Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    16/07/2026, 01:48

General

  • Target
    2026-07-15_6f4cdf883f93bde7103aaeb81d8d3eae_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 5.1MB
  • Sample260716-b8brfaay2m
  • SHA256 d375c3c77cc650309b9335f845840aa9a2a50fd15b3316f100251ac67d8cdc55
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Loads dropped DLL 10 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_6f4cdf883f93bde7103aaeb81d8d3eae_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-15_6f4cdf883f93bde7103aaeb81d8d3eae_amadey_darkgate_elex_icedid_luca-stealer_mespinoza_njrat_remcos_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1728
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s AddIn4Excel.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:3456
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s AddIn4PPT.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:936
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s AddIn4Word.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:2148
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s OverlayIcon.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4904
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s OverlayIcon2.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:5776
    • C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s AddIn4Excel64.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:3100
    • C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s AddIn4PPT64.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4428
    • C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s AddIn4Word64.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4884
    • C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s OverlayIcon64.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:3560
    • C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\regsvr32.exe" /s OverlayIcon264.dll
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Modifies registry class
      PID:4084

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        AddIn4Excel.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AddIn4Excel.dll
        • Size 119KB
        • SHA256 c9e86daef89dd4a457208e7d51d971f449b0f7e16b51c771aabdf4a8bc105777
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AddIn4PPT.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AddIn4PPT.dll
        • Size 121KB
        • SHA256 662b3093514b5f56e0b8aeccbfd90e821e197594cc99b4e805ee582e3c3bf259
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AddIn4Word.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AddIn4Word.dll
        • Size 118KB
        • SHA256 8b64191de1960489db3b4a319bf00927c4922439c349ad9124754ec0d5de806c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OverlayIcon.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OverlayIcon.dll
        • Size 189KB
        • SHA256 a03b5734ca6bdf6209b735b5fb7c55ae21386ffcd8f28025159cc336ad93102b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OverlayIcon2.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OverlayIcon2.dll
        • Size 119KB
        • SHA256 e58371ecd9adc1810a8ed51bd2cd05772eceabbc0d5f0896cff488b8402a4332
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AddIn4Excel64.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\AddIn4Excel64.dll
        • Size 134KB
        • SHA256 ad729ccb13312c0d9d24c091e60de481b2622f2a026da0810f4b15c97567bdf9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AddIn4PPT64.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\AddIn4PPT64.dll
        • Size 137KB
        • SHA256 6a5e73c4aa0c912ea105bb546cc6d38756bb134115f59270045970ab6128aef8
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AddIn4Word64.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\AddIn4Word64.dll
        • Size 134KB
        • SHA256 2551a738fb96aaf5275462bc987ec88157639e928119ab221611fcfc2ebcf283
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OverlayIcon264.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\OverlayIcon264.dll
        • Size 134KB
        • SHA256 4c80d7de907d49b435f594eca03e26d741b3bd9b394aadfd50be375485eb1089
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        OverlayIcon64.dll

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\OverlayIcon64.dll
        • Size 214KB
        • SHA256 36b8308f5f038f321f69c6cb0abf180f2fefb02db8521153be20dabe5efd983a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1728-0-0x000000006FFF0000-0x0000000070000000-memory.dmp