Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/08/2026, 04:13
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 88KB
- Sample260802-etefkadj5t
- SHA256 6f623b79246e03913ffaff2dbd3cbf91fd813f86e3796f4ec3c468f4d7e639c5
- MD5 51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7
- SHA1 da7169a9076f6ce61875f2cbb82e9f512db0e63a
- SHA512 fb9478e3688448acc52cb4a7572465e4cb3845ec2916a9fe97c699ea3cce6a42887cd300210fa8a3e4eb53cad1222327671905f88fcb9214b79b9f941cea509e
- SSDEEP 1536:dToccCCSUacxmuhUOl210vjjODk0iRu5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTiU:wCCSUacxmurlg0v4iRZCpf
- TLSH T1DC93282163E840B2E2765F3CC1B2A6D1062A7D527EF1F14F6E8471D94F736C0AAB1726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2224 guzakbet.exe - Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 1 checkip.dyndns.org - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language guzakbet.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4316 wrote to memory of 2224 4316 2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-01_51751e340134bc9b1a46dd020fa8d9f7_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4316 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\guzakbet.exeC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\guzakbet.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2224
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\guzakbet.exe
- Size 88KB
- SHA256 2a3e67a3d30ef6a148341cf3fc12f1540605daaf1283e6b535dd3f267c8231f7
- MD5 ad1d1aa5951e478674eda7b7039d64b2
- SHA1 62bc7c5d0893ca8bbf596dca12847e3372fc3dcf
- SHA512 4225b364c4296e861f5ef09e3fe10cd5524dcf4d8ce0ec48d546109873a1376c0e7b7eba115f0b044519f7c9c377eacb5a5afe6ceaed2299f31f3e92dacb3d67
- SSDEEP 1536:dToccCCSUacxmuhUOl210vjjODk0iRu5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTiiY:wCCSUacxmurlg0v4iRZCpk
- TLSH T1D693182163E840B2E2765F3CC1B2A6D1062A7D527EF1F14F6D8471D94F736C0AAB1B26
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH