88ac7501a4d606a5b696c0023b64563f5bae625559aef11ad65be08e972f46e4

General

Target
2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Size 2.0MB
Sample260729-ykql1seq8w
SHA256 88ac7501a4d606a5b696c0023b64563f5bae625559aef11ad65be08e972f46e4
MD5 aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008
SHA1 d4295858fc247e149357b66f530b4629abb99a72
SHA512 e48712cfac7771b71f3852087dc6b2f79c5a5c09dc9e59cf11f130864ee8220e86050b91e5767e93eb188e21e1b663aaa3b8c2ccbaec4cf617e4016f21964a4a
SSDEEP 49152:EtrGEQDdEqHqMRUkyKt0sN8fwo4p16q9pK3:yaEAdEqHqMfyKZK4/6sa
TLSH
T19B95E191F245E8E9E80725B55C39CA2214077E7C46B9564E36CF772A99B338230B7E0F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

adware discovery spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	4011.tmp

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5832	4011.tmp

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 IoCs

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

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	AcroRd32.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RdrCEF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RdrCEF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RdrCEF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	4011.tmp
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RdrCEF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RdrCEF.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RdrCEF.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
5832	4011.tmp

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	AcroRd32.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	AcroRd32.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION	AcroRd32.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3053180483-1881419501-3594244048-1000_Classes\Local Settings	4011.tmp

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe

Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5832	4011.tmp

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe
5356	AcroRd32.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5636 wrote to memory of 5832	5636	2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	87
PID 5832 wrote to memory of 5356	5832	4011.tmp	88
PID 5356 wrote to memory of 4552	5356	AcroRd32.exe	89
PID 4552 wrote to memory of 3236	4552	RdrCEF.exe	90
PID 4552 wrote to memory of 1196	4552	RdrCEF.exe	91
PID 4552 wrote to memory of 1196	4552	RdrCEF.exe	91
PID 4552 wrote to memory of 1760	4552	RdrCEF.exe	92
PID 4552 wrote to memory of 4060	4552	RdrCEF.exe	93
PID 4552 wrote to memory of 5032	4552	RdrCEF.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5636
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4011.tmp
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4011.tmp" --pingC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe 3376F5063DE7B41077AEBA45FFC232299EDCAE635C8E47B13F8B204DCB2861AEE4E67FF262EF25BB83A3E9AF76C6507640FCD7B8F93FEA4256714740FA79D169
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:5832
- - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.pdf"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Checks processor information in registry
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5356
  - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --backgroundcolor=16514043
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4552
    - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=6D5B7C4E48D2A30E5F59B21B118BEE55 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1736 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:3236
    - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=renderer --disable-browser-side-navigation --disable-gpu-compositing --service-pipe-token=1BF6537AF0C78414D37F7611B3319A18 --lang=en-US --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --enable-pinch --device-scale-factor=1 --num-raster-threads=4 --enable-main-frame-before-activation --enable-gpu-async-worker-context --content-image-texture-target=0,0,3553;0,1,3553;0,2,3553;0,3,3553;0,4,3553;0,5,3553;0,6,3553;0,7,3553;0,8,3553;0,9,3553;0,10,3553;0,11,3553;0,12,3553;0,13,3553;0,14,3553;0,15,3553;0,16,3553;0,17,3553;0,18,3553;1,0,3553;1,1,3553;1,2,3553;1,3,3553;1,4,3553;1,5,3553;1,6,3553;1,7,3553;1,8,3553;1,9,3553;1,10,3553;1,11,3553;1,12,3553;1,13,3553;1,14,3553;1,15,3553;1,16,3553;1,17,3553;1,18,3553;2,0,3553;2,1,3553;2,2,3553;2,3,3553;2,4,3553;2,5,3553;2,6,3553;2,7,3553;2,8,3553;2,9,3553;2,10,3553;2,11,3553;2,12,3553;2,13,3553;2,14,3553;2,15,3553;2,16,3553;2,17,3553;2,18,3553;3,0,3553;3,1,3553;3,2,3553;3,3,3553;3,4,3553;3,5,3553;3,6,3553;3,7,3553;3,8,3553;3,9,3553;3,10,3553;3,11,3553;3,12,3553;3,13,3553;3,14,3553;3,15,3553;3,16,3553;3,17,3553;3,18,3553;4,0,3553;4,1,3553;4,2,3553;4,3,3553;4,4,3553;4,5,3553;4,6,3553;4,7,3553;4,8,3553;4,9,3553;4,10,3553;4,11,3553;4,12,3553;4,13,3553;4,14,3553;4,15,3553;4,16,3553;4,17,3553;4,18,3553;5,0,3553;5,1,3553;5,2,3553;5,3,3553;5,4,3553;5,5,3553;5,6,3553;5,7,3553;5,8,3553;5,9,3553;5,10,3553;5,11,3553;5,12,3553;5,13,3553;5,14,3553;5,15,3553;5,16,3553;5,17,3553;5,18,3553;6,0,3553;6,1,3553;6,2,3553;6,3,3553;6,4,3553;6,5,3553;6,6,3553;6,7,3553;6,8,3553;6,9,3553;6,10,3553;6,11,3553;6,12,3553;6,13,3553;6,14,3553;6,15,3553;6,16,3553;6,17,3553;6,18,3553 --disable-accelerated-video-decode --service-request-channel-token=1BF6537AF0C78414D37F7611B3319A18 --renderer-client-id=2 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1748 --allow-no-sandbox-job /prefetch:1
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1196
    - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=AEB135738DEBEA2A1B9164B568798F59 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2280 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:1760
    - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=58C0F49770B81B71A78224B3966F8A95 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=2396 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:4060
    - - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe
        
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\RdrCEF.exe" --type=gpu-process --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --gpu-preferences=GAAAAAAAAAAAB4AAAQAAAAAAAAAAAGAA --use-gl=swiftshader-webgl --gpu-vendor-id=0x1234 --gpu-device-id=0x1111 --gpu-driver-vendor="Google Inc." --gpu-driver-version=3.3.0.2 --gpu-driver-date=2017/04/07 --disable-pack-loading --lang=en-US --log-file="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\AcroCEF\debug.log" --log-severity=disable --product-version="ReaderServices/19.10.20064 Chrome/64.0.3282.119" --service-request-channel-token=BF4EC1165F7B3BED3C8FE6BF762EB868 --mojo-platform-channel-handle=1740 --allow-no-sandbox-job --ignored=" --type=renderer " /prefetch:2
        5⤵
        System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        
        PID:5032

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

2

T1012

System Information Discovery

3

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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ReaderMessages

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
Size 36KB
SHA256 b1b77e96279ead2b460de3de70e2ea4f5ad1b853598a4e27a5caf3f1a32cc4f3
MD5 b30d3becc8731792523d599d949e63f5
SHA1 19350257e42d7aee17fb3bf139a9d3adb330fad4
SHA512 523f54895fb07f62b9a5f72c8b62e83d4d9506bda57b183818615f6eb7286e3b9c5a50409bc5c5164867c3ccdeae88aa395ecca6bc7e36d991552f857510792e
SSDEEP 24:TLiXlzkrFsgIFsxX3pALXmnHpkDGjmcxBSkomXk+2m9RFTsyg+wmf9Mzm+Zs3tGl:TqlmFTIF3XmHjBoGGR+jMz+LhT
TLSH
T178F21D566E241E3CCA9EC336340836C34D78023DACF3B762A58A719747AD181E37D6E9
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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ReaderMessages

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Adobe\Acrobat\DC\ReaderMessages
Size 56KB
SHA256 111dac2948e4cecb10b0d2e10d8afaa663d78d643826b592d6414a1fd77cc131
MD5 752a1f26b18748311b691c7d8fc20633
SHA1 c1f8e83eebc1cc1e9b88c773338eb09ff82ab862
SHA512 a2f5f262faf2c3e9756da94b2c47787ce3a9391b5bd53581578aa9a764449e114836704d6dec4aadc097fed4c818831baa11affa1eb25be2bfad9349bb090fe5
SSDEEP 192:wedRBvVrThe4p4/KhTB4p4CitZtkZsLRGVDbw6H3ph+v3YQa9:weZdThkKhBvkZsLRGlzh+vS9
TLSH
T1C94379DF2A348110CA0768BABD71771BB655D0BFC1C2F0A87AD68A1780B463CE775687
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.pdf

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-29_aa672114cf2f0b50c93c8fb7ff255008_amadey_elex_loda_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.pdf
Size 79KB
SHA256 5cdd2389735c189adc9da595f138d3c86f39098cb09e79c9690a9f27652f839f
MD5 f85927360cab91ea9612682b7d0548a1
SHA1 2b17068ad3f0f968efd876428b8bf0923857b712
SHA512 80b0315d7603b7efa65b50b8f04a18edce9629f415d8c4bd2c678c5075da6caf2c68233728b7a6d4ab447e1ab321ed6866c1c07bcddb57959f4fc524be279501
SSDEEP 1536:uAakttWK/7ZBUq1LHYl4n3qJibwiXYKO9szkEutO+2+Xm7:ucttXDzUqVak52CzhutO+27
TLSH
T1B383F2390F637AEDD99025C13B213C0AFF4DF5F97AC9120ACAEC505324A8F65999B84D
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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4011.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4011.tmp
Size 2.0MB
SHA256 2786c9cebd2e706f1097def27c728d0f2d7e21f814511dadd501e6b312710808
MD5 733774e57dfc808a5d7707ce1053eef6
SHA1 d341601a5f5d32a5b6fd58a9aa5b6b1380abf95b
SHA512 3aafd62214625d6e239da62e57e7342ea167869336d821080dcda29b9a643487b388d47dad30b3fd81524413b07f8e04e8bbf3149ecb28e9748b4efb780c3d6d
SSDEEP 49152:EtrGEQDdEqHeNN3ZceLWs2i0o+Au8Rc72+FK3:yaEAdEqHeNNDWs2iOAl8va
TLSH
T15F95E091F245A8E9E80721B59C7DCA2124577E7D06B9564F36CF722989B338230B7E0F
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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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