Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
153s - 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, 11:42
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260629-en
20 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe
- Size 510KB
- Sample260705-nt85lsb18s
- SHA256 5961aea803c4c1fa28e7a70ce08f497c5a61a7fbdaa01fb49fdbdab491291d8e
- MD5 53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783
- SHA1 29e2af7bf8f0fbbfeb4fa5ef0404fdc6f54d891a
- SHA512 94be1f78db6a5b7af13e81dd5e84a6e098e8ba8cbb31a2c0d62b0743e345737db4a4801a9b0a99f58c723fd8b91760fe14558e8490f34c08a4c12e70024364ac
- SSDEEP 12288:cFUNDa/SFMlkXTWpvmaMByhopIaCbiTdbGF/:cFOa/sYmkmaMj1Cb8NGF/
- TLSH T1B9B48D227B90D436C26225B15AA6D375BA6E7D311F708A8737D07B2D6E70283B97430F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" explorer.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2370214745-1838013427-2987045292-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" svchost.exe - Executes dropped EXE 6 IoCs
pid Process 3040 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 4692 explorer.exe 4180 spoolsv.exe 4360 svchost.exe 2672 spoolsv.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Svchost = "c:\\windows\\resources\\svchost.exe RO" svchost.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Explorer = "c:\\windows\\resources\\themes\\explorer.exe RO" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Svchost = "c:\\windows\\resources\\svchost.exe RO" explorer.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\Explorer = "c:\\windows\\resources\\themes\\explorer.exe RO" svchost.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe explorer.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exe svchost.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe icsys.icn.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe explorer.exe File opened for modification \??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exe spoolsv.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Resources\tjud.exe explorer.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 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 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language icsys.icn.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language explorer.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language spoolsv.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language spoolsv.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
pid Process 4692 explorer.exe 4360 svchost.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs
pid Process 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 3040 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 3040 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 2848 icsys.icn.exe 4692 explorer.exe 4692 explorer.exe 4180 spoolsv.exe 4180 spoolsv.exe 4360 svchost.exe 4360 svchost.exe 2672 spoolsv.exe 2672 spoolsv.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 440 wrote to memory of 3040 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 83 PID 440 wrote to memory of 2848 440 2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe 84 PID 2848 wrote to memory of 4692 2848 icsys.icn.exe 85 PID 4692 wrote to memory of 4180 4692 explorer.exe 86 PID 4180 wrote to memory of 4360 4180 spoolsv.exe 87 PID 4360 wrote to memory of 2672 4360 svchost.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:440 -
\??\c:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exec:\users\admin\appdata\local\temp\2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3040
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C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exeC:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2848 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exec:\windows\resources\themes\explorer.exe3⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4692 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe SE4⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4180 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\svchost.exec:\windows\resources\svchost.exe5⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4360 -
\??\c:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exec:\windows\resources\spoolsv.exe PR6⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2672
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_53331214cfd28a27940025d5e466d783_amadey_darkgate_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop_swisyn.exe
- Size 375KB
- SHA256 c8fd8860e9a05cc61684ca7a4fea22eda721e701ee717dc039f52312d8d21be6
- MD5 7631c33878c331d7396679b0c391fca8
- SHA1 77ac7d3e4d50a67751b7577b4e284aaa7245733d
- SHA512 4f7ca574794fcd5eddb1bb94919e63fb9ddf35dbd451b25ed30db0ba1b3ab3c373fd7f7d99794456c1ca0532a3b494c5ff85c1906936b504c787172326860892
- SSDEEP 6144:1jBIBdVp4/GMlkkcTWponHXVRO2vaMByhCjFp5aapeVbDWTdhqMQaPRGugx:1SFMlkXTWpvmaMByhopIaCbiTdbGF
- TLSH T129846C1277D0D432C2B231714AA6E3756ABEBC715E35838B77D02B7D9E302D19A3871A
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\explorer.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 38c3eda058d6dc81c85348f3fa51c2c3a04130770179e1654797a81dd2727c63
- MD5 9450b5b86abcaf971ea43ed6441836c3
- SHA1 ea26d5beaa52718e1b80877119f61aa803ce2ea9
- SHA512 34325e472cc738057818a181f7cda1113344b2c927e872dfd7b753034c4eb3c3c84c5478d8f1be8e3928b6cc9bf9a2e9cc7e17e6085d03d8fb5ed6531e1ff6e1
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgtTOi:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalETOi
- TLSH T1B8D3F913AE61506FD821C6F158B6EA6EFA216E351BE16E0337B2BB04267614371F131F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\icsys.icn.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 03ecf0970d6f8ebebc9e637db5d2d433f2d45b6c6d3c84a1e17a1da875b9c2c0
- MD5 afc141a0ac2731dc9af4f6dfa1bb4dcb
- SHA1 6542a740e82aeabbed886ca88ca0250685d7924e
- SHA512 b499c298b1209831aa6cb5935094da0419edba720356794040820e3cf47c42df3629edd963bd15d3d75ab8b8e978a6033870c7a22093e3d7d47329d562ea3c9f
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgtTO3:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalETO3
- TLSH T18AD30823BF10546AC622C9F26CA9D369B9161F272BE0ED4776A6BB0435B561371F030F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\spoolsv.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 509e076f4893cc38c68f8cbff599a191d06d73b69cb910af509b75c6c1ac8006
- MD5 1b209762ff8186cf36372a6b713bf186
- SHA1 9ef0ce6eb2a400047d7e344a2269fc63166c2592
- SHA512 6e8a5930a4ef84bffaa9782b88dadf6c51b684ca2af6e5b03ba67013049ac1aaab643ecbb13dcdc28d2d3aefd9ad520a083e4407d4a72073436cc6ccfd61f274
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgtTOU:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalETOU
- TLSH T1F1D3F923BE10902EE81189F178798B6DB9215E321BD1BE477397BB047A7260375F631B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Resources\svchost.exe
- Size 135KB
- SHA256 20f6a9e2fe8db0790546d7432b34e12de3800493f0dbe14da364cad911a51857
- MD5 f38744434664da6b0a85402e1b2674a5
- SHA1 ca053a87e9a2ecd718f2811436d94f5967cc59b9
- SHA512 e867b014cbbad314b43d134d2274a681048d8e81bdae41916a2dca4e102f0cb375fc86d0639e3b969121da0a51c4b2f94647d48d409db46bdbbf4fc7e93f7aa9
- SSDEEP 1536:XfsEqouTRcG/Mzvgf7xEuvnXNTRdUzwTekUOisZ1yDDajtXbgtTOS33333333336:XVqoCl/YgjxEufVU0TbTyDDalETOp
- TLSH T14FD30B13BE00042EE953CDF22C95DE9AF9221E391BB4AC477296BB042675553B6F530F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH