ec3b196f49ee4dd57054d18d281fe19dac355f6e9a606cc8ee0023dc1f858ee6

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
133s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
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arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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Target
2026-08-30_772aa5f5f316e364615cff385424fb87_amadey_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
Size 9.4MB
Sample260831-lh4pmsgm3s
SHA256 ec3b196f49ee4dd57054d18d281fe19dac355f6e9a606cc8ee0023dc1f858ee6
MD5 772aa5f5f316e364615cff385424fb87
SHA1 389a2b95066070c4fd74405b3ac2eaf5d6dc0447
SHA512 0c971c3306e208e17a9fca78d4d1e5888bc2147b88eda9216e946f8fd2e7d566fa5434f4081ce87341dc6cd34c352df567515167980a9dbfee5d3d996696b4ba
SSDEEP 196608:nKENE/QpoBsVN84YdwCOR2BTp4I2xuYIa1YQnRWkNc6gXyFkhu:M/Qpo+P4ORs9D/a1YQQXLw9
TLSH
T1FFA62390B261F468E7A10530593873B4196A3A303715E9EBBF8B75C609391C2BEB5F37
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

adware defense_evasion discovery spyware

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
4740	setup.exe
1016	Q-Dir.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe	setup.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Uninstall Q-Dir.lnk	setup.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Uninstall Q-Dir.lnk	setup.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir_Uninstall.ini	setup.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir_Uninstall.ini	setup.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe	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 1 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	2026-08-30_772aa5f5f316e364615cff385424fb87_amadey_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe

Modifies Control Panel 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Control Panel\Colors	Q-Dir.exe

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TypedURLs	Q-Dir.exe

Modifies registry class 29 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 0100000000000000ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Generic"	Q-Dir.exe
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\Q-DIR-ADMIN-TEST	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0\0\MRUListEx = ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Q-Dir-Admin-Test	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0 = 5000310000000000e95c337a100041646d696e003c0009000400efbee95c2f721f5d224c2e00000071000000000002000000000000000000000000000000053eb700410064006d0069006e00000014000000	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0\0 = 7e00310000000000e95c887911004465736b746f7000680009000400efbee95c2f721f5d264c2e0000007b0000000000020000000000000000003e0000000000641bf1004400650073006b0074006f007000000040007300680065006c006c00330032002e0064006c006c002c002d0032003100370036003900000016000000	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0\0	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 0202	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\2\Shell	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1 = 14001f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d808002b30309d0000	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0 = 19002f433a5c000000000000000000000000000000000000000000	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0 = 7800310000000000e95c2f721100557365727300640009000400efbe8158a93a1f5d224c2e000000880600000000010000000000000000003a0000000000c450ec0055007300650072007300000040007300680065006c006c00330032002e0064006c006c002c002d0032003100380031003300000014000000	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0	Q-Dir.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0\0\NodeSlot = "2"	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings	Q-Dir.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-552508041-2681165170-3229858294-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\1\0\0\0	Q-Dir.exe

Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1016	Q-Dir.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1620 wrote to memory of 4740	1620	2026-08-30_772aa5f5f316e364615cff385424fb87_amadey_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe	89
PID 4740 wrote to memory of 1016	4740	setup.exe	90

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_772aa5f5f316e364615cff385424fb87_amadey_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-08-30_772aa5f5f316e364615cff385424fb87_amadey_dragonforce_elex_luca-stealer_lynx_njrat_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1620
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\7zS456388D8\setup.exe
  .\setup.exe
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4740
- - C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe
    "C:\Program Files\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Modifies Control Panel
    - Modifies Internet Explorer settings
    - Modifies registry class
    - Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
    PID:1016

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe
C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe C:\Windows\System32\shell32.dll,SHCreateLocalServerRunDll {9aa46009-3ce0-458a-a354-715610a075e6} -Embedding
1⤵
PID:3208

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

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\7zS456388D8\setup.exe
Size 1.8MB
SHA256 98b7edf8b4cf2b3da93a001b1e909d2195eebfa91742323473d9bc7e4bbdaa48
MD5 d49f1d732785e2e78f150bc53114c862
SHA1 3fb417b453ca26d0748175ea6b0c708cbb993fde
SHA512 2048c8a6cacbc44f9a481c00ee33cd78ca783a013895ed964ea79b815aae30d21f4e1bc6609181e4d4fd9c918d5722471c3b6e2694b11415e12b85d951e71bb5
SSDEEP 24576:MUK+cfYyt2FRwJpK2rVf1Y+9TGRHkXJILs2ToJpO93X0zA28dIsNoLs9Lqy:W+tRwJw2xNY+9TGREXyLscdIsNp
TLSH
T125955B52E6F14148E46FC176CEC6D723EB717D0A62318ABB4110FE152F767628E2932E
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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Q-Dir.lnk

