phorphiex | 93d09b178619eed575441fd44130964e3ac23444b5a6de6828b4a2df19953540

Analysis

max time kernel
148s
max time network
143s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
submitted
17/08/2026, 15:00

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General

Target
2026-08-17_d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Size 222KB
Sample260817-sc93ssca82
SHA256 93d09b178619eed575441fd44130964e3ac23444b5a6de6828b4a2df19953540
MD5 d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263
SHA1 c711fcb58e0ca9c27254b603b5d89a05505afc2b
SHA512 0c0b9e7bc84664f79d818b3b10c124fbaced33b577584a5e725dc8744b0aa9d201be137880d93b50340cc9c76b2bc2c666bc3455734256edcf1cbc653a5b6b4f
SSDEEP 6144:vvINZOoTrznwc6xGyvailMrCsUsGD6Bxb3H:XIrz47vuOjsG
TLSH
T18E248D223AE1C873C597057609C9CB7AB3B3B9609B7685C73BD01F4DAE305D29A39346
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery phorphiex loader trojan worm

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

phorphiex

http://178.16.54.109

Signatures

Family: Phorphiex, Phorpiex
Phorphiex or Phorpiex Malware family which infects systems to distribute other malicious payloads such as ransomware, stealers and cryptominers.
worm trojan loader phorphiex

Downloads MZ/PE file 1 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
3	5576	2026-08-17_d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3028	63A2.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

flow	ioc
1	ip-api.com

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
5148	5576	WerFault.exe	87

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.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-08-17_d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	63A2.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5576 wrote to memory of 3028	5576	2026-08-17_d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe	89

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-17_d36f11acf666644c0837e5f65fa35263_amadey_elex_emotet_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
1⤵
- Downloads MZ/PE file
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5576
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\63A2.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\63A2.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3028
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5576 -s 1392
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:5148

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 436 -p 5576 -ip 5576
1⤵
PID:1200

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

System Network Configuration Discovery

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

63A2.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\63A2.exe
Size 12KB
SHA256 8e2b78e7c586e36dc3b27c78466fad735f86cdd9b4e7ecbc4c650d934a9a176b
MD5 362fc53afbda6450184b73746802a6fa
SHA1 4c289f978c4c464da05cee4c33101ea7f5291d7b
SHA512 d137b29e9a9ae7ec47dcdb6733e618566cb66d910e33058c5681b61cd3ef0d07e346d4cee19f39c0e1e6918215bb5281caaa5fac204156f46b37c2b63e1b7c81
SSDEEP 192:yW0eU9Y0G5msXhBee6JPJXJxTNerBthIHMzQoh:P0TYgsXhAh9xBerBgMz
TLSH
T11742290AA8091831F3E204B2573E82938BBD19A337D5F9DBFB8067090DB53D5D17966E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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