Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    97s
  • 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, 20:18

General

  • Target
    2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 379KB
  • Sample260702-y3psfaay8m
  • SHA256 66453389c4574e8d90ac2de71bfeae5fa0aebd984b32f6891a664f1c448d6c8f
  • 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.

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs

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

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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 40 IoCs
  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 36 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 52 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 39 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4144
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a3C29.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5896
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:1712
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:988
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2508
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4672
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3780
    • 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 use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:2040
  • 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:5480
  • 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:1572
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5804

    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

          $$a3C29.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a3C29.bat
          • Size 818B
          • SHA256 cdd999a52ebf4c03f337fdb84159678bb8a590b45cbb416bdb79478a3835b0d9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-02_794e492a1cae45aee01454f5f1404c8b_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 337KB
          • SHA256 2078a90cbf58918644162b359092f11d01e642ff00d6f01e78696664fe5b7861
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Logo1_.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          • Size 42KB
          • SHA256 a3e89d783e6338d696091ed5a5d0ff9e95d65e9505a280d53c1fb5c7d82d8695
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-3865087520-2734723108-1233268525-1000\_desktop.ini
          • Size 8B
          • SHA256 84391dd9ccd286cb4c6e8500221d005a0d4eb385ac3e77d88acf69fde249440d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/988-5492-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

          memory/988-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

          memory/988-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

          memory/988-7951-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4144-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

          memory/4144-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

          memory/5480-7978-0x0000019F801E0000-0x0000019F802E0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5480-7996-0x0000019F84330000-0x0000019F84350000-memory.dmp

          memory/5480-7985-0x0000019F84060000-0x0000019F84160000-memory.dmp

          memory/5480-7984-0x0000019F83C20000-0x0000019F83C40000-memory.dmp

          memory/5480-7987-0x0000019F83E80000-0x0000019F83EA0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5480-8125-0x0000019F80440000-0x0000019F80623000-memory.dmp