Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • 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
    11/07/2026, 15:58

General

  • Target
    2026-07-11_834450a7b92b28c06e8423e132a5ece7_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 910KB
  • Sample260711-tekflags3y
  • SHA256 57feef962a64f6da45d9191e65c4ca38ab77d76265f5dd4e70a070f7cbb6da92
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Bootkits write to the MBR to gain persistence at a level below the operating system.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 3 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 26 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_834450a7b92b28c06e8423e132a5ece7_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_834450a7b92b28c06e8423e132a5ece7_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3944
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eiarvyefqj.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eiarvyefqj.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bidbrayylg.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_834450a7b92b28c06e8423e132a5ece7_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:684
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_834450a7b92b28c06e8423e132a5ece7_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-11_834450a7b92b28c06e8423e132a5ece7_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Writes to the Master Boot Record (MBR)
        PID:1608
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mhuxxfwlov.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mhuxxfwlov.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4772
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1744
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4092
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hf6mArzo.bat"
        3⤵
          PID:2340
        • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4600
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
      1⤵
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4416
      • C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:2332
      • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 800 804 812 8192 808 784
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5024

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          bidbrayylg.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bidbrayylg.exe
          • Size 204KB
          • SHA256 43d9674005156a494cfc06e4848fb672123fcf2469a25a6fe9286fba4d2dd80e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          eiarvyefqj.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\eiarvyefqj.exe
          • Size 51KB
          • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          hf6mArzo.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hf6mArzo.bat
          • Size 196B
          • SHA256 2566914efe1a51be0691afccbfd3a63b4f87ab15b5711704453d1039956111ed
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          mhuxxfwlov.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mhuxxfwlov.exe
          • Size 580KB
          • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          trnmg.sdb

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 2b5ca0c74a700668079ef6ce6ce9372b3db2af2f1c9b7e4bb8938fa94c4f6138
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          bindsvc.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
          • Size 291KB
          • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          memory/4416-21-0x0000021ACBAC0000-0x0000021ACBAD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-37-0x0000021ACBBC0000-0x0000021ACBBD0000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-53-0x0000021AD40B0000-0x0000021AD40B8000-memory.dmp

          memory/4416-65-0x0000021AD5740000-0x0000021AD5748000-memory.dmp

          memory/4772-20-0x00000000000C0000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

          memory/4772-177-0x00000000000C0000-0x000000000023A000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-92-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-87-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-72-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-71-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-70-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-82-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-81-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-80-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-79-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-78-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-77-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-76-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-75-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-74-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-73-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-83-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-84-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-85-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-98-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-97-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-96-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-95-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-94-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-93-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-67-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-91-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-90-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-89-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-88-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-69-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-86-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-99-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-100-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-101-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-114-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-113-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-112-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-111-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-110-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-109-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-108-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-107-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-106-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-105-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-104-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-103-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-102-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-126-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-125-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-124-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-123-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-122-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-121-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-120-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-119-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-118-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-68-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-117-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-116-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp

          memory/5024-115-0x000001E9FE4E0000-0x000001E9FE4F0000-memory.dmp