Analysis
- max time kernel
148s - max time network
153s - platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64 - resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows - submitted
21/08/2026, 01:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
10 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe
- Size 560KB
- Sample260821-b2j48sem2t
- SHA256 f7d3bbc11f110a74bd55fb75b5edeb964d845eeb1f17cb814a651b580df9d141
- MD5 9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f
- SHA1 7556024e0035dca7e549eb9ecdfa72fca729823f
- SHA512 3eb94ecbc28bd58462bb55577c07eaeed403cb82b0f2829560b9306f10ac279ebef6d209c03da35dbdb7325c77dc77d0a64d54041a91e6f5bac5be06e4717ca1
- SSDEEP 6144:t4ZaN1cb90oOTFmIFLq0cvnXhLCqj2EFNirGcEOkCybEaQRuy8K:trNOb9+sIF+0cvnXhLCqEsOkxHy
- TLSH T10CC48D29B6E0C076C4B79578C4A186B6FAB17832372459CFA394075A1F337E2BA3570D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Signatures
- UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 6 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3780-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A8C000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/files/0x000d000000019cd9-2.dat UPX behavioral2/memory/4836-3-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000ABC000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/3780-10-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A8C000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4836-11-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000ABC000-memory.dmp UPX behavioral2/memory/4836-35-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000ABC000-memory.dmp UPX - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 4836 281f5548 - 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 4 223.5.5.5 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 12 114.114.114.114 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 13 223.5.5.5 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Destination IP 3 114.114.114.114 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Drops file in System32 directory 15 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\81B9B36F9ABC4DA631A4713EE66FAEC6_D78A39BE9A7C3823659C09F61E8BD3E8 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCookies 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\57C8EDB95DF3F0AD4EE2DC2B8CFD4157 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\66F835E41EC6A985EB9271E4A70169D7_CF44E3C99F7F4AC558EEB35244F7E046 281f5548 File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\281f5548 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\History.IE5 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\66F835E41EC6A985EB9271E4A70169D7_CF44E3C99F7F4AC558EEB35244F7E046 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\81B9B36F9ABC4DA631A4713EE66FAEC6_D78A39BE9A7C3823659C09F61E8BD3E8 281f5548 -
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/3780-0-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A8C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/files/0x000d000000019cd9-2.dat upx behavioral2/memory/4836-3-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000ABC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/3780-10-0x0000000000A00000-0x0000000000A8C000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4836-11-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000ABC000-memory.dmp upx behavioral2/memory/4836-35-0x0000000000A30000-0x0000000000ABC000-memory.dmp upx - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File opened for modification C:\Windows\52cb48 281f5548 File opened for modification C:\Windows\40b708 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_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 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 281f5548 - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 9 IoCs
description ioc Process Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing 281f5548 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content\CachePrefix 281f5548 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\History\CachePrefix = "Visited:" 281f5548 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProxyBypass = "1" 281f5548 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\IntranetName = "1" 281f5548 Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Cookies\CachePrefix = "Cookie:" 281f5548 Key created \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ 281f5548 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\UNCAsIntranet = "1" 281f5548 Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "0" 281f5548 - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 22 IoCs
pid Process 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 4836 281f5548 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeTcbPrivilege 3780 2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4836 281f5548 Token: SeTcbPrivilege 4836 281f5548
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_amadey_coinminer_elex_smoke-loader_stop.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-21_9c39593e9b905f815d21df1b29d0107f_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:3780
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C:\Windows\Syswow64\281f5548C:\Windows\Syswow64\281f55481⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4836
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Windows\SysWOW64\281f5548
- Size 560KB
- SHA256 1560cca96d45dae2f29f8a20d40baa26930cb8eb19621d96a63517fe1921f6c1
- MD5 13b46ab700cadab383a5530494a305ef
- SHA1 d6020e50dca70f3dbbb4941ab50e822d1b088ac4
- SHA512 7748dca50ca15c0d805c10c6abb6dba8f75e9fad831324286889c7b7f5e7fddb97b0168a6dd89cd6d6e9b009d3a0d0635a5b6da732a362ebc13b1307bd17ee34
- SSDEEP 6144:C4ZaN1cb90oOTFmIFLq0cvnXhLCqj2EFNirGcEOkCybEaQRuy8K:CrNOb9+sIF+0cvnXhLCqEsOkxHy
- TLSH T1B1C48D29B6E0C076C4B79578C4A186B6FAB17832372459CFA394075A1F337E2BA3570D
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH