Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    136s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    09/08/2026, 14:12

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_77e0e475b74120b37ea61de30e8eba5f_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 814KB
  • Sample260809-rh4brssvhw
  • SHA256 1b9f1ff5454d3bcf5cb7c2ea943690e2cea376f705794d3936e75c6fdbe8489b
  • 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
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 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 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 behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_77e0e475b74120b37ea61de30e8eba5f_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_77e0e475b74120b37ea61de30e8eba5f_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3328
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ftlokmspre.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ftlokmspre.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbaciyrdqn.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_77e0e475b74120b37ea61de30e8eba5f_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2916
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_77e0e475b74120b37ea61de30e8eba5f_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_77e0e475b74120b37ea61de30e8eba5f_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2808
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\txueqfqkvr.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\txueqfqkvr.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3692
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4104
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:908
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7vHEpHyP.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:200
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3440
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1020
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10001_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10001 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:5648
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 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:3644
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10003_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-2301830172-776172150-2531349243-10003 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:3480
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2900 3020 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:1296
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2972 2956 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
          • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
          PID:1820
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe4_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe4 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:720
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2900 3020 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
          2⤵
            PID:2536
          • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
            "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 2972 2956 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
            2⤵
              PID:5132

          Network

                MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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                Downloads

                Windows.db

                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
                • Size 1.0MB
                • SHA256 c5a04241019fbf14f7b4e896a1a244f2684a15af84287e5695cc4146e2405d88
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                Windows.db-wal

                • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
                • Size 1.5MB
                • SHA256 8ea30058c40d6109844c58720daa6edb82db136825f8e21fa1082ba76ed04cbe
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                7vHEpHyP.bat

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7vHEpHyP.bat
                • Size 196B
                • SHA256 521840f940c1407cf8c1c872fe547a096c932b72b09748de729a605f539797a1
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                dbaciyrdqn.exe

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dbaciyrdqn.exe
                • Size 108KB
                • SHA256 34a4360c26dc2635bf6c9adb42316116794df77b55630074938374df88e40823
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

                ftlokmspre.exe

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

                txueqfqkvr.exe

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

                trnmg.sdb

                • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
                • Size 1KB
                • SHA256 6b04938f7abe4de197e034f0d8fdb6ba600378ff8b521d59b1c7a8c7383c2c06
                • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

                bindsvc.exe

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

                memory/3692-17-0x00000000005F0000-0x000000000076A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3692-28-0x00000000005F0000-0x000000000076A000-memory.dmp

                memory/3692-37-0x00000000005F0000-0x000000000076A000-memory.dmp