Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
153s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
30/07/2026, 15:26
General
- Target 2026-07-30_701acb2ad67e366e32305ac379d67574_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 10.1MB
- Sample260730-svcv1sbf36
- SHA256 51a043c77506f6eb123b4e18be12edef631e38ac07c8f2a819f0f5a5008c5f96
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
- Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
- Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 5 IoCs
- Drops file in Windows directory 6 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 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 10 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 5 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 2 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 33 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_701acb2ad67e366e32305ac379d67574_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-07-30_701acb2ad67e366e32305ac379d67574_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-30_701acb2ad67e366e32305ac379d67574_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_2026-07-30_701acb2ad67e366e32305ac379d67574_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_chromehelper.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\._cache_chromehelper.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /C schtasks /QUERY /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /QUERY /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.execmd.exe /C schtasks /CREATE /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\939.xml" /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"3⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exeschtasks /CREATE /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\939.xml" /TN "Google Chrome Helper Update"4⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" /automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google Chrome Helper\chromehelper.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\._cache_chromehelper.exe"C:\Windows\._cache_chromehelper.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /Automation -Embedding1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Execution
Command and Scripting Interpreter
1Windows Command Shell
1Scheduled Task/Job
1Scheduled Task
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Downloads
chromehelper.exe
update.dll
62CA3CC9-1DB6-4CB8-9B97-5A7437DFEAFC
mip_sdk.miplog
._cache_2026-07-30_701acb2ad67e366e32305ac379d67574_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_luca-stealer_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
0C8A5E00
2D6A5E00
939.xml
C26A5E00
E88A5E00
KyUmK.xlsm
dcGx5.docm
settings.ini
~$zek5m.xlsm
~WRD0000.tmp
~WRD0002.tmp
index.dat
index.dat
index.dat
memory/1744-572-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-555-0x0000000002C70000-0x0000000002C7B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-554-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-567-0x0000000002C70000-0x0000000002C7B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-566-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-573-0x0000000002C70000-0x0000000002C7B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-218-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/1744-96-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-104-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-102-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-101-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-103-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-107-0x00007FFE32260000-0x00007FFE32270000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-106-0x00007FFE32260000-0x00007FFE32270000-memory.dmp
memory/3500-105-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/4288-149-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-1-0x000000000048E000-0x000000000048F000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-0-0x0000000002CE0000-0x0000000002CE1000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-40-0x0000000002CE0000-0x0000000002CE1000-memory.dmp
memory/4860-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000E2B000-memory.dmp
memory/5296-553-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/5296-552-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/5296-551-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp
memory/5296-550-0x00007FFE34840000-0x00007FFE34850000-memory.dmp