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

General

  • Target
    2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample260629-k3kltshw9v
  • SHA256 aed035da20e19660dd49b14b086240d8f50f1509100fe30ce1241e3e19a729b2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 11 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.

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • 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.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp/2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
      2⤵
      • 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
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4912 -s 1784
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:1692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 432 -p 4912 -ip 4912
      1⤵
        PID:872

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            RCXCCC.tmp

            • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\RCXCCC.tmp
            • Size 792KB
            • SHA256 98bcbb6df68949c99330c1b8b04460b6735e3490b29037efecaa4580384c0490
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ArmReport.ini

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
            • Size 634B
            • SHA256 4f9b2f699943dc7a42321fde879d884202e9b3bd8391519cc69bd83d8d485aae
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            RdrManifest2.msi

            • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
            • Size 18KB
            • SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            2026-06-27_26f083f8749f0abf7de5a8a25a6b36f3_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

            • 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 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            ArmUI.ini

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
            • Size 251KB
            • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Tmp313C.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp313C.tmp
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Tmp4CF4.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4CF4.tmp
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            Tmp4D14.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp4D14.tmp
            • Size 3KB
            • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            memory/4912-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E8000-memory.dmp

            memory/4912-110-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E8000-memory.dmp