Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    125s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/08/2026, 03:45

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 345KB
  • Sample260801-ebecvadb75
  • SHA256 10a8429f59e621751e5e0bdbb15ad367d097ba455d2868178953b9d382f5367b
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 21 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 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 20 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 5 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Drops file in Windows directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3040
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a6B96.bat
      2⤵
      • Executes a command shell one-liner
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4640
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        PID:2660
    • C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
      2⤵
      • 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:4196
      • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net.exe
        net stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
        3⤵
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4684
        • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\net1.exe
          C:\Windows\system32\net1 stop "Kingsoft AntiVirus Service"
          4⤵
          • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
          PID:1640

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate_bk\1.3.147.37\MicrosoftEdgeUpdateBroker.exe
        • Size 125KB
        • SHA256 82179bfb6d8e43da1628218ac949405909c28a2fbff1117389fc27b15bbedbc9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        7z.exe

        • Path C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe
        • Size 575KB
        • SHA256 a6f4d99452cd8614466c8236713dc644b9d424e841491b0cfd3338416fb7b9b5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        vcredist_x86.exe

        • Path C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{61087a79-ac85-455c-934d-1fa22cc64f36}\vcredist_x86.exe
        • Size 481KB
        • SHA256 d5fbaf5c0d8e313d4dad23b28cac4256c5dbed6ab3b0d797e2971f30c5e095ad
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        $$a6B96.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$$a6B96.bat
        • Size 776B
        • SHA256 0b155b14e21eb4a29f21e144a7372a581d7489dd41270bede6e069819abf9b5e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_15f4fcb1bc47126cb4ad904e2cbbc270_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe.exe
        • Size 319KB
        • SHA256 c664029157bafaa0d6f6599b1e1b80f63085cfa2fcae56ba7c1383e81d79c326
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        Logo1_.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\Logo1_.exe
        • Size 26KB
        • SHA256 a5f53bcade53c1d6ce7fdccecb70e2c9ab5b4969dbd3366e8b53e2c490e713e5
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        _desktop.ini

        • Path F:\$RECYCLE.BIN\S-1-5-21-876885714-46325919-1482798410-1000\_desktop.ini
        • Size 8B
        • SHA256 39da0bdd404cc447f3f3f5f65e587438f746081d5eb0a49c8b8d5304ff66f81e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512

        memory/3040-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/3040-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-27-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-37-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-33-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-417-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-1246-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-5033-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp

        memory/4196-5546-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000434000-memory.dmp