Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    127s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    18/07/2026, 03:59

General

  • Target
    2026-07-17_4be4445235fd8361285eb2d24fd7add5_amadey_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 12.1MB
  • Sample260718-ej7pcsfw8p
  • SHA256 d75e6ca0ca5a8062dda2564a81126b726d1db96cf6f8fd10d58fd96a0f75c4cd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

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

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

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

  • Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs
  • Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 29 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_4be4445235fd8361285eb2d24fd7add5_amadey_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-17_4be4445235fd8361285eb2d24fd7add5_amadey_elex_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:872
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS863E0C29\setup.exe
      .\setup.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1104
      • C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe
        "C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • Modifies Control Panel
        • Modifies Internet Explorer settings
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
        PID:2780
  • C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
    C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
    1⤵
      PID:5696

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          setup.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS863E0C29\setup.exe
          • Size 1.8MB
          • SHA256 98b7edf8b4cf2b3da93a001b1e909d2195eebfa91742323473d9bc7e4bbdaa48
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Q-Dir.lnk

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q-Dir_tmp_folder_2019\Q-Dir.lnk
          • Size 1KB
          • SHA256 f8efcc4df2830dbf5b19b4e2548ec788743424af5830d9f88292da613bf2bf2d
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Q-Dir.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
          • Size 683B
          • SHA256 27cd46d991cac15f954f403fb5771ef3edf6f12b8642730b3d269f7433de2d0a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Q-Dir.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
          • Size 702B
          • SHA256 0593fc36c7e78aacc84247197d92b27da6a1083bcd896b3948dfbba2b4395da3
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Q-Dir.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
          • Size 730B
          • SHA256 c907f02c7e8d8048836e51399614b921a1d598f681d368ae9d6db350e3946df9
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Q-Dir.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
          • Size 746B
          • SHA256 00435e95c8387526344f5fdfd81441d4c5cfa8181505d692830455dbe5e4c42c
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          Q-Dir.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
          • Size 41B
          • SHA256 8af1716df1fc2f1275332774d0fc20a6fe36a1e187389a654b3b178efc25ed43
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          Q-Dir.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
          • Size 661B
          • SHA256 fac9228b539b0de686475cf4016a3fe0fa2c99eade94ba5477628d3e855f60ce
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1104-6-0x0000000002320000-0x0000000002321000-memory.dmp