Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
150s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
15/08/2026, 02:21
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
6 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 250KB
- Sample260815-ctfmhsdd44
- SHA256 6b3a80692a878395415ad6873559a3023903683ed3a294e274019ca63d515292
- MD5 85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd
- SHA1 55d335bd2689c6e26a9ef1dd0142cbca29e43c04
- SHA512 22e8b8c2e69983d9cecda546126b85728ad5352983c70a01d179a144d910ac970778ee571b42b3fe7958f048611538dddedf252d818c6406f3f3823488c6213d
- SSDEEP 6144:od208gooGwxCo0WD2zIUQuHDv41URN/IKjyRSzDT:odj8goyd0WfXuHDv46RNQKjP
- TLSH T1D9448E50A6D1C472C4B7257000BBAAA20D7C36352B36F5D3F7642BA49D602E1FE7936E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1396 winit32.exe 4080 winit32.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- 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 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language winit32.exe - Modifies registry class 30 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\XMMC\\winit32.exe\" /START \"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command\ = "\"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\ = "Application" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\open\command 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\open\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\runas 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\DefaultIcon\ = "%1" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\open 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\runas\command 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\Content-Type = "application/x-msdownload" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\Content-Type = "application/x-msdownload" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\open\command\ = "\"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\XMMC\\winit32.exe\" /START \"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\open\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\runas 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\ = "ntdriver" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{1f3427c8-5c10-4210-aa03-2ee45287d668}\Instance\ 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\Local Settings 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\runas\command\ = "\"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\DefaultIcon\ = "%1" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\open\command 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\open 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\.exe\shell\runas\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\DefaultIcon 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-668679576-120646659-2289335452-1000_Classes\ntdriver\shell\runas\command\IsolatedCommand = "\"%1\" %*" 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 1396 winit32.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2772 wrote to memory of 1396 2772 2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe 85 PID 1396 wrote to memory of 4080 1396 winit32.exe 86
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-14_85f83c9b4741fcc6b112406b535762cd_amadey_elex_nionspy_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2772 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\XMMC\winit32.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\XMMC\winit32.exe" /START "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\XMMC\winit32.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1396 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\XMMC\winit32.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\XMMC\winit32.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4080
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\XMMC\winit32.exe
- Size 250KB
- SHA256 89972f1aa23bf7083957fd608aa0f7f46a7b00235fc25c12ae0f1e48c7fa3416
- MD5 e491cff49fced1f54c0a97313788f0e1
- SHA1 98a138dd35f88c30a3082473ef5987fd78cb3ee8
- SHA512 0692ce55c768e88222a2a1809a406546ece5350d604741f0596ad1125dbff86b5e21bee39d09238457f837c7afdf3b63678dc6f4cb18441afcb221e63d9dbab6
- SSDEEP 6144:pd208gooGwxCo0WD2zIUQuHDv41URN/IKjyRSzDT:pdj8goyd0WfXuHDv46RNQKjP
- TLSH T14D448E50A6D1C472C4B7257000BBAAA20D7C36352B36F5D3F7642BA49D602E1FE7936E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH