Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    128s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/07/2026, 12:43

General

  • Target
    2026-07-10_a79483b7403ebfc89f301b51c56683a1_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 36.1MB
  • Sample260710-pyay2sbx4j
  • SHA256 703f466285030db5702e51ad5dcf021fa0d293707a883ee6fea5a5ac567ec698
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 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.

  • Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_a79483b7403ebfc89f301b51c56683a1_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_a79483b7403ebfc89f301b51c56683a1_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2024
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_a79483b7403ebfc89f301b51c56683a1_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
      /i "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Deep Sea Electronics plc\DSE Configuration Suite\2.220.2.0\install\Config Suite.msi" AI_SETUPEXEPATH="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-10_a79483b7403ebfc89f301b51c56683a1_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe" SETUPEXEDIR="C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\"
      2⤵
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies system certificate store
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:5764
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2352
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 8768867BB3292B34D703AA452F78931E C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:6476
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:5124

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          MSI7D54.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7D54.tmp
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 02ca99212b699c7efb1f0c3a62d873911212777132366c894fd094fe226cb5bc
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          MSI7F1A.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI7F1A.tmp
          • Size 245KB
          • SHA256 4a3c2bad890e08cdf6c51230b950ef689983bda0d698d748bbbee1589c1c18d0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Config Suite.msi

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Deep Sea Electronics plc\DSE Configuration Suite\2.220.2.0\install\Config Suite.msi
          • Size 3.4MB
          • SHA256 06181f85a2d459ef2d8419bba3835aaae50cf2c8e62a4623d7f1a8c758ce889e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/2024-0-0x0000000003170000-0x0000000003171000-memory.dmp

          memory/2024-35-0x0000000003170000-0x0000000003171000-memory.dmp