Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    149s
  • 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, 14:04

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_8c70866f1123d3467a528cbedf343b37_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 3.2MB
  • Sample260809-rdkzmasvas
  • SHA256 7eb54c32fbf71edcb23eb1a6dc9536bb745a7bf564097c888a15c492bd519ddd
  • 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 3 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_8c70866f1123d3467a528cbedf343b37_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_8c70866f1123d3467a528cbedf343b37_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:4060
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\khpwykvyad.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\khpwykvyad.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vhoewvqemu.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_8c70866f1123d3467a528cbedf343b37_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:1456
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aprosnikpu.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\aprosnikpu.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2544
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:1084
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1752
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5RIYoAmc.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:2944
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3812
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2572
    • 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:2500
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 800 804 812 8192 808 784
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:3552

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        5RIYoAmc.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\5RIYoAmc.bat
        • Size 196B
        • SHA256 7174fa3a1c4ad2cb78465d20809c4f50ee188f34afdc85b34ccdefa65c9baee6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        aprosnikpu.exe

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

        khpwykvyad.exe

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

        vhoewvqemu.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vhoewvqemu.exe
        • Size 2.5MB
        • SHA256 791e08d143a83d90a0e07f5fc2a8d3f263a0c4f16649e537f5c09d4498907b82
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        bindsvc.exe

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

        memory/2544-15-0x0000000000FF0000-0x000000000116A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-263-0x0000000000FF0000-0x000000000116A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2544-271-0x0000000000FF0000-0x000000000116A000-memory.dmp

        memory/2572-37-0x000002018E930000-0x000002018E940000-memory.dmp

        memory/2572-21-0x000002018E700000-0x000002018E710000-memory.dmp

        memory/2572-53-0x0000020196CF0000-0x0000020196CF8000-memory.dmp

        memory/2572-65-0x0000020197F60000-0x0000020197F68000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-93-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-94-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-71-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-72-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-70-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-69-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-79-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-82-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-81-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-80-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-78-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-77-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-76-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-75-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-74-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-73-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-86-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-85-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-87-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-88-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-84-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-83-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-89-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-90-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-67-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-96-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-98-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-97-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-95-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-68-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-92-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-91-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-99-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-100-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-101-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-103-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-104-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-102-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-105-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-106-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-110-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-113-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-114-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-112-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-118-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-120-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-126-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-125-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-124-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-123-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-122-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-121-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-119-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-117-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-116-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-115-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-111-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-109-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-108-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp

        memory/3552-107-0x000001EB5BD80000-0x000001EB5BD90000-memory.dmp