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Q-Dir_tmp_folder_2019\Q-Dir.lnk
Size 1KB
SHA256 d497d8ed0253d1324ce32ce709d5bdd6e6472f59f963943013e3d444cea3e3ca
MD5 0148f3e28cc6038ac3e220f955de32e8
SHA1 6635d4a2241050641bedec3bf8c43634e4c158be
SHA512 1c380c54981fb5157abc19c2db66c35bb8f00e673ee6fa9b172bfede75fe2e98624053900b22b830d05aba0450c531169a5ba3083a45c69c1228062011101902
TLSH
T1DD31F2140F9F2B24F3A2C271577146138237B810E69C2F4940875AA265B451066ACF9A
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Q-Dir.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
Size 702B
SHA256 6c8521c8f1e1e0fb15e213be53e0151144b38325b5f7604c843da0fdc6ca6c04
MD5 400bc3902f2fa8ca3d66e9ef80391ce7
SHA1 442b87506a8ba29cb816db869f7e984283dd8c2b
SHA512 61b6c72124f6fd3601a1f26b582f500af5a99d9f4ee1480a8311e909056864d8734b4c19aab61e3be4be75a5e123d815da5df6e8b9f4058b4b2fa02250bae0dd
TLSH
T18C017B5302C41E7F0440AA93EB3151C458F6BE08F25AE54D59564C48CC4CD1BA945F0B
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Q-Dir.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
Size 730B
SHA256 d75a9e16c1fa6e46490d2c0f3cb3925eca47faf2782f40fc71a884bb88d602a3
MD5 df474127478999b2fb38dc8cdfdbcc7f
SHA1 48fec26dc12011657c21c861ac7c98afdd3e3ef7
SHA512 c7e939dc4b712235f54ccc208cf803a428234917af443ed4d52d0b411d7c4cdc1445acb6b6f2232a9168486584506c3c52f7349036a1b7739058f41aeca28887
TLSH
T15901CB5306C46E7F0441AA93EB3291C498F6BE08F25AF54E59670C48DC0DD1BB985F0B
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Q-Dir.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
Size 746B
SHA256 422932ee289f0fa5e42f504a6e8198c803f1320e666f7a26f8b6ad10943b11d4
MD5 702c256ec6b3538b02f9e7b011f48260
SHA1 7ab9ef2ef224359c951c68628a3a446f36e63dda
SHA512 1437cc709f09acf891099604a596398f6cfed3b8b4e299fa180d9be2dd004771a0868a60f07d39a299dc037b1bd9a530eed2089c5bbbf01bc76bb7d96c4b878b
TLSH
T12901105302C41E7F0440AA93EB3251C858F67D08F25BF94E45570C08CC4CD1B7985F07
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Q-Dir.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
Size 41B
SHA256 5f0fde221475577fe875609d1a79d5256bc62273889f8a43d888a34e8a747e7d
MD5 da9a635c387c0df71d9e2bd10cb6cbb8
SHA1 bcb7c3333ff6dc2e9bab3a29034a2b654fa8e815
SHA512 78537076fa3dd3a6d5a8a41ad822c1572c52e1a3b52711b9741a8fce665c484ab8077f8cd7333c4073b0c223a3b42371ec77ba2082fb0360b6c4e4519d7f04aa
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Q-Dir.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Q-Dir\Q-Dir.ini
Size 661B
SHA256 c0052409238fd05907c076f87d183f6de86f46c26af95c7c1a332267ff76bb3f
MD5 2d55769df673fbb0dc7b08b833966e0d
SHA1 040e3eb0137ac0e7b730fa886a5b98821555b1e7
SHA512 ed6b4337a885d4e1501cfcc2629b90bc1f6dae460b235d4d90d18d93bfb41654f8760544f33b894fccb93d2285b6fbc89847ecd21ed4fb1b9c262b0d804058eb
TLSH
T1A4017D5716C46E3F4440AFA3EB31518868F6BE08F69BE54E55564C48CC4CD1B7D81F0B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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memory/4740-6-0x0000000003090000-0x0000000003091000-memory.dmp

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MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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