Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
148s - platform
windows11-21h2_x64 - resource
win11-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-21h2-x64systemwindows - submitted
03/06/2026, 02:16
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11-20260513-en
General
- Target 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 411KB
- Sample260603-cqdnragv8x
- SHA256 a829de6d41f6bd0ff3d522f5a14850d94c20e75a06a1578988fa61a9b7731c13
- MD5 c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89
- SHA1 3b58b033d9e2cf3ef56a9c3f7cb742c267708aa6
- SHA512 e6748fe8e2d5fcdaa2f0d8efd03d8532e43dee6e7c4806b1438603f00eecf33cf3efa7b921d09377585ceb468a1df03e80d7b2d985e70f622267779e404bc268
- SSDEEP 6144:/UgnWhzr8SfxL/2Dc33C+U4tLsUL6mmt0fSoD78uLwsehNjRMt:ZAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjR0
- TLSH T14B946A31FE70D036D6BB0DB51B25C706683DBA204F611AC3F3E88E8D59642D2673AA17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2336 temp0a1.exe - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 2336 temp0a1.exe 484 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 5144 Playexe.exe 4916 temp0a1.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\jaremore = "C:\\Windows\\Playexe.exe" temp0a1.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 25 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\Z: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: temp0a1.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bb.ico temp0a1.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe temp0a1.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\file0a0.dat 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe Playexe.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe Playexe.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Playexe.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Playexe.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\file0a0.dat Playexe.exe File created C:\Windows\Playexe.exe temp0a1.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language Playexe.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language temp0a1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language temp0a1.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 2588 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 2588 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 5144 Playexe.exe 5144 Playexe.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2588 wrote to memory of 2336 2588 2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 80 PID 2336 wrote to memory of 484 2336 temp0a1.exe 81 PID 5144 wrote to memory of 4916 5144 Playexe.exe 84
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2588 -
C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe"C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe" ejecuta2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2336 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:484
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C:\Windows\Playexe.exeC:\Windows\Playexe.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5144 -
C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe"C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe" ejecuta2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4916
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-03_c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 359KB
- SHA256 84d4c479221646130ed559a78fb278996fbc060cf87debf6e8bd2c270a7d70f2
- MD5 ac6978d0fef8f6f2f07051473d188f02
- SHA1 e50da923c96e44b0d7987eb1e6a7940a05b511b4
- SHA512 95147a5ff79642e007d718d095cfefb424f7bd40dce15f4810f27ae1d52c21f329f9649fba9e654e3215747cb1fa6f8534f0a0d42c68bd75374530ad059d6ab9
- SSDEEP 6144:tWhzr8SfxL/2Dc33C+U4tLsUL6mmt0fSoD78uLwsehNjRMX:tAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRE
- TLSH T101746B31FE74E032C7BB0DB21B36C716183DBA604B511AC3E3A89E9D59702D26776A17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Playexe.exe
- Size 52KB
- SHA256 9da022c7a2755e83aa974ac8503650090e0991140cd6fb1b80d48134edc10273
- MD5 e951dec1e2a767d9a9c0a96c733a6aab
- SHA1 c882939e2197cb05a8db744b985d1be57a879400
- SHA512 c53f37d07c82ac315fcda4a10a65bbaaa3e49b064da14c1ec32b669d759ec72d667e5c88319cafffac5ce774f1afe236e9c31189a5d0a6282bf7dd62e03bb7a6
- SSDEEP 768:ywJvvqaxRyEtyZmC9Lm09Pv2pMJ0+s4t9cpO5vAjXFBS3Q70PcLHQitRr1DJSBH:D3qaxRyEk9LmQuyPt9cgY4PcLH7nu
- TLSH T105333913FA804636E05AD7BC9C18D184BE3C7E30AD39D1A6B7991FCC9E2D1D0542DEA2
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bb.ico
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 823cbf89390733bd09d5541839786670d748064e50ff235928abd9e2433192b7
- MD5 84a8ab049bb249ce1b1e25d5648571a9
- SHA1 66b48c0e63f542b74a5b003af9660222c1d0f324
- SHA512 8ce3b7fa9917ee0164b3a09920aaa1ec6806159aab184e3fbb15fc58134c64957811eded9ad3d459c0c1a257aee3129473136d1800f5d89bc9adc5a43a4b6c64
- SSDEEP 48:z2pe4sdnY/3XXXXXXXXXXcDD3V+yD3/6k0vucpb:z6bsdnY/XXXXXXXXXXcDD3Vr/6Jvu6
- TLSH T19C91553EA718B8B0F98E6DB1236FC064505E7504151BCDA6B1A9FCB07F92CEA40143CE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\file0a0.dat
- Size 22B
- SHA256 6b4b1a917c9aa008f95dc607ac499e6ade0a2160370ed2785b3ea89755ff624e
- MD5 bb59290b13614516900ba803381f4e34
- SHA1 9dd77aed02cf2377bab25f6cc7cce250464c4f24
- SHA512 c198a80610944d821523dfe716da5c150018bd8041e63795c67c103c225623ad5298a9cd8a317cd23bf237e27b955a8559c9e9b6945b80d5d306aa12ede61fe1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\file0a0.dat
- Size 133B
- SHA256 0cc928c4ac8b411ea092b26827cd39f4101c1bcfbf50ea0d2662dff085e96552
- MD5 13c5227793514304cbc04d50c7cf5a9d
- SHA1 feebcb291e3ccab0ff638bec957a2dcfd725bdac
- SHA512 78056cca10d2a38d625f59435aa1f0c120460a1c709b3b9dc931b08eade5a37343d2ca29cad60466faeca30ba223369f2c6e4a8a99d7322910a6644b32ca3655
- TLSH T11BC02B434DDFCD110015F407C3A204C8C150140F269B13003339C0BC55F144FB183612
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe
- Size 411KB
- SHA256 a829de6d41f6bd0ff3d522f5a14850d94c20e75a06a1578988fa61a9b7731c13
- MD5 c42621f519ddb64a30d67cf03b5dcb89
- SHA1 3b58b033d9e2cf3ef56a9c3f7cb742c267708aa6
- SHA512 e6748fe8e2d5fcdaa2f0d8efd03d8532e43dee6e7c4806b1438603f00eecf33cf3efa7b921d09377585ceb468a1df03e80d7b2d985e70f622267779e404bc268
- SSDEEP 6144:/UgnWhzr8SfxL/2Dc33C+U4tLsUL6mmt0fSoD78uLwsehNjRMt:ZAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjR0
- TLSH T14B946A31FE70D036D6BB0DB51B25C706683DBA204F611AC3F3E88E8D59642D2673AA17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH