Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    137s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    15/07/2026, 10:21

General

  • Target
    2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 2.0MB
  • Sample260715-mdp65ads5x
  • SHA256 45b3584db4ba070bd6abdc509993d3793e81187bd1e14a3144898d453a8fcf25
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • 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 processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
  • Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs

    The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2692
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\386B.tmp
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\386B.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 923D81522C114DB2C16D2C826D34B9F52155702AF96A88675E2D7E6078116715685FBC16E640E8E583B7304265FD0A7DCCD708787553E9DFFDB16916D5C10DEF
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      • Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5968
      • C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE
        "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""
        3⤵
        • Checks processor information in registry
        • Enumerates system info in registry
        • Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4628

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_348be5c9fbbb9f6718a128b19e2b08e3_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
        • Size 19KB
        • SHA256 f0c1b360c0b24b5450a79138650e6ee254afae6ce8f6c68da7d1f32f91582680
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        386B.tmp

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\386B.tmp
        • Size 2.0MB
        • SHA256 4508748d95eff825095d04102a00f8831d23499bcd6d20158a4172d2b75a2946
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2692-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-25-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-28-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-15-0x00007FFE0811F000-0x00007FFE08120000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-18-0x00007FFDC8100000-0x00007FFDC8110000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-17-0x00007FFDC8100000-0x00007FFDC8110000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-16-0x00007FFDC8100000-0x00007FFDC8110000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-19-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-20-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-22-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-38-0x00007FFE0811F000-0x00007FFE08120000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-27-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-14-0x00007FFDC8100000-0x00007FFDC8110000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-26-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-24-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-23-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-21-0x00007FFDC8100000-0x00007FFDC8110000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-29-0x00007FFDC53D0000-0x00007FFDC53E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-30-0x00007FFDC53D0000-0x00007FFDC53E0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-37-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/4628-39-0x00007FFE07FC0000-0x00007FFE08223000-memory.dmp

        memory/5968-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp