Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
144s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/08/2026, 17:06
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 935KB
- Sample260810-vmpkystdmg
- SHA256 3b17713c33923e8a95d67a1bae59db81b1bb406b88902d2148b2dc3c6694c3f1
- MD5 d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca
- SHA1 0ad848e40488b30dc0e989d1e2c21779f8015ece
- SHA512 ae36fc6e3ce481a2cf8cb24474ff6566e4782d7759c2a1faa3e0383fc03774854c27c9f71a906d3f78fd2fe3e567bad9e888de86da310cf89599657797045129
- SSDEEP 12288:B7IUmGEtx0l874jrIWXg1MzBFnI8UChNXWILBW:+lGUU4UBdI89hW/
- TLSH T17C151A0277F98179F1F37B71AEB992645A777CB1AD39C10E26C1225E09B0A50DA32733
- 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.
resource yara_rule behavioral1/files/0x0007000000024543-8.dat acprotect - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 5012 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01 - Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs
pid Process 2120 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 17 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\OFFICE16\LICLUA.CGH 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\VSTO\10.0\VSTOInstaller.EHI 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.LTT 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zFM.KIK 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\InputPersonalization.exe 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Source Engine\OSE.RFC 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.PSP 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7zG.CAB 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\InspectorOfficeGadget.FNM 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\IntegratedOffice.RFD 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\MavInject32.QOO 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\appvcleaner.FGA 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ClickToRun\AppVShNotify.GEB 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\ShapeCollector.exe 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\mip.exe 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\TabTip.exe 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01 - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 2120 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe 5012 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01 - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2120 wrote to memory of 5012 2120 2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe 85
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_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:2120 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~012⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:5012
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-10_d4f59e2df7465131efc91285facd16ca_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.~01
- Size 905KB
- SHA256 98d9926152fda45705f5e208d7236e467caeef83d756a14b4104ebf804644b29
- MD5 fe821f6fa60e9df9fdee69a23488bbab
- SHA1 f6a5c0e05ab0b7ffa81a3637e4a4110458a38e1d
- SHA512 22ffc710b73460f13a94d8ce9cdd1d455043610776972cc953d301b67a7b91465719d86ffcaa72c3ee85c30baa5c0abca364943ea1bcc87b097c4abd39bdc519
- SSDEEP 6144:1G6lX2ih9UB9jxbu/l8wOUsn1yy5//+9ljrVQxWc4Jg1LozBFnI8f4rCE8shqppY:kBGEtx0l874jrIWXg1MzBFnI8UChNXWH
- TLSH T10315090277F98179F1F37B71AEB992645A77BCB09D35C10E26D1225E09B0A90DA32733
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
- Size 166KB
- SHA256 aa7589969f7ab2d949ca218f543877be72787f62a9de11b840854845a7d93c39
- MD5 6b3fd0739c53406c69f7a3c600b85ccb
- SHA1 49c7f1170c96090bc60779d291cd4cee5ed8e7cf
- SHA512 d719f1e271c35161ac7391b7f5a329a962bf4024c5aafc647666e26d80d3569b88a48dee63e2f68ffbeb16abeb6dcb858a22da30578187369545f334b5e4e9cb
- SSDEEP 3072:kT4CJ4QmKk61NmSTBjDT7lVKG+4MztutF4NVxcCXXYAFtPD:9xY8
- TLSH T186F3D44363FC1219F6F37F41AEB852A44B77BDA1AA3EC14D1685115E08F0A90DA72B73
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SYSLIB32.DLL
- Size 2KB
- SHA256 86c37d531bdec92247c60d88a836074249f45a0f3b124f0ac03df8214779d701
- MD5 887232bc07bd1ed68c6913d71735179a
- SHA1 739dc10a629e1e4e2a4f6cbba66732062f58a1e0
- SHA512 0b029375874ca5030d41f637a5771e68d74be360c6a4ed284e0de646ca9f393bba47abe910c4648c75623c1df513171ac1668b3d9618e4d4527ff6661eefe8f9
- TLSH T1A651878BFE361A73C13F0231134ED56A39286200067D85A25A2CA45F36EB1B08B79F08
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH