Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    23/07/2026, 21:34

General

  • Target
    2026-07-23_6e8e911660ed003d733c3317155b4da7_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe
  • Size 1.7MB
  • Sample260723-1eqe6sdc48
  • SHA256 0698fd7db011d305a5c9698d8dea149a56643aee36bb606f449353fd6b9b5eb1
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
8/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 5 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_6e8e911660ed003d733c3317155b4da7_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-23_6e8e911660ed003d733c3317155b4da7_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_hijackloader_icedid_luca-ste.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5856
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearm32.exe
      "adobearm32.exe "
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:892
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
        3⤵
          PID:5340
        • C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\2045\AdobeARMHelper.exe
          "C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\2045\AdobeARMHelper.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\2045" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
          3⤵
          • Executes dropped EXE
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
          • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
          PID:2600
          • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe" /ArmUpdate /MSI FOLDER:"C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\2045" /MODE:3 /UpdateSelection:1 /PRODUCT:{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5} /VERSION:19.0 /LANG:ENU
            4⤵
            • Drops file in Program Files directory
            • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
            • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
            PID:5312
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
        "C:\Windows\system32\eventviewer.exe"
        2⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        PID:5440
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
          C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5440 -s 1604
          3⤵
          • Program crash
          PID:2540
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5856 -s 1404
        2⤵
        • Program crash
        PID:2548
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 5440 -ip 5440
      1⤵
        PID:1572
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 412 -p 5856 -ip 5856
        1⤵
          PID:1216

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              ArmReport.ini

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
              • Size 82B
              • SHA256 5a1e0a0216dd3893a738efdfc9c1bc5445e68d3939840578341f6cd08b14d815
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              AdobeARMHelper.exe

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\S\2045\AdobeARMHelper.exe
              • Size 413KB
              • SHA256 fd115ae8ebd2f37cf1ef72f75242206cf1331c7cb258305011302e981137ee5e
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              0BD7EA52E65FB076EBB4C048B48576EA

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\0BD7EA52E65FB076EBB4C048B48576EA
              • Size 102KB
              • SHA256 950db50ed4416498da6f0408facd7700803fe8d210bb63818dd6bbee6aab4973
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
              • Size 471B
              • SHA256 97b4ca23c794af1a92a839f3ad9b74defe4681160061d01e02a7c5de233d4260
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
              • Size 727B
              • SHA256 58055c60d671f8fb2bdcc9805fe63b8f7edf43d6adadcf9f6df31676faea0a52
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
              • Size 727B
              • SHA256 c3bb55d0a0daddbee0564540ad4bb34ee162e2eb258568bf8e1db8321db30f55
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
              • Size 727B
              • SHA256 7b6130b73c1460637df6c326a2ef79f2ddfdac57a3c31c074354b2d63b2e71ef
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1
              • Size 701B
              • SHA256 108dd34232a3088b45534933d0486409616a2bbad94fd8f7ab5991c01ff179b6
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              0BD7EA52E65FB076EBB4C048B48576EA

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\0BD7EA52E65FB076EBB4C048B48576EA
              • Size 246B
              • SHA256 b13202fa70526d269d6247d48589c2e15d8531768f1a1facfc0d7a73c3f9f6b7
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157
              • Size 342B
              • SHA256 6cb8ae0c36bc3f2d92f5b747ed966b23ce2935013a9f33dbd8b2a225029224f5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\698460A0B6E60F2F602361424D832905_8BB23D43DE574E82F2BEE0DF0EC47EEB
              • Size 400B
              • SHA256 b9e3101def2291d06a9f8f3ce08c230af030f5ccb114a4e2d034a8277e1c11c2
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_54359052731E413C60F1C59EABAD4E05
              • Size 404B
              • SHA256 fba7ec0ca20cf886a69dcd9fb03d53293dbf36f4ebc919efaf95722b62410f79
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8EC9B1D0ABBD7F98B401D425828828CE_5809FDAACC125718B26BC11DC8E8116A
              • Size 404B
              • SHA256 2d444bf435d84690f649c3e187fc05f701d61e4102b7d54048c1ce19fc942439
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\C8E534EE129F27D55460CE17FD628216_1130D9B25898B0DB0D4F04DC5B93F141
              • Size 412B
              • SHA256 cdb3d885039a6d3656890954b2c5913495dd4007d2d4c33276a3802f39d1420b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\F15827BEC5BABE89C21DCDAE77464BF1
              • Size 192B
              • SHA256 f68134520a696cc78d42964f19055f96e5cbf6934e30248e45085c04276ea4e5
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              AdobeARM.log

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
              • Size 333B
              • SHA256 d3b4d0e5471ec23c3dc4abc488f0afb07f39db818122c5e47a752deff24ecf8d
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ArmUI.ini

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

              Tmp8265.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp8265.tmp
              • Size 5KB
              • SHA256 aaaced351a90b2029c44c6ebb68084a331f296a0ace8115d9889f549d596564b
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              TmpA12A.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpA12A.tmp
              • Size 5KB
              • SHA256 27ead591d4c7f8fadd0d9e5d32eb6c9bf8830f83fddf83ddd47e6b3b413f5b75
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              TmpA1F6.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpA1F6.tmp
              • Size 3KB
              • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              TmpA860.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpA860.tmp
              • Size 5KB
              • SHA256 e6bcbcb70401d63ff0746fcbcc63230269058736f7644151393edfdcec8b8765
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              TmpD85B.tmp

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD85B.tmp
              • Size 5KB
              • SHA256 a86ac1b119a6653e0c3fc24c2c40e44a7bfdc435fd81c4442af9d5526ef64e85
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              adobearm32.exe

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adobearm32.exe
              • Size 1.5MB
              • SHA256 3fb224a6269885a6ea317388e27f854fe44bdf2652b405f321d00b358a839d81
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              redevlist.dat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\redevlist.dat
              • Size 176KB
              • SHA256 b1d75617b509738f7624c3ebeb7c370bc8ec06bdedc31b942c46d663956c6ddf
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              eventviewer.exe

              • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eventviewer.exe
              • Size 88KB
              • SHA256 3baf58e8eb6f1dee7da7df83cb38925e69ffe130a02f667380cbee69aea17b15
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              ArmReport.ini

              • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
              • Size 472B
              • SHA256 9d7407b8bcd4af6820eae7da00db7598246d0f58dc502ef3c89aacbd9cc8a104
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ArmReport.ini

              • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
              • Size 594B
              • SHA256 6b1bed1fa21d7c0e263368370908c45833a12819d8133a2ad14c8b74972c675a
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ArmReport.ini

              • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmReport.ini
              • Size 724B
              • SHA256 75c515a974331642bba2005b0d0764cde29ffd6ac526a700e27b9de049c0c6bc
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              ArmUI.ini

              • Path C:\Windows\Temp\ArmUI.ini
              • Size 234KB
              • SHA256 790b06745f32e0f56a7af24c871ffce225ba05ebf0d8f8a71a00c727c97dcf09
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH