Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
131s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en - resource tags
- submitted
03/07/2026, 02:20
General
- Target 2026-07-03_fd290a173dd22fb58a7f2fb57625afd4_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260703-css68aez6m
- SHA256 68529b2f063e3e4dbe8b56500ad439fcb33d857515a2ea6242974a7f33ece35d
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_fd290a173dd22fb58a7f2fb57625afd4_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_fd290a173dd22fb58a7f2fb57625afd4_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3F65.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\3F65.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_fd290a173dd22fb58a7f2fb57625afd4_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 68B93B97900B57956B22DC5CE5FAA36F9A399F509EDB183D0FA1EDE6A0D77438B2CFB53572D0C2D067B10CB2694338CD08B4F19BB423FC443404103722CC1F822⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_fd290a173dd22fb58a7f2fb57625afd4_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-07-03_fd290a173dd22fb58a7f2fb57625afd4_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
3F65.tmp
memory/5600-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5824-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-18-0x00007FFCD5E20000-0x00007FFCD5E30000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-22-0x00007FFD15CE0000-0x00007FFD15F43000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-17-0x00007FFCD5E20000-0x00007FFCD5E30000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-16-0x00007FFCD5E20000-0x00007FFCD5E30000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-14-0x00007FFCD5E20000-0x00007FFCD5E30000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-19-0x00007FFD15CE0000-0x00007FFD15F43000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-20-0x00007FFD15CE0000-0x00007FFD15F43000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-15-0x00007FFD15E3F000-0x00007FFD15E40000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-23-0x00007FFD15CE0000-0x00007FFD15F43000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-21-0x00007FFCD5E20000-0x00007FFCD5E30000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-24-0x00007FFCD38D0000-0x00007FFCD38E0000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-25-0x00007FFCD38D0000-0x00007FFCD38E0000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-30-0x00007FFD15E3F000-0x00007FFD15E40000-memory.dmp
memory/5880-31-0x00007FFD15CE0000-0x00007FFD15F43000-memory.dmp