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
20/08/2026, 00:25
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
windows10-2004-x64
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 395KB
- Sample260820-aq2pgaxaka
- SHA256 1d09b7561ec5853205eabcf3a7da8c86a9b2ca9030e42027fedbaf9e57d53863
- MD5 467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834
- SHA1 5fa3f3de18f7d857a85f98b7c0efb819b5d84b61
- SHA512 dd05dfc255c6b27ec2a6f6d64b2809db377544842e3e23a77fd8227c21cacb7e07aa726796a5c8c16e9f6895d975e87741e55a80ba22c7540439e14a9f9ce2c3
- SSDEEP 6144:3cbcTgav1cdCTuoPbgwmOLJvKRILSFvdFDcEOkCybEaQRXr9HNdvOa:3CSvO2x9mONvKRILSFnOkx2LIa
- TLSH T1C8846D2AB6A0D076C4B79579C4A247BAFBB1742137204ACFA390475A1F637E2BD3530D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
7/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2008 99ae5a43 - Unexpected DNS network traffic destination 4 IoCs
Network traffic to other servers than the configured DNS servers was detected on the DNS port.
description flow ioc pid Process Destination IP 3 114.114.114.114 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 4 223.5.5.5 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 58 114.114.114.114 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 60 223.5.5.5 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 13 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\AAD646CB44373074ADE741C38400E7E1 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\AAD646CB44373074ADE741C38400E7E1 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\81B9B36F9ABC4DA631A4713EE66FAEC6_D78A39BE9A7C3823659C09F61E8BD3E8 99ae5a43 File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\99ae5a43 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\81B9B36F9ABC4DA631A4713EE66FAEC6_D78A39BE9A7C3823659C09F61E8BD3E8 99ae5a43 - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\2260b0 99ae5a43 File opened for modification C:\Windows\217cc8 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - 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 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 99ae5a43 - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 9 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "0" 99ae5a43 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:" 99ae5a43 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:" 99ae5a43 Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ 99ae5a43 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProxyBypass = "1" 99ae5a43 Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing 99ae5a43 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix 99ae5a43 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\IntranetName = "1" 99ae5a43 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\UNCAsIntranet = "1" 99ae5a43 - Modifies system certificate store 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\1F24C630CDA418EF2069FFAD4FDD5F463A1B69AA 99ae5a43 Set value (data) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates\1F24C630CDA418EF2069FFAD4FDD5F463A1B69AA\Blob = 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 99ae5a43 - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 14 IoCs
pid Process 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 2008 99ae5a43 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 1956 2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2008 99ae5a43 Token: SeTcbPrivilege 2008 99ae5a43
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-19_467aeae0d311e270c911a0d2e8467834_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"1⤵
- Unexpected DNS network traffic destination
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:1956
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C:\Windows\Syswow64\99ae5a43C:\Windows\Syswow64\99ae5a431⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Modifies system certificate store
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2008
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\99ae5a43
- Size 395KB
- SHA256 db529be750c7be1b12050183874406acf5537d5d6abdff8723f3dd09ed6d0ab9
- MD5 48f29f70b9195a8ba36587ea82126d71
- SHA1 7a457d6e329239c47948feb03ba5a85ae17e8185
- SHA512 9f6d2a3b5e24fb322f411badc5951cf86f7023f1aec9cdb366a013cbfa777f31e4fb39dea55b88bb3c434ceae24f76478eba26e7d3629ae84eeefbcf419111a9
- SSDEEP 6144:ccbcTgav1cdCTuoPbgwmOLJvKRILSFvdFDcEOkCybEaQRXr9HNdvOa:cCSvO2x9mONvKRILSFnOkx2LIa
- TLSH T143846D2AB6A0D076C4B79579C4A247BAFBB1742137204ACFA390475A1F637E2BD3530D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH