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, 14:02

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_918c06cc480731fc10489650e3ff2107_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 740KB
  • Sample260809-rcbdssstfv
  • SHA256 870505d12a09039174acc83895c2684b50c3fefc4d9896c3cc3a01e9dbb1fd85
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 1 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 1 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 3 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 8 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 3 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_918c06cc480731fc10489650e3ff2107_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_918c06cc480731fc10489650e3ff2107_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:556
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nlauyjohti.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nlauyjohti.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fhdynkmisc.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_918c06cc480731fc10489650e3ff2107_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:2996
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cnrjeirtds.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\cnrjeirtds.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2260
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2240
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:388
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YfzU0oX6.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:3692
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:2848
  • 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:3548
    • 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:5096
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 804 808 816 8192 812 784
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:4996

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        YfzU0oX6.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\YfzU0oX6.bat
        • Size 196B
        • SHA256 29942f963d3a23a9b5cf621d6718160a44f512c928808497b6c284be41d0656c
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        cnrjeirtds.exe

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

        fhdynkmisc.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\fhdynkmisc.exe
        • Size 34KB
        • SHA256 d3770593c7c3b85acba86281237fcbd2f0f3517a3d5aa46099018166ebb2a6eb
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        nlauyjohti.exe

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

        bindsvc.exe

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

        memory/2260-20-0x0000000000040000-0x00000000001BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/2260-137-0x0000000000040000-0x00000000001BA000-memory.dmp

        memory/3548-21-0x0000022D670F0000-0x0000022D67100000-memory.dmp

        memory/3548-37-0x0000022D67330000-0x0000022D67340000-memory.dmp

        memory/3548-53-0x0000022D6F6E0000-0x0000022D6F6E8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-81-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-74-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-67-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-68-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-69-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-70-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-71-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-72-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-73-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-96-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-95-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-94-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-93-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-92-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-91-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-90-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-89-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-88-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-87-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-86-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-85-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-84-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-83-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-82-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-66-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-80-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-79-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-78-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-77-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-76-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-75-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-65-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-97-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-98-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-125-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-124-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-123-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-122-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-121-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-120-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-119-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-118-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-117-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-116-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-115-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-114-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-113-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-112-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-111-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-110-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-109-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-108-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-107-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-106-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-105-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-103-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-104-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-102-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-101-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-100-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp

        memory/4996-99-0x000001D94D2F0000-0x000001D94D300000-memory.dmp