phorphiex | d62f1e654d271e61a8839a378e2f488bfe4582ebe2b9c1fa4ba03aea6bae8c55

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
144s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
04/08/2026, 11:03

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General

Target
2026-08-03_84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234_amadey_darkgate_elex_redline-stealer_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
Size 894KB
Sample260804-m5tnmayckc
SHA256 d62f1e654d271e61a8839a378e2f488bfe4582ebe2b9c1fa4ba03aea6bae8c55
MD5 84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234
SHA1 114816926732a4833bba5791aa4bcd2a88cafa79
SHA512 de3ec845ba610f06dce0c03c72f95e2b6e5530e8f626addcd33462fdcdc4a493ea4abcbf6281f36d1a224a7d938bd4b5082a4ee16a7d232e7fcacc84a788cc89
SSDEEP 24576:XzJv3K15PCnwJm+pg/VrR2Ymsi4DKxSX9Jhi+u:Dl/nw0NJRUsiTQJh1
TLSH
T17F159E21F582D035E9E111B287B91FBA1C399621032A94E777E82DD85FB48E13A7F317
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery phorphiex loader trojan worm

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

http://178.16.54.109

Signatures

Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.
worm trojan loader phorphiex

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
4	1856	2026-08-03_84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234_amadey_darkgate_elex_redline-stealer_remcos_smoke-loader.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
720	4954.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.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

flow	ioc
1	ip-api.com

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4076	1856	WerFault.exe	89

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	4954.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-03_84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234_amadey_darkgate_elex_redline-stealer_remcos_smoke-loader.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1856 wrote to memory of 720	1856	2026-08-03_84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234_amadey_darkgate_elex_redline-stealer_remcos_smoke-loader.exe	91

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234_amadey_darkgate_elex_redline-stealer_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_84635ebee96cd75dd6135f6602636234_amadey_darkgate_elex_redline-stealer_remcos_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1856
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4954.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4954.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:720
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1856 -s 1368
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4076

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 1856 -ip 1856
1⤵
PID:4688

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

4954.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4954.exe
Size 12KB
SHA256 8e2b78e7c586e36dc3b27c78466fad735f86cdd9b4e7ecbc4c650d934a9a176b
MD5 362fc53afbda6450184b73746802a6fa
SHA1 4c289f978c4c464da05cee4c33101ea7f5291d7b
SHA512 d137b29e9a9ae7ec47dcdb6733e618566cb66d910e33058c5681b61cd3ef0d07e346d4cee19f39c0e1e6918215bb5281caaa5fac204156f46b37c2b63e1b7c81
SSDEEP 192:yW0eU9Y0G5msXhBee6JPJXJxTNerBthIHMzQoh:P0TYgsXhAh9xBerBgMz
TLSH
T11742290AA8091831F3E204B2573E82938BBD19A337D5F9DBFB8067090DB53D5D17966E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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