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
12/08/2026, 03:44
Static task
static1
2 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
13 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
2 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 4.0MB
- Sample260812-eax4kaxhrb
- SHA256 e9a560b19524a886734a26f157f718c716d817c8d19393ab679df701f68e2240
- MD5 2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5
- SHA1 4a132bb2c641b14f34d00c4ba9a2d12bec0e2881
- SHA512 84123aaa2eb3f56eeb334a0a2f5ddfda49bbfd255c44b2327f1a1cefe1e7b833de6ec2bf39823fff5756fcc13bd16040fdde79a773dd2dfd983ff009e4d9f9d9
- SSDEEP 98304:khgvGfD8tpLWBHXovKM84AU58wImIcwvRVnlSNlnu6yoj9ghi1RebMIg9Cbk/V8N:2BB4ulU58wyTlSNlnu6yojDIg9Cbk/V8
- TLSH T1BF169ED27F5D4067C163253189F9AF78B6FAAD60FA35024732503E3EFA31782592861B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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fatalrat
C2
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http://www.taobao.com/help/getip.php
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https://vv.video.qq.com/checktime?otype=ojson
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https://searchplugin.csdn.net/api/v1/ip/get?ip=
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https://www.ipplus360.com/getIP
Signatures
- Fatal Rat payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4664-21-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B9000-memory.dmp fatalrat - Custom signatureDetects executables calling ClearMyTracksByProcess 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/4664-21-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009B9000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ClearMyTracksByProcess - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 1760 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 1760 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-876885714-46325919-1482798410-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinSys8808 = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Update\\1.3.5055.162\\DropboxCrashHandler.exe" DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 3 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\goopdate.dll 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\SVP7.png 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DropboxCrashHandler.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 DropboxCrashHandler.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4664 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 3676 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe 3676 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3676 wrote to memory of 4664 3676 2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe 93
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-12_2c51fd078320201efc66882a54a267e5_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3676 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4664
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1760
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe
- Size 130KB
- SHA256 e7141aeb22ea3165a4f7fb8c4d210151575f1b95ef545e0978a2174598a08265
- MD5 3b607e9ae169797c5112736dd445db25
- SHA1 076e59938996baf436888e2ecb536353071e0adf
- SHA512 1a80b6ed790d3325c365de14d7bdd4d98473c2cfd8a4eb5d97f99d9383946e6c9e892820e54182b06359f495cc42f261e455e3097413c605f0f208d7b6e3c2cd
- SSDEEP 3072:BZOOxLE4GTnrcyG2QltfW/ggXi0+LStLnh5jAm7tJOX47cIA9:iOxLEbTtwLf
- TLSH T10CD3C5C1F5B84CB9F4F35A395429867285BFB83DF922864E2A94015D0E23DC38E257E7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\SVP7.PNG
- Size 195KB
- SHA256 a9ea7566f183454d25ff53b6fc20d2fde9353ff37f78fd8757fb9d8f4f33d1cb
- MD5 714172a59ff9e26309229af1e725dd8a
- SHA1 d48f282a2be200165ffc3eab4bd47bf5906bfca1
- SHA512 f29feaa3683f88304798b79e343835069264ae5476aa9bdb4e3b8d3555a939cb5f46156ff1218b627b88fa6d6e9239ea6899d52129182717e245df4d67e709b5
- SSDEEP 3072:jDX38Jo4uaXUP/l4n5aNZtFhM4BpYMMIJ:jz8DuaEGniXF7
- TLSH T19414BE8D2EF00DCD1DF029D09D59866303ACCDA5F487B85CC99BFB86993374929D6A32
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\goopdate.dll
- Size 42KB
- SHA256 a7d07b13f6fc72ff905c69579f9be0cec237fc6df97b0d24e51ba44129831caa
- MD5 511e3fa6ba5f836db6abb2504b7c33ab
- SHA1 57167190667384d66baf9031dcddd917970e7e15
- SHA512 59f568ee6edad89720c4a83e7580a16149c6e81059f71509e8765e30e9098827b40be0ee94ac0b130ede687eb53e81807ca42b48ffd55af67daac18f3c9f9829
- SSDEEP 768:EKMh1TbnaCdR5LdcRzSW8PHTiyrk1n9oMRCUH:wTLdRN6Z8PLCn3RCU
- TLSH T1C2135B107540D073C14A6538A05ADBA18E6E7A111BF1A187BFBB1B7E9F712E0A73E347
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3FE2BD01AB6BC312BF0DADE7F797388F_D700B3BF42AE699B26DDBDD3E4CB7EDD
- Size 471B
- SHA256 fb394939819ff16a64f86eb20a9f02e1cc226b2a493cfc498223aa9717081622
- MD5 842350359d98046e9117c1c0cab54f3b
- SHA1 35f0656cb028ef6a95cc1d9eca91271351a341b9
- SHA512 1ca799d378cc7f8ff9cc044ef0e7566ef085801931920d4bc87235430501f32cfc9495c41a760f649afe97b8b990a61b42a24a0b8b0dd7d733d2d76b9f8d5c2f
- TLSH T1F4F0DC9112B128788E0DCD2C68FB1934300E81553CB380EA359C24734236BF8E8AD150
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3FE2BD01AB6BC312BF0DADE7F797388F_D700B3BF42AE699B26DDBDD3E4CB7EDD
- Size 402B
- SHA256 bf61f8e71017df80b32e8fda16019c4b5e96dda08fd6248b815643a09ca128f0
- MD5 44bec619b8d944071c4a19a6dce51f51
- SHA1 582caeefeea462af4ab30b87086c2937fe2959bd
- SHA512 7a684190bbf018a36b1c5ec29e5aa38b6c4f716aa87628bbf19219c0a8ee8d6ef47a8d64a837ab355f2ab07623959b512a642f03325c5e4ac13fdeef404e9961
- TLSH T1BAE0D82815FD157CF1A1EA744BCAA562441BE1515D28D36D1B94061DBB07540DC72D74
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\8A7891822FCFF127E4EADADE9757112B
- Size 246B
- SHA256 9fe579e277087fef1ca98144994dc888914df9a60e29c7382e39eb82a8fbfa34
- MD5 f3a69fdc90228c4226b60fc7bd9b6824
- SHA1 c3ea4b36fa7f0b43abd272e250c2984bdb45e785
- SHA512 5e29b1e5c6bd4c91fd7cd0a31fb89d1e21d63f0bd836f07a38c7b7659fc78909a66d33d6cd8e5eb503646de3ecb0ccfe3213df72e6228f6f81ace862f5514a95
- TLSH T16CD0C9605376A606F5926B7ABEA056C3BE64AB51B1428B060EA1074C4868E911C61A2B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH