Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
133s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
29/06/2026, 09:07
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 1.9MB
- Sample260629-k3kltshw9v
- SHA256 aed035da20e19660dd49b14b086240d8f50f1509100fe30ce1241e3e19a729b2
- MD5 26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3
- SHA1 053899186e0e6aba37288064e25b50260b36fa13
- SHA512 4da12d7825c14cd091290ceac6713ee72bb160ad7b28b9b115f5d98f0cd83222aea2eab168c8c213e6da65884cafdc00b97d090c29bc0295a441323da753c98a
- SSDEEP 49152:Y7pHZc0VK9SgouvAeFfenxyQZXS7uQ0NIq:mHM9S1uxaxdS7u9
- TLSH T1A1953A1667F9412EF2F36B70DEB943A45A73BC669E39C10F5284125E4CB0B60A935B33
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
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-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3084 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe - Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 11 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.exe.exe 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Temp 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCXCCC.tmp 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCXD3B.tmp 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\Backup 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe.exe 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe.ico 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe.exe 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe.ico 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.exe 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 1692 4912 WerFault.exe 85 - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe - Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\5FB7EE0633E259DBAD0C4C9AE6D38F1A61C7DC25 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\5FB7EE0633E259DBAD0C4C9AE6D38F1A61C7DC25\Blob = 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 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\5FB7EE0633E259DBAD0C4C9AE6D38F1A61C7DC25\Blob = 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 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 4912 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4912 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3084 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4912 wrote to memory of 3084 4912 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 86 PID 3084 wrote to memory of 2392 3084 2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe 98
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4912 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3084 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"3⤵PID:2392
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4912 -s 17842⤵
- Program crash
PID:1692
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 432 -p 4912 -ip 49121⤵PID:872
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCXCCC.tmp
- Size 792KB
- SHA256 98bcbb6df68949c99330c1b8b04460b6735e3490b29037efecaa4580384c0490
- MD5 d271c06dd393bbc9c5c5974f79d73e75
- SHA1 4260cc644f93357265a83fa024454195ada4cd0a
- SHA512 23cdea519c02685b8dcfd1e18d4e727ababdc97f1c07e29cb7d1ab1568cdd42a5a33d72749b79825858d3a09fe3f130644a91a23b5f211a6b5161364649ad484
- SSDEEP 12288:+d7c8RHqgpjCrgwd7JulCqKcFo0T3HKNw5i+8FtK:+d7c8VHjCrgwd0lHKADl
- TLSH T1A605AD1D70BAD96FEBE385308EA147F81D42EC1BCF74020B5499A128EC657B6347DE26
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
- Size 634B
- SHA256 4f9b2f699943dc7a42321fde879d884202e9b3bd8391519cc69bd83d8d485aae
- MD5 4600ea83e72c40d5b6d25248895c4d66
- SHA1 666d119fa0398adce7093f434fc15437ca6913c5
- SHA512 08c1e1315bd3be50f47cce09a7b9c36aa38572495cdcbaa1053f6cc14af921437f3972c25d2d5c8df70a5b2e239a62d4cec6b3039de5b99e43b173eab4cb0bc9
- TLSH T108F0F41726E40254F1B72F22EBF990B357377C96AD2994BCA0D8031E48E1A45D5B27B3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
- Size 18KB
- SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
- MD5 f5d4c05bc8ea0d4fc4d277abda7369d9
- SHA1 f67e793b159bd1e75ed4dec0de352ea1b6583708
- SHA512 359a966c4dc8d62a570b428dfb3e666a63efd6bfff7c5b5ace3bc97ea09ba701d9fa524f439bf9902746c2ecac9c1f76c90868b0152eb825b2a09a9474fdbb34
- SSDEEP 384:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9jdIYigYws0i9Db9Ey8RbmL4A8UiINyGNB:MrUq75oUFtb0F+o5nfy9uYigY9K5ALdH
- TLSH T19D820BA2B4408C11CD868F3EA4C1D726D672BC813D8591C27565F219CFB23869A9F7EA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
- Size 1.1MB
- SHA256 182290269834d8e13036156156bbe2feea72b9c2074161dd0f8f243a17f2fa40
- MD5 2d02218a0d7dc78bc433ab17a1852fcc
- SHA1 187bbcf1cb6057c8e7f62c992ab44e43e3b4c85a
- SHA512 cf307d3785ac3c3b901ceced2eccb233080c53b0fd06b0927ca2e8a5760c06723b7a475cebf422fab30647dc9e748009bcfae32ecd2e14d806843825094443d7
- SSDEEP 12288:k3Sgouvz0ZRHkXVfeeO4LMneqyQsWSjGQCfLBlS7guN1AnQ6i12NI+:+Sgouvz0ZRHkFfenxyQZXS7gZnQh2NI
- TLSH T1FD45E50267F94129F1F37B71EEB993645A77BCA1AE39C50E5280025E0DB4A90DE71B33
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 251KB
- SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
- MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
- SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
- SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
- SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
- TLSH T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp313C.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
- MD5 bbb796dd2b53f7fb7ce855bb39535e2f
- SHA1 dfb022a179775c82893fe8c4f59df8f6d19bd2fd
- SHA512 0d122f454fcbf4524c2756692f0f33dc98f5bd2426839c6f03cd5c5f4fd507a8a15cf489d7a7ceadd1b95cf31b506c04bf03d613a9ba7d76add92766b1dc5c2b
- TLSH T10D71D9CF0D1A6413ABC7ED8EB1C5F3AB4C34A7E06AD1588B05B895C24FC3B862A5905D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4CF4.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
- MD5 ec946860cff4f4a6d325a8de7d6254d2
- SHA1 7c909f646d9b2d23c58f73ec2bb603cd59dc11fd
- SHA512 38a98b18dbae063bc533a1ff25a3467a7de197651e07e77a1b22cf8ce251282ab31f61dcff5c51ef186cfd115dc506181d480eabffbe92af01dee6282cbee13e
- TLSH T10971B9DB092A5413ABC7DE8AA2C5F3774C34A7E45B96548B087C95C34FCBB971B4401D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4D14.tmp
- Size 3KB
- SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
- MD5 fc2430057cb1be74c788f10c2d4540c8
- SHA1 cab67ee8d5191fbf9f25545825e06c1a822af2f2
- SHA512 4e2b9709a9e3ca5173abb35816e5a0aebbf2a7aaf971d7f75f3ae66e4a812cbade103baa5016525f5ab83a60c18f8d3c278c90ff83e4afdae419f81673cb5aee
- TLSH T1FC71D8CE0D1A6813ABC7FE8AA1C5E3695C30A3E16AD154CB08BC95824FC6FC51A4901D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH