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

General

  • Target
    2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 344KB
  • Sample260720-tk9yfafx8j
  • SHA256 cc50af7d218e387e146cdb9b2e57c36ae09b7455224b94b0ad0a72b1995c732b
  • 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.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 12 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

Processes

  • 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.~01
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_2d5b40957c40cd2e78214b6a9bb71112_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
      2⤵
      • 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

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 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AdobeARM.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
        • Size 358B
        • SHA256 4bdeef3c23626c765e56666600eaf1364d17cfb83ac8ed662b1589f0e2579f08
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ArmUI.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
        • Size 251KB
        • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SYSLIB32.DLL

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 86c37d531bdec92247c60d88a836074249f45a0f3b124f0ac03df8214779d701
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/4136-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-128-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-98-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-112-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-120-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010008000-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-133-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-141-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-143-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-147-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/4136-152-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp