Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
147s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260513-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260513-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
10/09/2026, 15:18
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260513-en
14 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
15 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe
- Size 4.0MB
- Sample260910-spnekatwfy
- SHA256 7a5a4f8d21d7e1482a6530d7399ac934d1e756965059e3f6339c560042f23c1e
- MD5 7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44
- SHA1 7c7c083ecb64e4a91ff173328d9ef01baf3c86dd
- SHA512 8557d7634639e56e733e46ae69bf7245a56bdc95a03f5ce8028864c2cef00a41ca39351bfbd50fd8b432fd869286dfcbc2450bafbaa497d3a41ecead489cabb6
- SSDEEP 98304:XFJFsscN/91jqYJ4X6ukFSd58b8jFCBgp+nMSNlnB6Woj9ghi1RebMIg9Cbk/V8l:/yqpo0d58bGeMSNlnB6WojDIg9Cbk/Vw
- TLSH T1C4168DE17F5D8067C163253189F9AE78B6FAAD60FA35024731503A3EFB317C2592861B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Malware Config
Extracted
Family
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fatalrat
C2
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http://www.taobao.com/help/getip.php
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https://vv.video.qq.com/checktime?otype=ojson
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https://searchplugin.csdn.net/api/v1/ip/get?ip=
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https://www.ipplus360.com/getIP
Signatures
- Fatal Rat payload 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2516-18-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008E9000-memory.dmp fatalrat - Detects executables calling ClearMyTracksByProcess 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral1/memory/2516-18-0x00000000008C0000-0x00000000008E9000-memory.dmp INDICATOR_SUSPICIOUS_EXE_ClearMyTracksByProcess - Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs
pid Process 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4948 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 3600 SysUtilSvc.exe - Loads dropped DLL 2 IoCs
pid Process 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 4948 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1788976790-1541110888-1636651838-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SystemUtility = "C:\\Windows\\SysUtilSvc.exe" 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1788976790-1541110888-1636651838-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\WinSys3715 = "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Dropbox\\Update\\1.3.5055.162\\DropboxCrashHandler.exe" DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Drops file in Program Files directory 6 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\goopdate.dll 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\SVP7.png 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe SysUtilSvc.exe File created C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\goopdate.dll SysUtilSvc.exe File opened for modification C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\SVP7.png SysUtilSvc.exe - Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysUtilSvc.exe 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysUtilSvc.exe 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe - 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.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DropboxCrashHandler.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language DropboxCrashHandler.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language SysUtilSvc.exe - Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz DropboxCrashHandler.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 2516 DropboxCrashHandler.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs
pid Process 3732 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe 3732 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe 3600 SysUtilSvc.exe 3600 SysUtilSvc.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3732 wrote to memory of 2516 3732 2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe 87
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-09-10_7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44_amadey_darkgate_elex_emotet_mafia_smoke-loader.exe"1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3732 -
C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Checks processor information in registry
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:2516
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe"1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Loads dropped DLL
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4948
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C:\Windows\SysUtilSvc.exeC:\Windows\SysUtilSvc.exe1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3600
Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
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Downloads
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\DropboxCrashHandler.exe
- Size 130KB
- SHA256 e7141aeb22ea3165a4f7fb8c4d210151575f1b95ef545e0978a2174598a08265
- MD5 3b607e9ae169797c5112736dd445db25
- SHA1 076e59938996baf436888e2ecb536353071e0adf
- SHA512 1a80b6ed790d3325c365de14d7bdd4d98473c2cfd8a4eb5d97f99d9383946e6c9e892820e54182b06359f495cc42f261e455e3097413c605f0f208d7b6e3c2cd
- SSDEEP 3072:BZOOxLE4GTnrcyG2QltfW/ggXi0+LStLnh5jAm7tJOX47cIA9:iOxLEbTtwLf
- TLSH T10CD3C5C1F5B84CB9F4F35A395429867285BFB83DF922864E2A94015D0E23DC38E257E7
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\SVP7.PNG
- Size 195KB
- SHA256 a9ea7566f183454d25ff53b6fc20d2fde9353ff37f78fd8757fb9d8f4f33d1cb
- MD5 714172a59ff9e26309229af1e725dd8a
- SHA1 d48f282a2be200165ffc3eab4bd47bf5906bfca1
- SHA512 f29feaa3683f88304798b79e343835069264ae5476aa9bdb4e3b8d3555a939cb5f46156ff1218b627b88fa6d6e9239ea6899d52129182717e245df4d67e709b5
- SSDEEP 3072:jDX38Jo4uaXUP/l4n5aNZtFhM4BpYMMIJ:jz8DuaEGniXF7
- TLSH T19414BE8D2EF00DCD1DF029D09D59866303ACCDA5F487B85CC99BFB86993374929D6A32
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Dropbox\Update\1.3.5055.162\goopdate.dll
- Size 42KB
- SHA256 a7d07b13f6fc72ff905c69579f9be0cec237fc6df97b0d24e51ba44129831caa
- MD5 511e3fa6ba5f836db6abb2504b7c33ab
- SHA1 57167190667384d66baf9031dcddd917970e7e15
- SHA512 59f568ee6edad89720c4a83e7580a16149c6e81059f71509e8765e30e9098827b40be0ee94ac0b130ede687eb53e81807ca42b48ffd55af67daac18f3c9f9829
- SSDEEP 768:EKMh1TbnaCdR5LdcRzSW8PHTiyrk1n9oMRCUH:wTLdRN6Z8PLCn3RCU
- TLSH T1C2135B107540D073C14A6538A05ADBA18E6E7A111BF1A187BFBB1B7E9F712E0A73E347
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\3FE2BD01AB6BC312BF0DADE7F797388F_D700B3BF42AE699B26DDBDD3E4CB7EDD
- Size 471B
- SHA256 f4bc9fbb0e67904010d32b1fcd559e58a5c100aece7aefedd290394db9be6177
- MD5 f4c89f595a1b053c6140314036e22c49
- SHA1 535092ca15983aa310da75c4ade25c1c2960addc
- SHA512 3a9e672a368cb6d4f08dd5346e989cb72cf8ea9a7a8a57bb2f3bb09ecc6cbbf2fb021fa268461e857d93a71a1ea171eb9c863d38bb2d8ac52353206b18c4610e
- TLSH T14BF0DC2A087958700D291A6D7CE18A31F32DB81E6CE241B4AEA35C86076BBB4684A4A0
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\Content\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_7F584189DFCC61AA971930CA5AED3120
- Size 471B
- SHA256 cc4921a9df4d0a3b284269133c2ff25519d82fddcb8fc8e43cbbf60d74227cdd
- MD5 46a03dae0dd82abf2f0c84ad9e15eea3
- SHA1 e30b199b7d27a4a3ec4b3002b4e9ccb2c5c2aa01
- SHA512 31265b7308a5705814c4f76dbe3205b967bfe542c29559148375e07a7393bfa01c1c9ccbc0f36dd6350be183afa909e1791618780b9b902eba685833d41a19c4
- TLSH T1D1F02381A4FDD9106BC38CCCBA61866B3C22F06F4884143BB07D5ED20F9536B759C134
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\3FE2BD01AB6BC312BF0DADE7F797388F_D700B3BF42AE699B26DDBDD3E4CB7EDD
- Size 402B
- SHA256 12a6ad2e2f8fc6e42fcc43af87e571f70ca83344e5ca9b04acae9783c88c6a37
- MD5 56645f78cb7bea1ed760bc8df68d1abf
- SHA1 093e19e00ee4ea2144a5328a56ad99cd70744587
- SHA512 d315b9d96e840769d9bc4aababbe28b00edbddff29d26914edce9ee660681c650f84419378d95f240db62e6327a9d145d22c4202c2d6fd967faf3921ca0206ec
- TLSH T140E0C03826FB423CF171DA744BC75A660427F0015D3483791FE0061AB70B500DD32C31
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\LocalLow\Microsoft\CryptnetUrlCache\MetaData\E2C6CBAF0AF08CF203BA74BF0D0AB6D5_7F584189DFCC61AA971930CA5AED3120
- Size 412B
- SHA256 1fad51b9590ed917c52c9914c6f19b70e91c263b5dd74698b852eeb75f150569
- MD5 2c9aa8a4d37b09c7c5b3932f3b7563be
- SHA1 485cb3aa75ffce7f467fc71cd52ce526ed6b8be5
- SHA512 3aae7ceeebfe792a2d67b15adf084841d03f2850c4980fa9f959e3ceee3d32f0904519676577d292513aa39a7d951ef0b188832c421993a6f5596fdd691b306e
- TLSH T1C7E0C02011FE411CF5E0E0344BEA75758DA9F02B0111F6702BD43709EB15A00ED13D39
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH
- Path C:\Windows\SysUtilSvc.exe
- Size 4.0MB
- SHA256 7a5a4f8d21d7e1482a6530d7399ac934d1e756965059e3f6339c560042f23c1e
- MD5 7386d504e1d311d7120876bb1ce3df44
- SHA1 7c7c083ecb64e4a91ff173328d9ef01baf3c86dd
- SHA512 8557d7634639e56e733e46ae69bf7245a56bdc95a03f5ce8028864c2cef00a41ca39351bfbd50fd8b432fd869286dfcbc2450bafbaa497d3a41ecead489cabb6
- SSDEEP 98304:XFJFsscN/91jqYJ4X6ukFSd58b8jFCBgp+nMSNlnB6Woj9ghi1RebMIg9Cbk/V8l:/yqpo0d58bGeMSNlnB6WojDIg9Cbk/Vw
- TLSH T1C4168DE17F5D8067C163253189F9AE78B6FAAD60FA35024731503A3EFB317C2592861B
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH