Analysis
- max time kernel
144s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en - resource tags
- submitted
18/07/2026, 08:54
General
- Target 2026-07-18_0c5a20f27691e10a052f6b19b38f1d5a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260718-ktxvsshx7w
- SHA256 00fa3989a14a8f480096a5728ad0be4fe0536f62d6f37853a53ab1f97c6b1d1c
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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_0c5a20f27691e10a052f6b19b38f1d5a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_0c5a20f27691e10a052f6b19b38f1d5a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2EF6.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2EF6.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-18_0c5a20f27691e10a052f6b19b38f1d5a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 96D4B0F2DB74AD3724DA1251D9BA26FE47EC0F48CA8E8E697ADE85545E98C358BA3A6F0C86A96DBF0351BD55F4108AD424E664A814138D38D2A2F219C27FA5012⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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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\2026-07-18_0c5a20f27691e10a052f6b19b38f1d5a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-07-18_0c5a20f27691e10a052f6b19b38f1d5a_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
2EF6.tmp
memory/3160-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/4980-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-20-0x00007FF7DF840000-0x00007FF7DF850000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-24-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-17-0x00007FF81F85F000-0x00007FF81F860000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-16-0x00007FF7DF840000-0x00007FF7DF850000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-14-0x00007FF7DF840000-0x00007FF7DF850000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-19-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-15-0x00007FF7DF840000-0x00007FF7DF850000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-22-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-21-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-18-0x00007FF7DF840000-0x00007FF7DF850000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-23-0x00007FF7DCE10000-0x00007FF7DCE20000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-25-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-28-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-29-0x00007FF7DCE10000-0x00007FF7DCE20000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-31-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-30-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-27-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-26-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp
memory/5988-38-0x00007FF81F700000-0x00007FF81F963000-memory.dmp