Overview

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Static

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2026-07-05...er.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-07-05...er.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    133s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260629-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    05/07/2026, 06:05

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General

  • Target
    2026-07-05_ac35635bbdf6069d23a85335702f7d6f_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 2.2MB
  • Sample260705-gtms2sat3y
  • SHA256 c0be82ca7c553e4a42a6cdd49c0604dd611cc9786a3a9a271720f6f50dfa5866
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
adwarediscoveryurelaspersistenceransomwarespywaretrojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

  • urelas

C2

  • 112.175.88.207

  • 112.175.88.208

Signatures

  • Family: Urelas

    Urelas is a trojan targeting card games.

    trojanurelas
  • 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.

    persistence
  • 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.

  • 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.

    discovery
  • 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
    adwarespyware
  • Modifies registry class 38 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 50 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 54 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 40 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 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.

    persistence
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

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

    ransomware
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

    ransomware

Processes

  • 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⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:908
    • 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:5208
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat" "
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:5424
  • C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
    sihost.exe
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4356
    • 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:5604
  • 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:3280
  • 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:4296

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
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        dofhir.exe
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dofhir.exe
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 367c39602c6b0793b18646d0467957163cbd128b80842a38e66940d540a6560e
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        golfinfo.ini
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
        • Size 512B
        • SHA256 f6ac51f63e05e0c1e484b9a0df249ea47e6db7e72b603191235b19fb486a0efe
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
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        sanfdr.bat
        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sanfdr.bat
        • Size 350B
        • SHA256 22b71cba82fa3cb8a71d264c4b2f6499355d331133217592c86118e1d9bd854a
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        memory/908-21-0x00000000001D0000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp
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        memory/908-0-0x00000000001D0000-0x000000000040A000-memory.dmp
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        memory/908-1-0x00000000002EA000-0x00000000002EB000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3280-61-0x0000017402E80000-0x0000017402F80000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3280-91-0x0000017414690000-0x00000174146B0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3280-59-0x0000017402A20000-0x0000017402A40000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3280-45-0x00000174001E0000-0x00000174002E0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3280-43-0x00000174001E0000-0x00000174002E0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/3280-75-0x0000017402C80000-0x0000017402CA0000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5208-14-0x0000000000C3A000-0x0000000000C3B000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5208-24-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000D5A000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5208-13-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000D5A000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5208-223-0x0000000000B20000-0x0000000000D5A000-memory.dmp
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        memory/5604-213-0x00000000060D0000-0x000000000629A000-memory.dmp
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