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
    20/07/2026, 00:45

General

  • Target
    2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 382KB
  • Sample260720-a4befaav2r
  • SHA256 6d1e7e3c0b6364ec0c921192959cb0e3e64fd54799fe8f7563d24c98462f02e9
  • 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 SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4852
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a6453.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1644
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4400
    • 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:2136
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3508
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:4992

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 e9934bf368c22bd3436b1f939adde9245a2c3081d10366858558b3de2b8d8683
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 575KB
        • SHA256 e8fcd59ef434ee79f6a3b10c241bd58386db4a11fabd8778518be434db889b1f
        • 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

        $$a6453.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a6453.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 0392f238eeab20df7a9f28529ce65d8e1d80b8b6e580f17d744e40bb339dc406
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-19_b2b5b866c6e15a859597afdc25d9de83_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 355KB
        • SHA256 8ea4837a6cc33e5dc931383685c827492c3956b2fc297a9d98f6a2129fa5373b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 f6fd80ec31d5161fa3aaf9b42059443deb4602b2d49ff1050bf98b117e2c8dcf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 dffb19d438b8f053062d389b53daa5ea9c6c49729e68e68ba6a531dc153ab428
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/2136-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-34-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-21-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-398-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-1247-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-5036-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/2136-5551-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4852-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4852-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp