Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
148s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
02/08/2026, 06:12
General
- Target 2026-08-02_4815da2d561b66f9b9f13d026ec95aaf_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260802-gyblkseb76
- SHA256 09df0dc8f5b4770463ac328d98a7a2c8f1f516cdd85838335103afc2f716c556
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_4815da2d561b66f9b9f13d026ec95aaf_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_4815da2d561b66f9b9f13d026ec95aaf_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5431.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5431.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_4815da2d561b66f9b9f13d026ec95aaf_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 02A23583012610F4EF5CDF40DA49A671FC39E24E6A8F5D30FC3A2CD7ABBA7853EA1D521E73321B1E2535EF6BFEA566D39B3DA4B419813C731F177EB6D6387FF42⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_4815da2d561b66f9b9f13d026ec95aaf_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup1⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-08-02_4815da2d561b66f9b9f13d026ec95aaf_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
5431.tmp
memory/4260-16-0x00007FF809000000-0x00007FF809010000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-20-0x00007FF848EC0000-0x00007FF849123000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-14-0x00007FF809000000-0x00007FF809010000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-17-0x00007FF84901F000-0x00007FF849020000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-18-0x00007FF848EC0000-0x00007FF849123000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-19-0x00007FF809000000-0x00007FF809010000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-30-0x00007FF848EC0000-0x00007FF849123000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-26-0x00007FF806A60000-0x00007FF806A70000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-15-0x00007FF809000000-0x00007FF809010000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-21-0x00007FF809000000-0x00007FF809010000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-23-0x00007FF848EC0000-0x00007FF849123000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-22-0x00007FF848EC0000-0x00007FF849123000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-24-0x00007FF806A60000-0x00007FF806A70000-memory.dmp
memory/4260-25-0x00007FF848EC0000-0x00007FF849123000-memory.dmp
memory/4376-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5076-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp