Overview

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Static

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2026-08-23...op.exe

windows10-2004-x64

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2026-08-23...op.exe

windows11-ltsc_2024-x64

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Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    126s
  • platform
    windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
  • resource
    win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
  • submitted
    24/08/2026, 02:00

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General

  • Target
    2026-08-23_aace7c1a9e8254b36bc1ffeeeaada05c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
  • Size 1.1MB
  • Sample260824-cfes3asbnc
  • SHA256 38ea227c1f5ea4603f7cd99fa0eb093b9d827a31ed9b254b642641749b404555
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
9/10
discoveryexecutionupx

Malware Config

Signatures

  • Detects Reflective DLL injection artifacts 2 IoCs
  • Detects Windows exceutables bypassing UAC using CMSTP COM interfaces. MITRE (T1218.003) 2 IoCs
  • UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 4 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 4 IoCs
  • Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 48 IoCs

    Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

  • Drops file in System32 directory 7 IoCs
  • UPX packed file 4 IoCs

    Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

    upx
  • Launches sc.exe 1 IoCs

    Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

    Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

    execution
  • 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.

    discovery
  • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs
  • Suspicious behavior: LoadsDriver 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 3 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 14 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_aace7c1a9e8254b36bc1ffeeeaada05c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_aace7c1a9e8254b36bc1ffeeeaada05c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
    1⤵
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4468
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nkbwqtecfu.exe
      "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nkbwqtecfu.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzizlkjxbe.exe" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_aace7c1a9e8254b36bc1ffeeeaada05c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:4436
      • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_aace7c1a9e8254b36bc1ffeeeaada05c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe
        "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-23_aace7c1a9e8254b36bc1ffeeeaada05c_amadey_coinminer_darkgate_elex_manuscrypt_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stealc_stop.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        PID:2020
    • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xlcsicavnd.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xlcsicavnd.exe
      2⤵
      • Executes dropped EXE
      • Drops file in System32 directory
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      • Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:6108
      • C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
        /c sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
        3⤵
        • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        PID:4988
        • C:\Windows\system32\sc.exe
          sc config msdtc obj= LocalSystem
          4⤵
          • Launches sc.exe
          PID:1216
      • C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t1zGXK4w.bat"
        3⤵
        • Executes a command shell one-liner
        PID:6072
      • C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe"
        3⤵
        • Executes dropped EXE
        • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
        PID:3432
  • C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe
    C:\Windows\system32\SearchIndexer.exe /Embedding
    1⤵
    • Enumerates connected drives
    • Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2916
    • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-10001_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe_S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-10001 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon" "1"
      2⤵
        PID:5380
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe2_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe2 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:1052
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3064 3060 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5348
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3016 3020 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:4124
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchProtocolHost.exe" Global\UsGthrFltPipeMssGthrPipe3_ Global\UsGthrCtrlFltPipeMssGthrPipe3 1 -2147483646 "Software\Microsoft\Windows Search" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT; MS Search 4.0 Robot)" "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Temp\usgthrsvc" "DownLevelDaemon"
        2⤵
        • Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
        PID:5432
      • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
        "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3016 3020 820 {7FC3863B-7471-4B10-84E3-A5C2E0330618}
        2⤵
          PID:4708
        • C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe
          "C:\Windows\System32\SearchFilterHost.exe" 836 3064 3060 820 {06DC0F6A-A3E7-4365-A8E8-F674FE2E6361}
          2⤵
            PID:3124

        Network

              MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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              Downloads

              Windows.db
              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db
              • Size 1.2MB
              • SHA256 bdd8e19faae805b7ed3b013f12fc47ec72577ea3995694e5603f2e28568e9bef
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              Windows.db-wal
              • Path C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.db-wal
              • Size 1.4MB
              • SHA256 53aff4957d544cfe8d0c9c6ce94714e93e68a3940777049203a0e88841c185fd
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              nkbwqtecfu.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nkbwqtecfu.exe
              • Size 51KB
              • SHA256 c25d90168fc2026d8ed2a69c066bd5a7e11004c3899928a7db24cb7636fc4d9e
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              t1zGXK4w.bat
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\t1zGXK4w.bat
              • Size 196B
              • SHA256 488acdfd5baee343081d92423ac8046864b8e116766d52fae117b154e0c1b647
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              vzizlkjxbe.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\vzizlkjxbe.exe
              • Size 391KB
              • SHA256 5d4a0104b8142834cc8c0950a7e6dd071b7d16483fbda35a13b92fec492e09d0
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              xlcsicavnd.exe
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\xlcsicavnd.exe
              • Size 580KB
              • SHA256 3ab288c47914e33cc61985e46502158400faa9d7187b55c19039b8795504a290
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              trnmg.sdb
              • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UserSetting\trnmg.sdb
              • Size 1KB
              • SHA256 faddfddad3f062d2c62935325a2a6eab7115dff4a00ff0b7cee7283165314713
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              bindsvc.exe
              • Path C:\Windows\System32\bindsvc.exe
              • Size 291KB
              • SHA256 d032bdc64c9451bbb653b346c5bd6ac9f83a91edeb0155497f098c8d6182ddee
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              memory/2020-28-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp
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              memory/2020-29-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp
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              memory/6108-16-0x0000000000680000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp
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              memory/6108-40-0x0000000000680000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp
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              memory/6108-31-0x0000000000680000-0x00000000007FA000-memory.dmp
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