Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
07/07/2026, 03:54
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260706-en
General
- Target 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 411KB
- Sample260707-egcffaev2p
- SHA256 7523ef67a70c9c38db0574caa57ef57f6523af625ba143e2f9a5ad227b7e5b87
- MD5 4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9
- SHA1 a64530763f201ebae38593a93983cc09e5c2d21f
- SHA512 2ce7b6864ffc4fbe9e910858259587e936450c76a768041da00dc39f111a82a3d442022529b70b030142b1d350a2c9d558b4f87e7d895bdaf673833d29126181
- SSDEEP 6144:7Ug/Whzr8SfxL/2Dc33C+U4tLsUL6mmt0fSoD78uLwsehNjRMt:NAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjR0
- TLSH T168946B31FA74D436C2BB0DB51B25C706683DBA204F6119C3F3E89E8D59742D2673AA17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-204488895-2999877624-296153668-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Playwin.exe - Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 2100 temp0a1.exe - Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
pid Process 2100 temp0a1.exe 4784 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 4544 Playwin.exe 2276 temp0a1.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\jaremore = "C:\\Windows\\Playwin.exe" temp0a1.exe - Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 25 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\A: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\L: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\P: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Q: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\T: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\E: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\G: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\H: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\K: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\S: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\W: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\J: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\N: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\O: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\R: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\U: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\V: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\A: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\B: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\I: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\M: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\X: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Y: temp0a1.exe File opened (read-only) \??\Z: temp0a1.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bb.ico temp0a1.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\OfficeC2RClient.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.exe temp0a1.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe temp0a1.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 9 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Playwin.exe temp0a1.exe File created C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe Playwin.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe Playwin.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\file0a0.dat Playwin.exe File created C:\Windows\Playwin.exe temp0a1.exe File created C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\file0a0.dat 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\Playwin.exe temp0a1.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 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 Playwin.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language temp0a1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language temp0a1.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 4 IoCs
pid Process 2336 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 2336 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 4544 Playwin.exe 4544 Playwin.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2100 2336 2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe 86 PID 2100 wrote to memory of 4784 2100 temp0a1.exe 87 PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2276 4544 Playwin.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2336 -
C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe"C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe" ejecuta2⤵
- Deletes itself
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2100 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4784
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C:\Windows\Playwin.exeC:\Windows\Playwin.exe1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4544 -
C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe"C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe" ejecuta2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2276
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Credential Access
Credentials from Password Stores
1Credentials from Web Browsers
1Unsecured Credentials
1Credentials In Files
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-06_4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 359KB
- SHA256 84d4c479221646130ed559a78fb278996fbc060cf87debf6e8bd2c270a7d70f2
- MD5 ac6978d0fef8f6f2f07051473d188f02
- SHA1 e50da923c96e44b0d7987eb1e6a7940a05b511b4
- SHA512 95147a5ff79642e007d718d095cfefb424f7bd40dce15f4810f27ae1d52c21f329f9649fba9e654e3215747cb1fa6f8534f0a0d42c68bd75374530ad059d6ab9
- SSDEEP 6144:tWhzr8SfxL/2Dc33C+U4tLsUL6mmt0fSoD78uLwsehNjRMX:tAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjRE
- TLSH T101746B31FE74E032C7BB0DB21B36C716183DBA604B511AC3E3A89E9D59702D26776A17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\Playwin.exe
- Size 51KB
- SHA256 03cdac959d788fbc274f29c4abefbe706a9c9fb6b108d4501b13effbbe57ec05
- MD5 3215ac5ef18c06cd5e2d652b33fb12ec
- SHA1 2a5bf634f1b7752231ca2b4d5a0174883d6b1504
- SHA512 3bb3c8112409b51a03a07756373a12f162a7ab85423c742ac03cabc242eebb9553db0872d4dd43d3e17c0f4a72d0705b79fecb72df70e31cbb101b45c2e54d97
- SSDEEP 768:2wJvvqaxRyEtyZmC9Lm09Pv2pMJ0+s4t9cpO5vAjXFBS3Q70PcLHQitRr1DJSBH:H3qaxRyEk9LmQuyPt9cgY4PcLH7n2
- TLSH T1A1335A53FA808576E055DABC9C18C184BE3C7A30AD399096BBED1FCCDF2D1E0552DA92
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bb.ico
- Size 4KB
- SHA256 823cbf89390733bd09d5541839786670d748064e50ff235928abd9e2433192b7
- MD5 84a8ab049bb249ce1b1e25d5648571a9
- SHA1 66b48c0e63f542b74a5b003af9660222c1d0f324
- SHA512 8ce3b7fa9917ee0164b3a09920aaa1ec6806159aab184e3fbb15fc58134c64957811eded9ad3d459c0c1a257aee3129473136d1800f5d89bc9adc5a43a4b6c64
- SSDEEP 48:z2pe4sdnY/3XXXXXXXXXXcDD3V+yD3/6k0vucpb:z6bsdnY/XXXXXXXXXXcDD3Vr/6Jvu6
- TLSH T19C91553EA718B8B0F98E6DB1236FC064505E7504151BCDA6B1A9FCB07F92CEA40143CE
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\file0a0.dat
- Size 22B
- SHA256 d9fe856fa2fd89c6556894139a878f10f285abb325f5b6f3184d421d31b13c47
- MD5 347645124937efb248dac7e7ac4658d8
- SHA1 a43a16f8b6cfe4c8602d34c923de789f05a50229
- SHA512 5e582fbd874540ade8fb900e73db7df249b1ace9bc52b875611910aa694f5728e0d9612bfc046c725201e3a47a8caa82a13f2b2992b657dfe32600a00e43e8f1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\Windows\file0a0.dat
- Size 133B
- SHA256 6eb4a6c7bff628b07cf4d0e961aa148e49c9583a0064a1ea78903dcd3c0170b3
- MD5 769cb92971065fede93aa8ea3f43f2d9
- SHA1 658061ae66129e2eff9333d36853fa1bf7511a5e
- SHA512 df038f40a6e6e26605d6262f292a947f45e6f24080158e4e937c0245a1f9579ca048aa0253b5f59e891e099f7966fe2809bea360cc82a920c9b46ddc14a9bdaa
- TLSH T155C09B4741BFDD221515D407C7B25C44D1E596CDA9971B10731CC58C53D284FF597689
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\temp0a1.exe
- Size 411KB
- SHA256 7523ef67a70c9c38db0574caa57ef57f6523af625ba143e2f9a5ad227b7e5b87
- MD5 4ec0a2bae4e3cee2df1b2ab995be5ff9
- SHA1 a64530763f201ebae38593a93983cc09e5c2d21f
- SHA512 2ce7b6864ffc4fbe9e910858259587e936450c76a768041da00dc39f111a82a3d442022529b70b030142b1d350a2c9d558b4f87e7d895bdaf673833d29126181
- SSDEEP 6144:7Ug/Whzr8SfxL/2Dc33C+U4tLsUL6mmt0fSoD78uLwsehNjRMt:NAwSfxL/2Dc3jDLLmt0LDQewsAjR0
- TLSH T168946B31FA74D436C2BB0DB51B25C706683DBA204F6119C3F3E89E8D59742D2673AA17
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH