Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 04:35

General

  • Target
    2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe
  • Size 2.1MB
  • Sample260718-e7wl1agv6m
  • SHA256 d8978980b512ae660befac0ad2bcf46ba1974c57aa7579de16a712b06ac52173
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • 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.

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4948
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8E51.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4704
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4824
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:924
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:844
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4348

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 125KB
        • SHA256 32ceade4848d40f45f89b954ea0f6d1c9f79442e6efbabc851e0597f54fa8a74
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 575KB
        • SHA256 50cfd2e5853b5de56895f1d56316514d6bb407d90e58c3bed89942e340361531
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 481KB
        • SHA256 d5fbaf5c0d8e313d4dad23b28cac4256c5dbed6ab3b0d797e2971f30c5e095ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$a8E51.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a8E51.bat
        • Size 752B
        • SHA256 257fb834934709c89d348c8e71187f2b324df9ff2eb82b07108a4f7a8cb49a63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_2303cf1600ef3611b0bbe33b8e197b71_darkgate_elex_remcos_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 2.1MB
        • SHA256 2f28345d3d15057755e4e26472a1f4de2cd47d29eeb7b8cf90d3f8e68d019f25
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 7868d8e6b129092e067cad70c1a861952a903451b5b7f49c9bcb203d5e9fb777
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-876885714-46325919-1482798410-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 5f23935a5f9dba1f13339c50be038a41382c873a721f954d6fd8b1348386716a
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/924-30-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-36-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-131-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-1249-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-5036-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/924-5549-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4824-23-0x0000000003040000-0x0000000003041000-memory.dmp

        memory/4824-19-0x0000000003040000-0x0000000003041000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4948-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp