Analysis

  • max time kernel
    150s
  • max time network
    144s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    10/08/2026, 23:04

General

  • Target
    2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 344KB
  • Sample260810-21975sbm8y
  • SHA256 617c6dc74f86763021613c6cd0126a1f3bf757383ee01cc4c53edcd06d1ea05a
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10

Malware Config

Signatures

  • ACProtect 1.3x - 1.4x DLL software 1 IoCs

    Detects file using ACProtect software.

  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
  • Drops file in Program Files directory 14 IoCs
  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

    Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • Loads dropped DLL
    • Drops file in System32 directory
    • Drops file in Program Files directory
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1924
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:5752
      • C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe
        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
        3⤵
        • Drops file in Program Files directory
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        • Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:2820
        • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe
          "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
          4⤵
            PID:1848

    Network

          MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

          Replay Monitor

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          Downloads

          ArmReport.ini

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\ArmReport.ini
          • Size 782B
          • SHA256 8395f93b0e0240f5c79ce70bc2257f9cb0d92227b15f7724ba65b1c5c0b19625
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          RdrManifest2.msi

          • Path C:\ProgramData\Adobe\ARM\{291AA914-A987-4CE9-BD63-AC0A92D435E5}\RdrManifest2.msi
          • Size 18KB
          • SHA256 0abcb8b7c0bda3128316b3e4f4a5857e9c8194105043a0c0e9801a1a96105d01
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_03089cae88a1018a7d1699ff81d6bcee_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.~01
          • Size 315KB
          • SHA256 7ff9e87eb472dec8c7b317fd5823d7d27214b11b84ed3fdfad95546ab5c3e8e8
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          AdobeARM.log

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AdobeARM.log
          • Size 358B
          • SHA256 10ac01b12b3ab5d4a50a94f564960fa442e7f55158c50965b1805bbb774511bd
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          ArmUI.ini

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
          • Size 251KB
          • SHA256 b4d4dcd9594d372d7c0c975d80ef5802c88502895ed4b8a26ca62e225f2f18b0
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

          TmpD289.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpD289.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 ff9b4cf04e3202f150f19c1711767361343935da7841c98b876c42fd2cabce9b
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          TmpF1DA.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpF1DA.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 19fe53c801ad7edc635f61e9e28d07da31780c2480e6f37ecfc63fffe1b250fe
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          TmpF1FA.tmp

          • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\TmpF1FA.tmp
          • Size 3KB
          • SHA256 dcc9d2695125406282ba990fec39403c44b12964acf51b5e0dc7f2080d714398
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          SYSLIB32.DLL

          • Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL
          • Size 2KB
          • SHA256 86c37d531bdec92247c60d88a836074249f45a0f3b124f0ac03df8214779d701
          • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

          memory/1924-98-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-302-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-99-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-0-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-10-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010008000-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-286-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-294-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-137-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-307-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-309-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-311-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-315-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-317-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-321-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp

          memory/1924-326-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000437BE6-memory.dmp