Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    150s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20260513-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 13:27

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_ecf141b424bad23aecf2a590f077ded3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 728KB
  • Sample260809-qqbfaaybre
  • SHA256 f8020847ef45f32fc7a0eb207c81b96e3148566967d6460f0828e4ac44029afd
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 3 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 3 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

    Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • 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.

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 26 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ecf141b424bad23aecf2a590f077ded3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ecf141b424bad23aecf2a590f077ded3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2984
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rvszxsgmip.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rvszxsgmip.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sjinzsyfkp.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ecf141b424bad23aecf2a590f077ded3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:860
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ecf141b424bad23aecf2a590f077ded3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_ecf141b424bad23aecf2a590f077ded3_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:6072
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ijeadhvlcd.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ijeadhvlcd.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1664
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1336
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:3492
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hu3ksIhf.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:3952
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:4864
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:720
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe1_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe1 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:5828
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 800 804 812 8192 808 784
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:5856

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        Hu3ksIhf.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Hu3ksIhf.bat
        • Size 196B
        • SHA256 554b04ea527be67ef6c5b0a0b983d780121c76bfbcb7a1d77e2e940bd4847fe3
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        ijeadhvlcd.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ijeadhvlcd.exe
        • Size 580KB
        • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        rvszxsgmip.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\rvszxsgmip.exe
        • Size 51KB
        • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        sjinzsyfkp.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sjinzsyfkp.exe
        • Size 22KB
        • SHA256 37c8378fd7c883e77e2fd211c8a759b61037168bdec87c234c73082c50b7f0cc
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        trnmg.sdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 31a945c54c79c08f76fd7f3ef48b61e381b74748c12449eed4c4ca81373b6114
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        bindsvc.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\bindsvc.exe
        • Size 291KB
        • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/720-53-0x000002272D0B0000-0x000002272D0B8000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-67-0x000002272E740000-0x000002272E748000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-21-0x0000022724AC0000-0x0000022724AD0000-memory.dmp

        memory/720-37-0x0000022724CF0000-0x0000022724D00000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-17-0x00000000004E0000-0x000000000065A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-184-0x00000000004E0000-0x000000000065A000-memory.dmp

        memory/1664-192-0x00000000004E0000-0x000000000065A000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-96-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-94-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-73-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-72-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-75-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-76-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-77-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-79-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-80-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-78-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-83-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-84-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-82-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-81-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-85-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-86-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-87-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-89-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-88-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-90-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-91-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-92-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-93-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-71-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-100-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-99-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-98-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-97-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-95-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-74-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-101-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-102-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-103-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-105-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-106-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-104-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-110-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-112-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-113-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-116-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-115-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-114-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-111-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-109-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-108-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-107-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-122-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-121-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-120-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-119-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-118-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-117-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-123-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-124-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-125-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-69-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-70-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-128-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-127-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp

        memory/5856-126-0x0000017E93EF0000-0x0000017E93F00000-memory.dmp