Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    146s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 04:25

General

  • Target
    2026-07-28_da7e13c82ff1a15d7b61b572a5c18666_amadey_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 41.0MB
  • Sample260728-e172fsaq6y
  • SHA256 ee0a4294237de535ece0b71044c8eaa58135dd901ec603b082465b4af9fd5cfd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Event Triggered Execution: Component Object Model Hijacking 1 TTPs

    Adversaries may establish persistence by executing malicious content triggered by hijacked references to Component Object Model (COM) objects.

  • Loads dropped DLL 54 IoCs
  • Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 46 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 58 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.

  • Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 5 IoCs

    SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 3 IoCs
  • Modifies registry class 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 8 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

    The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_da7e13c82ff1a15d7b61b572a5c18666_amadey_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_da7e13c82ff1a15d7b61b572a5c18666_amadey_elex_remcos_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:408
  • C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\msiexec.exe /V
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Modifies registry class
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3928
    • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 4E94958100B9844EBE89E11A654C3C48 C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:980
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:5856
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding AE3142379743CFCB2231222F26E4F437
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Modifies system executable filetype association
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4576
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding D00C28997AC4499ADD307E2E829A380C E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5612
      • C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\syswow64\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 04D0C9F518A216B11F34E5D781B2C4B1 M Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:5952
    • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
      1⤵
        PID:3276
      • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
        1⤵
        • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
        PID:1692

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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            Downloads

            e5a6ce5.rbs

            • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a6ce5.rbs
            • Size 9.0MB
            • SHA256 06d828144bc520564fcc6637a5d7a39a15e9df449a40a07b38bcfbfccc0f24ee
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            sic-ref-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\non-gaap\sic-ref-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 391B
            • SHA256 f9fbe4b529423446610cd1db3a318ae532d0fc91807fa5e299621d1a3e269c58
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-com-pre-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-com-pre-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 20KB
            • SHA256 b146447015248be0c7cff5013e4369f8cdcee7292155c35844bbe5cd07456897
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-cal-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-cal-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 46KB
            • SHA256 9cf306bda758e408abe4902c7636fba8ec641fde9a8dc9d48c35eac01d2ea5ba
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-pre-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-pre-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 67KB
            • SHA256 c5e803584a85807f033e5799c98d001783468f066927916bfa93a5f72fa5287c
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci2-cal-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci2-cal-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 15KB
            • SHA256 758f67e86a5c3e3f4194b179339d5e52226d933cf63131df1efebd60757dc47b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-soc-cal-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-soc-cal-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 38KB
            • SHA256 d3dfbc7c823e396e1ab18cac315bb390f40d349ebbf78358d74eb5744744e612
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-soc-pre-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-soc-pre-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 50KB
            • SHA256 04cc4451e4d573d5a27f635ce3c7cf141d34916ba6d70653d565f6d56c86480f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-soc1-cal-2008-03-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP1.0\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2008-03-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-soc1-cal-2008-03-31.xml
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 58814b9ada63eea34ede15ebcb464aad72f13c18fbe6b81711e8e5c42f82f74d
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            us-gaap-doc-sic-def-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\non-gaap\us-gaap-doc-sic-def-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 1KB
            • SHA256 81c65d835c9aa233150ed2637f913dad788af08e0648c78f258713b6e922ab6e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-com-pre-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-com-pre-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 23KB
            • SHA256 3e5c702fa7c7ec873c034f2c6bff52c1dd1c28f94b410a885d7cfade65279d1f
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-cal-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-cal-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 51KB
            • SHA256 5a09362530fb4723bdd3c8e4d6891af2b1e9f83dec46854ccad8a357e83e3f41
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-pre-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci-pre-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 114KB
            • SHA256 7e7b806e08edb7b6be6d84b6ee1f5a1d63c338dcbd01e871d39566d0b92be6fb
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci2-cal-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci2-cal-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 32KB
            • SHA256 7896af18fa8a609c95c7a8002ceae9be5c09f4f15c01f416e40910954390f6e9
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-sheci3-cal-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-sheci3-cal-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 27KB
            • SHA256 e04a3236b75577292dcbc7a13a657a35488e8b3c32121d2529a177954ab2722b
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-soc-cal-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-soc-cal-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 62KB
            • SHA256 b2a97e648bc754b7431e6cd24c35f26bd18014cc4d4fcccbe6fd6cc2f4b9924e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-soc-pre-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-soc-pre-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 95KB
            • SHA256 a0f9d48f6de2a98775efb988a89e90002413fdd8c5e3e7e8b4353cdd59d68ba1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            us-gaap-stm-re-soc1-cal-2009-01-31.xml

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\Common2011\xbrl\US-GAAP2009\XBRLUSGAAPTaxonomies-2009-01-31\stm\us-gaap-stm-re-soc1-cal-2009-01-31.xml
            • Size 19KB
            • SHA256 5db3bc506ea4eb116f42d3dea06c49d72577f2cf5c290ebf01f8a2a025ab6bb1
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            StdAfx.cpp

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\MapForce2011\spl\cpp\LibraryDB\StdAfx.cpp
            • Size 436B
            • SHA256 88654ffbd9043672d6bfc2c34a77395965c7f9b3ae1408b62c0bfe7946c93104
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            AssemblyInfo.cs

            • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Altova\MapForce2011\spl\cs\LibraryDB\AssemblyInfo.cs
            • Size 2KB
            • SHA256 6db6f2607e7286fca18e87c47e129349c7efc51d2ede1fdb2dd27d8152345126
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

            MSIC3D3.tmp

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSIC3D3.tmp
            • Size 583KB
            • SHA256 bd98dd2a3681eecfb94e803647d6dea7c7d8f9f1b745fb10c0c25d5676a24c75
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            Altova MapForce 2011 Enterprise Edition.msi

            • Path C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations\{BE84735E-053F-4517-886D-D9786522B7FA}\Altova MapForce 2011 Enterprise Edition.msi
            • Size 40.3MB
            • SHA256 9ad94fe79ee4fde10c4d03f0ff1ac2412d7db798874d09a99f366a9d63ed20ce
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            metadata-2

            • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
            • Size 26.1MB
            • SHA256 46ead539a8804b44b5e047ab83f3f06de19dabe2a1ec0f60038c8eda4617ef5e
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            {ffe6a992-6739-4caf-af83-f6693ed2e26d}_OnDiskSnapshotProp

            • Path \??\Volume{c61f3bad-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{ffe6a992-6739-4caf-af83-f6693ed2e26d}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
            • Size 6KB
            • SHA256 0f379ca593c65528cd52ecdf2842fd7297ada2bba6e9b9c8ea11a48ad22837ba
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

            memory/4576-70-0x0000000003080000-0x000000000311A000-memory.dmp