Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
149s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
03/07/2026, 18:45
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 925KB
- Sample260703-xd5a6aev3s
- SHA256 b13666f89ef7091d22ceeb2c608af3722ad3e8e7402b7d5c11bc0440dc262b6c
- MD5 e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364
- SHA1 bbc6d1badb314024d8d6336906d4031b16524420
- SHA512 6f70f24af49ef49146931a40f73c85b653b8a09ff5d8370eef30aa19a3386519a8c0fc2a41191daefbea6b86eb5e378db08afa39c0431bb2e0dce1a4243b8f8b
- SSDEEP 24576:kyMxFwazewGzC2nEXCwRBIziSxqr32ZHNSIzJy:UgRzC2nEXXRqzaT2ZHHly
- TLSH T124159E2535E2C437C27610B4D919E6B1FBA5BC70093249CB7ED23A791F785C18A38BA7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
pid Process 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
pid Process 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
pid Process 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
pid Process 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 2576 2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-03_e4c78694ba7f8791a95572feddc7f364_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2576
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\N9IM4ZQ1\domain_profile[1].htm
- Size 42KB
- SHA256 b484bcb8a3c928d0c586f457de776c21c8611b39da0086d54f005be9cf41a1e0
- MD5 915cc43ebf31ce86cae2ae6f0c5df9f4
- SHA1 f5417d0e9809fd02260da270a7ae1c88340d28fa
- SHA512 8f079a3e2e9a3c8b72176077f648cf06fb1149a0cdca7f680fb55beec8b2f7c3847f09d5ccb66adbd22121bb39c0e50f2e33442ef637236a5dfb46e311cb0c67
- SSDEEP 768:Lce52r5Qy2I4UqTCr5F2kXmQeID62M/M8BDvrAgTug9lV8604b1Z3XWqxHC9DCHn:552r5QyHVXF2yeI4UsvrAgTug9lV86P/
- TLSH T14A13927B52222C3B0AA342FDB0B5FB0DF6E6D101EB03826585FA1AD3A3C5E559C7245C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH