Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
145s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
- submitted
05/08/2026, 05:36
General
- Target 2026-08-05_ace585d58940e42e17ed1e4250033608_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 2.0MB
- Sample260805-gank8sec42
- SHA256 cf065d363811c55d2c438505ec4c0a4b8c12abe98c20cb73312aa1ceb88b37b0
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
- 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.
- Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
- Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 3 IoCs
- Modifies registry class 1 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 2 IoCs
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself 1 IoCs
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
- Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy WMI provider
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
- Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_ace585d58940e42e17ed1e4250033608_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_ace585d58940e42e17ed1e4250033608_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4B28.tmp"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4B28.tmp" --splashC:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_ace585d58940e42e17ed1e4250033608_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.exe 31C4C97A26BD251CE2AB2B1C77F227512A002BFD89263F293C343D93F08E6C83A3EE3AD2ADF56CD5514B63CF670E254C4B76668157BA3D975419D86B364925922⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: RenamesItself
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
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C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-05_ace585d58940e42e17ed1e4250033608_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx" /o ""3⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
2026-08-05_ace585d58940e42e17ed1e4250033608_amadey_elex_smoke-loader.docx
4B28.tmp
memory/2508-18-0x00007FFD00500000-0x00007FFD00510000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-22-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-16-0x00007FFD00500000-0x00007FFD00510000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-15-0x00007FFD00500000-0x00007FFD00510000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-17-0x00007FFD4051F000-0x00007FFD40520000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-14-0x00007FFD00500000-0x00007FFD00510000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-20-0x00007FFD00500000-0x00007FFD00510000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-19-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-35-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-28-0x00007FFCFDAE0000-0x00007FFCFDAF0000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-24-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-26-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-25-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-23-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-21-0x00007FFD403C0000-0x00007FFD40623000-memory.dmp
memory/2508-27-0x00007FFCFDAE0000-0x00007FFCFDAF0000-memory.dmp
memory/5220-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp
memory/5908-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000606000-memory.dmp