Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
134s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
20/07/2026, 17:05
General
- Target 2026-07-20_b8f622d507afb4e7ada5368753740978_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
- Size 346KB
- Sample260720-vmarssax61
- SHA256 6530ff0a73b05ebbc1b9e880d75fea5265a82847a3477f8a495984ba4fa62288
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 14 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 3 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_b8f622d507afb4e7ada5368753740978_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_b8f622d507afb4e7ada5368753740978_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
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_b8f622d507afb4e7ada5368753740978_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-20_b8f622d507afb4e7ada5368753740978_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
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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⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"4⤵
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
ArmReport.ini
RdrManifest2.msi
2026-07-20_b8f622d507afb4e7ada5368753740978_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
AdobeARM.log
ArmUI.ini
Tmp65E4.tmp
Tmp8507.tmp
Tmp8546.tmp
SYSLIB32.DLL
memory/5732-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-302-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-98-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010008000-memory.dmp
memory/5732-286-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-294-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-307-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-311-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-315-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-317-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-321-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp
memory/5732-326-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp