5ea96839132b8bf09a00311dcc1e486062598e0abe60aac724c766515c1f6043

General

Target
2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Size 1.1MB
Sample260910-pc8cesgg57
SHA256 5ea96839132b8bf09a00311dcc1e486062598e0abe60aac724c766515c1f6043
MD5 ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc
SHA1 510d527fa41689691651d4537da3acfeae6a6eb1
SHA512 b98ef9572395e66a55c662dd6454e1aeff7c49a24939c71f013060757b753a997565fe551d029848869424227f26bf38fb7764ed41ee179fdbdbf3bea293f871
SSDEEP 12288:phJ6mfBSTOYRENBGEtx0l874jrIWXg1MzBFnI8UChNXWx:phJ6mfYTOYKHGUU4UBdI89hWx
TLSH
T1FB452A0267F98129F1F37B759EF582695A73BC71AD36C50E2290225E89B0E40DA72733
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

7^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
4584	MSWDM.EXE
3364	MSWDM.EXE
2572	MSWDM.EXE
5344	2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE
5824	MSWDM.EXE

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	MSWDM.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WDM = "MSWDM.EXE"	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\dev5C4F.tmp	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\dev5C4F.tmp	MSWDM.EXE

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 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	MSWDM.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MSWDM.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MSWDM.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	MSWDM.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3364	MSWDM.EXE
3364	MSWDM.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5344	2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5288 wrote to memory of 4584	5288	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe	89
PID 5288 wrote to memory of 3364	5288	2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe	90
PID 3364 wrote to memory of 5344	3364	MSWDM.EXE	93
PID 3364 wrote to memory of 5824	3364	MSWDM.EXE	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5288
- C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
  "C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4584
- C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
  -r!C:\Windows\dev5C4F.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_ad23bb334f06fd4674719e69e4fcd7cc_amadey_darkgate_elex_ipamor_nymaim_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader_stop.exe! !
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3364
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    PID:5344
- - C:\WINDOWS\MSWDM.EXE
    -e!C:\Windows\dev5C4F.tmp!C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE!
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:5824

C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
MSWDM.EXE
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2572

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k GPSvcGroup
1⤵
PID:1088

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_AD23BB334F06FD4674719E69E4FCD7CC_AMADEY_DARKGATE_ELEX_IPAMOR_NYMAIM_RHADAMANTHYS_SMOKE-LOADER_STOP.EXE
Size 1.1MB
SHA256 88769262aca7973bbda34810d9b17f5d7b51adc785f1888687eae6b813d47e60
MD5 c7f94099b0b2a2191b3aa1494e8f1e7b
SHA1 43b4ea4d81b940eef527b8d94eb622a29ce7d0d1
SHA512 9274317a7037cd243e7371749df918e63abf1c6468d79e9e61faa594c427921987eb1648b4415db2a8c96530722151d4e43efeaff1bc6fb342a926d79b52f01d
SSDEEP 12288:phJ6mfBSTOYRENBGEtx0l874jrIWXg1MzBFnI8UChNXWG:phJ6mfYTOYKHGUU4UBdI89hWG
TLSH
T1E7452A0267F98129F1F37B759EF582695A73BC71AD36C50E2290225E89B0E40DA72733
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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ArmUI.ini

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ArmUI.ini
Size 166KB
SHA256 aa7589969f7ab2d949ca218f543877be72787f62a9de11b840854845a7d93c39
MD5 6b3fd0739c53406c69f7a3c600b85ccb
SHA1 49c7f1170c96090bc60779d291cd4cee5ed8e7cf
SHA512 d719f1e271c35161ac7391b7f5a329a962bf4024c5aafc647666e26d80d3569b88a48dee63e2f68ffbeb16abeb6dcb858a22da30578187369545f334b5e4e9cb
SSDEEP 3072:kT4CJ4QmKk61NmSTBjDT7lVKG+4MztutF4NVxcCXXYAFtPD:9xY8
TLSH
T186F3D44363FC1219F6F37F41AEB852A44B77BDA1AA3EC14D1685115E08F0A90DA72B73
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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MSWDM.EXE

Path C:\Windows\MSWDM.EXE
Size 256KB
SHA256 b580e3621992cfcf6701b16d94ee759d935957c459d51a53672a893f9c199b83
MD5 16a243b85f60d6da5f8cf544c196f96f
SHA1 6963a9ab685755e8ac10d0d6c300ad8b7963f2ac
SHA512 7a1bb138b760bfced490c51d22a6838dd8947cd1038825514a96d340a437c7e7425e54334bf006062bf2c46282760bf019adcecfcd4e8842744db5c358f10d1a
SSDEEP 3072:WcX93xwq19gL2SjGojCJa70f5ADt4STBfsY5vXWqvuHcYnLzqP2o:WcNhJgX9z0f57STB0YRX8nW
TLSH
T1DF44B60057F84A19F6FA4F7E89B0851F6A62FC32AC22DE5E2110520AC476E47CDB3767
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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dev5C4F.tmp

Path C:\Windows\dev5C4F.tmp
Size 905KB
SHA256 98d9926152fda45705f5e208d7236e467caeef83d756a14b4104ebf804644b29
MD5 fe821f6fa60e9df9fdee69a23488bbab
SHA1 f6a5c0e05ab0b7ffa81a3637e4a4110458a38e1d
SHA512 22ffc710b73460f13a94d8ce9cdd1d455043610776972cc953d301b67a7b91465719d86ffcaa72c3ee85c30baa5c0abca364943ea1bcc87b097c4abd39bdc519
SSDEEP 6144:1G6lX2ih9UB9jxbu/l8wOUsn1yy5//+9ljrVQxWc4Jg1LozBFnI8f4rCE8shqppY:kBGEtx0l874jrIWXg1MzBFnI8UChNXWH
TLSH
T10315090277F98179F1F37B71AEB992645A77BCB09D35C10E26D1225E09B0A90DA32733
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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