Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
138s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
11/07/2026, 04:37
General
- Target 2026-07-11_51ac39742581a614fa82d9f13f6c0164_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 863KB
- Sample260711-e87ewsdz5y
- SHA256 754b1428e145944cdb07473ab4686e16b67e2c33f8a90b958eefd71ea5b6e95f
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 58 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_51ac39742581a614fa82d9f13f6c0164_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_51ac39742581a614fa82d9f13f6c0164_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-11_51ac39742581a614fa82d9f13f6c0164_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-11_51ac39742581a614fa82d9f13f6c0164_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_chromehelper.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_chromehelper.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /C schtasks /QUERY /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /QUERY /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /C schtasks /CREATE /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DhV.xml" /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /CREATE /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DhV.xml" /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\._cache_chromehelper.exe"C:\Windows\._cache_chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /Automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
chromehelper.exe
update.dll
D9223439-67E0-446D-9D0A-0A55EB400B29
mip_sdk.miplog
~WRS{81A1BABC-739E-4107-AA06-3AEAC998A2CB}.tmp
~WRS{F5947B23-9DD7-4526-B040-24666C3D4704}.tmp
._cache_2026-07-11_51ac39742581a614fa82d9f13f6c0164_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
253A5E00
678A5E00
723A5E00
7F5A5E00
818A5E00
ACxQG.xlsm
D73A5E00
DhV.xml
gb.xsl
WsnOu.docm
~$es6lC.xlsm
~WRD0001.tmp
~WRD0003.tmp
~WRD0330.tmp
~WRD0716.tmp
~WRD3847.tmp
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
memory/1340-60-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp
memory/1340-1-0x000000000048E000-0x000000000048F000-memory.dmp
memory/1340-0-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C1000-memory.dmp
memory/1340-80-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/1340-61-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-152-0x00007FF876310000-0x00007FF876320000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-149-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-153-0x00007FF876310000-0x00007FF876320000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-150-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-151-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-148-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2492-147-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/2992-233-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-141-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-1166-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-82-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-674-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-394-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-1175-0x0000000002340000-0x000000000234B000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-1174-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-1168-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-1169-0x0000000002340000-0x000000000234B000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-1167-0x0000000002340000-0x000000000234B000-memory.dmp
memory/3496-81-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004E7000-memory.dmp
memory/5312-1154-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/5312-1155-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/5312-1156-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp
memory/5312-1157-0x00007FF8789C0000-0x00007FF8789D0000-memory.dmp