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
05/07/2026, 06:05
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
18 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- Sample260705-gtms2sat3y
- SHA256 c0be82ca7c553e4a42a6cdd49c0604dd611cc9786a3a9a271720f6f50dfa5866
- MD5 ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f
- SHA1 5e9c474ba5b2cfec2ecb9a97ebec37cebc88baf2
- SHA512 0d35cefaf2cef83c1e1f2ae913eebd3ac1ca79727623f9138eaccb638d7ad088b99ed06a8a75d841a15ee42d75465fd8556eb0ae9f065561de2073dee24e6346
- SSDEEP 49152:tmgqWDlmt+OCi1NqvNgyhIZ0tFYh1W1rJ/c8cifaE9+WagVGhUETtHWSQLQRQucC:pqimt+Ov1eNgyhIZ0tFYh1QrpaE97agU
- TLSH T1D4B5BF2936A18076CA3339314A4EF3B9F6B9AD704935022767A03E3C2E715935D2977F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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urelas
C2
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112.175.88.207
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112.175.88.208
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-889581200-2041691093-2048517887-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4648 dofhir.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 dofhir.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 392 wrote to memory of 4648 392 2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 392 wrote to memory of 2052 392 2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:392 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4648
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat" "2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2052
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 4bf480cf51cf33edbfa833eaacc9b509dd029314c09d78c5ac2fd596a5533c88
- MD5 ec962466576db885d2b7878bd50c4abb
- SHA1 82d934acf7f3e23acccf96e0893ed868ad3759c7
- SHA512 1cc9c7dae5f223f576704609dff1d3c17e188f15219356a9a4d68e32cb62b161830991264f5c14ea183397af49fc62cc4e5f12dc26bc6c43c82a8bfe840c6fe0
- SSDEEP 49152:tmgqWDlmt+OCi1NqvNgyhIZ0tFYh1W1rJ/c8cifaE9+WagVGhUETtHWSQLQRQucw:pqimt+Ov1eNgyhIZ0tFYh1QrpaE97agi
- TLSH T180B5BF2936A18076CA3339314A4EF3B9F6B9AD704935022767A03E3C2E715935D2977F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
- Size 512B
- SHA256 f6ac51f63e05e0c1e484b9a0df249ea47e6db7e72b603191235b19fb486a0efe
- MD5 64bd6ce7bbf11d281db681ed92eef333
- SHA1 2034da53aac1d1bb31412abd3374518956556beb
- SHA512 5063a264be28eab5fdae7684427cf23fe80d79d14305f516c41871422daefd8a9b39bc715098bb955b623514f0c0781b0d8b516e0bf0f0ef8c6c7736b106ba26
- TLSH T163F092A400A6F19C3212A505E52AF7312362DCDC204DBC4906D7B335A23105C80D807A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat
- Size 350B
- SHA256 22b71cba82fa3cb8a71d264c4b2f6499355d331133217592c86118e1d9bd854a
- MD5 e60a3d24a9781259cd94aa77f5912a01
- SHA1 8da0d01f92e5fbb49a61cc1456b65651b2642759
- SHA512 d907250e2c9e134a183373f4f6de9c08a06096969d79cee47d001326373b10db25785f1841f696c43eb26f2d19ffb0dface9835911c46ecb9472042b58e5d187
- TLSH T158E01256407FDE570404E127C6E9A48CE1E9565D2B5737116710892C61D144EF5D6642
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH