Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
152s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
08/08/2026, 04:49
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 560KB
- Sample260808-ffn9aatwev
- SHA256 0bc22de6b1a9f48878c562028b69521c31eb1871ff6392ffdb1e864ee48d0149
- MD5 a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0
- SHA1 3873f7cd0d80a3fa5c35fcb2da5d032f5c502f47
- SHA512 f962d21f8faee6e79f459faa28237b0f1effd2ea322c72e4ce5bf41e10fa513d16382ff27f89ecb5b183382166638b237f2b2341d82c58fd4aa824d29d9966a4
- SSDEEP 6144:h6UE71cqQEoMr5C2iKLJChYSvL+8xPFxirGcEOkCybEaQRXr9HNdvOa+y8K:hO7OqQs42iKFChYSvL+8AsOkx2LIa+y
- TLSH T1E3C46C26B6A0D076C4B79574C4A28BA6FFB1742227244BCFA39047561F637E2BE3530D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4148-0-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000FDC000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/files/0x000700000001b85f-2.dat UPX behavioral2/memory/3148-3-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007CC000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4148-10-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000FDC000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/3148-11-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007CC000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/3148-32-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007CC000-memory.dmp UPX - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 3148 176617a0 - Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 4 IoCs
Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.
description flow ioc pid Process Destination IP 1 114.114.114.114 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 7 223.5.5.5 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 16 114.114.114.114 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 17 223.5.5.5 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 13 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\176617a0 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\81B9B36F9ABC4DA631A4713EE66FAEC6_D78A39BE9A7C3823659C09F61E8BD3E8 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\81B9B36F9ABC4DA631A4713EE66FAEC6_D78A39BE9A7C3823659C09F61E8BD3E8 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\66F835E41EC6A985EB9271E4A70169D7_CF44E3C99F7F4AC558EEB35244F7E046 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\66F835E41EC6A985EB9271E4A70169D7_CF44E3C99F7F4AC558EEB35244F7E046 176617a0 -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/4148-0-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000FDC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/files/0x000700000001b85f-2.dat upx behavioral2/memory/3148-3-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007CC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4148-10-0x0000000000F50000-0x0000000000FDC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3148-11-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007CC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3148-32-0x0000000000740000-0x00000000007CC000-memory.dmp upx - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\35e518 176617a0 File opened for modification C:\Windows\4703e8 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - 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 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 176617a0 - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 9 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix 176617a0 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:" 176617a0 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProxyBypass = "1" 176617a0 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\IntranetName = "1" 176617a0 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\UNCAsIntranet = "1" 176617a0 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "0" 176617a0 Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing 176617a0 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:" 176617a0 Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ 176617a0 - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
pid Process 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 3148 176617a0 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 4148 2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3148 176617a0 Token: SeTcbPrivilege 3148 176617a0
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-08_a2823bdf1968edb0a264427ac019d6d0_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4148
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C:\Windows\Syswow64\176617a0C:\Windows\Syswow64\176617a01⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3148
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\176617a0
- Size 560KB
- SHA256 77f99e78923f0ad84e4e6d760b8d1d6765690703ec26067cdc4901be1024d37e
- MD5 a0b3fd6095acca4081f8bcefdf9a8d77
- SHA1 82c255315a3c320007d1ce581af2e5fa53f52e84
- SHA512 e6fe51a7512ebc818fd2fb626333015419f1a06a3bc4f9a60a72bb26ff6f2aa2d8d1e3988392665a9c3806a01ab10743f32c845543f6734127392a2141c2bd38
- SSDEEP 6144:a6UE71cqQEoMr5C2iKLJChYSvL+8xPFxirGcEOkCybEaQRXr9HNdvOa+y8K:aO7OqQs42iKFChYSvL+8AsOkx2LIa+y
- TLSH T1C3C46C26B6A0D076C4B79574C4A28BA6FFB1742227244BCFA39047561F637E2BE3530D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH