Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    01/08/2026, 17:23

General

  • Target
    2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
  • Size 935KB
  • Sample260801-vx83cascjd
  • SHA256 55e76d753ab4201a1884c367d84413d473014b5370033910269fa82df2f7b0b9
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 1 IoCs

    Detects file using ACProtect software.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 12 IoCs
  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1472
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      PID:5248

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_2283cd94bb77cf74cacf5abbb78d5ab8_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01
        • Size 905KB
        • SHA256 98d9926152fda45705f5e208d7236e467caeef83d756a14b4104ebf804644b29
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        ArmUI.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
        • Size 166KB
        • SHA256 aa7589969f7ab2d949ca218f543877be72787f62a9de11b840854845a7d93c39
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        SYSLIB32.DLL

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL
        • Size 2KB
        • SHA256 86c37d531bdec92247c60d88a836074249f45a0f3b124f0ac03df8214779d701
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        memory/1472-86-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-102-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-73-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-94-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010008000-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-107-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-111-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-115-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-117-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-121-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

        memory/1472-126-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp