Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
135s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
16/08/2026, 10:24
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
9 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- Sample260816-mfkdnavgrh
- SHA256 ffe39a6f4a9a955cce0133914817fea183dc4792d10df5dc43ab5fb5f0e8be80
- MD5 97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6
- SHA1 bb1d3266478841850da96206eabcef5848eb408d
- SHA512 dfaf26fb44f01427903209f52902f99c18e09f2fcf72cbcf8b6f0487311023149fe986432a4c4baa023ec5ad1f519ff72791a8b9e98cd36428bb4367813a149d
- SSDEEP 12288:2QFr8XPSlHuXSExol4Te9niuBahyqDC8hph1Dn2FGvZe4OUEqTj:hx8XP8kRTIV8Fp2FGvZe4Ok
- TLSH T1F525B021B550E029E89714B25DEFC7695628BF74171920C3B2C17FDE2AB17E2AB33607
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Deletes itself 1 IoCs
pid Process 3332 explorer.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 860 lNiJm70000.exe 5200 lNiJm70000.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce\lNiJm70000 = "C:\\ProgramData\\lNiJm70000\\lNiJm70000.exe" lNiJm70000.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language lNiJm70000.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language lNiJm70000.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language explorer.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 860 lNiJm70000.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 5200 lNiJm70000.exe - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
pid Process 860 lNiJm70000.exe 860 lNiJm70000.exe - Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
pid Process 860 lNiJm70000.exe 860 lNiJm70000.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 860 lNiJm70000.exe 860 lNiJm70000.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 3 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3320 wrote to memory of 860 3320 2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe 89 PID 3320 wrote to memory of 3332 3320 2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90 PID 3320 wrote to memory of 3332 3320 2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe 90
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-16_97e3a02b556bce33180f4f17438720f6_amadey_darkgate_elex_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3320 -
C:\ProgramData\lNiJm70000\lNiJm70000.exeC:\ProgramData\lNiJm70000\lNiJm70000.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:860
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\explorer.exeexplorer.exe2⤵
- Deletes itself
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3332
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C:\ProgramData\lNiJm70000\lNiJm70000.exeC:\ProgramData\lNiJm70000\lNiJm70000.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:5200
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\ProgramData\lNiJm70000\lNiJm70000
- Size 48B
- SHA256 ac26ce1d4ea6b9f160edddbba884fbaccabb2e8f32df3e574dcba427d4629dff
- MD5 23eb62106a99f9d0ec9758e8d5ef4c1e
- SHA1 4a3980444a58e5c3326c52365e09a81736f6f550
- SHA512 f69823009df8eb52a68ab2be2f85506a5bd33c4ecd7d17f7d52fb6a3940d891cb2eeb9852665fc94bcb5cc7d758712f23e61b4ab2704584917b1ce4dcdb255c1
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512
- Path C:\ProgramData\lNiJm70000\lNiJm70000.exe
- Size 1.0MB
- SHA256 f68d9251abd60cdda852485db33604443eb9b3806d1b4abf4dbde8272f05dc58
- MD5 2cab2e3fe201512c73a31f968aeecc22
- SHA1 d79a5be435cb7a3a19f488a746161358abe65c71
- SHA512 026a1c1dd91f5277e8e26e8be07c83c9980aad0a21fad47a20785c2792764f7bc9120af1cb6a8037d07849c5b35158a0f539fb45646a4e535c3175b4f02462a2
- SSDEEP 12288:+QFr8XPSlHuXSExol4Te9niuBahyqDC8hph1Dn2FGvZe4OUEqTj:px8XP8kRTIV8Fp2FGvZe4Ok
- TLSH T1EE25B021B550E029E89714B25DEFC7695628BF74171920C3B2C17FDE2AB17E2AB33607
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH