Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    123s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/06/2026, 23:18

General

  • Target
    2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 1.0MB
  • Sample260629-3af22shw21
  • SHA256 70b0881f3c3a50c8155ac7437734ebffbe7ac9f39ebf23dfd801c7be01e28790
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a Registry key to the Active Setup of the local machine.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 9 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 2 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 62 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 35 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 44 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1028
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:6060
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1028 -s 1848
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:3728
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 1028 -ip 1028
    1⤵
      PID:3480
    • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
      sihost.exe
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2896
      • C:\Windows\explorer.exe
        explorer.exe /LOADSAVEDWINDOWS
        2⤵
        • Boot or Logon Autostart Execution: Active Setup
        • Enumerates connected drives
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
        • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
        • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4480
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppXstmwaab17q5s3y22tp6apqz7a45vwv65.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4312
    • C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
      1⤵
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:4716

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          RCX13CC.tmp

          • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCX13CC.tmp
          • Size 744KB
          • SHA256 68ed30d050c359c3ee6b8c4ddb2a1bc26dc7b6fb07c38fa7aaaac0e3c8d5d40b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          iconcache_32.db

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_32.db
          • Size 1024KB
          • SHA256 882eb7a5010d881bbc06be3d84e42eaaab2268d73b3648c6e44828118e6abf08
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          iconcache_48.db

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_48.db
          • Size 24B
          • SHA256 d3c9d1ff7b54b653c6a1125cac49f52070338a2dd271817bba8853e99c0f33a9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          iconcache_idx.db

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache_idx.db
          • Size 7KB
          • SHA256 3a0d01c9fa5c2f1d2ac788bc39f1f3b74d024f033fc522654f894089fa01dd48
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

          prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\TempState\prep_Activatable Class_Hermes_perf.cache
          • Size 599B
          • SHA256 b536a3dae9ea5c69081f0491eed829e3b57e32401fdf49a63031bcd6b20e6fdb
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-25_305fd7a97906c146119bd6b776fbab8a_amadey_elex_hijackloader_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe.exe
          • Size 300KB
          • SHA256 1f53dd858788cbfbb626a0e8a52a9a3f1ba1060b3386432c148e972693efd320
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/1028-26-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/1028-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004DC000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-32-0x00000195801E0000-0x00000195802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-79-0x00000195941D0000-0x00000195941F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-50-0x0000019583C90000-0x0000019583CB0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-43-0x0000019583930000-0x0000019583950000-memory.dmp

          memory/4312-44-0x0000019593E70000-0x0000019593F70000-memory.dmp