Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
150s - 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, 15:58
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
4 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 88KB
- Sample260804-tesf7shq91
- SHA256 bf5769c87c6d925a0ea5c7da433161b4e9cf62f946a72abe7e043c1eb04c1ce2
- MD5 45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2
- SHA1 4bc9370198138f894079186d6b36799943a44fdd
- SHA512 b2fe7298b4e13eb02abb5fcc3574614a03c4fb1d9d0fff18ddacb6b896cd7d493b459aeddce72705f56786c85a02595b192a649d5fa46532c06242c999a4d02e
- SSDEEP 1536:dToccCCSUacxmuhUOl210vjjODk0iRu5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTiA:wCCSUacxmurlg0v4iRZCp7
- TLSH T10E93282163E840B2E2765F3CC1B2A6D1062A7D527EF1F14F6D8431D94F736C0AAB1B26
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 1904 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 1 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 guzakbet.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4996 wrote to memory of 1904 4996 2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 89
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-04_45c022c50f232e63b1a2e5c099e2bff2_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4996 -
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:1904
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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 719bf5ef533fa5474d7e6e35aac980a8639c83876d7aa22ff0f68110c5e7e870
- MD5 22d8b528428cd0c9e80368d4bdc7bc52
- SHA1 836e855f15ebbd58c9a89f7d03d59ba186e51c46
- SHA512 37dade065f3b59a3ce374d9a15246065fb636b6f22220bfc55bbc7249f35ed8ec86e3a1bffc7b9554c43ea05a80f18c915d7acab6f69f5cacb84e5b4ff14009b
- SSDEEP 1536:dToccCCSUacxmuhUOl210vjjODk0iRu5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTip:wCCSUacxmurlg0v4iRZCpe
- TLSH T1DC93282163E840B2E2765F3CC1B2A6D1062A7D527EF1F14F6D8471D94F736C0AAB1B26
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH