Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
153s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
02/08/2026, 14:56
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 88KB
- Sample260802-sa6ycsvgra
- SHA256 070481a1643bf5e4f31747e9ec5ff21d99a6fca0d7ac07de1750afd902776ce3
- MD5 063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03
- SHA1 ad7b6361c089c78f4d621dbc2f320cba2abfb57b
- SHA512 0a53545b88104296563ed36ba9da8bc02bc427c207f948c5f8d990b70e7b7a258fa7f12c8160353ed7bb75cd1fca2c686ba9d7c612238f17dc7581567378ba21
- SSDEEP 1536:dToccCCSUacxmuhUOl210vjjODk0iRu5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTic:wCCSUacxmurlg0v4iRZCp3
- TLSH T12993172163E840B2E2765F3CC1B2A6D1062A7D527EF1F14F6E8471D94F736C0AAB1726
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2268 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 32 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 2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_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 4956 wrote to memory of 2268 4956 2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 85
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-02_063dbb3fdc4228d8e58266e58dd79a03_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4956 -
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:2268
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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 dad063046f874d16cd6871066e2a961dffff49711ee0f591debc02572466c956
- MD5 07711717fba0ce788a36e9267bfb76f0
- SHA1 7a54699852cd5590acfbb9f8ba43fef36f6e6be5
- SHA512 d6f452807b10ae94b076accaf0ddb14e34026869c702ec8f3b2d76b09c47ab098f65ee61bed32080ca13e7a25196cdeb16e67bac40cfadad3cd4090c953ef5a4
- SSDEEP 1536:dToccCCSUacxmuhUOl210vjjODk0iRu5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTiL:wCCSUacxmurlg0v4iRZCpA
- TLSH T11D93182163E800B2E2765F3CC1B2A6D1062A7D527EF1F14F6D8471D94F736C0AAB1B26
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH