Analysis

  • max time kernel
    145s
  • max time network
    114s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    14/07/2026, 04:39

General

  • Target
    2026-07-14_05b3999f7c987d5032970177a46d4236_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 932KB
  • Sample260714-e927kagx2z
  • SHA256 ad94cb2d31a0f64e185f34d0623087a8e12aefb93be58e4c499d00ae430dc1b9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 10 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 11 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 6 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_05b3999f7c987d5032970177a46d4236_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-14_05b3999f7c987d5032970177a46d4236_amadey_darkgate_elex_glassworm_hawkeye_maze_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3048
  • C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3656
  • C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:4164
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:3064
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    PID:5700
  • \??\c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
    "c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:1512
  • C:\Windows\System32\GameInputSvc.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\GameInputSvc.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4516
    • C:\Windows\System32\GameInputSvc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\GameInputSvc.exe" Global\GameInputSession_1
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:5512
  • C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    PID:5848
  • C:\Windows\system32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    PID:4880
  • C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWow64\perfhost.exe
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1840
  • C:\Windows\System32\ReFsDedupSvc.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\ReFsDedupSvc.exe
    1⤵
      PID:4272
    • C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\locator.exe
      1⤵
        PID:5576
      • C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
        1⤵
          PID:4860
        • C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe
          C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe
          1⤵
            PID:5700
          • C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe
            C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe
            1⤵
              PID:1304
            • C:\Windows\system32\TieringEngineService.exe
              C:\Windows\system32\TieringEngineService.exe
              1⤵
                PID:5840
              • C:\Windows\system32\AgentService.exe
                C:\Windows\system32\AgentService.exe
                1⤵
                  PID:4428
                • C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
                  C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
                  1⤵
                    PID:4988

                  Network

                        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                        Downloads

                        elevation_service.exe

                        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe
                        • Size 2.7MB
                        • SHA256 004e32958734420e3b0895aa0d094a8c4602104a64d7888ec57d2f7984ff574a
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        maintenanceservice.exe

                        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Maintenance Service\maintenanceservice.exe
                        • Size 849KB
                        • SHA256 a6e168207a005e1e65a9dec94272f9d3fd2f102894a369f8cdf3f0f5a69eb813
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        OSE.EXE

                        • Path C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.EXE
                        • Size 829KB
                        • SHA256 33f7922c6a8a6cf31a7cb650dae41b92c3744ce61cc8c641bedeea7ba4c4fa67
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        elevation_service.exe

                        • Path C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\elevation_service.exe
                        • Size 2.8MB
                        • SHA256 81dbf3bbde1d6c5bb309232099c59a2fd04b6f462ef69d2523760db66429e638
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        perfhost.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\perfhost.exe
                        • Size 610KB
                        • SHA256 67b7cd7bce90c03c5f4fed2a7fa3785d0ed8488dfd860be193a81655872f1ec5
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        AgentService.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\AgentService.exe
                        • Size 1.4MB
                        • SHA256 74357ece3470ebae2eba09c5d8333ef7983c472a3966944b172253c9fdd52a9a
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        GameInputSvc.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\GameInputSvc.exe
                        • Size 664KB
                        • SHA256 de59dc8c723d7b7cd0ee0c667598fb1f6da34c252adbbc6a5399a891a42ff510
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        Locator.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\Locator.exe
                        • Size 628KB
                        • SHA256 89c8108bb16b701db4b623de9c68af713cc1cbf70f59d97614e567b9105339d0
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        ssh-agent.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\ssh-agent.exe
                        • Size 1.1MB
                        • SHA256 1b02d0bbd2b836731ee17548449c3b034ed5f835f6d8a99797aa687e77975a1d
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        PerceptionSimulationService.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\PerceptionSimulation\PerceptionSimulationService.exe
                        • Size 832KB
                        • SHA256 c1bb1bc2e0b23b5168ccd65b9d5d80146b692b9a24177e84dc63a938a4fc4ded
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        ReFsDedupSvc.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\ReFsDedupSvc.exe
                        • Size 2.7MB
                        • SHA256 dc298d08186968277dae52cc9b5e9f0e0bbf95b6b257617ac3f49bac7ef3f383
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        SensorDataService.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\SensorDataService.exe
                        • Size 1.7MB
                        • SHA256 69be4be0c6a777665f41913f0654a669188b71077309174df8c412ba89d3567a
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        TieringEngineService.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\TieringEngineService.exe
                        • Size 936KB
                        • SHA256 bda4182ae47435813e1540404c27566cc1ae75f8058c076ec37a7b2f9fe3035b
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        alg.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\alg.exe
                        • Size 780KB
                        • SHA256 6db5136bd5c91e18978ed2e6e0f93f71f5d99accc828521cefc96bd3c3ed2ed0
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        msdtc.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe
                        • Size 764KB
                        • SHA256 cb34300887da8178619c62fb73f3fb4293b2dead0561c7deb6a5771536393661
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        snmptrap.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\snmptrap.exe
                        • Size 636KB
                        • SHA256 c4985bb5eb3709056186d89e6d512a1faed41758fc7c2b51f0f75d9b54ee123f
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        vds.exe

                        • Path C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe
                        • Size 1.2MB
                        • SHA256 fe2e4f34991de1556a32096b211ddf18e17ce7a651bc9330819d9155a38dddb6
                        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                        memory/1304-323-0x00007FF730D60000-0x00007FF731003000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1304-324-0x000001D874C00000-0x000001D874C66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1304-325-0x000001D874C00000-0x000001D874C66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1512-59-0x00000265BD4D0000-0x00000265BD64D000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1512-60-0x00000265BD770000-0x00000265BD7D6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1512-61-0x00000265BD770000-0x00000265BD7D6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1840-274-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004AE000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1840-275-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A19000-memory.dmp

                        memory/1840-280-0x00000000009B0000-0x0000000000A19000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3048-7-0x00000000028A0000-0x0000000002909000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3048-6-0x00000000028A0000-0x0000000002909000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3048-1-0x00000000028A0000-0x0000000002909000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3048-0-0x00000000003C0000-0x0000000000567000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3048-26-0x00000000003C0000-0x0000000000567000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3064-41-0x00000161CE650000-0x00000161CE6B6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3064-39-0x00000161CE650000-0x00000161CE6B6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3064-40-0x00000161CE650000-0x00000161CE6B6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3064-38-0x00000161CE3B0000-0x00000161CE52D000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3656-65-0x00007FF734C70000-0x00007FF734D93000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3656-17-0x000001548AAB0000-0x000001548AB16000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3656-15-0x00007FF734C70000-0x00007FF734D93000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3656-16-0x000001548AAB0000-0x000001548AB16000-memory.dmp

                        memory/3656-18-0x000001548AAB0000-0x000001548AB16000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4164-29-0x000001F5A0A50000-0x000001F5A0BCD000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4164-31-0x000001F5A0BD0000-0x000001F5A0C36000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4164-32-0x000001F5A0BD0000-0x000001F5A0C36000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4164-30-0x000001F5A0BD0000-0x000001F5A0C36000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4272-287-0x0000026F77F90000-0x0000026F77FF6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4272-286-0x0000026F77F90000-0x0000026F77FF6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4272-298-0x00007FF72E810000-0x00007FF72EF54000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4428-347-0x00000237B5F20000-0x00000237B5F86000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4428-343-0x00000237B5F20000-0x00000237B5F86000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4428-341-0x00007FF6E2C00000-0x00007FF6E2F21000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4428-342-0x00000237B5F20000-0x00000237B5F86000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4428-349-0x00007FF6E2C00000-0x00007FF6E2F21000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4516-238-0x0000021244460000-0x00000212444C6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4516-236-0x00007FF6CBE10000-0x00007FF6CBED9000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4516-237-0x0000021244460000-0x00000212444C6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4516-322-0x00007FF6CBE10000-0x00007FF6CBED9000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4860-303-0x00007FF75CB60000-0x00007FF75CF77000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4860-305-0x000002759D910000-0x000002759D976000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4860-304-0x000002759D910000-0x000002759D976000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4880-267-0x0000023869BF0000-0x0000023869C56000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4880-268-0x0000023869BF0000-0x0000023869C56000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4880-265-0x00007FF67A3E0000-0x00007FF67A52A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4880-352-0x00007FF67A3E0000-0x00007FF67A52A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4988-353-0x000001D089E40000-0x000001D089EA6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4988-355-0x000001D089E40000-0x000001D089EA6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/4988-354-0x00007FF7FAD80000-0x00007FF7FB00B000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5512-245-0x00007FF6CBE10000-0x00007FF6CBED9000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5512-246-0x000001A8748D0000-0x000001A874936000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5512-247-0x000001A8748D0000-0x000001A874936000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5512-331-0x00007FF6CBE10000-0x00007FF6CBED9000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5576-294-0x00000263C66B0000-0x00000263C6716000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5576-299-0x00007FF7104E0000-0x00007FF71058E000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5576-293-0x00000263C66B0000-0x00000263C6716000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-49-0x0000026F39E00000-0x0000026F39E66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-47-0x00007FF6A0870000-0x00007FF6A09D8000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-313-0x00007FF7EB480000-0x00007FF7EB534000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-314-0x000002109CDE0000-0x000002109CE46000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-315-0x000002109CDE0000-0x000002109CE46000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-48-0x0000026F39E00000-0x0000026F39E66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-56-0x00007FF6A0870000-0x00007FF6A09D8000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5700-54-0x0000026F39E00000-0x0000026F39E66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5840-332-0x0000023D7E440000-0x0000023D7E4A6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5840-334-0x0000023D7E440000-0x0000023D7E4A6000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5840-333-0x00007FF604580000-0x00007FF604715000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5848-254-0x000001B0BBE00000-0x000001B0BBE66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5848-340-0x00007FF78CB00000-0x00007FF78CC1A000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5848-255-0x000001B0BBE00000-0x000001B0BBE66000-memory.dmp

                        memory/5848-253-0x00007FF78CB00000-0x00007FF78CC1A000-memory.dmp