Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
151s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/08/2026, 15:48
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
7 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe
- Size 8.4MB
- Sample260819-s85sysxeqa
- SHA256 80b5510b8b05a3f0102ec9dc516e94ae0fca44c13ca87d81681a5bd6f7703971
- MD5 2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30
- SHA1 e575d3603c2317dcf9c1b0f0b9487ee8e8542411
- SHA512 77b81139bb299c0f44a1f37ea74fdb09d15f9722fdd63b185b67b362ee824dfaad92fcf97bfd5a901f85f57e9d5987570a3f7808288b4ea07a090f7d5013e473
- SSDEEP 196608:oJSzBFYeAdiYIxR7piDoFrwF30QfhdOXyFkhf:hnoiYIHQDoq93Ows
- TLSH T1F89622D1F221F505E765013189286AB4487A2E303750D9E7FE8F76D299782D2AEB1F33
- 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-1-5-21-889581200-2041691093-2048517887-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation setup.exe - Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs
pid Process 1556 setup.exe 3280 Q-Dir.exe - Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
- Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe setup.exe File created C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Uninstall Q-Dir.lnk setup.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Uninstall Q-Dir.lnk setup.exe File created C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir_Uninstall.ini setup.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir_Uninstall.ini setup.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe setup.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 1 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 2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 1992 wrote to memory of 1556 1992 2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe 85 PID 1556 wrote to memory of 3280 1556 setup.exe 92
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_2f5263c3a09562d6aaf5e8a387abfd30_amadey_darkgate_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat.exe"1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1992 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS8C7D6488\setup.exe.\setup.exe2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1556 -
C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe"C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe"3⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:3280
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS8C7D6488\setup.exe
- Size 1.8MB
- SHA256 98b7edf8b4cf2b3da93a001b1e909d2195eebfa91742323473d9bc7e4bbdaa48
- MD5 d49f1d732785e2e78f150bc53114c862
- SHA1 3fb417b453ca26d0748175ea6b0c708cbb993fde
- SHA512 2048c8a6cacbc44f9a481c00ee33cd78ca783a013895ed964ea79b815aae30d21f4e1bc6609181e4d4fd9c918d5722471c3b6e2694b11415e12b85d951e71bb5
- SSDEEP 24576:MUK+cfYyt2FRwJpK2rVf1Y+9TGRHkXJILs2ToJpO93X0zA28dIsNoLs9Lqy:W+tRwJw2xNY+9TGREXyLscdIsNp
- TLSH T125955B52E6F14148E46FC176CEC6D723EB717D0A62318ABB4110FE152F767628E2932E
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q-Dir_tmp_folder_2019\Q-Dir.lnk
- Size 1KB
- SHA256 d703cf79a7e3b88f92b81b69913a0501fb0ebfb5cba78695122a29ade2e2baaa
- MD5 370cbf6ddc265e9afebf556536c023ec
- SHA1 41452caf339f7583a76d755966e92a950983206a
- SHA512 4c0557d5ace6552e2b8ef6048fad2e2634bdba409a307fdcc7be7efca9954c1d657874fce70cba48c9cac216a37f11a5ef316bcb25c5680282d97b12a051690f
- TLSH T14F31D6240F9F2B64F3E2C27157B256134237BC14E79C2F4D40875BA265B152162ADF9B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
- Size 41B
- SHA256 fd22f0e02ea013da3e87d4d0fa1c6da8332783e5c96c4d22eebd5ba57072b96d
- MD5 d9581d2fe14d409b5f00db6bb72075ad
- SHA1 b5e979094162020266290136c1d8b2fe18373bb9
- SHA512 454272581bece59e5912120418ed1dabf66104f2898ad1907644077e70e4787b53f45f87137405f578ba3f7b374df8eee5d11442d9c8091d874fd283200e1439
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512