dnscat2 | 2026-08-27_20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop

General

Target
2026-08-27_20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop
Size 184KB
Sample260827-1cntkabb33
SHA256 beb809da495eb8cb96e1d0fe20e8fc12718efab671c36cdd9a14abf715f6b159
MD5 20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e
SHA1 637a961d29f3b7fa5aa8315bfae77147b4287cbf
SHA512 d41151ee52a59935f709b9da3ca3c066bc5f48f5986eb9cad331451519b94fb7d44e2c82913cc3f52fc6bef054c0768eb9c9a06db787a2f4038a60cba1ab7dc5
SSDEEP 3072:HCXEpzJeYPkP15YVDyTCBM0NheDBIBUVITeQKZ4graGoutr/8H:H//eYCYWCBMwheDgTeQSuGoS
TLSH
T14704AD1136C0C032C09614752619CB76BB7AFA341B358A53FFAC1F6E9F757E09E2A249
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

upx backdoor dnscat2

Malware Config

Signatures

Family: dnscat2
Tool used to achieve encrypted command-and-control (C&C) channel over the DNS protocol.
backdoor dnscat2

Detects dnscat2 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
sample	tool_dnscat2

Custom signature

UPX dump on OEP (original entry point) 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
sample	UPX

UPX packed file 1 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
sample	upx

Unsigned PE 1 IoCs

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

resource
2026-08-27_20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop

File Explorer

2026-08-27_20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop

.exe 184KB

2026-08-27_20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e_amadey_elex_smoke-loader_stealc_stop

IMPHASH 51087a4f61a51860f26e5489aa1c0fe1
SHA256 beb809da495eb8cb96e1d0fe20e8fc12718efab671c36cdd9a14abf715f6b159
MD5 20ff4d7fd4a30f803d56bdcc6dc9572e
SHA1 637a961d29f3b7fa5aa8315bfae77147b4287cbf
SHA512 d41151ee52a59935f709b9da3ca3c066bc5f48f5986eb9cad331451519b94fb7d44e2c82913cc3f52fc6bef054c0768eb9c9a06db787a2f4038a60cba1ab7dc5
SSDEEP 3072:HCXEpzJeYPkP15YVDyTCBM0NheDBIBUVITeQKZ4graGoutr/8H:H//eYCYWCBMwheDgTeQSuGoS
TLSH
T14704AD1136C0C032C09614752619CB76BB7AFA341B358A53FFAC1F6E9F757E09E2A249
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

windows:5 windows x86 arch:x86

Detects dnscat2
UPX dump on OEP (original entry point)
UPX packed file

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

upx
Unsigned PE

Checks for missing Authenticode signature.

Minor OS version

0

Major OS version

5

Entry point

176032

Magic Number

267

Subsystem

IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_CUI

DLL Characteristics

IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_DYNAMIC_BASE IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_TERMINAL_SERVER_AWARE

File Characteristics

IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE IMAGE_FILE_32BIT_MACHINE

PDB paths

advapi32

CryptAcquireContextA CryptReleaseContext CryptGenRandom CryptGenRandom

dnsapi

DnsQueryConfig DnsQueryConfig

kernel32

GetStringTypeW GetStringTypeA GetTimeZoneInformation WriteConsoleW GetConsoleOutputCP SetStdHandle CreateFileA SetFilePointer GetLocaleInfoA FlushFileBuffers CompareStringW GetTickCount QueryPerformanceCounter GetEnvironmentStringsW WriteConsoleA CompareStringA WriteFile CreateProcessA TerminateProcess CreatePipe CloseHandle PeekNamedPipe Sleep ReadFile GetStdHandle GetLastError CreateThread GetSystemTimeAsFileTime FormatMessageA SetEnvironmentVariableA SetEndOfFile GetCurrentProcessId SetHandleCount UnhandledExceptionFilter SetUnhandledExceptionFilter EnterCriticalSection LeaveCriticalSection GetModuleHandleW GetProcAddress ExitProcess FindClose FileTimeToSystemTime FileTimeToLocalFileTime GetDriveTypeA FindFirstFileA HeapFree HeapAlloc HeapReAlloc GetCommandLineA GetCurrentProcess IsDebuggerPresent GetModuleFileNameA GetProcessHeap GetFileType GetStartupInfoA DeleteCriticalSection TlsGetValue TlsAlloc TlsSetValue TlsFree InterlockedIncrement SetLastError GetCurrentThreadId InterlockedDecrement LoadLibraryA InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount HeapSize RtlUnwind MultiByteToWideChar WideCharToMultiByte GetConsoleCP GetConsoleMode GetFullPathNameA GetCurrentDirectoryA GetCPInfo GetACP GetOEMCP IsValidCodePage LCMapStringA LCMapStringW HeapCreate VirtualFree VirtualAlloc FreeEnvironmentStringsA GetEnvironmentStrings FreeEnvironmentStringsW LoadLibraryA ExitProcess GetProcAddress VirtualProtect

ws2_32

setsockopt sendto WSAGetLastError ioctlsocket connect WSAStartup inet_addr bind socket closesocket gethostbyname send gethostname inet_ntoa recvfrom select htons recv __WSAFDIsSet getsockopt WSAStringToAddressA htonl htons

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