Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    123s
  • 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, 14:21

General

  • Target
    2026-07-05_822eb99d4406224fc50f835604ac5135_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260705-rphnmsgv9p
  • SHA256 ad726e2d89189053aeb5dd1327be83cec4992703aaf715f8401781a8affa9112
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • 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.

  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 7 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_822eb99d4406224fc50f835604ac5135_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-05_822eb99d4406224fc50f835604ac5135_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1636
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\regsvr32.exe" /s "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Pokki\Download Helper\npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll"
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:6040
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Pokki\Download Helper\PokkiDownloadHelper.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Pokki\Download Helper\PokkiDownloadHelper.exe" --command restore
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2992

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        PokkiDownloadHelper.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Pokki\Download Helper\PokkiDownloadHelper.exe
        • Size 889KB
        • SHA256 3e86037b30ab4264a609d818edd1bd83de0069b6a84465c2f39e4705ac034cd4
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Pokki\Download Helper\npPokkiDownloadHelper.1.2.0.78.dll
        • Size 754KB
        • SHA256 c4015ff5913711e0aae8d968c2708c17396d6287f4b774382bdc993f7febb3bd
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Mutt-2026-07-05.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mutt-2026-07-05.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 c5bf088d721aaff5ecca3cb613079832c7c4c67421436290ce7caa45ea9d6f87
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1636-0-0x00000000007A0000-0x0000000000998000-memory.dmp

        memory/2992-21-0x00000000007D0000-0x00000000007D1000-memory.dmp