Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    117s
  • 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, 12:54

General

  • Target
    2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
  • Size 14.3MB
  • Sample260804-p5b5pabc22
  • SHA256 430bccdeb6cd5f9abbf951160677af628905509abcfb85c188ba3ef7992976d2
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
  • Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs

    Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.

  • 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.

  • NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • NTFS ADS
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2508
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.exe" -startedbysetup "installer=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe" game=20.3000009 -removeifinstallcanceled
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Loads dropped DLL
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • NTFS ADS
      • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      • Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
      PID:3592

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        7zxa.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\7zxa.dll
        • Size 170KB
        • SHA256 cd81ce9e775e87b45839a6b06a26e12ea130961f57283bbc4f5aca35c5ffe8bb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AWLoader.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.exe
        • Size 4.1MB
        • SHA256 ad189e401e3da4a9e1b9b6b71f30e7c025202f42320840b0fd50add25171c24b
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        AWLoader.ini

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.ini
        • Size 70B
        • SHA256 b7a69936ac73fbb5be78933b43732babcadbdc646e06e0a72cce07542b640f75
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        BigUp2.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\BigUp2.dll
        • Size 2.2MB
        • SHA256 104e648540af417863371d9fdc8dad3ed4d832cac4a85cad35c5678f5d7b7e22
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        devil.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\devil.dll
        • Size 594KB
        • SHA256 a734cb0f1a692a63d3ca2b9de436042fe3d7f30d7e15db5b748b026815d1fa77
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        libcurl.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\libcurl.dll
        • Size 387KB
        • SHA256 0de2ca8c23a0139314a1a62295c2ac29a839d724089d04361730b2850a71b43d
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        lightupdate.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\lightupdate.dll
        • Size 181KB
        • SHA256 556f28c6b63a5b2cadef3b9a2a6f3caa800b66cd2d94ebba68321cab983172b9
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        main.log

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\main.log
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 8a34685c9711596004a4d1bc2629362ec8d54d989a0fc53ae238e5183ff640ae
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        preinstall.brs

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\preinstall.brs
        • Size 2.9MB
        • SHA256 e3366082e0d559a1ca007acc41219409f66a9dfdd59be6fe3c5858ecac4a8b63
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        pxd.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\pxd.dll
        • Size 61KB
        • SHA256 8ce58bac888e0dc3c7c05db29bf583cc3a90f34de66db15b09817f1f7b4fc006
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        zlib1.dll

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\zlib1.dll
        • Size 141KB
        • SHA256 b3d9ec3c9854504d16acfb40396b9ad014c6552a9c460a07a9e895e8d2da9caf
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/2508-32-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000124E000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-85-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030A1000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-89-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000084B000-memory.dmp

        memory/3592-90-0x00000000030A0000-0x00000000030A1000-memory.dmp