Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
149s - 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, 16:08
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
- Size 344KB
- Sample260720-tk9yfafx8j
- SHA256 cc50af7d218e387e146cdb9b2e57c36ae09b7455224b94b0ad0a72b1995c732b
- MD5 2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112
- SHA1 1e3b0c5b634b17e1516d7aecbcd6ff88f5929d68
- SHA512 4e3d1e1856bd36f3fe897e2dca30f50d6bcd479a1285f0f90e1679d7e1bea1252d768b07290de432d9be68056513c19dc7a855158295d931f3f331c87e30df9e
- SSDEEP 6144:iD3IUG5fdVlWOYMx24lkmYL32BJP3gb7KvUbR1y9mmXgHHHu:i7IU1OYMrlkmYz2B0V4
- TLSH T15E74AE1176E0C837E1B324710DADC7646A69B8715A21C28F7BD1272FAE307D2DA3572B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 1 IoCs
Detects file using ACProtect software.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x000d00000001c469-7.dat acprotect - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 4136 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 12 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.SBG 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.BOS 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.MPA 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.QEP 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.SJL 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.REG 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.IFI 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.NAR 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.NGJ 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.ONB 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
pid Process 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4136 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe 2264 AdobeARM.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4136 wrote to memory of 1860 4136 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe 89 PID 1860 wrote to memory of 2264 1860 2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4136 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~012⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1860 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2264
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
- Size 315KB
- SHA256 7ff9e87eb472dec8c7b317fd5823d7d27214b11b84ed3fdfad95546ab5c3e8e8
- MD5 7bb62d0a993e7ca3fafa109687dc5e82
- SHA1 8a901623824a411209a92a1fe90f985457efcc38
- SHA512 8c2ac0b80010490d0f464bc232dea27d4be345faa3c918802a6b06dfccd83e4505fd70311d1f652b6fbdbb94b2562ec480115b684db046d7dc18835bbeb70698
- SSDEEP 6144:i5fdVlWOYMx24lkmYL32BJP3gb7KvUbR1y9mt:ZOYMrlkmYz2B0Vt
- TLSH T1E2647D1176E1C436E1B324764DBDC7686669B8701B2582CF77C42B6EAF307D29A3132B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
- Size 358B
- SHA256 4bdeef3c23626c765e56666600eaf1364d17cfb83ac8ed662b1589f0e2579f08
- MD5 98a61b54f3ce20be88ec6c087ef54264
- SHA1 17cea320ed42d28508ae8e5c25d5dd5d5154419d
- SHA512 96a97ee27852fb0d6e42b1298045547be910cc133b002ed800a245888f646aabf1f9e007032ef3d5af872775741f21eeb383564fb6c7545d6541e4c762e94540
- TLSH T112E086920FFA50B51FB05292AAD47EF7D2C1B74983819630E354B734E2D484B2CAF26C
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 251KB
- SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
- MD5 864c22fb9a1c0670edf01c6ed3e4fbe4
- SHA1 bf636f8baed998a1eb4531af9e833e6d3d8df129
- SHA512 ff23616ee67d51daa2640ae638f59a8d331930a29b98c2d1bd3b236d2f651f243f9bae38d58515714886cfbb13b9be721d490aad4f2d10cbba74d7701ab34e09
- SSDEEP 3072:wT4DJAvCXkQqSmSgojgTaDuK1+4xKtaU/QX5Pm9vR549QHmYPCjTMNro0Jnxu4Fn:xvUzH5
- TLSH T1B144E44363FC1209F6F37B41EEB852A44B77BDA5AA3EC15D1184015E08F5A90DA72BB3
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 86c37d531bdec92247c60d88a836074249f45a0f3b124f0ac03df8214779d701
- MD5 887232bc07bd1ed68c6913d71735179a
- SHA1 739dc10a629e1e4e2a4f6cbba66732062f58a1e0
- SHA512 0b029375874ca5030d41f637a5771e68d74be360c6a4ed284e0de646ca9f393bba47abe910c4648c75623c1df513171ac1668b3d9618e4d4527ff6661eefe8f9
- TLSH T1A651878BFE361A73C13F0231134ED56A39286200067D85A25A2CA45F36EB1B08B79F08
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH