Analysis
- max time kernel
150s - max time network
131s - 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, 11:05
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- Sample260809-m6vbjswfrc
- SHA256 998a72dac97bf168dca107762a53e1b6b84fa818ba4306b8f6b0a90efdc08551
- MD5 9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4
- SHA1 5c7687a373e03ef91834ab4e65b2b038ce41f086
- SHA512 71e4f3b67447aa54245107dbab4195eaf65f220788fde840799a5b7a3f0682cab2a3e1447fca6826503d07563085b9d9e3cafc4d1c866f40adbd13e7a053eb35
- SSDEEP 49152:DS7xdZn4KLE1SBixSQWTX9yOK9bnJSEZaSHiJxooSjRiENpX4DjIl1:Yxz4KLTBMWTX9yOK9bnJNZSxoo+iENpr
- TLSH T16085AE3A7651903AD6733631510AE7B8F2AEED304975055BA6A13F3D2E304838E2D76F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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urelas
C2
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1.234.83.146
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133.242.129.155
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218.54.31.226
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218.54.30.235
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 124 fyajx.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs
Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.
pid Process 1740 cmd.exe - Program crash 1 IoCs
pid pid_target Process procid_target 2080 124 WerFault.exe 89 - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 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 2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language fyajx.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 5112 wrote to memory of 124 5112 2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 89 PID 5112 wrote to memory of 1740 5112 2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_9a716adb9fa7027665039a9a80cb26f4_darkgate_elex_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5112 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fyajx.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fyajx.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:124 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 124 -s 6723⤵
- Program crash
PID:2080
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c ""C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_sannuy.bat" "2⤵
- Executes a command shell one-liner
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1740
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exeC:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 392 -p 124 -ip 1241⤵PID:5048
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_sannuy.bat
- Size 352B
- SHA256 80ee654ee272cc7495350d8e6fa59efb48a37715e93f34e727632980f73bb9ae
- MD5 333c203a067c3d84b5928dd40b59c5f3
- SHA1 dbecfcf8985f4f55431dc179289c668621f89b1f
- SHA512 2bb180ce79736a107fe59dcbe5021c4fd4591dc54144101d2a1de54af31cdf6d3f5832a4201c16131f96495761b3d9282626dfa677240207ec27eeff7c7e4ca4
- TLSH T19BE0DF0301BBDE1A1814B1AB97A6598CC1B4796D2B9A3745F330C56D63F208DFAEA705
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fyajx.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 525a1e8237097e29675f76db3d9be35d65e2333f95a1bf63d2d1d866885e7831
- MD5 6653a79687b3ef02e8cb58d72ff190ba
- SHA1 d2581ed71f203b847c3504e8efabac1157fba4c9
- SHA512 0d73f20b05f6b6ac7fe34cc44a8e53e656e88d017329f4ce7a3adb80e04495313f8cad66e2209572055378a3f0a133023902cb023e4fa0734d5b733e7ea80e76
- SSDEEP 49152:DS7xdZn4KLE1SBixSQWTX9yOK9bnJSEZaSHiJxooSjRiENpX4DjIl1:Yxz4KLTBMWTX9yOK9bnJNZSxoo+iENpb
- TLSH T13585AE3A7651903AD6733631510AE7B8F2AEED304975055BA6A13F3D2E304838E2D76F
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\golfinfo.ini
- Size 512B
- SHA256 730682fe3ea52d6afbcc01bcdca8d50093a1c265065baa6a7b960f66d68ac689
- MD5 09b99e0493b261afd48f46badf5042a6
- SHA1 212afae35a03c015fc0ef8807071c676c79d1703
- SHA512 9eca812c4cb773282294c17d0a894fcb7b06151735c78937667ee2a256822f51aaa31ad91539da12f8d2f1daaf1619e7b7961dc688f3c5a858b4ec622ec86eac
- TLSH T19AF08CD11055E0253307F013C2A493E0A7B35CC80A83CD844004F2308D36A2C8905240
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH