f6ca6956ae921b7f26403728ad802505d93de88c007f8bc19bf16f57a04f7eaa

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
151s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
09/08/2026, 04:14

Sharing

Copy URL Twitter E-mail

Report Analysis Logs

General

Target
2026-08-09_05cc1a39e21d9088cf75d877a4a86906_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Size 85KB
Sample260809-etv4bahk6w
SHA256 f6ca6956ae921b7f26403728ad802505d93de88c007f8bc19bf16f57a04f7eaa
MD5 05cc1a39e21d9088cf75d877a4a86906
SHA1 f248195186c58b7ada1aeed0ffd8fbb24aa8fe9b
SHA512 21c36c622222adc96c4f9b908c3da63b04609f47859789dc96ce053ddb31dda64dbe70e1df2606c42f7accb06ae0f6ced0a8ac478f1abb691eddd39d1657a37e
SSDEEP 1536:fTw3gWhUelqxsvLjCXk0GPW5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTiS:8gWjlEsvkGPBCp9
TLSH
T1F183496272D84072D5611F3CC0B2A6C21A6A7D117EF0F44F6E8875E95F732C06AB9753
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1116	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.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-09_05cc1a39e21d9088cf75d877a4a86906_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	guzakbet.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1052 wrote to memory of 1116	1052	2026-08-09_05cc1a39e21d9088cf75d877a4a86906_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_05cc1a39e21d9088cf75d877a4a86906_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_05cc1a39e21d9088cf75d877a4a86906_amadey_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1052
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\guzakbet.exe
  C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\guzakbet.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1116

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads

guzakbet.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\guzakbet.exe
Size 85KB
SHA256 357ce6529650a2a0a64a612720dafb48099d8c022436499902859eaae90cae82
MD5 ebb764553de8299ddf451805f18648a9
SHA1 45deedcf4337048ba12342a62f1afc08fb36e445
SHA512 73d40e152466d2acfe54ad44e37cd72bc2d4e3b6283925ea1db8474548510ef4595518d6db1233deaff12714496e20c03839c86c2f3de1a5e76280f16934de8e
SSDEEP 1536:fTw3gWhUelqxsvLjCXk0GPW5SMwXRTWxkwTl8YTit:8gWjlEsvkGPBCpC
TLSH
T1E383496272D84172E5611F3CC0B2A6C21A6A7D117EF0F44F6E8875E94F732C06AB9B53
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Submit Download

Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Replay Monitor

Loading Replay Monitor...

Downloads