Overview

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2026-07-28...er.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-07-28...er.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    28/07/2026, 04:33

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General

  • Target
    2026-07-28_a9dd21ab87b2acacb43a8e19496df2d1_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 24.8MB
  • Sample260728-e6g28ayakg
  • SHA256 15fb0ba452d73a4e6a3fadf587c422387e2a2c9ba1fc58b3e5dc514355ca496d
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
discoverypersistenceprivilege_escalationransomware

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.

    persistenceprivilege_escalation
  • Loads dropped DLL 44 IoCs
  • Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
    persistence
  • 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 21 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 57 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

    discovery
  • 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 7 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs
  • Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API

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

    ransomware

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_a9dd21ab87b2acacb43a8e19496df2d1_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-28_a9dd21ab87b2acacb43a8e19496df2d1_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.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:5056
  • 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:2768
    • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
      C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 3837028F18033519431094C6A4968BEC C
      2⤵
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:3676
    • C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\srtasks.exe ExecuteScopeRestorePoint /WaitForRestorePoint:2
      2⤵
        PID:1872
      • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding 26240C1F7710346C6A2AAA51BEFBD88F
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Modifies system executable filetype association
        • Modifies registry class
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4620
      • C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe
        C:\Windows\System32\MsiExec.exe -Embedding B33AE265B523806B1F58DB206724802B E Global\MSI0000
        2⤵
        • Loads dropped DLL
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:4924
    • C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
      1⤵
      • Checks SCSI registry key(s)
      PID:5192

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          e5a184d.rbs
          • Path C:\Config.Msi\e5a184d.rbs
          • Size 39.4MB
          • SHA256 ad4df6889a7d3b611781ea8485dc861765a54da86cfdf47d689e043a890ed8d8
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          DatabaseSpy.exe
          • Path C:\Program Files\Altova\DatabaseSpy2012\DatabaseSpy.exe
          • Size 45.8MB
          • SHA256 ec5e899d2ec7d38070a1fda0041ee47a327c84a9cc6bc2a705e1d8273291a122
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          MSI5385.tmp
          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\MSI5385.tmp
          • Size 2.6MB
          • SHA256 aa2aaa2ba1110ddb04b68be93338dc59f70f11bcbe495775a9501b965ba9cbc0
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          Altova DatabaseSpy 2012 sp1 (x64) Enterprise Edition.msi
          • Path C:\Windows\Downloaded Installations\{FF8FD575-9AB5-4B24-8344-125A7DF57F6A}\Altova DatabaseSpy 2012 sp1 (x64) Enterprise Edition.msi
          • Size 25.4MB
          • SHA256 941982c36218d401505337298654b634253768afb6870a89b7ec7b9a4dad3bf1
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          metadata-2
          • Path \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy2\System Volume Information\SPP\metadata-2
          • Size 26.1MB
          • SHA256 1dc0aa5a09f81896bd9accc9ba8bf9e1e0cc3d0b4a600187915361f2bafbad04
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          {d7925693-6052-4af5-b12f-fb86ced2b874}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Path \??\Volume{6392210f-0000-0000-0000-d08302000000}\System Volume Information\SPP\OnlineMetadataCache\{d7925693-6052-4af5-b12f-fb86ced2b874}_OnDiskSnapshotProp
          • Size 6KB
          • SHA256 a2386635ff07393b7da20b7c3bb5f6da419729a25076c37d84f2f5fed5974f19
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          Submit Download