Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    113s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    20/07/2026, 14:37

General

  • Target
    2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 370KB
  • Sample260720-ry6f3adt5n
  • SHA256 2c02752be13c41fd16b1b95c2c921c8d69d2672787a40c1ee5a5924ad0b6c040
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Drops startup file 2 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • 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 62 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3692
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a4BA5.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3464
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2864
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Drops startup file
      • 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:4524
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2316
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:2312

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        $$a4BA5.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a4BA5.bat
        • Size 818B
        • SHA256 42e3bc69d3431e61959625aa36175442796e85b937a2005b636946d8688138fa
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_49a58e718d45d72aad950bded248d437_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 337KB
        • SHA256 2078a90cbf58918644162b359092f11d01e642ff00d6f01e78696664fe5b7861
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 32KB
        • SHA256 776080c09ca890a1871f0816cd2c68f27a07f87fd694230dd974bb68a6bc6f69
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 9B
        • SHA256 dffb19d438b8f053062d389b53daa5ea9c6c49729e68e68ba6a531dc153ab428
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3692-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/3692-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-2658-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-2669-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-7951-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp

        memory/4524-7954-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000445000-memory.dmp