Analysis

  • max time kernel
    149s
  • max time network
    145s
  • 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, 14:26

General

  • Target
    2026-08-09_4eefbd1c3ceec49e01872baa5e095fb5_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_redline-steale.exe
  • Size 1.2MB
  • Sample260809-rr2vasag98
  • SHA256 d5bffcbe747fb154bedcb27206ad3d496fab09da82e968c649a21d4867813ac7
  • 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 9 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4eefbd1c3ceec49e01872baa5e095fb5_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_redline-steale.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4eefbd1c3ceec49e01872baa5e095fb5_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_redline-steale.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:876
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hlqjkfwbnb.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hlqjkfwbnb.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ymdvtbnzyu.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4eefbd1c3ceec49e01872baa5e095fb5_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_redline-steale.exe"
      2⤵
      • Checks computer location settings
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2608
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4eefbd1c3ceec49e01872baa5e095fb5_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_redline-steale.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-09_4eefbd1c3ceec49e01872baa5e095fb5_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_redline-steale.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:3008
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upefxcierf.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\upefxcierf.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4072
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4768
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:4840
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\n0YIa1QN.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:5084
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3564
  • 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:3032
    • 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:1792
    • C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 0 800 804 812 8192 808 784
      2⤵
      • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
      PID:4016

Network

        MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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        Downloads

        hlqjkfwbnb.exe

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

        n0YIa1QN.bat

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\n0YIa1QN.bat
        • Size 196B
        • SHA256 c37c347b32b7f79463413d8b61a1aa9f58dd1378bd41aa4db2eced242e471988
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        upefxcierf.exe

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

        ymdvtbnzyu.exe

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ymdvtbnzyu.exe
        • Size 284KB
        • SHA256 446155f3ab94bf33db91e7c2c1eed57ed449d82710bfc96dfa07dba1d346399e
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

        trnmg.sdb

        • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
        • Size 1KB
        • SHA256 99186b43ae5dc7a134f76c3dc3e5104f69a14c5cbd46ab6a0968368adac6e3f6
        • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

        bindsvc.exe

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

        memory/3032-37-0x0000021E5A060000-0x0000021E5A070000-memory.dmp

        memory/3032-21-0x0000021E59E30000-0x0000021E59E40000-memory.dmp

        memory/3032-53-0x0000021E62420000-0x0000021E62428000-memory.dmp

        memory/3032-67-0x0000021E63AA0000-0x0000021E63AA8000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-99-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-91-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-71-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-72-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-74-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-73-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-75-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-76-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-84-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-83-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-82-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-81-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-80-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-79-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-78-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-77-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-85-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-86-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-88-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-89-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-90-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-87-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-92-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-96-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-95-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-100-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-69-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-98-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-97-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-94-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-93-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-70-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-116-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-115-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-114-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-113-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-112-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-111-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-110-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-109-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-108-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-107-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-106-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-104-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-105-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-103-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-102-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-101-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-117-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-118-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-119-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-128-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-127-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-126-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-125-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-124-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-123-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-122-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-121-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4016-120-0x0000019B92590000-0x0000019B925A0000-memory.dmp

        memory/4072-15-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000ECA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4072-137-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000ECA000-memory.dmp

        memory/4072-145-0x0000000000D50000-0x0000000000ECA000-memory.dmp