Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    152s
  • 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, 14:00

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_98d0c32f7dbbe645c4ae32ad1b02311e_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 4.5MB
  • Sample260809-rayfjsygmf
  • SHA256 321b883f300ed74d8cf57e9c5bf7aa67b9b063846ce2c7e606fa7614782a9135
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 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 8 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_98d0c32f7dbbe645c4ae32ad1b02311e_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_98d0c32f7dbbe645c4ae32ad1b02311e_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:2352
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\knamtwlgny.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\knamtwlgny.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yuapdwonas.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_98d0c32f7dbbe645c4ae32ad1b02311e_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
      PID:1928
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_98d0c32f7dbbe645c4ae32ad1b02311e_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_98d0c32f7dbbe645c4ae32ad1b02311e_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:772
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pmggvetgre.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pmggvetgre.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4916
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:3372
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1000
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cMOupX9t.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:640
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2520
  • 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:1800
    • 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:2036
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 800 804 812 8192 808 784
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:2660

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        cMOupX9t.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cMOupX9t.bat
        • Size 196B
        • SHA256 9d4ca9231d6e229f492c79f410632966c6857d66a9e8c38fd113de3c0584b607
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        knamtwlgny.exe

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

        pmggvetgre.exe

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

        yuapdwonas.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\yuapdwonas.exe
        • Size 3.8MB
        • SHA256 e497bc1220e4c02fa5402a962bcfa121582999da00eaea6017ddd455f5796706
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        trnmg.sdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 24a20d609dfa1e2202eef897a519a5d72057fee00f99fade18e7fda184b12830
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        bindsvc.exe

        • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        • Size 291KB
        • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        memory/1800-21-0x000001B3A4010000-0x000001B3A4020000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-37-0x000001B3A4110000-0x000001B3A4120000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-53-0x000001B3AC600000-0x000001B3AC608000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-139-0x000001B3AF530000-0x000001B3AF531000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-138-0x000001B3AF540000-0x000001B3AF548000-memory.dmp

        memory/1800-136-0x000001B3AF510000-0x000001B3AF518000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-87-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-98-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-70-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-82-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-81-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-80-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-79-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-78-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-77-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-76-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-75-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-74-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-73-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-83-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-84-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-85-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-86-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-88-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-72-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-89-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-91-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-92-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-93-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-94-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-97-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-71-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-96-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-90-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-95-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-114-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-113-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-112-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-111-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-110-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-109-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-108-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-107-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-106-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-105-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-104-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-103-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-102-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-101-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-100-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-99-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-67-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-68-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/2660-69-0x0000024E01B30000-0x0000024E01B40000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-117-0x00000000006F0000-0x000000000086A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-15-0x00000000006F0000-0x000000000086A000-memory.dmp

        memory/4916-127-0x00000000006F0000-0x000000000086A000-memory.dmp