pwahelper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 b762eff58293efa1f8c4d2d33142da7476ad1d3f4e1d76fcf9a50ebb1ba5e56f
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RCXBE50.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.143.57\RCXBE50.tmp
          • Size 103KB
          • SHA256 8c186e37bd8c0883232c729223206b47a98721babf97fee5bb63b78796e05221
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          alg.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.143.57\alg.exe
          • Size 105KB
          • SHA256 efbab46fae8f7e6622e1ce0907ba488d112cfe2719e6ed3ded8aec28e5c0207b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          RCXC552.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\1.3.195.65\RCXC552.tmp
          • Size 104KB
          • SHA256 55b0bcf84f431b3235945febf8107ed73b18166f295e71a88237aa4ad0f9bf49
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          ie_to_edge_stub.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 31d10da698491545a65f670c1a116ca0abf857787b2445640b7ba87101f42700
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          setup.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\Installer\setup.exe
          • Size 9.9MB
          • SHA256 31c3b8299a5a38ad5b3ca134a32bbb04dbd8992646f26b4c370205265e7bf7a2
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          cookie_exporter.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\cookie_exporter.exe
          • Size 3.0MB
          • SHA256 58ffa3f9b0765d97a62c9501962a591ecaaa606ecba1a0353ff224f02a600326
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          elevated_tracing_service.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevated_tracing_service.exe
          • Size 6.7MB
          • SHA256 0df176bc9ec1999dfaf0a8b92fada2551a07d2b5cf915c23816d6afe6e8d163b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          elevation_service.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
          • Size 5.1MB
          • SHA256 23d61870279194d38d97663d07c60c89ded7c8e2039c82790c5a5ac2bef976a8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          identity_helper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 03ba4b3fa103cdc4d9010147c985b76a97b4837f44ebede93d7573a45d82100a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedge.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe
          • Size 6.8MB
          • SHA256 abe1256dc82ec2a32a81b8d84f4bc193b7de242c240aec4ff850c80d324a4b37
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedge_proxy.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 9d2ad244f2ced31f4fabb34c0dfbec6d1b903eed673266bda12a07c3734cbdac
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedge_pwa_launcher.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_pwa_launcher.exe
          • Size 4.7MB
          • SHA256 c7467e48453df4b40180e5e309d78be68371ed2fa24e837c6e8693d907effcad
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedgewebview2.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe
          • Size 6.3MB
          • SHA256 a0d4f8b7d6401950dcdea8ec3ef18a1653a5daa0f53a8f3957cd9d4637cd2524
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          notification_click_helper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\notification_click_helper.exe
          • Size 4.5MB
          • SHA256 b7284d24c1788ddc7a62968ad2278aeaf314bec58087dc7b450a247a95e9bd0d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          pwahelper.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\pwahelper.exe
          • Size 4.3MB
          • SHA256 03612ecbe888568b65a0d81a4519819a8950510a3eaa188e9a2adc69cba00274
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          msedge.exe

          • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
          • Size 6.8MB
          • SHA256 79473e17f862d2d28abe8dd44bb720f31626d3aab4c7668d14da3e3be17fc3eb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          alg.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\alg.exe
          • Size 2.9MB
          • SHA256 3b42220be08c541eb54ef7877c1e3ae1923cbfcb14c90f8cf5acfd3ef5e6a26a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH