Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    130s
  • 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, 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
  • Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 48 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 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 behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 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⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4248
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bqziqwmgrx.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\bqziqwmgrx.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\talhrzajmv.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_918c06cc480731fc10489650e3ff2107_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4984
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lycjscsmpz.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\lycjscsmpz.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2676
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4836
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:2052
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D22IvTFO.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:1616
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:5040
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2232
    • 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:1940
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-10002_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-10002 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" "1"
      2⤵
        PID:1776
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2976 2844 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:432
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2932 2916 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1156
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe3_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe3 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:2564
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2932 2916 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
        2⤵
          PID:5740
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2976 2844 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:1756

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              Windows.db

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
              • Size 1.3MB
              • SHA256 18f56a4ac8b0e7486034f073fee63ff7af8eeb1c47100734fdbd3ddff943a512
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              Windows.db-wal

              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
              • Size 1.3MB
              • SHA256 cd7efa711338fce957b6156426acf917c39a1593dc0a8df345c133e60f656fe1
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

              D22IvTFO.bat

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\D22IvTFO.bat
              • Size 196B
              • SHA256 e828caf5e5f1c4cadddbc457085d06c088b35c165f4ff0313ff1cf6de0584f7f
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              bqziqwmgrx.exe

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

              lycjscsmpz.exe

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

              talhrzajmv.exe

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

              trnmg.sdb

              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 514961e92f62d5229de30fcae4f0ab5a88436d11ac0b23adf80697d59fe63feb
              • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

              bindsvc.exe

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

              memory/2676-16-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000C0A000-memory.dmp

              memory/2676-37-0x0000000000A90000-0x0000000000C0A000-memory.dmp