Analysis
- max time kernel
108s - max time network
150s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/07/2026, 20:31
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe
- Size 4.1MB
- Sample260719-zankcaev5x
- SHA256 0f13a32186abf299124a4495c37030a642de934f5e6cf85301bce9a6c5906b07
- MD5 f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff
- SHA1 7f6f40f0bbe29e4b0ea8716ee7ea5958811145ed
- SHA512 b5e8ca02c0e7d16c3267ecca0a138bdc9be0648d769b532145c93341947461aed42111128b7de1886e7ea1284624c654864118bcb4ffa7c83f2b28dd3252ae8a
- SSDEEP 49152:C/IabjKoh9WsWOrE2MfFhKPgssSt2gV0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067wqJtb2I:SIabjKoh9WsxGhv7StGM+M6RkMkIM7z
- TLSH T1E7161A0EEE949F21D0BA1570B9E1C36F5DA27CD10932855B3385BB6ED932F8157E2322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with ASPack 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2600-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c51a-5.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x000200000001b32b-11.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/2600-1389-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/memory/5048-1468-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040D000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack behavioral2/files/0x00070000000064cb-1956.dat INDICATOR_EXE_Packed_ASPack - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5048 patcher.exe - Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinFirewall = "C:\\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\\patcher.exe" patcher.exe - Drops autorun.inf file 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Malware can abuse Windows Autorun to spread further via attached volumes.
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\servertool.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\pack200.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jconsole.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jrunscript.exe$ 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\klist.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\rmiregistry.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoadfsb.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\LogTransport2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\140.0.7339.81\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesX86\Microsoft Analysis Services\AS OLEDB\140\SQLDumper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\Windows\Installer\{90160000-001F-0C0A-1000-0000000FF1CE}\misc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\BHO\ie_to_edge_stub.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\keytool.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\plug_ins\pi_brokers\32BitMAPIBroker.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge_proxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedgewebview2.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jstatd.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\rmiregistry.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\139.0.3405.125\elevation_service.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jdeps.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTE.EXE 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SDXHelper.exe$ 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_disable\Install\{442E2BAB-89E2-4A69-94D2-35EFF397FE54}\MicrosoftEdge_X64_139.0.3405.125.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SELFCERT.EXE patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\vfs\ProgramFilesCommonX64\Microsoft Shared\DW\DW20.EXE$ 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\identity_helper.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeCore\122.0.2365.106\notification_click_helper.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\javap.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\native2ascii.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jp2launcher.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Client\AppVDllSurrogate64.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\OUTLOOK.EXE 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\PDFREFLOW.EXE$ 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.15\createdump.exe$ 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iediagcmd.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\jre\bin\policytool.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\SkypeSrv\SKYPESERVER.EXE 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\nmhproxy.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\139.0.3405.125\msedge.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Integration\Addons\OneDriveSetup.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\pingsender.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Program Files\7-Zip\Uninstall.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-1.8\bin\jinfo.exe$ 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.185.27\MicrosoftEdgeComRegisterShellARM64.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSQRY32.EXE 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AdobeCollabSync.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Java\jre-1.8\bin\jjs.exe 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\msoev.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.exe patcher.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 22 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\PresentationFontCache\3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\PresentationFontCache.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\ComSvcConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\ComSvcConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe$ patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_64\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\dfsvc\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\dfsvc.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\SMSvcHost\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\SMSvcHost.exe patcher.exe File created C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\WsatConfig\3.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\WsatConfig.exe patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_32\MSBuild\3.5.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\MSBuild.exe$ patcher.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language patcher.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\:\autorun.inf 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\:\autorun.inf patcher.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2600 2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe 5048 patcher.exe
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader_stop_wannacry.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2600
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C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exeC:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops autorun.inf file
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5048
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\905c0769f9a06c95a24ddf945\patcher.exe
- Size 4.1MB
- SHA256 0f13a32186abf299124a4495c37030a642de934f5e6cf85301bce9a6c5906b07
- MD5 f574e1810f30baa58a414482cd03b2ff
- SHA1 7f6f40f0bbe29e4b0ea8716ee7ea5958811145ed
- SHA512 b5e8ca02c0e7d16c3267ecca0a138bdc9be0648d769b532145c93341947461aed42111128b7de1886e7ea1284624c654864118bcb4ffa7c83f2b28dd3252ae8a
- SSDEEP 49152:C/IabjKoh9WsWOrE2MfFhKPgssSt2gV0g7mM+M6RkMkIM7I067wqJtb2I:SIabjKoh9WsxGhv7StGM+M6RkMkIM7z
- TLSH T1E7161A0EEE949F21D0BA1570B9E1C36F5DA27CD10932855B3385BB6ED932F8157E2322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe$
- Size 4.6MB
- SHA256 a306c7c495824c82bc5a21666d1b7caf6d00dec357a89190425985db21db59f4
- MD5 5493b8dde84d3c3214bfb6bb58120924
- SHA1 ccb6d5c8e48ecf64946cab8de222da815f02d1f5
- SHA512 572ab070c61eeacb482692bea98ab3d81dad905d78557ac6087dbcf2400ec744796cf4ec0610fe03a7450ca6b20f81d39f835fb741576e395b57cb319d2f1116
- SSDEEP 98304:SIabjKoh9WsxGhv7StGM+M6RkMkIM7zZjo:zvUPNo
- TLSH T18D262B0EFE948F21D0BA5171A9E1936F9DB13C910A31859B3345BB6DDD32F8197E2322
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\ClickToRun\{9AC08E99-230B-47e8-9721-4577B7F124EA}\integrator.exe$
- Size 4.5MB
- SHA256 5dfe4934adbbd281f7fa6dfde13b4d5c37559e6f46b3154ee5b090678e0bd8e8
- MD5 2517c9d8cdf7d751646adf800c70897f
- SHA1 a96969c67cbd516eb7d43f0f8bc5959c93f40c07
- SHA512 df3119d2b4bc3b2bd0a5e0c54ba38c0300f149602345de3ea345553f4de96004d62c153d3e9a26151f6b8eb1a1f711f841e42d03258c51729566e66983490bda
- SSDEEP 98304:SIabjKoh9WsxGhv7StGM+M6RkMkIM7zkpig:zvUPm
- TLSH T1D7261A0EFED49E25E0BA1570B9F1836E5DA27C910931865F33847B6ED932F8097E1722
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH