Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
145s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
- submitted
04/08/2026, 09:22
General
- Target 2026-08-03_dc776a4e22ce164e9c51d464230fb0af_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 368KB
- Sample260804-lbvs6astc1
- SHA256 85875ac9b55d6c7a5cbe2c404a14e7e786a1e53af542abef49e5efc075aa4854
Malware Config
Signatures
- Detects executables packed with aPLib. 3 IoCs
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
- Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
- Checks for any installed AV software in registry 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
- Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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.
- Program crash 2 IoCs
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 10 IoCs
- Views/modifies file attributes 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_dc776a4e22ce164e9c51d464230fb0af_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_dc776a4e22ce164e9c51d464230fb0af_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\backgroundTaskHost.exe"backgroundTaskHost.exe"2⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Checks for any installed AV software in registry
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\yfdA057.tmp.bat" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_dc776a4e22ce164e9c51d464230fb0af_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe""2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\attrib.exeattrib -r -s -h "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_dc776a4e22ce164e9c51d464230fb0af_amadey_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Views/modifies file attributes
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5072 -s 19002⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5072 -s 17482⤵
- Program crash
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 432 -p 5072 -ip 50721⤵
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 536 -p 5072 -ip 50721⤵
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts
1Hidden Files and Directories
1Modify Registry
1Replay Monitor
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Downloads
228d44hb64.exe
3492473cd35c8bdceed8
yfdA057.tmp.bat
memory/2504-296-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-300-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-420-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-11-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-292-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-311-0x0000000002E60000-0x0000000002E61000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-6-0x0000000001230000-0x0000000001231000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-8-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004C6000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-305-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-304-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/2504-333-0x0000000001480000-0x00000000014EA000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000466000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-0-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-416-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000466000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-3-0x00000000004C0000-0x00000000004D0000-memory.dmp
memory/5072-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000466000-memory.dmp