Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    29s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260618-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260618-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/06/2026, 04:46

General

  • Target
    2026-06-27_99ac8a1d14cca2e2dee35ade21ef13fc_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 722KB
  • Sample260629-fd153aew2p
  • SHA256 df11f5ccf4e734ed76e1bba142d4ea77cfb2b61ffa1d3af8892364f969825804
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 48 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

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

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_99ac8a1d14cca2e2dee35ade21ef13fc_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_99ac8a1d14cca2e2dee35ade21ef13fc_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:720
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ejicyagiwj.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ejicyagiwj.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dppiwhgbhs.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_99ac8a1d14cca2e2dee35ade21ef13fc_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5716
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_99ac8a1d14cca2e2dee35ade21ef13fc_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_99ac8a1d14cca2e2dee35ade21ef13fc_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:1844
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pbntzefecj.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pbntzefecj.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1712
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3916
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2628
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YtiykrYH.bat"
        3⤵
          PID:5012
        • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:3388
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
      1⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5380
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:4508
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-537605601-1362463912-856654178-10002_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-537605601-1362463912-856654178-10002 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
        2⤵
          PID:2540
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2756 2760 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:5872
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2812 2828 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
            2⤵
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            PID:2812
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe3_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe3 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
            2⤵
            • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
            PID:1240
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2756 2760 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
            2⤵
              PID:1432
            • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
              "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2812 2828 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
              2⤵
                PID:4984
            • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
              C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
              1⤵
                PID:5760
              • C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe
                C:\Windows\System32\CompPkgSrv.exe -Embedding
                1⤵
                  PID:1152

                Network

                      MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                      Downloads

                      Windows.db

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
                      • Size 1.1MB
                      • SHA256 37261e9b11f81253aa5079c5a280a028f55e89a072165b2c39544cd5781b6f50
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      Windows.db-wal

                      • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
                      • Size 1.4MB
                      • SHA256 4c886d0e7fba121a399e5d5dcf394907f47404ac34fa8c780b8edc6d42505820
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      YtiykrYH.bat

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YtiykrYH.bat
                      • Size 196B
                      • SHA256 5c77d402fee6edcb3578e674be04c4a123011c6dd122ac8a096890c68a8ec579
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      dppiwhgbhs.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dppiwhgbhs.exe
                      • Size 16KB
                      • SHA256 1032628db0541a076950f9c84b4fd6c0586b51b7e493958a9532aaa8d53f5dbc
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      ejicyagiwj.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ejicyagiwj.exe
                      • Size 51KB
                      • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      pbntzefecj.exe

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pbntzefecj.exe
                      • Size 580KB
                      • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      trnmg.sdb

                      • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
                      • Size 1KB
                      • SHA256 17541376a9a331444906c2d169b0a37a187f6b8f3fb6178d5483d27ecc608195
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                      bindsvc.exe

                      • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
                      • Size 291KB
                      • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
                      • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                      memory/1712-36-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000E3A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1712-25-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000E3A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/1712-16-0x0000000000CC0000-0x0000000000E3A000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2812-54-0x000001D299860000-0x000001D299AEB000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2812-55-0x000001D299CE0000-0x000001D299D5C000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2812-79-0x000001D299860000-0x000001D299AEB000-memory.dmp

                      memory/2812-80-0x000001D299CE0000-0x000001D299D5C000-memory.dmp