Analysis

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

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    02/07/2026, 13:35

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_1c42d3f26f5bf10713fbf7334ac1ebfc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 1.9MB
  • Sample260702-qvphpsft2v
  • SHA256 690b93bf931d54cb7249d8bc1db0e9442ea5c51636c9dba070354963ff2fd2ab
  • 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.

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • 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.

  • 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 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 32 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_1c42d3f26f5bf10713fbf7334ac1ebfc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_1c42d3f26f5bf10713fbf7334ac1ebfc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:692
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\61EC.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\61EC.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_1c42d3f26f5bf10713fbf7334ac1ebfc_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe C21F38DE455319425588A9C7FFCFDADEC586911980D138218D67CE6FEC058E54856E3AFE24A83BF32679735B77916EF59E84E6F1F546C4CC19C541CA241F32A0
      2⤵
      • Deletes itself
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5696
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5592
    • 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:1636
  • 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:5524
  • 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:3804

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        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

        61EC.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\61EC.tmp
        • Size 1.9MB
        • SHA256 27734f747c97560f216aebdd8153530a3cb7377744e47526bdc29b24109b7de4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/692-0-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005E6000-memory.dmp

        memory/5524-10-0x0000020AB7930000-0x0000020AB7A30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5524-8-0x0000020AB7930000-0x0000020AB7A30000-memory.dmp

        memory/5524-22-0x00000212BC570000-0x00000212BC590000-memory.dmp

        memory/5524-54-0x00000212CCD50000-0x00000212CCD70000-memory.dmp

        memory/5524-23-0x00000212CC9D0000-0x00000212CCAD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5524-36-0x00000212BC7D0000-0x00000212BC7F0000-memory.dmp

        memory/5696-6-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000005E6000-memory.dmp