b2e68d5af3c2ed3873e45e695a34ef2c1edbe8f744a33d6227ff4aa85a40de5e

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows
submitted
25/08/2026, 20:22

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General

Target
2026-08-24_01bc40294433be4d960876496abb1633_amadey_darkgate_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Size 9.9MB
Sample260825-y51bysag44
SHA256 b2e68d5af3c2ed3873e45e695a34ef2c1edbe8f744a33d6227ff4aa85a40de5e
MD5 01bc40294433be4d960876496abb1633
SHA1 7910a2b7f9206061056442c54cc05c3475b1367a
SHA512 20dfdc6b347a76b23cdd3df25083517bd121583f29be95cdb46673c62e40f0ef627da10a2660204c12b2629fe4763d14803b94c8be79739dfdb3aee256f0e0c8
SSDEEP 196608:dOyo/BT9xB+mdKt6XjB4+XuOVUyl6n6WhtzkpH//4HNZWzYONzGVmJl9x:dOyqBT/BnXjB4+XU9JhtAt4HeXGQPD
TLSH
T122A612D07366FA59EB59023040787AF8866621313B24D9FFBE970AC65C582C6ADF1D33
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

discovery

Malware Config

Signatures

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	setup.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4556	setup.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

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	2026-08-24_01bc40294433be4d960876496abb1633_amadey_darkgate_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	setup.exe

Modifies registry class 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}\Instance\	setup.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1074038928-2032447174-945360078-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\Instance\	setup.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4556	setup.exe

Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4556	setup.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 576 wrote to memory of 4556	576	2026-08-24_01bc40294433be4d960876496abb1633_amadey_darkgate_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe	84

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_01bc40294433be4d960876496abb1633_amadey_darkgate_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-24_01bc40294433be4d960876496abb1633_amadey_darkgate_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:576
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS04293649\setup.exe
  .\setup.exe
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Modifies registry class
  - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
  - Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
  PID:4556

C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE
C:\Windows\system32\AUDIODG.EXE 0x4d0 0x2f4
1⤵
PID:1576

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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setup.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS04293649\setup.exe
Size 3.4MB
SHA256 26a0f93a561fd35e467f502a043eb4cf393b3a5b96af41f3e2a12733faefd498
MD5 eb052c231edb816b153724876bbd540b
SHA1 416292f3af3e1014c0d3d37b1bf5bbdcb09013c5
SHA512 f0c112d9878aa17e0867cf1d2c640aad913f37418ff6b5573dacccc87371dddd4994509cd6bf209244aa10e021e9300801a6754d19aa0575d19851a7659b68f0
SSDEEP 49152:qHlyxmS1Bow13Q9lB5J7/qnvF0S9L2XMrBSd+7qW7dsCNFoxuiXRBaY:qHlyx9+m3olB//2mXMrBSd+nq
TLSH
T151F57D217B46C036E99601B159699BAF842CFE391BB100CBF3D43F2D59B06D22B36B57
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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