Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    08/07/2026, 22:08

General

  • Target
    2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 562KB
  • Sample260708-12mmsshx7p
  • SHA256 44e1425d6f32afed2d0096d787392aa26ecfac3c0ef6955d9ec30c754b17c566
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3140
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aD513.bat
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5084
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4896
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2760
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:724
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4048

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 126KB
        • SHA256 37ef32f9e429f14a21ed058855bfffb0f673d1d35a531c13b71c380b21e4b987
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SyncConfirm.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\SyncConfirm.exe
        • Size 536KB
        • SHA256 f6190dc014ce7fd7c434e0aa4da668aac43b50f526a282ad6e8bb1defb2bdf94
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 482KB
        • SHA256 2c7657fe57ec426599ef848815689264720ffed5a0f9a5d33d07cafabeb43bf3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$aD513.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$aD513.bat
        • Size 830B
        • SHA256 0bad40334f34139bed3f03c81a6ac67e9c0406ac08fa52acee4c4bca9cde4129
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-08_c2004c7adf58ea97e66a9b252c30e294_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 534KB
        • SHA256 adb2322034128b81c03aa31614ed0fe2015c1c9be0fdc6e9a642daef5d64557b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rundl132.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\rundl132.exe
        • Size 27KB
        • SHA256 a09188048ad8de6fb0757cad9717dc5946cef743fb2022dd8fe4fb21d1f0f165
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 8B
        • SHA256 f2d2cf0c992b9fe521af1cba2f911d62494882e796a4cda4da2dba61b4d669d5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/2760-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-358-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-1247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-5036-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/2760-5551-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/3140-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp

        memory/3140-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000435000-memory.dmp