Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    135s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    29/07/2026, 21:31

General

  • Target
    2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 385KB
  • Sample260729-1c3byswwas
  • SHA256 7b5d0a4a33145a38415c9dc3f77b15f54ede66428d2f644ba823d8d727122237
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Creates a file in the Startup directory 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

    A file was written to a Windows startup folder. Files in these directories are executed automatically when a user logs on or an application initializes.

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs

    Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.

  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • UPX packed file 6 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs
  • Drops file in Windows directory 4 IoCs
  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs

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

  • Runs net.exe
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2364
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a95ED.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5420
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:124
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • Creates a file in the Startup directory
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Enumerates connected drives
      • Drops file in Program Files directory
      • Drops file in Windows directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5440
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4844
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:5024
  • C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
    1⤵
      PID:2080

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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          Downloads

          $$a95ED.bat

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a95ED.bat
          • Size 818B
          • SHA256 7437f8ac5ca9a8dd0e58c11c8f238331ad4d9422a01b8fa3ca44bf9b00323878
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_05a2502ba9b661506bd5c633b05d4f90_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
          • Size 337KB
          • SHA256 2078a90cbf58918644162b359092f11d01e642ff00d6f01e78696664fe5b7861
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          Logo1_.exe

          • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
          • Size 48KB
          • SHA256 aa5d4a8322abc65289285e47d922b60d1f1e1d65f42370b5d6fd5624cbcdb2a4
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          _desktop.ini

          • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000\_desktop.ini
          • Size 9B
          • SHA256 c4d7434540ec172b2e42679328e897fec54cd08350555c8e916d6fe3a646e60a
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

          memory/2364-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/2364-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-19-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-3128-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp

          memory/5440-8084-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000438000-memory.dmp