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
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
11 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 14.3MB
- Sample260804-p5b5pabc22
- SHA256 430bccdeb6cd5f9abbf951160677af628905509abcfb85c188ba3ef7992976d2
- MD5 1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9
- SHA1 1598e7043c94509e4bd9df100a9103c215595b35
- SHA512 9d5b73af9c31a2f5e3a7da34c8a6503aa2fcc9eb8f96f3d430448c4300f127fd4dad05dfe4d8c145ab8a471ec4a0dae4545ecc71001cdcc521a69e918a18332c
- SSDEEP 196608:ui/k7Af30O5Fmu/MuBZ/NiRCMs0kJMAg0kmjFWVzVKEn:ukkM30O5Fp9iEMs0ky1gW3
- TLSH T10CE67D017680CC66D12A273AC8B989A4553B7DA06F3064DF7BCC3D0DAF759C11EB968B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3592 AWLoader.exe - Loads dropped DLL 7 IoCs
pid Process 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language AWLoader.exe - NTFS ADS 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.ini:Tamper AWLoader.exe File opened for modification C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.ini:Tamper 2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege 3592 AWLoader.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 4 IoCs
pid Process 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe 3592 AWLoader.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2508 wrote to memory of 3592 2508 2026-08-03_1aec2cc9f92d604a2387d6c444c3f3e9_amadey_darkgate_elex_gcleaner_glassworm_remcos_smoke-loader.exe 89
Processes
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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 -removeifinstallcanceled2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
PID:3592
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\7zxa.dll
- Size 170KB
- SHA256 cd81ce9e775e87b45839a6b06a26e12ea130961f57283bbc4f5aca35c5ffe8bb
- MD5 fef786156aa12b254d763a41c070801f
- SHA1 452aa5c791e8f36991ab6210982badbc99472bdb
- SHA512 301dc69df7e7a8a04aa52ca86c53eefda73f21925f1ce8962cf8546b90ed807c9f9fb7312a0b883e4830ac1e5e507b1ec192fcbb7abd916f259ea55c61625a5e
- SSDEEP 3072:qZrUY3LoOZp59uVZ2B510zz0A9h9FDiaCObDxtItnCB:dYBmZ2B+H9DFD97o6
- TLSH T1BF04C01177A580B9E34B36328E9ABB521769FA444770C9C76FD41E7B6E329C0CA3434B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.exe
- Size 4.1MB
- SHA256 ad189e401e3da4a9e1b9b6b71f30e7c025202f42320840b0fd50add25171c24b
- MD5 e0684165eb733b81aee02379c800ba0d
- SHA1 d662135f564b1e2419a55fc1ff33aad9a4740566
- SHA512 4de5cf2d9f7b7c9349ca11963699390461189b5fa64ff56c6f11edfb6e62b0107ca2fb7c8a4e38bba94fe138ac5b989a83d05bb2105d05cf3122357294082aac
- SSDEEP 98304:I1lkFdxt30O5C22h8TGu2eh7Ium0ZSO/+:IAf30O5Fmu/MuBZ/+
- TLSH T19E160806A7C1CC57E1331B7BCC6585E418297D60BE64B49B3ECC3E0CBFBAA016D56686
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\AWLoader.ini
- Size 70B
- SHA256 b7a69936ac73fbb5be78933b43732babcadbdc646e06e0a72cce07542b640f75
- MD5 ef99c520c1faf1742c3e151c78f34d46
- SHA1 bb32a15005e17462b1bbd9379e0f273b269506d0
- SHA512 162a8e7986fc66a14c7a2a3d3078119fbc68f7a68b45e2073987c99555f16db01b0dbbf09224814c6f7355273d7339489f36bc6103ab881e802556685442481b
- TLSH T1D1A022C308ACCECCA0E0BE0FE03C00E803C80A8E0820022023280AFE8E22022002C000
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\BigUp2.dll
- Size 2.2MB
- SHA256 104e648540af417863371d9fdc8dad3ed4d832cac4a85cad35c5678f5d7b7e22
- MD5 b56cebe42aa7042afcd6c0859908ca9a
- SHA1 f317b9336f3e61142d34471ef26299065ceff43c
- SHA512 e85a4731d3922a1c52bff763dc86845890472210066cdcf6215bc6a93747ff358fdf58f6f2727ff3a4816627305ed44255e033a8bc450ab606316f63df3d1af5
- SSDEEP 49152:e1iRIqtCFBOv/fjTyoZtVYBOVDkuzOo5s/5xuCWGUapgM6LYigf91osXV:ciRDuMs/WGUs
- TLSH T107B54A20BA17C53FDADE0271557CA61F401D9AA90B341AE7D3DC5E7E28B48C3273686B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\devil.dll
- Size 594KB
- SHA256 a734cb0f1a692a63d3ca2b9de436042fe3d7f30d7e15db5b748b026815d1fa77
- MD5 df19f52cc632e6c1fb5d9a3d1c2d4574
- SHA1 d1b5eb4f5e56377a79eefa18ab562514e60fdbf7
- SHA512 1cee92d3c48ee5caed6aa2b7a52342c2d1f63fc3ea1c7999d810a2cc2a5a7abae3c8c1ecdcc928b4896c59bed55225ec2ceb81edef5d4175cab0ebecbc8a8c32
- SSDEEP 12288:okmjRLoypRSrjkC/PRtOnQ8aPB9JhjjZ0V/Vx6I/wZS/Og6vfJP:okmjREypRSrEnQp0xHaWOgQ
- TLSH T161D4BF80B6D7C0F2D99D1279456E7B7B093D26261B34C9F3E7D02856EC207D26EBB284
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\libcurl.dll
- Size 387KB
- SHA256 0de2ca8c23a0139314a1a62295c2ac29a839d724089d04361730b2850a71b43d
- MD5 473dc79c7d269732300c5d6a2706a4fc
- SHA1 5699147133ee9d9550d75eaf225d0081f5840bf6
- SHA512 d9235bde90fe62c48dae5ba9b3d01cf4a8ce6aa620db725baeb3461038c484a33113604518b305f5e7b824c3791d9af20fa3524a58bfa3d43c2be6df85263a8d
- SSDEEP 12288:V2Nf4BSEuzibEZiZBEvEwZHGtO4nNk0aeKpdOvRSitFB9FB7bpVDxvpW:nLBvICN/vRSu0
- TLSH T15B84BF41FEC291F1E1C602B865F55B771D387919A328EAE3D3C649699C302D1A33E7CA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\lightupdate.dll
- Size 181KB
- SHA256 556f28c6b63a5b2cadef3b9a2a6f3caa800b66cd2d94ebba68321cab983172b9
- MD5 1b34202f808929b5442a0da5f9be8fa4
- SHA1 a947e8abd1ab2602b6c31e6d602ed95b725d5cce
- SHA512 62d741aa3a6a09e38a09af99aa44c4457308cce7874db55e82475762baf0c792091c32c972d6deb28c62ae0bdb68a2de4bef6168f8b0985bb567099534accb4e
- SSDEEP 3072:M88vhk7yGNXF2H0FjzJgJAea3MGOIADFqjYex1ZxCzpEz:M88ZkxFwUFzJgJAefGiFqsozxB
- TLSH T1E1048D213644C133D78F163589B9DB76093DB9600BA594CBABE89E7E0F643D29B3431B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\main.log
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 8a34685c9711596004a4d1bc2629362ec8d54d989a0fc53ae238e5183ff640ae
- MD5 62b4bad7f761dae97ba91f75865834a7
- SHA1 53cec6eba8ccb25db3e512372d7dcd53bec8a9b1
- SHA512 ab4afbe17019cf5485c1ad1957033c9318c3df0eab3ff563f21e6464c1629976a29bd2a8f36c6f1e78b493a4ca8781823979478ad5bd32724043e5bdb53f1dbf
- TLSH T158216A01839E88E60D21F537A366B89A8023B1478A126B30A760F61E45D709BF1FA621
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\preinstall.brs
- Size 2.9MB
- SHA256 e3366082e0d559a1ca007acc41219409f66a9dfdd59be6fe3c5858ecac4a8b63
- MD5 7f153bdc3ae5ab1d826dd2accaf72944
- SHA1 c4dabd1d1e45f6a810c76382b2e420ba6df25617
- SHA512 eeb7d07ffcbca52247eaba34c534c5d12c15472fe853721712db63abf99bac40a65db63b7d18b2fdf711f89c10dffbe7460b8daad797f107f544dcc239d83edc
- SSDEEP 49152:KUcdlrvQaGiWsaZHfCRwL0S4Al2l7Zu4sr4:NcdlLOYMCmMAgZeM
- TLSH T1DCE569847C94A881A80DB65CE5FCD845D7F72ED10C34042EAFEADD960E12E8C8DE59DB
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\pxd.dll
- Size 61KB
- SHA256 8ce58bac888e0dc3c7c05db29bf583cc3a90f34de66db15b09817f1f7b4fc006
- MD5 c0175ee1c07dcdd505242c2a40f9084c
- SHA1 d1a666571e2eaa7c365453f77d39934fbc805c6c
- SHA512 a8937bbc98020a2607422bbace3c7a9cb9f67cafdc9d852e95f8c926992a62f40830523e6f72e0b623c49473ec93332b6d0a74e94999739e41612c46e8dcc811
- SSDEEP 1536:iLyf5ph3SS5y3hbvP8/DDKcfLD0pSGU9JKNDr:iLpS5maDDKcfLAENKNDr
- TLSH T192537E51B3D090B6D0E75B3895FC87B2482E6E0297FC11CB6B75196DAEA01C0AF78367
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\AWLoader\zlib1.dll
- Size 141KB
- SHA256 b3d9ec3c9854504d16acfb40396b9ad014c6552a9c460a07a9e895e8d2da9caf
- MD5 96a7bd8901a727706aefeffcbad16604
- SHA1 8441e01ad740fb28590effbd0b3136626fce55d5
- SHA512 e18b508c41ec19b024e8cd03ff9d6070a8fbe79d19ea99c3e633b25ad3a8230da8a2ed8382cbfe1e7e12f5774ae78c260592a2935da203bf7649d156dce5b767
- SSDEEP 3072:RwiXECLjT5j0X7TszcY4TBfqGbHlAMApck5:/UCL/5jrcY4TByGbSpv
- TLSH T12EE39E0176C2C175D1B7423186F8DB1ADB3D7D220B3799DF6388769A09312C1A638BFA
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH